Kansas State’s second-half defense gave Jerome Tang’s group a chance to win the Cayman Islands Classic in a high school gym on FloHoops.
Really, the Wildcats just needed a player or two to step up and make some offensive plays against a tough, athletic LSU squad that is also part of a total rebuild. Thankfully, Desi Sills, Markquis Nowell and finally Keyontae Johnson answered the call for a 61-59 win with a wild, wild finish.
Johnson scored 16 points, including a baseline jumper with 4.7 seconds left (and one on the shot clock) after a great play by Sills to save a loose ball from going out of bounds.