Kansas State’s early home basketball games against inferior opponents are becoming quite predictable.
The Cats start with a sloppy offensive first half and some poor shooting, then head into halftime behind but still close thanks to respectable defense. That defense becomes even better in the second half and K-State’s offensive execution improves enough to pull away for a reasonably comfortable win.
That formula changed just slightly in Tuesday night’s 62-51 win over Arkansas Pine-Bluff, a winless SWAC team missing its top two scorers. Mostly the differences were bad, but it still goes down as a win, so we’ll start with the good.