UMKC, Kansas City, or whatever you want to call it, is a very bad basketball team. Let’s get that out of the way off the top. They’re picked to finish 7th out of 9 in the Summit League and right around 300th in the KenPom rankings.
So yes, it’s a little troubling that Kansas State couldn’t pull away, even if the 62-58 final score was actually closer than the game itself. Still, it is a win, which is something this team desperately needed. The Cats began on a really high note and then slowly let the Roos back into it, capped off by a 5-1 UMKC run to end the game.