The Kansas State Wildcats struggled to hold on to the basketball and to make shots in the first half against TCU in Fort Worth. As a result, the No. 11 Wildcats got behind by the widest margin of the season and saw their nine-game winning streak thud to a halt with an 82-68 loss on the Horned Frogs’ hypnofloor.
In a game played at a frenetic pace with both teams missing shots early, K-State actually claimed an 11-6 lead when Desi Sills canned a 3-point bucket just under six minutes into the game. But TCU staged a 10-0 run over the next three minutes, aided by poor K-State shot selection, two K-State turnovers, and 8 TCU fast-break points that directly resulted from K-State’s sloppy play to grab a 16-11 lead.