MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Angel Rodriguez and Thomas Gipson each scored 13 points as Kansas State won its 10th straight season opener and started out new coach Bruce Weber's tenure with an 85-52 victory over North Dakota on Friday night.
Martavious Irving added 11 points for the Wildcats.
Troy Huff led North Dakota with 12.
A veteran North Dakota team gave the Wildcats all they could handle in the first half and trailed just 36-27 at halftime, but Kansas State widened the gap quickly after the break.
Rodriguez scored eight straight for Kansas State to begin the second half, sinking a pair of 3-pointers and slicing into the lane for a layup.
Rodriguez's first 3 gave the Wildcats their first double-digit lead of the game. After his scoring flurry, Kansas State got comfortable in the paint, getting buckets there from Will Spradling, Gipson and Rodney McGruder in addition to a couple of free throws. Seven minutes into the second half, the Wildcats led 54-36.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| North Dakota (0-1) | 27 | 25 | 52 |
| Kansas State (1-0) « | 36 | 49 | 85 |
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| North Dakota Fighting Sioux | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Allard, F | 27 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| B. Brekke, F | 11 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| J. Webb, G | 31 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Anderson, G | 28 | 1-12 | 4-4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| T. Huff, G | 28 | 4-15 | 3-4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Traylor | 19 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| L. Antwi | 17 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Schuler | 17 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Archer | 11 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| M. Wilmer | 11 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Totals | 19-63 | 12-17 | 35 | 7 | 25 | 52 | |
| 30.2% | 70.6% | ||||||
| Kansas State Wildcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Williams, F | 14 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Henriquez, F | 10 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| R. McGruder, G | 28 | 3-12 | 0-2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| W. Spradling, G | 25 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| A. Rodriguez, G | 15 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Gipson | 20 | 3-4 | 7-10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| S. Southwell | 18 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| M. Irving | 17 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| D. Johnson | 16 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| A. Diaz | 15 | 0-5 | 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| O. Lawrence | 13 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| M. Orris | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Schultz | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-66 | 20-28 | 48 | 16 | 18 | 85 | |
| 43.9% | 71.4% | ||||||
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