MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Angel Rodriguez scored 19 points and Will Spradling added 14 as Kansas State defeated Lamar 79-55 in a Preseason NIT game on Monday night.
The game got out of hand early as the Wildcats (2-0) took a 43-15 lead into halftime after dominating the paint and capitalizing on 14 first-half turnovers by the Cardinals.
Donley Minor scored 17 points and Rhon Mitchell 15 for Lamar (0-1).
The Wildcats owned the boards at both ends in the first half, limiting Lamar to five offensive rebounds. The Cardinals had just four second-chance points and were outscored 18-6 in the paint during the first 20 minutes.
Kansas State opened up the game with a 15-0 run as Rodriguez and Spradling each drained 3-pointers. Lamar committed six turnovers in the first eight minutes.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Lamar (0-1) | 15 | 40 | 55 |
| Kansas State (2-0) « | 43 | 36 | 79 |
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| Lamar Cardinals | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Brown, F | 30 | 5-11 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| A. Wilson, F | 23 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| N. Acosta, F | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| D. Minor, G | 35 | 5-8 | 3-3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 |
| K. Blanks, G | 25 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Mitchell | 24 | 6-8 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 |
| O. Ebomwonyi | 15 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| D. Minton | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Hancock | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Norman | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| H. Webb | 7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 21-47 | 8-13 | 37 | 13 | 17 | 55 | |
| 44.7% | 61.5% | ||||||
| Kansas State Wildcats | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| N. Williams, F | 19 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Henriquez, F | 17 | 2-4 | 1-4 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| R. McGruder, G | 24 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| A. Rodriguez, G | 20 | 6-14 | 3-4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 19 |
| W. Spradling, G | 17 | 4-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Irving | 24 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| O. Lawrence | 19 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Johnson | 15 | 2-3 | 1-3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| T. Gipson | 14 | 1-7 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| A. Diaz | 13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| S. Southwell | 11 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Orris | 5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Schultz | 2 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 29-72 | 10-19 | 40 | 20 | 17 | 79 | |
| 40.3% | 52.6% | ||||||
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