Kansas State guard Coleman Hawkins celebrates after making a basket during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Cincinnati, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024, in Manhattan, Kan.
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David N’Guessan also had 13 points, and C.J. Jones made four free throws in the final 20 seconds, helping the Wildcats snap a three-game losing streak that had concluded their bitterly disappointing nonconference slate. Kansas State led the Bearcats for all but 24 seconds, but was left clinging to a 65-63 lead after Aziz Bandaogo’s dunk with 27 seconds to go. Hawkins was fouled and made the first of two free throws with 23 seconds remaining, but Max Jones was there to tap the miss to C.J. Jones, who was fouled and made two free throws to extend the lead.
Bandaogo scored again with 8.9 seconds left, but C.J. Jones made the last of his two foul shots to put the game away.Cincinnati committed 15 turnovers that the Wildcats turned into 15 points. Two of those turnovers came in the last two minutes.Akins scores 18 points, Cooper has career-high 13 as No. 18 Michigan St beats Western Michigan 80-62
Max Jones had eight points and five boards, but no play was bigger than when he kept alive Hawkins’ missed free throw in the waning seconds. That got C.J. Jones to the foul line and he provided Kansas State some breathing room.Skretta is a Kansas City-based sports writer for The Associated Press. He covers the Royals, the Chiefs and college sports along with auto racing, the Olympics and other sports.
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