Overview
- Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. CT (8 p.m. ET) on Monday in Manhattan, Kansas.
- Kansas State enters at 5-4 after home losses to Bowling Green and Seton Hall and has not topped 69 points in its last three games.
- Mississippi Valley State is 1-8 overall, 0-6 on the road, and is rated at or near the bottom nationally, with its lone win coming against a Division III opponent.
- PJ Haggerty leads Kansas State at 23.6 points per game, while Michael James paces Mississippi Valley State at 19.7; Abdi Bashir Jr. is averaging 3.3 made threes for the Wildcats.
- Head coach Jerome Tang pointed to points off turnovers and 20 missed free throws in the Seton Hall loss and said Haggerty is adjusting to new defensive attention.