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No. 25 'Cats blast South Dakota
College basketball
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South Dakota forward Tyler Flack (23) defends a shot by Kansas State guard Omari Lawrence during an NCAA basketball game in Manhattan on Monday afternoon. - photo by The Associated Press

MANHATTAN — Nino Williams scored 16 points and No. 25 Kansas State pulled away late to defeat South Dakota 70-50 on Monday.
Rodney McGruder added 15 for the Wildcats (11-2). Kansas State dominated the boards and shot 50 percent to South Dakota’s 32.7 percent.
Karim Rowson led the Coyotes (6-9) with 14 points. Juevol Miles, who transferred from Kansas State to South Dakota, had 13 points.
Trailing by 12 points, South Dakota started the second half with an 11-5 burst. Trevor Gruis’ two foul shots with 15:13 to play cut the deficit to six points.
Kansas State led 44-39 with under 8 minutes left before taking control with a 12-0 run, starting with a three-point play by Jordan Henriquez.
Williams was then intentionally fouled on a breakaway layup and made both free throws. Shane Southwell followed with a 3-pointer and two more baskets.
Kansas State jumped to an 11-2 lead, with its size in the post continually posing a problem for South Dakota. The combination of 7-footers Henriquez and Adrian Diaz made it difficult for the Coyotes to score inside early.
The Wildcats led 30-18 at halftime.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL
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At Manhattan
Bramlage Coliseum

Monday

No. 25 Kansas State 70,
South Dakota 50
S. DAKOTA (6-9)
    Gruis 2-6 2-3 6, Tecker 0-3 2-2 2, Myles 4-10 5-7 13, Bos 4-8 1-1 11, Rowson 4-12 6-7 14, Boots 0-2 0-0 0, Kasperbauer 0-3 0-0 0, Flack 1-3 0-0 2, Robertson 1-2 0-2 2. Totals 16-49 16-22 50.
KANSAS ST. (11-2)
    Williams 7-10 2-2 16, Gipson 0-1 2-4 2, Southwell 5-7 0-1 12, McGruder 6-16 0-0 15, Spradling 3-8 3-3 11, Lawrence 1-4 1-2 3, Diaz 1-2 0-0 2, Henriquez 2-3 1-1 5, Schultz 0-0 0-0 0, Meyer 0-1 0-0 0, Orris 0-0 0-0 0, Johnson 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 27-54 9-13 70.
    Halftime — Kansas St. 30-18. Three-point goals — S. Dakota 2-11 (Bos 2-3, Boots 0-1, Robertson 0-1, Rowson 0-1, Myles 0-2, Kasperbauer 0-3); Kansas St. 7-18 (McGruder 3-7, Southwell 2-3, Spradling 2-6, Lawrence 0-2). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — S. Dakota 24 (Bos, Rowson 5); Kansas St. 39 (McGruder 9). Assists — S. Dakota 4 (Bos 2), Kansas St. 19 (Southwell, Spradling 6). Total fouls — S. Dakota 10, Kansas St. 19. A — 12,230.