Texas A&M
Kansas State
Kansas State 81, Texas A&M 76
Feb 23, 2000 | Men's Basketball
February 23, 2000
Cortez Groves scored 30 points and Tony Kitt had 21 as Kansas State beat Texas A&M 81-76 Wednesday night to break an 11-game losing streak.
Kansas State (9-15, 2-11 Big 12) shot a season-high 57 percent from the floor and never trailed in the second half to win its first game at home since a 97-79 win over Nebraska on Jan. 8.
Groves made 8-of-12 3-pointers as the Wildcats added to a four point halftime lead with a 7-0 run to start the second half.
The Aggies (7-17, 3-10) cut the lead to two at 71-69 with 4:03 to go, but Groves hit his eighth 3-pointer of the night to put Kansas State up by five.
Larry Scott later hit a 3 as the Aggies again cut the lead to two, but Kelvin Howell tossed in a Tony Kitt miss to secure the win.
Travis Reynolds added 10 for the Wildcats, Bernard King led the Aggies with 25 points and Jamaal Gilchrist had 18.
King and Scott hit two 3-pointers each as the Aggies put together a 13-2 run to go up by four with 11:38 remaining in the first half.
The lead changed six times in the first half, but Kansas State scored the last six points of the half on a Howell tip-in and two baskets by Reynolds to lead 43-39 at halftime.
