Expert Analysis: How Kansas State slid past Oral Roberts
KANSAS STATE ON-COURT OBSERVATIONS
According to head coach Jerome Tang, Kansas State was dealing with several illnesses on the team. That also does not consist of them already being short-handed because they’re without both Ques Glover and Nae’Qwan Tomlin.
Those details left K-State vulnerable enough that they needed an extra five minutes to take down Oral Roberts. However, most of the issues came on the defensive end and the Wildcats allowed two different double-digit leads to evaporate.
As he has done often this season, Tylor Perry followed up a very quiet first half with an excellent second half and he was critical in overtime and made the winning plays. Cam Carter and Arthur Kaluma continued their great offensive play.
But Kansas State has a bit of a defensive problem at the moment. Some of it is just the inherent limitations of having Perry and Will McNair on the floor together at the same time, though Tang did compliment the big man’s improved play on ball screens.
The game still seems too fast much of the time for Jerrell Colbert. The second half didn’t see much RJ Jones and Dai Dai Ames continues to be quite the asset on the offensive end because he’s the best ball-handler and creator at the moment.
FAN’S VIEW
Oral Roberts took K-State to overtime and had a two-point lead after making a pair of threes, but the Wildcat defense finally locked down, led by Cam Carter. Tylor Perry made some big plays on the offensive end to help push past the Golden Eagles.
Kansas State dominated the paint and two-point percentage in the 1st half, but that turned in the second. K-State converted on 21 of 38 (55.3 percent) from inside the arc, including an 18 of 26 (69.2 percent) showing at the rim.
The Wildcats were only 3 of 12 (25 percent) on two-point jumpers. Oral Roberts made 20 of 37 (54.1 percent) from two-point range. Kansas State won points in the paint, 40-32.
K-State dominated on the glass by a margin of 43-26, including an edge of 47.5 percent to 17.2 percent in offensive rebounding rate with 19 offensive rebounds compared to just five for Oral Roberts. They did collect all five in the second half. The Wildcats won second chance points, 18-8.
The Wildcats needed to improve outside shooting and they finished the night 9 of 29 (31 percent) compared to 10 of 21 (47.6 percent) for Oral Roberts. The Golden Eagles made 8 of 10 in the first half, but only 2 of 11 in the second half and overtime.
Oral Roberts’ first half shooting kept them in the game and then gave them a chance in overtime before the Kansas State defense came to life. Volume shooters Tylor Perry and Cam Carter combined to hit 7 of 20 from deep (35 percent)
That isn’t great, but an improvement on the 8 of 41 (19.5 percent) from the prior three games.
Tylor Perry led K-State with 20 points on 15 shots, along with six assists. Perry made 4 of 12 from distance (33 percent) and was 1 of 3 on two-point baskets (33 percent), but his 6 of 7 performance from the free throw line (85.7 percent) paved the way. His 1.38 offensive efficiency led Kansas State.
Arthur Kaluma matched Perry’s 20-point night and also grabbed eight rebounds. Kaluma made 6 of 10 (60 percent) from two-point range and was perfect on his five attempts from the free throw line for an efficiency of 1.34.
Cam Carter nearly matched those two with 19 points on 13 shots while also grabbing 10 rebounds for a double-double.. Carter was 3 of 8 from beyond the arc (37.5 percent) and 3 of 5 on two-point buckets (60 percent) and finished with an efficiency of 1.30.
Other notables were Will McNair’s 11 points while making 62.5 percent from inside the three-point line and David N’Guessan grabbed eight rebounds. Macaleab Rich also provided a little spark with four points and four rebounds.
Individually for Oral Roberts, Issac McBride scored 25 points on 16 shots with an impressive efficiency of 1.30. Jailen Bedford was 24 percent from the three-point line entering the game, but he hit 5 of 7 from that spot on his way to 23 points while grabbing nine rebounds for an impressive 1.57 efficiency.
The Wildcats did well on two of Oral Roberts’ better players, holding second leading scorer DeShang Weaver to three points on seven shots and an efficiency of 0.76. Kareem Thompson scored nine points and had six rebounds with 7 assists for an efficiency of 0.96.
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