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No. 3 Purdue accomplished one goal Friday by keeping the foot on the accelerator.

To be clear, Tuesday night was about Oral Roberts. The Golden Eagles’ romp at the Summit League Tournament championship was bookended by a fast start and Francis Lacis turning himself into a wall to clinch ORU’s first NCAA Tournament appearance in 13 years. It was a special night, and there’s plenty of well-deserved press to come on the Golden Eagles. But in between was a furious North Dakota State comeback that will vanish into the March mist. That’s inherently unfair, but part of what makes this month so fun. That the second half of the Summit League title was garnering any of th...

SLATE: Cats return to action against Omaha Share this story Ben Queen-USA TODAY Sports Basketball Holiday off week comes to an end tonight at 7:00 when the K-State men return to the basketball floor to face the Omaha (née “University of Nebraska-Omaha) Mavericks in Bramlage Coliseum. Omaha is 2-7 under 16th-year coach Derrin Hansen. Though the Mavs were competitive in many early games, they have struggled against quality competition, losing 95-50 to Kansas, 91-49 to Colorado, 94-67 to Creighton, and 87-66 to Drake. Until the Wildcats’ 70-46 win over Jacksonville last Tuesday, though, ...

Agbaji scores 18 to lead No. 5 Kansas to 95-50 rout of Omaha By DAVE SKRETTADecember 12, 2020 GMT LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Ochai Agbaji and Mitch Lightfoot were held without a field goal and combined for two points when fifth-ranked Kansas needed a late 3-pointer and a missed free throw by Creighton to escape with a win earlier this week. The pair made up for it against Omaha. Agbaji hit four 3s and scored 18 points, Lightfoot came off the bench to score a career-best 14 points with seven rebounds, and the Jayhawks cruised to a 95-50 win Friday night in their final tune-up before beginning Big...