Jacob Pullen

Kansas State forward Curtis Kelly will miss four more games after committing a secondary NCAA violation while buying clothes at a Manhattan department store. Athletics Director John Currie announced Tuesday that the NCAA accepted Kansas State's recommendation that Kelly sit out six games and repay the value of the benefit he received to a charity. Kelly already sat out two games last week. Kelly, who is averaging 10.3 points and four rebounds, will be eligible to play again against Texas Tech on Jan. 15. Kelly and senior guard Jacob Pullen were declared ineligible last week for accepting impermissible benefits.

Former Wichita State head coach and former Kansas player Mark Turgeon probably liked getting this win just a little bit more than most others.  Today his Texas A&M Aggies held off the Kansas State Wildcats, 64-56. Jacob Pullen led the Wildcats in scoring with 21 while Curtis Kelly added a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds.  The 'Cats couldn't score from the outside, shooting just 20 percent (5-20) from three-point range.  Kansas State also shot just 57% from the free throw line compared to 72% for the Aggies.

Tre'Von Willis scored 16 points and Oscar Bellfield hit a key 3-pointer in the final 70 seconds, leading UNLV to a 63-59 victory Tuesday night over No. 11 Kansas State, whose two best players were suspended shortly before the game. The NCAA, citing receipt of impermissible benefits, told point guard Jacob Pullen, a four-year starter and preseason All-American, to sit out three games. Curtis Kelly, the Wildcats' only other senior, was also told not to play and Kansas State said the extent of his punishment would be decided later.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Top-seeded Kansas ran off to an 85-61 victory over a Portland State team that was making its first NCAA tournament appearance. Brandon Rush led the Jayhawks with 18. Kansas will play UNLV next. The Rebels got 18 points, including four 3-pointers from Joe Darger in a 71-58 thrashing of Kent State. UNLV tied an NCAA tournament record by holding the Golden Flashes to just 10 points in the first half. Third-seed Wisconsin shook off pesky Cal State Fullerton 71-55.

Jacob Pullen broke the school record for career 3-pointers, leading No. 5 Kansas State to an easy 85-61 victory over Division II Emporia State on Monday night and giving the Wildcats their first six-win month of November. The senior guard scored 20 points, including hitting four 3s, as the Wildcats jumped out to a 46-27 halftime lead. The Wildcats (6-1) cruised the rest of the way. The Hornets (3-3) threw an early scare into the preseason Big 12 favorites when Xavier Burnette banked home a 3-pointer and followed that with a bucket that slice the lead to 12-11.

Rodney McGruder, doing his best to make up for Jacob Pullen's absence, hit seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 24 points, helping No. 11 Kansas State beat UMKC 80-64 on Thursday night. McGruder, a 6-foot-5 sophomore, was 7 for 10 from beyond the arc for the short-handed Wildcats (10-3), who dominated the slower and shorter Kangaroos most of the game. Pullen, the Wildcats' captain and preseason All-American, was ordered to sit out three games right before the Wildcats lost to UNLV on Tuesday.

No. 17 Kansas State, playing without three starters, got huge games from Jamar Samuels and Wally Judge to dominate North Florida 100-76 on Friday. Samuels had 26 points while Judge added 22, both season highs, for the Wildcats (11-3). Parker Smith hit seven 3-pointers and scored 25 points to lead North Florida (4-9). Kansas State was without leading scorers Jacob Pullen and Curtis Kelly due to suspensions for violating NCAA rules by receiving impermissible benefits in the form of clothing at a local department store.

On a night when K-State needed a win in the worst way, they turned to an unlikey source to get it. Shooting a season high 81 percent, the 'Cats outscored Baylor by 8 points at the free throw line in a 69-61 win over the Bears. After leading by seven at the half, K-State trailed briefly early in the second half only to take back the lead on an 11-1 run. Baylor would get as close as five late, but the 'Cats closed them out at the line. Freshman Will Spradling hit all nine of his free throws on the way to 17 points, which matched teammate Jacob Pullen for game high honors.

Levi Knutson scored 20 points, Alec Burks added 12 and Colorado beat a ranked team on the road for the first time in 14 years with a 74-66 win over No. 21 Kansas State on Wednesday night.     Marcus Relphorde also had 12 points for Colorado (13-4, 2-0 Big 12), which erased an 11-point deficit in the first half and led the whole way in the second to snap a nine-game losing streak against the Wildcats (12-5, 0-2).     Jacob Pullen scored 22 points for Kansas State. Jamar Samuels was fouled while fighting Cory Higgins for a rebound and made one of two free throws to pull Kansas State to 68-66 with 58 seconds left.

Senior guards Jimmer Fredette of BYU and Nolan Smith of Duke are the leading vote-getters on The Associated Press All-America team. Freshman Jared Sullinger of Ohio State, junior guard Kemba Walker of Connecticut and senior forward JaJuan Johnson of Purdue also are on the team announced Monday. KU's Marcus Morris led the All-American second team and K-State's Jacob Pullen was named to the third team. Fredette, the nation's leading scorer, received all but one of 65 votes from the national media panel that selects the Top 25. Smith, who led the Blue Devils to a No. 1 ranking for 10 weeks this season, got 61 votes.