MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State’s Brandon Bolden and Justin Edwardseach scored in double figures in helping Athletes in Action wrap up its international tour with a 108-99 win over the Barons, a Latvian professional team, on Wednesday at Olimpic Center in Riga, Latvia.

After trailing 25-24 after the first quarter, Athletes in Action was able to slowly build a lead against the Barons, narrowly winning the second quarter, 26-24, to take a 50-49 edge into the locker room at halftime, before winning both the third (29-22) and fourth quarters (29-28) to gain the victory.

Edwards, who was coming off a tour-high 23-point effort in a win over Latvia University on Tuesday, once again led six players in double figures with a game-high 18 points to go with six rebounds, a team-tying three steals and one assist. He went 8-of-13 from the field, including 1-of-1 from 3-point range.

Bolden had his best performance of the trip against the Barons, scoring in double figures for the first time with 13 points on 5-of-7 field goals to go with a 3-of-4 effort from the free throw line. He also added six rebounds and an assist.

Baylor’s Royce O’Neale registered his second consecutive double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds, while Wichita State’s Darius Carter added 16 points on 5-of-11 shooting. Kansas’ Landen Lucas grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds. UNLV’s Kendall Smith (13) and Davidson’s Brian Sullivan (11) also scored in double digits.

The team finished its seven-day tour of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia with a 3-1 record, which included wins over Klaipeda Nafta (80-76), Latvia University (99-93) and the Barons to go with a buzz-beater loss to the National Team of Qatar (67-66). All the games utilized FIBA rules, which included four, 10-minute quarters, a 24-second shot clock and a slightly longer 3-point arc.

During the tour, Edwards averaged a team-best 17.5 points on 52 percent shooting (26-of-50), including 60 percent (12-of-21) from 3-point range, to go with 5.5 rebounds per game. Bolden averaged 7.3 points on a team-high 78.6 percent shooting (11-of-14) and 3.0 rebounds per game.

The trip was the first major experience for Edwards and Bolden after sitting out the 2013-14 season. A 6-foot-4 junior guard from Whitby, Ontario, Edwards played two seasons at Maine before transferring to K-State last summer. He averaged an America East-best 16.7 points per game as a sophomore in 2012-13. A 6-foot-11 sophomore forward from Sumter, South Carolina, Bolden played in four games in Georgetown as a true freshman in 2012-13.

The Wildcat duo return to the U.S. mainland on Thursday, as they leave Riga for a flight to first, Frankfurt, Germany then on to Denver. They will return home before returning to Manhattan at the end of month for the start of school.

Release by Tom Gilbert, Associate Director/Athletics Communications