GAME 5
BOSTON COLLEGE (3-1, 0-0 ACC)
- KANSAS STATE (4-0, 0-0 Big 12)
Barclays Center Classic Semifinals
Friday, November 25, 2016 6 p.m. Barclays Center (18,103) Brooklyn, N.Y.
COACHES
Kansas State: Bruce Weber (Wis.-Milwaukee ’78)
Overall: 396-209/19th season
At K-State: 83-54/5th season
- Boston College: First meeting
Boston College: Jim Christian (Rhode Island ‘88)
Overall: 265-198/15th season
At Boston College: 22-45/3rd season
- Kansas State: First meeting
PROJECTED STARTING LINEUP
Kansas State (4-0)
G: #3 Kamau Stokes (11.8 ppg., 2.3 apg.)
G: #5 Barry Brown (15.3 ppg., 3.5 rpg.)
G: #25 Wesley Iwundu (14.0 ppg., 5.0 rpg.)
F: #32 Dean Wade (7.0 ppg., 5.0 rpg.)
F: #4 D.J. Johnson (8.3 ppg., 7.3 rpg.)
Boston College (3-1)
G: #1 Jerome Robinson (19.0 ppg, 4.3 apg.)
G: #2 Connor Tava (7.3 ppg., 7.0 rpg.)
G: #0 Ky Bowman (7.3 ppg., 2.0 rpg.)
F: #11 A.J. Turner (9.3 ppg., 3.0 rpg.)
C: #15 Mo Jeffers (6.3 ppg., 8.3 rpg.)
INSIDE THE SERIES
Overall: Tied 1-1 (1-1 on neutral courts)
- ACC: K-State trails 12-21 (6-15 on neutral courts)
In Brooklyn: First Meeting
Current Streak: Boston College, 1
Last Meeting: BC won 69-65 in St. Louis, Mo. (3/19/1982)
Weber vs. Boston College: First meeting
Weber vs. Christian: First meeting
GAME 5 – QUICK HITTERS
- Kansas State (4-0) hits the road for the first time in 2016-17, as the Wildcats play Boston College (3-1) in the first of two semifinal games in the Barclays Center Classic in Brooklyn on Friday at 6 p.m. CT. The winner will play either Maryland (5-0) or Richmond (3-1) in the championship tilt on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. CT with the consolation game set for 6 p.m. CT. All games will be broadcast on the American Sports Network.
- K-State is looking for a 5-0 start for the first time since coach Bruce Weber’s inaugural season in 2012-13 and just the fifth in the last 15 years. The Wildcats have not won more than 4 games in a row since running off a 10-game winning streak from Nov. 24, 2013 to Jan. 7, 2014.
- K-State is 144-86 (.626) all-time in regular season tournament play, which includes 7 titles, most recently at the 2011 Diamond Head Classic.
- K-State will meet Boston College for the third time in their respective histories, including the first in the regular season. The previous 2 games came in the NCAA Tournament with the Wildcats winning 74-65 in the 1975 East Regional semifinals in Providence, R.I., and the Eagles earning a 69-65 in the 1982 Midwest Regional semifinals in St. Louis.
- The Wildcats will be playing in the Barclays Center for the second time after recording a 72-41 win over Tulane on Dec. 28, 2013 in the Brooklyn Hoops Winter Festival. Only two players remain for that game, as senior Wesley Iwundu posted 9 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists in playing 27 minutes in a start, while senior D.J. Johnson had 4 points and 5 rebounds in 17 minutes off the bench. The team recorded 12 3-pointers.
- K-State will be playing in Brooklyn for the sixth time in its history, which going 1-3 against LIU Brooklyn between 1948 and 1950.
- K-State won both of its opening round games of the Barclays Center Classic, defeating Hampton, 89-67, on Sunday and Robert Morris, 61-40, on Tuesday. The Wildcats won the games in very different ways, doing it with offense against the Pirates with a season-high 58.3 percent (28-of-48) shooting and Bruce Weber era 12 3-pointers, while they held the Colonials to the fewest points by an opponent since 2013.
- The Wildcats have had at least 3 players score in double figures in each of the first 4 games, including 4 double-digit scorers in the first 3 for the first time since the 2011-12 season. Leading scorer Barry Brown (15.3 ppg.) is the only player to register double figures in both exhibitions and all 4 regular season games, connecting on 56.7 percent (34-of-60).
Tom Gilbert – Associate Director Athletic Communications – K-State Athletics