Arizona goes cold from deep in loss at Kansas State

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Arizona missed a desperation heave at the buzzer, and Dug McDaniel scored a season-high 24 points to lead Kansas State past No. 13 Arizona 73-70 on Tuesday night for its sixth straight victory — four against ranked opponents.
The loss ended Arizona’s six-game winning streak. It falls out of pace with No. 6 Houston for first place in the conference, but a matchup between the two sides will come on Saturday in Tucson.
David N’Guessan had 16 points and seven rebounds for the resurgent K-State (13-11, 7-6 Big 12), who lost six in a row right before this winning streak. C.J. Jones added 10 points, and McDaniel finished with five steals, four rebounds and three assists.
KJ Lewis led his team (17-7, 11-2) with 15 points off the bench. He bullied K-State’s Max Jones into a turnover and took it the other way to give his team the lead midway through the second half, but it wasn’t able to sustain.
Jaden Bradley had 13 points, Henri Veesaar scored 12 and Tobe Awaka added 10 for Arizona, which lost for only the second time since Dec. 14.
It shot 9.1% as a team from 3, with Caleb Love’s 0-for-7 night standing out. Love surpassed 2,500 career points with six (3-for-15 shooting) on the night.
Arizona caught a break late in the first half with a goaltending call from about 90 seconds earlier getting reversed at a timeout when it was clear as day that freshman forward Carter Bryant hit the ball off the backboard. However, when Arizona took a seven-point advantage shortly after for its largest lead of the game, K-State responded with a 13-0 run to take a six-point lead at the break.
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