The first win of Casey Alexander’s tenure as head coach of Kansas State basketball is in the books following a 95-78 victory over Cal State-Northridge (CSUN) on Friday.
An offensive barrage in the first half carried the Wildcats to the victory after scoring 57 of its points in the first 20 minutes on 54.3% shooting, including a 50% mark from behind the arc.
That slowed in the second half, but the Wildcats were still able to win comfortably down the stretch to move to 1-1 so far this season.
The Wildcats hit 17 3s in the game, the fourth-most in school history. Their 41 3-point attempts broke the school record for the most in a game.
Leading the way for K-State was senior guard Brandon Rechsteiner, who had a career-high 26 points on 8-of-17 shooting, including 6-of-15 from behind the arc.
Sophomores Montana Wheeler and Matt Gilhool added 12 each off the bench as part of 43 bench points for the Wildcats.
CSUN was led by guard Mikah Ballew, who had 23 points, including six of the Matadors' seven 3s.
BJ Omot had 14, Josiah Davis had 12 and Brooklyn Hicks rounded out their double-digit scorers with 11.
How it happened
K-State came out firing, jumping ahead 11-7 thanks in part to three 3...