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Rapid recap: Tylor Perry's game-winner for Kansas State

On3 imageby:Drew Galloway12/07/23

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Kansas State defense

Kansas State played some of their best defense of the season against Villanova. K-State held the Big East Wildcats to just 25 points in the first 20 minutes. Villanova also shot just 23 percent in the first half as well.

Jerome Tang said that K-State was more focused on defense. He thought they were locked in on the game plan against South Dakota State and it showed on the scoreboard. So, he and his staff challenged their players to be more locked in Tuesday night.

Kansas State hadn’t been as locked in defensively in the previous few games and it showed. Tang was pleased with the effort versus Villanova and shared that they had probably six or seven perfect possessions in the first half.

How to get Perry going early

It is no secret that K-State guard Tylor Perry has struggled in first halves this season. The senior struggled from the field once again in the first half Tuesday night with just three points on 1 of 5 shooting.

When asked about how to get Perry going early, Tang joked that it would already be happening if he had the answer. The Kansas State head coach also said teams are game planning more for Perry in the beginning of games.

In the first half, the Oklahoma native was more of a floor general and was getting his teammates involved with three assists. One area Tang would like to see Perry improve on is not getting frustrated when the shots aren’t falling. He wants him to remain relaxed and keep shooting.

The final K-State final play

Perry hit another clutch three-pointer for the Wildcats Tuesday night. His step-back three with 3.9 seconds left gave K-State a 72-71 lead in overtime and that ended up being the final score of the contest.

An interesting note about the final play for Kansas State was the play was actually supposed to go to Cam Carter. The Wildcats set up the play to be similar to a play in the second half where Carter got an alley-oop that ultimately failed.

Instead of the back screen, though, it was a flare screen set by David N’Guessan.

However, Villanova took the flare screen away, so it turned into a ball screen. On the ball screen, Villanova switched the screen and it gave Perry a mis-match with their ‘5’ man. The senior got his feet inside the arc, stepped back and let it fly.

Both Perry and Tang revealed that as soon as he stepped back they knew the shot was going in.

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