K-State squanders halftime lead, loses at Texas A&M, 65-53

We had no pictures available from this game, but you didn’t want to see any, anyway. Here’s Wendell Mitchell, who scored 22 second-half points to doom the Wildcats in the Big 12/SEC challenge.Amazing how difficult a team can make basketball look when it can’t make open shots. Also amazing how quickly a team on a 5-game winning streak can squander much of the goodwill and positive vibes it stored up over two and a half weeks of solid play.

Kansas State, (15-5, 5-2 Big 12) shot 44.4% (12-27) from the floor and forced 11 turnovers in the first half against Texas A&M (8-10, 1-5 SEC) to lead the Aggies, 30-26, at halftime in College Station. On the first play out of the locker room after the…