5-foot-8 guard Markquis Nowell put forth one of the best individual performances of the NCAA Tournament in Kansas State’s win over Kentucky in the Round of 32 on Sunday. Going for 27 points and nine assists in 40 minutes, he was the shortest, but best player on the floor inside Greensboro Coliseum.
UK head coach John Calipari went out of his way to credit Nowell for helping flip the momentum for K-State and push the other Wildcats to victory. In the process, though, he referred to the senior guard as a ‘little kid’ while also calling him the wrong name, Howell instead of Nowell.