Live Blog: Final: Indiana basketball 86, Kansas State 69
Indiana basketball continues its 126th season of competition with a non-conference clash against Kansas State at 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Nov. 25, at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall. The fourth of a five-game homestand will be aired on FS1 with Conor Onion and Steve Smith on the call.
Kansas State (5-1) is led by fourth-year head coach Jerome Tang. The Wildcats are led by preseason All-American P.J. Haggerty. The junior guard has averaged 28.0 points per game on 56.0% (56-of-100) shooting from the floor and 40.9% (9-of-22) from the 3-point line.
Junior guard Abdi Bashir Jr. (14.3 points, 24 made 3-pointers), senior guard Nate Johnson (13.7 points, 6.2 rebounds), sophomore guard David Castollo (11.8 points), and senior forward Khamari McGriff (11.7 points, 82.9% field goals) all post double-figure scoring averages. Kansas State has posted 92.8 points per game and have reached at least 84 points in all six contests. The Wildcats have hit 43.3% (68-of-157) from behind the 3-point line as a team.
Below is the full live blog.
(On3+): Scouting Notes: Kansas State
Injury Updates + Pregame Notes
11/25/2025 08:32:32 AMOUT: Josh Harris, Aleksa Ristic, Jason Drake
Projected Starters
11/25/2025 08:33:16 AMG – Tayton Conerway
G – Lamar Wilkerson
G – Conor Enright
F – Tucker DeVries
F – Reed Bailey
Media timeout at 15:11: Indiana basketball 12, K-State 4
11/25/2025 07:23:45 PMIndiana basketball wins the tip and here we go. Bailey finds Conerway for a backdoor cut for the first points.
Reed Bailey comes up with a steal then Lamar Wilkerson with three to give the Hoosiers 5-0 lead.
Indiana basketball would force another turnover. Tayton Conerway would nail a three too. 8-0 lead by Indiana basketball.
Tucker DeVries being very aggressive on the boards.
Bailey would get fouled and he would go 1-2 at the line. Sam Alexis would check in for him.
Trent Sisley finds Conor Enright — who pulls of a beautiful shot fake — and drills a three. Hoosiers up 12-4. A few plays later Enright would draw a offensive foul on K-State.
Media timeout at 11:33: Indiana basketball 20, K-State 4
11/25/2025 07:33:12 PMSam Alexis with a big man bucket out of the break. Follows it up with a block.
Trent Sisley with a three. Hoosiers up 17-4.
Nick Dorn checks in for DeVries.
Tayton Conerway with a three. 20-4 Indiana. 11-0 run.
Back-to-back travels called on K-State. Indiana’s defense is just putting so much pressure on them.
Media timeout at 7:52: Indiana basketball 22, K-State 16
11/25/2025 07:45:12 PMKansas State with a three out of the break. They get a score and steal right after. Darian DeVries calls timeout at 10:03. Indiana leads 20-9.
Both Tucker DeVries and Sam Alexis each with 2 fouls now.
K-State has taken the momentum now. 10-0 run and have cut the lead down to 20-14.
Bailey gets fouled and goes 2-2 at the line.
Sam Alexis checks back in for Bailey.
Enright picks up a foul and we go to break.
Media timeout at 3:47: Indiana basketball 28, K-State 24
11/25/2025 07:57:12 PMK-State cuts the lead down to 22-20.
DeVries finds Sisley for a baseline dunk. Much-needed for them.
Lamar Wilkerson takes big hit by a diving K-State player. Got up fine, however. He follows it up with a strong baseline drive that got him to the free throw line. He goes 2-2 at the stripe.
Enright draws a charge. The second time he has caused an offensive foul on K-State.
Indiana back to get some stops on defense. Lamar had a steal bit threw it right to a K-State player for an easy transition layup.
Reed Bailey doing a good job at getting to the free throw line. 5-6 so far.
Final 3:47 of the first half
11/25/2025 08:00:05 PMK-State with the ball out of the break. They get called for a travel, however.
Alexis and DeVries back in. Lamar Wilkerson hits a much-needed Indiana three. Conor Enright hits a corner three next offensive possession.
Reed Bailey baseline layup extends the lead to 39-27.
K-State almost got a buzzer beater but after review, ball was still in his hands. No bucket.
At the half: Indiana basketball 39, K-State 27
11/25/2025 08:10:27 PMFirst half stats:
Media timeout at 15:23: Indiana basketball 51, K-State 34
11/25/2025 08:39:04 PMK-State ball to start here. Enright picks up his 2nd foul right out of the gate.
Tayton Conerway with a steal and score. K-State would answer.
Reed Bailey gets back to the line. He goes 1-2 at the line.
Conerway with a speedy layup extends the lead to 44-29.
Bailey gets a bucket plus the foul. He score at the line. Hoosiers up 18 now.
K-State timeout after Indiana extends the lead to 49-29. 16:45 left.
K-State scores out of their timeout. Conerway would answer.
Sisley comes away with an offensive rebound but is fouled. We go to break.
Media timeout at 11:33: Indiana basketball 61, K-State 44
11/25/2025 08:49:09 PMTucker DeVries gets his first points of the game.
Conerway picks up his 3rd foul.
K-State answering a little bit here. They won’t go away easy.
Media timeout at 7:10: Indiana basketball 72, K-State 59
11/25/2025 09:02:55 PMBailey at the free throw line out of the break. He goes 2-2. Indiana up 19.
K-State may be running out of gas right now. Indiana is wearing them out.
Lot of whistles these last two minutes. Really slowing the pace down.
Conor Enright and PJ Haggerty really getting into it.
K-State cuts the lead down to 67-55. Indiana with back-to-back offensive fouls.
Wildcats cut the lead down to 10 before Conerway gets the basket and scores plus the foul. Big play by the senior guard.
Sisley with a slam extends the lead to 72-59.
Media timeout at 3:59: Indiana basketball 78, K-State 63
11/25/2025 09:17:01 PMConerway 2-2 at the line out of the break.
Lamar Wilkerson gets a charge called on him.
Trent Sisley scores his 12th point of the game.
6-0 run by Indiana basketball, 2:33 scoring drought for K-State.
Indiana basketball starting to slow the pace down and run clock.
Trent Sisley lost his shoe on the floor. Couldn’t get it on in time and got subbed out.
Final 3:59
11/25/2025 09:17:38 PMK-State just 1 of their last 7 FGs.
Lamar Wilkerson 3 extends the lead to 86-63.
Walk-ons come in. Game over.
Final: Indiana basketball 86, Kansas State 69
11/25/2025 09:25:54 PMFull stats:
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