Abdi Bashir Jr. made five 3-pointers in the first half and finished with 18 points as Kansas State held off a furious second-half rally to claim an 83-76 win over Creighton on Saturday afternoon in Omaha, Neb.

David Castillo added a game-high 19 points off the bench for the Wildcats (7-4), who have won two straight and picked up their first road win. P.J. Haggerty, the nation's leading scorer at 24 points per game, was held to 10 points on 4-of-12 shooting for his lowest output of the season for Kansas State.

The Bluejays (5-5), who lost for the first time at home, were led by Josh Dix and Isaac Traudt with 18 points each.

Bashir Jr., an Omaha native who played the last two seasons at Monmouth, was one of five Wildcats to connect from beyond the arc in the first half. Kansas State shot

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