‘King of Manhattan’: Nowell featured on various New York outlets
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Published: Mar. 24, 2023 at 8:28 AM CDT
NEW YORK (KCTV) - Kansas State guard Markquis Nowell stole all the headlines Thursday night with a historic performance in the Wildcats’ Sweet 16 win over Michigan State.
Nowell scored 20 points and had an NCAA Tournament record 19 assists in the 98-93 overtime win over the Spartans, leading to a feature on the front of the sports pages in New York. Nowell is a native of Harlem, and is one of four K-State players (Nae’Qwan Tomlin, Tykei Greene and Ismael Massoud) who are from the area.
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K-State will take on No. 9 seed Florida Atlantic on Saturday at 5:09 p.m. in the Elite Eight. That game will air on TBS.
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