K-State (6-4) is coming off a home victory against Mississippi Valley State. The Wildcats now face a challenging road contest against Creighton (5-4), which is fresh off a blowout loss to Nebraska. Here’s everything you need to know before tipoff:

In the Big Ten, one of the stories of the college basketball season is brewing. Nebraska improved to 11-0 for the first time in program history after recording an 83-80 upset win over No. 13 Illinois. Nebraska guard Jamarques Lawrence knocked down a 3-pointer with 0.2 seconds remaining to give No. 23 Nebraska its first ranked win of the season.

Kansas State women's basketball wrapped up non-conference play with its second true road win of the season, topping Creighton 75-71 in Omaha.

Is there time for the Kansas State Wildcats to turn things around? The Wildcats haven't played in an NCAA Tournament since Tang's first season, and they'll be hoping to return sooner rather than later. They next play at Creighton on Saturday in what should be a competitive game.

Melvin Council Jr. had career highs of 36 points and nine made 3-pointers to help No. 19 Kansas edge N.C. State 77-76 in overtime. Council had made just 5 of 27 3s.

Kansas State men’s basketball coach Jerome Tang waited until the Wildcats were leading by 47 points in their last game before he decided to play Andrej Kostic. That wasn’t a good sign for the 6-foot-6 freshman wing from Serbia who was billed as an impact recruit when he signed with K-State during the offseason. But, hey, at least he played.

The matchup features two 7-3 teams with Kansas coming off a 20-point win over Missouri and NC State fresh from dominating Liberty 85-45.

Iowa State routed UNI, Nebraska stayed undefeated, K-State downed Creighton and Missouri and Kansas were other winners in regional women’s college basketball on Sunday.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/kstate as Cold Shooting Costs Kansas State Women’s Basketball in School Day Loss to San Diego State.

As Wade said following NC State’s win over VCU in November, after the Rams attempted 42 triples: “It looks like, ‘Oh, my gosh, it’s an open shot’ — but it’s not nearly as high a percentage shot as you would think, if it’s the type of 3 that we want taken.”

Sophomore David Castillo scored 6 of his game-high 19 points in the last two minutes to help Kansas State hold off a furious Creighton rally in an 83-76 win