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12/01 22:13 CST Veteran Towns scores career-high 27 points to lead Bowling Green past Kansas State 82-66 Veteran Towns scores career-high 27 points to lead Bowling Green past Kansas State 82-66 MANHATTAN, Kansas (AP) --- Sam Towns scored a career-high 27 points shooting 9 of 14, and Bowling Green upset Kansas State 82-66 on Monday in a game the Falcons led from the start. It was Bowling Green's first win over a Power 4 opponent since beating Virginia Tech on the road, 72-71, on Nov. 12, 2005. Towns, who has played at least a half-dozen college basketball games a season since his career started at Ohio in 2020-21, shot 3 of 5 from 3-point range and made all six of his foul shots. Javontae Campbell and Javon Ruffin each scored 17 points for the Falcons (6-2). Bowling Green shot 45% (28 of 62) overall and 46% (12 of 26) from 3-point range. Kansas State shot just 26% (6 of 23) from 3. David Castillo scored 22 points and P.J. Haggerty 17 for the Wildcats (5-3). Khamari McGriff had a dunk and Haggerty had a layup to bring Kansas State within 33-31 with 5:39 left before halftime. Bowling Green responded by outscoring the Wildcats 16-4 to close the half and went to the break up 49-35. The Jayhawks only got within single digits twice (63-52 with 8:12 left and 63-55 with 7:21 to go) after halftime. It was the first meeting between the teams. Bowling Green is off to its best start since beginning the 2020-21 season 9-2.

Up Next Bowling Green hosts Utah Valley on Saturday. Now losers of three straight, Kansas State hosts Seton Hall on Saturday. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here and here (AP News mobile app). AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball

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