Sputtering Kansas State will try to end a three-game losing skid on Tuesday when it welcomes to Manhattan, Kan., a Texas Tech team coming off a heartbreaking loss of its own.

The Kansas State Wildcats have lost three in a row after dropping to Houston Saturday night. They were dominated in seemingly every statistical category aside f

The Wildcats are in a tailspin. They have lost six of their past seven games and are coming off a 87-57 loss against Houston. That 30-point margin was the biggest loss of the Jerome Tang era. K-State has slumped hard on offense during that stretch. The Wildcats haven’t topped 71 points in a game since early December.

Grant McCasland said the Texas Tech basketball team is getting close and "moving in the right direction," but couldn't match Iowa State's scrap.