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A defensive battle that included a scoring drought of three minutes by both teams in the second half resulted in Kansas State suffering its third loss of the season 63-59 to the UNLV Rebels on Tuesday night in front of a sold-out Sprint Center. It marked the second loss in the confines of Sprint Center this season, with a previous loss to Duke in the O’Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic.

K-State’s highly-anticipated match-up with No. 22 UNLV (10-2) in Tuesday’s Hy-Vee Wildcat Classic at Sprint Center is sold out, athletic department officials announced Monday. The Wildcats, who will be hosting a home game at Sprint Center for the fourth consecutive season, already have sold all season tickets for games at Bramlage Coliseum this season.

The No. 4 Kansas State Wildcats traveled the shortest distance to get to the O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic, but they hit the longest shots to get a win over the No. 22 Gonzaga Bulldogs at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. K-State rained 12 3-pointers on Gonzaga en route to an 81-64 win Monday night.

Tickets for the highly anticipated match-up between Kansas State and UNLV in the Hy-Vee Wildcat Classic at Sprint Center will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Saturday, athletic officials announced today. The contest, which will pit K-State against Wildcat legend Lon Kruger and his Runnin’ Rebels, is set for 8 p.m. Dec. 21 at the 18,897-seat arena.

Kansas State’s already difficult men’s basketball schedule got a lot tougher Thursday, when the CBE Classic announced that the Wildcats will meet Gonzaga in the championship rounds of the tournament at Sprint Center at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 22 on ESPN2. The contest with the Bulldogs will follow the first game of the doubleheader between reigning national champion Duke and NCAA Tournament participant Marquette, which tips off at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN2.

Kansas State will join Duke, Gonzaga and Marquette in the 2010 O'Reilly Auto Parts CBE Classic, which culminates with the championship rounds at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 22-23, the Gazelle Group in Princeton, N.J., announced Thursday. Tickets for the championship-round games at Sprint Center go on sale tomorrow (March 5), beginning at 10 a.m. CT, and can be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 or through Ticketmaster.com.