As he and the rest of his Kansas State teammates did so often Thursday, Denis Clemente missed.With 8.2 seconds left in the game, he had “a good look,” a clean three-point shot that would have lifted the Wildcats into a tie with the Texas Longhorns and probably forced overtime.But the ball bounced off the back of the rim, the 16th miss of the afternoon for Clemente, the Big 12 newcomer of the year and K-State’s leading scorer.
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