The Associated Press

Columbia, Mo. • Rodney McGruder scored 24 points and Kansas State upset No. 3 Missouri 78-68 Tuesday night, the Wildcats’ second win this season over the Tigers.

Kansas State (19-8, 8-7 Big 12) led 40-30 at halftime and by 16 points in the second half after a twisting McGruder layup before a late run by Missouri (25-3, 12-3) got the Tigers within 63-60 with six minutes remaining.

At a glance

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Tuesday’s scores

» No. 1 Kentucky 73, Mississippi State 64

» Kansas State 78, No. 3 Missouri 68

» No. 7 North Carolina 86,N.C. State 74

» No. 8 Ohio State 83, Illinois 67

» Seton Hall 73,No. 9 Georgetown 55

» No. 11 Michigan 67,Northwestern 55 (OT)

» No. 12 Florida 63,Auburn 47

» Colorado State 71, No. 18 New Mexico 63

» No. 25 Virginia 61,Virginia Tech 59

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Missouri trailed by 4 after two free throws by Michael Dixon with 2:21 left, but Jordan Henriquez answered with an alley-oop dunk following a Tiger timeout. The Wildcats extended the lead on two free throws by Henriquez after a Steve Moore foul on a missed Michael Dixon 3-pointer and built a cushion from the foul line in the final minute.

Kansas State connected on 53.8 percent of its field goals for the game. Missouri made just 38.3 percent .

The K-State loss was Missouri’s first home defeat of the season and just the fourth career loss at Mizzou Arena for the Tigers’ 5-man senior class.

Seton Hall 73, No. 9 Georgetown 55 • At Newark, N.J., Jordan Theodore scored a career-high 29 points to lead Seton Hall to the signature win it needed for its NCAA Tournament résumé.

The Pirates (19-9, 8-8 Big East) put on quite a shooting performance against one of the conference’s best defensive teams. They shot 61.0 percent (25 for 41), the best against the Hoyas this season and only the third time any team shot 50 percent or better. Georgetown (20-6, 10-5) came in allowing 38.4 percent shooting this season.