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Frankie Taddeo

K-State’s Markquis Nowell Breaks Men’s NCAA Tournament Assists Record

The World’s Most Famous Arena just treated college basketball fans to one of the most incredible performances in men’s NCAA tournament history.

Kansas State senior point guard Markquis Nowell set the all-time record with 19 assists in the Wildcats’ East Regional victory over Michigan State. Nowell's supreme production is the most in a men’s NCAA tournament game, breaking the previous mark set by UNLV’s Mark Wade (18) back in the 1987 National Semifinals.

Nowell also shatters the previous record for assists by a player in a regional game. The previous mark of 13 assists was shared by Michigan’s Rumeal Robinson (1989), UNLV’s Anderson Hunt (1990), Utah’s Andre Miller 1998) and Davidson’s Jason Richards (2008).

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