MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber has remarked several times this season about sophomore Barry Browns commitment to staying in the gym this season.Wednesday nights performance against Green Bay gave Weber the chance to talk about Browns commitment once again.Brown scored 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting, Xavier Sneed added 14 points and Kansas State beat Green Bay 80-61 on Wednesday night.Hes been the most consistent and been in the gym the most, Weber said. I dont know if hell be in there tonight but usually hes in there every night and thats why hes making shots.Wesley Iwundu had 11 points and five assists and Carlbe Ervin II scored 10 for Kansas State (6-1). Dean Wade added eight points and eight rebounds.Turner Botz led Green Bay (4-3) with 11 points.Iwundu, Kamau Stokes and Sneed each hit a 3-pointer during a 13-2 run that put the Wildcats up 30-14 with 7:27 left in the half. The Phoenix trimmed its deficit to 37-29 at halftime, but Wade and Brown hit back-to-back 3s before a dunk by Iwundu to make it 45-29 fewer than two minutes into the second half and Kansas State led by double figures the rest of the way.Green Bay was 11-of-33 shooting, including 3 of 15 (20 percent) from 3-point range, and committed 11 turnovers in the first half.I think their defense had a lot to do with it, Green Bay coach Linc Darner said. We cannot match their length and size in practice. We are shooting over 6-foot-7 to 6-foot-9 guys. We do not have a lot of those guys in our practice and thats one area where weve struggled this season.Kansas State shot 57 percent from the field and never trailed.BIG PICTUREGreen Bay: The Phoenix had not faced a Big 12 opponent since they hosted Kansas State in 2002.Kansas State: With the win over Green Bay, Kansas State is 7-1 against opponents from the Horizon League.UP NEXTGreen Bay: Green Bay will face off with Toledo on Saturday as the second game of their four game road trip.Kansas State: On Saturday, the Wildcats travel to St. Louis to face off against the Saint Louis Billikens.STAT OF THE NIGHT: The Wildcats had 20 assists but committed 20 turnovers.FRESHMAN STANDOUT: Xavier Sneed rebounded from a poor performance against Maryland to rebound with a 14 point, three rebound effort against Green Bay on Wednesday night.LETDOWN: Green Bays Khalil Small struggled from the field early and often missing his first three shots of the game. He finished with just four points on 1 of 11 shooting. Wholesale Custom Dodgers Shirts . Ancelotti says Ronaldo has recovered from a hamstring injury but "but he doesnt feel comfortable yet so we wont risk him." Madrid is third in the Spanish league, six points behind leader Barcelona, going into Saturdays game against Valladolid. Dodgers Jerseys China . Louis Blues absence from top spot in the TSN. http://www.customdodgersjersey.com/ . Jeff Green scored 13 points and Kris Humphries 12 for the Celtics, who nearly blew an 18-point, second-half lead. Sullingers 20-20 was the first by a Celtics player since Kevin Garnetts first game in Boston in 2007. Garnett was dealt -- along with Paul Pierce -- to Brooklyn during the off-season. Custom Babe Herman Jersey . -- The Sacramento Kings are set to become the first major professional sports franchise to accept Bitcoin virtual currency for ticket and merchandise purchases. Cheap Dodgers Jerseys . Louis Blues absence from top spot in the TSN. Once again, the Kansas City Royals are without a lucky praying mantis.This time, though, it was for good reason.?Rally Mantis Jr., the second such creature to be dubbed the teams good luck charm (RIP to the original Rally Mantis?), has a new home at a Kansas City, Missouri, nature center. The team donated the insect to the nature center, according to a tweet from Royals ?vice president of communications Mike Swanson.?The Royals found Rally Mantis Jr. at Comerica Park during a three-game road series against the Detroit Tiigers?in mid-August, days after the passing of the first Rally Mantis.dddddddddddd The Royals swept the Tigers that series and finished with a 12-6 record in the Rally Mantis Jr. era, according to Swanson.Maybe Rally Mantis Jr. will be able to send some of its good luck mojo over to Kaufman Stadium as the Royals chase a wild-card spot. One thing is for sure: The insect wont soon be forgotten. ' ' '