Manhattan ? Kansas State did the dirty work on the floor — sometimes literally — and cleaned up on the scoreboard.

The Wildcats took charges, dove for loose balls and went hard after every missed shot. Their hard work paid off with a 74-54 victory over Missouri on Saturday night, Kansas State’s first Big 12 Conference victory after three-point losses to Nebraska and Texas Tech.

“We controlled a lot of things that are in that ‘blue collar’ category,” coach Jim Wooldridge said. “We have to do that. We’ve got a lot of young kids who are learning to do that — and if they buy into that, they have a chance to be successful.”

Kansas State drew four offensive fouls, forced 17 turnovers and outrebounded Missouri 41-33 in breaking a seven-game losing streak to the Tigers.

“This was a must-win game,” said forward Cartier Martin, who led Kansas State (11-3, 1-2 Big 12) with 18 points and 10 rebounds, his first double-double of the season. “We lost the first two, which we feel we should have won. So coming in tonight, we really made a point of playing off of each other and playing as a team.”

Jeremiah Massey added 17 points, and Fred Peete had 14 for the Wildcats, who had lost nine of their last 10 to Missouri and were 1-7 against the Tigers under Wooldridge.

Massey, wearing a new brace on his sprained right ankle, wasn’t afraid to test it. He played 34 minutes and took two of the four charges called on the Tigers.

“Coach told us all week that these guys can get out of control sometimes, and that was something we keyed in on,” Massey said. “He told us the charges would be there to take, and we took them.”

Missouri (9-7, 1-2) dropped to 0-5 on the road this season. This time, everything that could go wrong — foul problems, turnovers, horrible shooting — did. The Tigers trailed 33-22 at the break and never got closer than nine points after that.

The problems started early. Missouri was hit with two charging calls in the first three minutes, was outrebounded 10-5 in the first 101/2 minutes and committed 10 first-half turnovers.

“Our psyche has been fragile,” Tigers coach Quin Snyder said. “When you aren’t making shots, you have to dig in defensively and we didn’t have the same defensive tenacity. That showed in how we lost the ball, and we were a step slow.”