Kansas State Drops Game to Iowa State on the Road 80-76

Kansas State refused to go away, but in addition refused to take the lead towards Iowa State, finally operating out of time and falling to the Cyclones 80-76.

The primary half was the Cam Carter present for the Wildcats. The sophomore guard opened the scoring with a jumper on the 19:04 mark of the primary half, and went on to attain 13 factors within the half. It wasn’t a horrible half for the Wildcats, however it felt like they have been each leaving factors on the ground and giving the Cyclones simple baskets off turnovers.

This was additionally a sport of droughts for Kansas State on offense. Cam Carter made a layup on the 14:46 mark to present the Wildcats a 14-10 lead. They wouldn’t rating once more till a Nae’Qwan Tomlin dunk with 9:43 left within the half gave them 16. Within the meantime, Iowa State put up 9 factors, giving the Cyclones a 19-16 lead after the dunk. From that time, the sport settled right into a rhythm. Neither group might separate. At one level, Iowa State constructed a 5 level lead, solely to see it erased by erased by the ‘Cats. A Markquis Nowell layup with 45 seconds remaining pushed Kansas State into the lead, 33-31, heading into the locker room.

The groups got here out of the locker room and fell into the identical backwards and forwards contest from the first half. Then after scoring 7 factors within the first 4 minutes of the half, Kansas State would rating 6 factors within the subsequent 6 minutes, marked by turnovers and miss free throws. A Gabe Kalscheur 3 with 11:43 remaining gave Iowa State a ten level lead at 52-42. It seemed just like the Wildcats have been carried out, however each time it felt like the sport was slipping away, Ish Massoud nailed a 3 to carry the group again.

A Knowles layup with 5:51 remaining closed the Iowa State result in 59-60, and it seemed just like the Cardiac Cats would pull one other one out of the fireplace, however they couldn’t work out a strategy to take the lead. Full credit score to Iowa State, they hit essential pictures. Middle Osun Osunniyi, specifically, tortured Kansas State late within the sport. The massive man averted foul bother early, and got here via late, scoring 10 of Iowa State’s final 20 factors.

Talking of 20 factors, that’s how Iowa State received the sport. Their usually stuffy offense was unstoppable within the final 5:51. Kansas State had a number of alternatives to get a cease, however couldn’t discover a strategy to preserve the Cyclones off the scoreboard lengthy sufficient to take a lead. The Wildcats scored 17 factors within the remaining 5:51 with Knowell and Keyontae taking during the last 2 minutes on offense, pouring in 10 mixed factors, however it wasn’t sufficient to beat the poor protection.

The Wildcats dropped their 2nd Big12 sport of the season 80-76.

Stat of the Sport

Kansas State

14 Turnovers

17/25 from the road (68%) – Season common 74%

Iowa State

28 Rebounds (together with 9 offensive rebounds) – Out-rebounded Ok-State by 8

19/25 from the road (76%) – Season common 67%