WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23, 2002 SPORTS THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN - 3B BASKETBALL CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1B and Tinsley in check at Hilton Coliseum, but had no answer for Sullivan and Power. Sullivan hit 6-of-8 three-pointers and scored 22 points, while Power was a perfect 4-of-4 and had 18 points in the Cyclones' 79-71 win. "We haven't had any luck there at all since I've been here," junior forward Nick Collison said. "I'd be nice to get a win. Kirk (Hinrich) and I usually have about 35 tickets between us for that game." This might finally be the year nat Collison and Hinrich get a win in their home state. Iowa State, the defending conference champions, has defeated just one conference opponent, a 71-61 upset against Missouri on Jan. 9, and lost to Kansas State 63-52 Saturday in Manhattan. However, the Cyclones have the Big 12's second-leading scorer, Tyray Pearson, a 6-foot-7 220-pound senior forward. Pearson is averaging 19 points and 8.4 rebounds per game, and Sullivan is second on the team with 16.2 points per game and has made 49.2 percent of his three-point attempts. Though the Cyclones don't have big-name players like Fizer and Tinsley, Drew Gooden said there was no reason Kansas should be over-confident. "We haven't won there in a long time—we have no reason to be confident," the Kansas junior forward said. "This is a big game for them, and they're going to be ready to play like they have been in the past." Note: Gooden was named Big 12 Player of the Week for the fourth time this season after averaging 18 points and 8.5 rebounds per game in wins against No. 6 Oklahoma State It's the most times a Kansas player has been named Player of the Week in one season and ties former Cyclone Marcus Fizer, who won the award four times in the 1999-2000 season. and No. 5 Oklahoma last week. Fizer also holds the record for receiving the award the most times in a career with six. Gooden is tied for second with former Jayhawk Rae LaFrentz and former Texas Tech player Corey Carr with four each. Contact Pacey at sports@kansan.com. This story was edited by Sarah Smarsh. CYCLONES CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1B young team, and we have a very small margin for error. We have to get the most out of our team every night." Iowa State has struggled against Big 12 teams. The Cyclones are coming off a 63-52 road loss to Kansas State, which put the team below the .500 mark for the first time since 1998. If Iowa State loses to Kansas, the squad will be 1-5 in the Big 12 for the first time since 1994. Brown said the Cyclones have made a lot of mental mistakes this season. "There's things we have to bring up with the team every night," Brown said. "We haven't been able to play consistently in the Big 12, but we have lost a lot of close games." Graduation cost Iowa State some of the school's best-ever offensive players during the past two seasons. Former players Marcus Fizer, Jamal Tinsley and Kantrail Horton each played a major part in sinking the Jayhawks the past two seasons. "They are without Tinsley and Horton, who were such threats to do everything," Kansas coach Roy Williams said. "You don't lose two players like that and immediately get back to the same level." Brown said Fizer, Tinsley and Horton were not the only reasons Iowa State had had so much success against Kansas. He suggested that strategy had been more important. “Our wins had something to do with having Tinsley and Fizer, but I'm not sure that's all it was,” Brown said. “There's a certain way we play each team. We try to be very patient against Kansas.” Brown added that he hoped to contain the Jayhawks' transition game and force them into more of a half-court offense. "If we can get back and set our defense, that's huge," he said. "We want to make them pass the ball more than they'd like. There's not a special answer for Kansas." Iowa State's offense has been inconsistent this season, but the team is not without a few weapons. Senior forward Tyray Pearson is third in the Big 12 in scoring, averaging 19 points per game. He is also strong on the boards, grabbing 8.4 rebounds per game, which ranks fifth in the Big 12. bwasko@kansan.com. This story was edited by Justin Henning. Contact Wasko at Freshman forward Wayne Simien hopes to aid Kansas against Kansas State. The Jayhawks lead the Big 12 Conference with a 4-0 record. KANSAN FILE PHOTO Standout Hawkeyes come off bench, boost Iowa against Michigan State The Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — Benched at the start of the game for the first time this season, Luke Recker and Pierre Pierce delivered at the end for Iowa. Recker sank three free throws in the final 1:03, and Pierce hit two and gave Iowa the lead as the Hawkeyes beat Michigan State 75-71 Tuesday night, breaking a three-game losing streak. For Recker, an encouraging call from his sister proved to be prophetic. "My sister called me today and said, 'It's not who starts the game, it's who finishes the game,'" Recker said. "She's right. Obviously, I'd like to start, but whatever is best for the team, I will do." Iowa coach Steve Alford shuffled his lineup to try to shake his team out of its dodrums, starting Ryan Hogan and Brody Boyd in place of Recker and Pierce. Recker still ended up with 16 points and Pierce played excellent defense on Michigan State's Marcus Taylor in the second half in addition to making his clutch free throws. "Everyone had to understand their role and they did," Alford said. "It isn't easy to take players out of the game when they make mistakes, but that's what we needed, so I hope we got their attention." Playing its first game this season as an unranked team, Iowa (14-7, 3-4 Big Ten) recovered after blowing a nine-point lead in the second half and broke an eight-game losing streak to Michigan State. Michigan State (11-8, 2-4) shot 53 percent for the game but did not score after Taylor hit a jump shot to put the Spartans ahead 71- 70 with 1:17 left. Taylor led al. scorers with 20 points but had only six in the second half on 2-for-8 shooting. "I think their two guards, Pierce and Chauncey Leslie, are better defensively and that had something to do with it," Michigan State coach Tom Izzo said of Taylor's second-half shooting. "Another thing might be I only took him out once. We were wearing him down." Recker hit a free throw with 1:03 remaining to tie the score at 71. After Michigan State's Kelvin Torbert missed a 3-point shot, Taylor drove for a shot, but Pierce stripped the ball and was fouled going to the other end. "I saw an opening and I figured I could take it up in there," Taylor said. "It's a situation where I didn't think about the shot clock. I just wanted a basket so we could go back on defense." After a hug from Recker, Pierce made both free throws with a 73-71 Iowa lead with 22.3 seconds left. "I just said, 'You're a big-time player, Pierre, and big-time players make these free throws at the end,'" Recker said. Recker then came up with the ball after Taylor missed a three-point attempt and made two final free throws with 2.1 seconds to play. Reggie Evans also scored 16 points for Iowa, which for the first time in Big Ten play had more assists (14) than turnovers (11). Glen Worley added nine points and had four of Iowa's 13 steals. Torbert scored 14, while Aloysius Anagonye and Chris Hill each had 10 for the Spartans. Michigan State finished the game without Anagonye and Ballinger, its top inside players. 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