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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
BIG 12 BASKETBALL
MONDAY,FEBRUARY 19,2007
Victory prepares K-State for Kansas
BY DAVE SKRETTA
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MANHATTAN — David Hoskins scored 20 points and Kansas State used a big second-half run to beat Iowa State 65-47 on Saturday, giving the Wildcats a much-needed shot of momentum heading into Monday's rematch with No. 9 Kansas.
Carter Martin added 17 points for Kansas State (19-8, 8-4 Big 12), including two three pointers during the decisive 22-6 spurt, which broke a 22 all tie and gave the Wildcats their first series sweep of the Cyclones since 1999.
Iowa State (13-13, 4-8) tied the game a minute out of halftime on a short jumper by Wesley Johnson, but the Cyclones did not hit another field goal for nearly six minutes as Hoskins and Martin scored on an array of drives, jumpers and standstill three-pointers.
At one point, the duo combined for 12 straight points as the Wildcats built a 44-28 lead.
Kansas State led by as many as 18 in the second half before Mike Taylor, the Cyclones' leading scorer, finally got on track. Just as he did in the teams' first meeting, when Taylor scored 21 points in the last eight minutes, the junior guard began pouring in 3-pointers.
Taylor cut the lead to 53-43 with just over 3 minutes left on a triple from the wing, but Kansas State guard Lance Harris answered at the other end to snuff out the Cyclones comeback bid.
Taylor had 12 of his team high 17 points in the second half, as
Kansas State's constant pressure in the half-court forced Iowa State into season-lows for scoring and rebounding. Jiri Hubalek finished with 13 points, but was mostly silent after scoring his team's first six.
Harris finished with 13 points for Kansas State, which had lost two of its last three and sits precariously on the NCAA tournament bubble. The Wildcats have won nine of their last 11 games, including road wins against Texas, Missouri and Iowa State.
But Kansas State's postseason chances could get much better if it can beat the rival laywakes at Bramplige Coliseum, something that has never happened since the building opened for the 1988-89 season. Kansas has won 33 of the last 34 in the series, including a 97-70 romp earlier this season at Allen Fieldhouse.
Kansas State coach Bob Huggins had warned his team not to look ahead, though, and it looked for a while as if they had paid little attention.
The first half was equal parts sloppy and scrapy, as the Cyclones and Wildcats combined for 21 turnovers, a plethora of offensive fouls and each endured long stretches without a field goal.
Kansas State missed 11 of its first 14 shots and trailed 14-9 with about 8 minutes left in the half, before it was Iowa State's turn for ineptitude.
The Cyclones went 6:06 without a field goal, and after Hoskins gave the Wildcats a 15-14 lead with 5:43 to go, they would not trail again the rest of the way.
BY DAVID ALLEN SCHAEFFER
What do you think?
KYLE SCHANZER
Overland Park senior
"I think it should remain a private matter. Kind of like the Army's don't ask don't tell policy."
ANDREW PETERSON Salina senior
"I think we have reached a point where people's sexual orientation doesn't matter as much as it used to, which is good because it's wrong to persecute someone simply because of their orientation."
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT ATHLETES IN COLLEGIATE AND PROFESSIONAL SPORTS REVEALING THEIR HOMOSEXUALITY?
GREG ADELBERG
2006 Chicago graduate
"It is important for our society and how we view each other. Just recently the first African-American football coach won a Super Bowl, so breakthroughs in equality of others must be taken."
SCOTT HAMAN Dallas junior "I really think it's stupid that it would matter. I don't think anyone should care what people do in their private lives."
BIG 12 BASKETBALL
OSU loses first home game in a year
BY JEFF LATZKE ASSOCIATED PRESS
STILWIATER, Okla. — Mike Anderson's frenetic "40 Minutes of Hell" defense claimed its biggest victory vet for Missouri.
Keon Lawrence scored 18 points and Matt Lawrence added 15 off five three-pointers as Missouri upset No. 18 Oklahoma State 75-64 Saturday to give the Tigers their first victory against a ranked foe under Anderson.
The Tigers pulled ahead with an 11-2 run early in the second half, and the Cowboys (19-7, 5-6 Big 12) were never able to make a run and extend their 17-game home winning streak.
"You only get confidence by winning, and that's what it does. It gives our team some confidence," the first-year coach said.
"Every time they answered us, we came down and we answered," said Keon Lawrence, who was 8-for-11 and matched his career high with
eight rebounds. "That was key. We needed to keep the crowd out of it.
The Tigers are 3-1 since the freshman Lawrence became a starter.
"He's a hard matchup, especially when you talk about up-tempo basketball," Anderson said. "He was made to play, I think, attack basketball and it was really on display."
"We went through a period of time where we quit attacking," Cowboys coach Sean Sutton said, "When a team presses and they do
The loss could be a crucial blow to the NCAA tournament hopes for the Cowboys, who have lost four of their last five and don't have a road win this season. They lost 83-54 at Texas on Monday night.
It was Oklahoma State's first home loss since Feb. 13, 2006, against Kansas — on the same day former coach Eddie Sutton announced he take a leave of absence following a drunken-driving accident.
"Right now, we're struggling." Oklahoma State forward Mario Boggan said. "We're trying to fight to get in. We need some wins. Right now, we look at it as we were not in there."
Boggan and JamesOnCurry each scored 16 and Kenny Cooper added 10 for the Cowboys, who appeared hesitant against Missouri's pressing defense.
it all the time, they can sense when a team gets passive. I thought we went through a stretch where we got out of the attack mode and just were trying to get the ball up the court."
For the Tigers, it was their first win in Stillwater since big 12 play began in 1996. Missouri shot 50 percent and was 10-for-18 from three-point range.
"I thought our transition game really dictated that." Anderson said. "We were attacking and guys were spotting on. On the road, you've got to make shots, and we did."
Stethon Hannah converted a three-point play off a scoop layup under the basket, then stole the ball and set up Keon Lawrence's three-pointer that made it 48-41 as Missouri (16-9, 5-7) to pull away. Hannah had to go to the bench after picking up his third foul, but Missouri was able to stretch its lead to 53-43 following Matt Lawrence's three-pointer and a two-handed dunk by Leo Lyons.
Oklahoma State cut the deficit in half with five straight points, but the Tigers' lead was back to 62-52 after Matt Lawrence fifth three-pointer.
It was 67-56 after Marshall Brown beat the shot clock with a three-pointer from the left wing, and Oklahoma State was never closer than seven after that.
and a foul-line jumper to extend the lead to 12 and send the Cowbys orange-clad fans streaming toward the exits in the final 2 minutes.
Brown added 12 points for Missouri, which matched its season-high with 22 turnovers but also forced 21 by the Cowboys. Matt Lawrence, who was 5-for-7 from three-point range, had his most three-poiners ever in a Big 12 game.
"He was lighting it up tonight"
Keon Lawrence said. "We told him.
'You've got to shoot the ball. When you're open, don't hesitate.' He didn't hesitate tonight — from everywhere."
Oklahoma State used Missouri's game early, getting five steals and forcing seven total turnovers to build a 14-3 lead in the first 5 minutes. Matt Lawrence hit a three-pointer to start a 12-4 comeback for the Tigers, and Darryl Butterfield found Glen Dandry wide open under the basket for a layup that cut the deficit to 16-15.
Matt Lawrence hit another three-pointer to give Missouri its first lead at 26-25, and the teams trailed the lead four times before Cooper put back Terrel Harris missed three-pointer just before the halftime buzzer to tie the game at 35.
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