Kansas State University Athletics
Kansas State University
3-0
Washington State
2-1
Kansas State men improve to 3-0 with 62-53 win over Washington State
Nov 27, 2004 | Men's Basketball
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) -- Fred Peete scored a career-high 18 points, as Kansas State improved to 3-0 on for the second straight year with a 62-53 victory over Washington State Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum.
Jeremiah Massey scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half for the Wildcats, who came from behind in the second half and for the third time in as many games.
The Cougars (2-1) led 32-29 early in the second period, before Massey dumped in six points during a 14-4 K-State run that put the Wildcats on top, 43-36.
Washington State clawed back to within 49-47 on a 3-pointer by Josh Akognon with 6:44 to go, but the Wildcats responded with a 9-0 run -- capped by Clent Stewart's 3-pointer with 1:47 left for a 58-47 lead -- to put the game away.
Kansas State led for most of the first half, the result of sharp long-range shooting. The Wildcats hit five of their first six 3-point attempts, just three days after going 1-for-7 from beyond the arc against Denver.
But the Cougars also hit five 3-pointers in the first half, and Robbie Cowgill's buzzer-beating 3 gave Washington State a 30-28 halftime lead, its first of the game.
Thomas Kelati had three 3-pointers and 11 points to lead Washington State.
