Kansas State University Athletics
Kansas State University
4-1
Washington State
4-1
Cats edged by Wazzu
Dec 03, 2005 | Men's Basketball
PULLMAN, Wash. Lance Harris’ last-second shot was blocked and Washington State escaped with a 58-57 victory over Kansas State Saturday at Friel Court.
Cartier Martin scored 21 points and grabbed 12 rebounds to lead the Wildcats (4-1), who suffered their first loss of the season.
Derrick Low hit four three pointers and led three Cougars in double figures with 14 points as Washington State (4-1) avenged its loss to the Wildcats in Manhattan from last season.
Kansas State led 44-42 midway through the second half following a dunk by Martin, but didn’t score for the next six minutes as Wazzu reeled off 11 straight points to forge a 53-44 advantage with just under four minutes to play.
A jumper by Martin and eight quick points by Harris, who finished with 12, during a 10-3 Wildcat run pulled K-State within a bucket at the 1:33 mark.
Low connected on a pair of free throws with 36 seconds to go to push the Cougars’ lead back to four before Martin answered with a 3-point play to make it a 1-point game.
However, neither team could score in the final 24 seconds as Washington State missed four straight free throws and the Wildcats turned the ball over with a chance to go ahead before Harris’ game-winning attempt from the right corner was blocked.
Kansas State got out to a good start to open the game and led 12-7 in the early going. A 5-minute Wildcat drought let the Cougars back in the game as Wazzu scored 13 straight points to forge an 8-point lead.
K-State bounced back with a run of its own, closing the first half with a 12-5 spurt to cut Washington State’s lead to 29-28 at the break to set up a back-and-forth second half that went down to the wire.
