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16-11, 6-10

73
vs
53

Nebraska

14-13, 7-9

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Nebraska
25
28
53
Kansas State
33
40
73

Kansas State pounds Nebraska 73-53 in regular-season finale

Mar 05, 2005 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

MANHATTAN, Kan. Jeremiah Massey scored 25 points and Justin Williams added 12 as Kansas State seniors went out in style with a 73-53 route of Nebraska in the regular season finale for both teams Saturday afternoon at Bramlage Coliseum.

 

Kansas State (16-11, 6-10) also got 18 point from Lance Harris and won for the third time in the last four games.

 

Joe McCray had 14 points to lead Nebraska (14-13, 7-9) with had its three game winning streak snapped.

 

Massey and Williams both collected a game-high nine rebounds as the Wildcats out-rebounded the Huskers 36-26, including an 11-5 edge on the offensive glass.

 

Leading 37-32 with 14 minutes to go, Massey scored on back-to-back post moves and had eight points during a 17-3 run. By the time Clent Stewart hit Lance Harris for an alley-oop dunk with 8:33 remaining, Kansas State had a 54-35 lead.

 

Nebraska went more than six minutes without a basket during the run, turning the ball over three times and getting just three rebounds.

 

John Turek and Aleks Maric each added 11 for the Huskers.

 

After Turek finally stopped Kansas State's initial second-half surge, the Wildcats rattled off eight more for their biggest lead of the game, 62-37, with 6:17 to play.

 

Despite shooting 43.5 percent for the game, Nebraska was just 4-for-15 from beyond the 3-point arc. The Wildcats also outrebounded the Cornhuskers 36-26.

 

Kansas State had just seven turnovers and never trailed, going on a 9-2 run midway through the first half to build an early 20-13 lead.

 

After closing within 33-25 at halftime, the Huskers got into foul trouble. Jason Dourisseau and Maric each fouled out, and Kansas State capitalized at the free throw line. The Wildcats converted on 20-of-30 attempts while Nebraska made just 9-of-17 from the line.

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Team Stats

NU
KS
FG%
.435
.431
3FG%
.267
.250
FT%
.529
.667
RB
26
36
TO
14
7
STL
2
7

Game Leaders

15

Jeremiah Massey

Pts
25
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
9
03

Lance Harris

Pts
18
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
2
54

Justin Williams

Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
2
20

Cartier Martin

Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2

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