National Basketball Association
Kansas St. 86, Iowa St. 85
When: 1:45 PM ET, Saturday, February 5, 2011
Where: James H. Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa
Officials:
# Rick Crawford, # Rick Hartzell, # Mike Thibodeaux
Attendance:
12411
By SportsDirect Inc.
Jacob Pullen scored 19 points, including the game-winning layup with 2.6 seconds remaining, to lift Kansas State to an 86-85 win over Iowa State on Saturday afternoon in Ames, Iowa.
Pullen scored the last five points in the final 52 seconds for Kansas State (16-8, 4-5 Big 12), which notched its first conference road win of the year in five tries, and has its first two-game win streak in league play.
Iowa State (14-10, 1-8 Big 12) blew a 81-75 lead with 3:02 remaining and has now lost six straight overall and five in a row to K-State at the Hilton Coliseum.
Kansas State made a season-high 14 3-pointers in 27 attempts and shot 51 percent overall (33 of 65). The bench saved the Wildcats, as the reserves scored 46 of K-State’s 86 points, including three double-figure scorers, Will Spradling (14), Nick Russell (13) and Martavious Irving (10).
Iowa State was led by Diante Garrett’s 23 points and eight assists, while Scott Christopherson added 22.
Top Game Performances
| Kansas St. |
|
Iowa St. |
|
Jacob Pullen 21 |
Scoring |
Diante Garrett 23 |
|
Jacob Pullen 8 |
Assists |
Diante Garrett 8 |
|
Rodney McGruder 6 |
Rebounds |
Darion Anderson 8 |
|
Jacob Pullen 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Bubu Palo 7 |
|
Jacob Pullen 2 |
Steals |
Scott Christopherson 2 |
|
Jordan Henriquez-Roberts 4 |
Blocks |
Jamie Vanderbeken 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Kansas St.
|
86 |
50.8 |
14-27 |
6-12 |
17 |
29 |
5 |
4 |
|
| Iowa St.
|
85 |
56.0 |
7-14 |
22-24 |
15 |
24 |
2 |
6 |
|
