‘More athletic’ K-State topples No
MANHATTAN, Kan.– Tylor Perry scored eight of his 26 points in overtime and Kansas State beat No. 4 Kansas 75-70 on Monday night in the 300th matchup of their heated rivalry.
“It was a fun environment to be in,” Perry stated. “Our fans did a great job of loading it in and setting the mood for the game. Kansas is obviously a great basketball team. Everybody was thrilled to play. I feel that we went out there, we did what we needed to perform in order to get the win.”
Perry’s 3-pointer with 1:54 left provided the Wildcats a 70-66 lead. Hunter Dickinson’s basket cut it to 70-68, however Perry’s 2 complimentary throws extended the margin back to four.Dajuan Harris Jr.
cut it to 72-70 with two complimentary throws before Kevin McCullar Jr. missed out on the front end of a 1-and-1 for Kansas with 22 seconds remaining. Arthur Kaluma sank a set of nasty shots and Perry included another one to seal it, ending Kansas State’s four-game losing streak.”I thought that they were the more athletic and explosive team,”Kansas coach Expense Self stated.”I thought we revealed stretches where we were as well. However the bottom line is, it boils down to making free tosses.”Kansas State is 6-0 in overtime this season, and 11-0 in coach Jerome Tang
‘s two seasons in Manhattan.”In overtime, it has to do with players making plays, “Tang said.
“They do not feel the pressure. We work on it every day in practice, but I don’t know that that’s necessarily the reason. I believe guys just make plays and their confidence level grows.”Editor’s Picks 2 Associated Camera Carter had 19 points and 11 rebounds for K-State(15-8, 5-5 Big 12
). Kaluma included
13 points and 8 boards.Dickinson had 21 points and 12 rebounds to rate Kansas (18-5, 6-4). Harris and McCullar each included 15 points, and
KJ Adams Jr. scored 13. Kansas scored the very first 9 points of the second half to open its largest lead at 41-30. But the Wildcats scored the next 11, capped by a three-point play from Carter.”I believed our guys did a terrific job, “Tang stated of his group’s reaction.”[ Perry] had an 8-0 work on his own. However the guys locked back in
. The truth that we were able to make it a ballgame once again and put some rating pressure on them assisted us. “Perry hit three free tosses with 4:49 left in policy to provide K-State a three-point lead. Dickinson scored within, however Carter responded to from long range to give
the Wildcats a 58-54 lead.Harris struck a layup to connect it with 2:14 left, and McCullar’s layup offered Kansas a 62-60 lead with 1:47 to go. Perry tied it again with a layup.Kaluma’s putback with 23 seconds remaining was addressed by Adams’bucket with 14.2 seconds left to send the game to overtime.”I believed we had it,” Harris said. “I keep in mind 2 years back when we returned in overtime.
I have actually existed, Coach has been there before. I simply thought we had the game, but they can contend, too, you understand.” Kansas State hit five 3-pointers in
the first half however went into the locker room tracking 32-30.