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Thursday, February 24, 2011 MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Kansas State star Jacob Pullen insisted he didn't really have an answer, but his wry smile told a different story. After torching top-ranked Kansas for 38 points Monday night, Pullen poured in 27 more Saturday to lead Kansas State past Oklahoma 77-62. Ten came in a late 14-0 run that put the game away. So Pullen's 65 points and two wins made for a pretty good week. As for explaining his hot streak, Pullen was less effective. `Ì don't know, man,'' he said. ``The ball's just going in for me. Just finding a rhythm.'' Rodney McGruder had 20 points, including five 3-pointers, for Kansas State (18-9, 6-6 Big 12), which kept itself in the NCAA tournament at-large conversation. Oklahoma (12-14, 4-8) lost its fifth straight despite 21 points from Cade Davis and 10 each from Carl Blair and Andrew Fitzgerald. Davis, the Sooners' lone senior, did his best to get his team back into the game after being down 15 at halftime. It was exactly what Wildcats coach Frank Martin had warned his team about at halftime. `Ì told our guys Davis was going to fight, that he does it every day,'' Martin said. Davis rainbowed in three 3point shots in the first 4:08 of the second half, cutting Kansas State's lead to 43-33. Some of his teammates chipped in after that, including three points by Fitzgerald in a 5- 0 run. Davis then converted a three-point play, pulling Oklahoma within 48-41 with 11:45 remaining. Davis was 8 of 9 from the floor at that point and had more than half of Oklahoma's points. `Ìt wasn't me trying to do it personally,'' Davis said. `Ì was just getting open in the offense, and it definitely felt like every shot was going to go in.'' Just 87 seconds later, though, Davis was called for his fourth foul, putting him on the bench with 10:18 left. He did not attempt another shot. The Sooners did not fold, though. With Kansas State off to a 4-for-16 start in the half, Oklahoma kept chipping away. Blair's 3-pointer cut the deficit to 55-50 with 6:16 remaining, the closest the Sooners had been since midway through the first half. `Ìt wasn't me trying to do it personally,'' Davis said. `Ì was just getting open in the offense, and it definitely felt like every shot was going to go in.'' But then on a dead ball, Blair was called for a technical foul. The momentum changed as Pullen walked to the free throw line. He hit the two free throws, and Kansas State exploded for 14 straight points in 92 seconds. `Ìt had a huge effect, a huge effect,'' Oklahoma coach Jeff Capel said of the technical. `Ìt's a five-point game, they hadn't scored in a while ... huge effect. I still can't tell you what happened. I wish I knew.'' During the run, Pullen made two free throws, hit two 3pointers and made a steal for a layup. ``He's that type of player,'' Wildcats forward Jamar Samuels said. ``He can put a team on his back anytime. I'm proud of him.'' McGruder also hit a 3-pointer, and Will Spradling's free Special Section to the Manhattan Free Press and the Blue Rapids Free Press Pullen, Kansas State Run Away From Oklahoma 77-62 throw made it 69-50 with 4:20 remaining. `Ì haven't seen a game turn that many times,'' Davis said. ``We're a team that has to stay close. When that happened, it was too much.'' Kansas State finished 10 of 19 from 3-point range. The teams were a combined 32 of 36 from the free throw line. Other than Davis, the Sooners shot 13 of 48. The Sooners did not look like losers of four straight early. They put together a 9-2 run featuring five points by Fitzgerald and led 13-11 with 11:25 to play in the first half. But K-State responded behind Spradling, a freshman reserve who hit two 3-pointers to spark a 13-0 run over the next four minutes. McGruder capped the run with a 3-pointer for a 24-13 lead with 8:13 remaining before halftime. Davis finally snapped the drought with a tough turnaround jumper from the baseline and scored five more points in the next four minutes, helping the Sooners recover to a 30- 24 deficit. The Wildcats, though, ended the half with nine straight points, the final five coming from McGruder on a 3-pointer and a 19-foot jumper that just beat the buzzer and gave K- State a 39-24 halftime advantage. ``Rodney really stepped up and made shots, especially in crucial situations,'' Martin said. Pullen became Kansas State's career leader in games played with 128. He also recorded his 200th career steal in the first half, making him the first player in school history with 1,800 points, 400 assists, 300 rebounds and 200 steals. K-State’s Brittany Chambers (2) goes up to score 10 points against the Buffaloes. (Photo by Tonya Ricklefs) K-State’s Jacob Pullen (0) moves past the Sooners to score 27 points. (Photo by Ben Brake) Chambers, Childs Lead Cats to 800-Win Club KSU Sports Information LINCOLN, Neb. – Brittany Chambers scored a career-high 32 points, which included six made three-pointers, as Kansas State became just the 13th program in women’s basketball history to record 800 wins following a thrilling 69-64 victory over Nebraska Saturday night at the Devaney Center. Jalana Childs added 22 points for the Wildcats (18-7, 8-4), including two key free throws with six seconds left to ice the game and make it a twopossession contest. Chambers was 13-of-18 from the field against the Huskers and became the 19th player in school history to score 30-plus points in a game. The Wildcats became just the second Big 12 Conference women’s basketball program to reach the 800-win plateau, joining the Texas Longhorns, and the second in the nation to do so this year after Long Beach State picked up its 800th victory last week. With the game tied at 50 midway through the second half, both teams would trade baskets in what proved to be an exciting, back-and-forth affair. K-State would lean on Chambers and Childs down the stretch as the duo combined for 25 of K-State’s final 27 points in the game to lead the Cats to the win. Childs put K-State ahead, 62-61, with 3:54 left before Chambers added a bucket at the 1:48 mark to up the lead to three. Childs then banked in a three-pointer as the shot clock Brought to you by.... expired with 50 seconds left to give the Cats a 67-61 advantage. Following a Nebraska three-pointer, Childs grabbed an offensive rebound from a Chambers missed free throw and was fouled – she then hit both of her attempts from the line to seal the victory. After trailing by a pair at the half, Kansas State came out firing in the opening four minutes of the second half as Chambers registered two connections from deep followed by a Kelsey Hill three-point field goal to give K-State a 42-41 lead with 15:27 to play. K-State built a five-point lead, 48-43, with 12:52 to play, but a Lindsey Moore threepoint play brought Nebraska to within two, 48-46, with 11:57 remaining. A fast break layup by Chambers boosted the K- State advantage to 50-47 with 10:45 remaining, but Katya Leick knocked down her third three-point field goal of the contest to tie the score at 50 with 10:15 play before Chambers and Childs took over. Jordan Hooper scored 20 points to lead the Huskers (12- 14, 2-10). Kansas State faced an early seven-point deficit in the opening half, as the Wildcats were just 3-of-11 from the field in the first eight minutes. Nebraska was able to improve its lead to 10 on a Leick threepoint field goal with 10:03 to play and force a Wildcat timeout. Chambers cut into the Husker lead with five points on With every purchase you get 100 Ahearn points. Drive the future. back-to-back trips and brought K-State to within five at 18-13 with 7:57 remaining. An offbalance three-point field goal by Leick just before the shot clock expired gave Nebraska a 21-13 lead, but a three from Taelor Karr followed by a three from Hill brought K-State to within two, 21-19, with 4:11 to play. Following a Hooper three, Chambers answered with her fourth connection from beyond the arc to bring K-State to within two again, 24-22, with 3:40 remaining. Kansas State evened the contest at 29 with 1:26 to play, as Childs rattled off five straight points, but a pair of free throws by Moore with under a minute to play gave the Huskers a 31-29 halftime lead. The Wildcats were led by Chambers in the opening stanza with 14 points including a 4of-5 performance from beyond the arc, while Childs added seven. Chambers has now scored in double figures in 20 games this season and 42 contests in her career. She has registered four or more made 3point field goals in a game in 12 career games, including eight this season. Kansas State will conclude its two-game road trip on Wednesday night, as the Wildcats travel to Waco, Texas, to face top-ranked Baylor at 7 p.m. Live audio of the matchup can be found on the K-State Sports Network and for free at kstatesports.com.
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