National Basketball Association
Kansas St. 77, Oklahoma St. 58
When: 1:45 PM ET, Saturday, March 3, 2012
Where: Fred Bramlage Coliseum, Manhattan, Kansas
Officials:
# Rick Hartzell, # Randy Heimerman, # Keith Kimble
Attendance:
12528
By SportsDirect Inc.
Kansas State 77, Oklahoma State 58: Rodney McGruder had a game-high 24 points and Jamar Samuels added 17 points and 12 rebounds as Kansas State cruised to the victory over the Cowboys.
The Wildcats (21-9, 10-8 Big 12), who had dropped four home games in conference play for the first time since 2005-06, took care of this one early. Behind a 51-percent shooting day, they took a 40-33 lead into halftime and stretched the advantage to 62-42 midway through the second half on a McGruder jumper.
McGruder scored 14 of his points in the second half, converting 10-of-14 shots, including four 3-pointers. Jordan Henriquez, two games removed from a career-high 19-point effort, added 16 points and eight rebounds off the bench for the Wildcats, who can secure a fifth-place finish in the Big 12 standings if Texas loses at No. 4 Kansas.
Oklahoma State (14-17, 7-11 Big 12), meanwhile, lost for the third time in four games and will carry a No. 7 seed into next week’s Big 12 Tournament, where it will take on Texas Tech in the opening round.
Keiton Page, playing the final regular-season game of his career, had a team-high 22 points for the Cowboys, who were outrebounded 35-26 and committed 19 turnovers against K-State’s pressure man-to-man defense. Cezar Guerrero added 15 off the bench.
Oklahoma State started fast, taking a 29-28 lead with 6:59 left in the first half. But the Wildcats responded with a 12-4 run, and then took control early in the second half.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Kansas State defeated the Cowboys for just the second time in the last five home meetings … The Cowboys now lead the all-time series 13-5 since the Big 12’s inception in 1996 … K-State, which won its 10th league game for the fifth time in the last six seasons, has already secured a bye in the Big 12 Tournament … The margin of victory was the second largest of the season for the Wildcats against a conference opponent.
Top Game Performances
| Oklahoma St. |
|
Kansas St. |
|
Keiton Page 22 |
Scoring |
Rodney McGruder 24 |
|
Michael Cobbins 5 |
Assists |
Will Spradling 7 |
|
Michael Cobbins 7 |
Rebounds |
Jamar Samuels 12 |
|
Cezar Guerrero 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Angel Rodriguez 5 |
|
Keiton Page 4 |
Steals |
Angel Rodriguez 3 |
|
Michael Cobbins 1 |
Blocks |
Jordan Henriquez 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Oklahoma St.
|
58 |
46.0 |
8-17 |
4-10 |
16 |
26 |
1 |
8 |
19 |
| Kansas St.
|
77 |
51.7 |
6-22 |
11-16 |
21 |
35 |
3 |
8 |
11 |
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