White Sinks Kansas State With Late Jumper

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AMES, Iowa - Royce White buried a baseline jumper with 0:01.8 seconds left to help Iowa State overcome a 14-point second-half deficit in a 72-70 win over Kansas State Tuesday night.

Iowa State (16-6 overall, 6-3 Big 12 Conference) was down 14 points with 14 minutes left but kept fighting back. Chris Allen had 12 second-half points to help the Cyclones end a five-game losing skid to KSU (15-6 overall, 4-5 Big 12) in Hilton Coliseum. It was the second improbable comeback for the Cyclones in their last three home games, as the Iowa State has already doubled its conference win total from last season (3-13).

White was again the hero. The sophomore tallied 22 points, his fourth 20-point game of the season and grabbed eight rebounds. Allen ended the game with 15 points.

Kansas State controlled the first half with its outside shooting and rebounding. The Wildcats outboarded the Cyclones, 21-13 in the opening stanza, including seven on the offensive end.

Jamar Samuels hit a trey from the corner with 0:37 seconds left in the first to give KSU a 36-29 lead at the break. KSU was averaging just five 3-pointers a game, but buried five on eight attempts in the first half. Martavious Irving had 11 points on 3-of-3 shooting from long range.

KSU increased its lead to 14 points (53-39) when Samuels hit his second 3-pointer. The Wildcats made 6-of-7 shots from the floor to open the second half. ISU managed to cut the lead to seven points (53-46) after a Chris Babb 3-pointer with 13:04 left in the game.

Iowa State then went on a run. Chris Allen buried a trey from the corner to slash KSU's lead to 60-58 at the 7:53 mark, but Will Spradling answered with a trey to put the Wildcats back up, 63-58.

The Cyclones cut it to two points and had a chance to tie, but a White miss was followed by an Adrian Diaz bucket to put KSU up 67-63 with 3:09 left in the game.

A White bucket made it 70-69 KSU, then the Cyclones got a stop and Chris Babb was fouled with 0:49 seconds left. He made the first free-throw to tie the game, but Melvin Ejim got the offensive board on the second miss. Iowa State then had a chance for the final shot and White delivered.

Iowa State travels to Oklahoma on Saturday. Tipoff is set for 5 p.m. CST on ESPN2.

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