A day after cleaning up their season-long turnover act Kansas State reverted to form, giving the ball away a season-high tying 20 times in losing 76-57 to No. 7 Iowa State in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals in Kansas City's T-Mobile Center.Considering the extent of their carelessness, the Wildcats (19-14, 8-10 Big 12 regular season + tourney) hung around admirably long, even erasing most of a 7-point halftime deficit to trail by only one, 40-39, after a Will McNair Jr. layup with 16:02 to play.
https://www.tigerssportsshop.com But K-State committed turnovers on 6 of their next 8 possessions, allowing the Cyclones to stage a 16-4 run from which the Cats never recovered.The deficit eventually ballooned to 20, and K-State never threatened to make a game of it late.The Wildcats only took 47 shots in the game and only made 18 of them (38%). Iowa state bullied the roster equally, as five Cats committed at least 3 turnovers apiece. Every time the Cats got in the lane, a Clone was there to challenge, forcing either a wild shot or a turnover. The Cyclones were the aggressors, and the aggressive team prevailed.
