By james art 
Coleman Hawkins in the State of Kansas, Dug McDaniel after defeating Iowa State
Kansas Coleman’s basketball players Hawkins and Doug McDaniel discuss Wildcats’s victory over the third -ranked Iowa State, the first team victory.
After three months of uselessness, the Kansas State Basketball Team was finally enough.
Blowing or nails, it doesn’t matter. Through six previous road matches this season and nine before that, the end result was the same: a disappointing loss of Wildcat.
This changed dramatically on Saturday at all places Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. Instead of fading under the pressure of the victory of the house of Iowa from 29 games, Wildcats took him to the No. 3-Class Cyclones for a convincing victory with 80-61.
Goodbye, 15 games for a losing series. Twelve makes large 12 roads? No more.
“This victory in Iowa state is obviously huge,” said K-State coach Jerome Tang. “They are a great team. I think they are one of the teams that can win a national championship with the tracks they have and when they are completely healthy.
“So, to win on the road and it was a challenge. It was as if we hadn’t won a road game for some time. I accepted it personally as a coach and I was grateful that the team took it personally and gave it and gave us this opportunity today.”
The victory not only put an end to the Wildcats losing series, but also their third rights for this season-to push their record to 10-11, 4-6 in the big 12. This was also their third consecutive Digit Win twinning Then. 23 West Virginia (73-60) and Oklahoma (85-57) the state in the past week.
“I feel like it shows how durable we are and how capable we are,” said Potter McGaniel Potter, who led Wildcats with 20 points and five assists. “Not many people can believe in us, but we are showing ourselves every day and today we have won this battle here.”
The resilience that led to the recent improvement-even with all three losses preceding this series, they easily covered the spread of betting-ratio was obvious against Iowa (17-4, 7-3 large 12). The cyclones led early with nine points, but K-State was fighting back.
Wildcats then closed the first half at 9-2 to lead 37-35 on the break and then turn on seven more points to start the second. A 12-point performance, diverted by Brendan Hausen’s 3-Topper, placed them 58-39 with 13:45 remains.
But K-State really showed its growth when Iowa responded with 13-0 to close within six points, just to get Wildcats to score the next eight and regain control.
“I was pleased with a few answers we had,” said Tang, who called his last time -Butet with more than six minutes. “When they continued, I think it was 13-0, and the crowd was as strong as I ever heard it. It was great.
So, I was very proud of our boys there. Sometimes what we say in Huddle is overestimated. That’s what these guys do on the floor. “
K-State Coleman Hawkins striker, another of the five Wildcats goal scorers with 17 points and seven struggles, revealed that the quiet of the home crowd of 14,267.
“I like playing at home, but really, I really like to play on the game way like this one like this moments,” said Hawkins, the Illinois Super-Senior Transfer, who was part of a team of Illini last year who knocked out the state Iowa out of the NCAA tournament in Sweet 16.
“And to go in and beat someone in their place, it’s a really exciting feeling. So yes, I love road games.”
Wildcats have another opportunity to prove themselves on the road on Tuesday when they head to Tempe, Arizona for a central game from 21:00 in Arizona.
Arne Green is based in Salina and covers the sports of the State University of Kansas for the Gannett network. It can be reached Antremen@gannett.com or on X (before Twitter) at @arnegreen.