Cyclones Edge Kansas State in Last Second, 73-71

AMES, Iowa - Omar Bynum caught a touch pass from Shane Power and made a layup with .5 seconds left to give Iowa State a 73-71 victory over Kansas State on Saturday.

Iowa State (12-16, 4-10 Big 12), which faltered at the end in several narrow losses this season, finally made the kind of play it needed.

Kansas State (11-14, 5-9), which led by 13 points in the first half, had tied the score at 71 when Larry Reid came off a screen and hit a 3-pointer with 6.2 seconds remaining.

Spurning a timeout, Iowa State's Ricky Morgan rushed the ball up the floor and passed to Power along the left baseline. Power caught the ball as he jumped and passed it in one motion to Bynum on the other side of the basket for the game-winning shot.

Kansas State could manage only a desperation heave at the buzzer, the ball falling well short of the basket.

Tyray Pearson led Iowa State with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Power scored 18, Jake Sullivan 13 and Bynum 12.

Reid's 21 points led Kansas State and Pervis Pasco scored 13.

The frantic finish ended a game marked by a flurry of fouls and traveling calls and a technical on Iowa State coach Larry Eustachy. Kansas State was awarded two baskets on goal-tending calls, once when Iowa State's Jared Homan slapped the backboard, and the Wildcats had to burn a timeout to avoid a 5-second call because no one lined up to take the ball out of bounds.

Eustachy spent part of several timeouts staring down and complaining to the officials but avoided the second technical that would have gotten him ejected.

The officials called 43 fouls, including 26 on Kansas State. Three Kansas State players fouled out in the final 3:08, as did Pearson.

Trailing 60-53, Iowa State scored eight straight points, four each by Pearson and Bynum, to take a 61-60 lead - the first time the Cyclones led since the opening two minutes.

Kansas State's Nick Williams tied it with a free throw, and the Wildcats pulled ahead 68-67 on Phineas Atchison's driving shot with 58.4 seconds left. Homan then hit two free throws for a 69-68 lead, and Sullivan hit two more to make it 71-68 with 15.4 seconds to play.

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