B2 - THE JOURNAL, Thursday, January 26, 2012
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'Cats get physical with Pokes, 66
Even though I didn't
attend Saturday's Big 12
Conference basketball
game between Oklahoma
State and Kansas State, I
got the impression it was
a very physical game that
seemed to benefit the visit-
ing Wildcats.
I'm a firm believer that
if basketball officials are
going to "let 'em play"
as many fans like to bark
during the course of a
game, then let them. But if
fouls are going to be called,
at least make them consis-
tent. That didn't appear to
be the case while listening
to the radio broadcast and
listening to my son/staff
photographer Kyle' s
descriptions.
And it's not just lim-
ited to Saturday's game
either. There are times
when watching college
basketball games on tele-
vision, the flow seems to
be scripted based on how
the games are being called.
And some of those times it
appears the calls are favor-
ing the ranked teams, as
was the apparent case at
Gallagher-Iba Arena
The No. 25 Wildcatsheld
off a late O-State charge to
gain a 66-58 win.
This is not saying the
officiating cost the Cow-
boys at a chance to win.
Poor shooting, especially
from behind the three-
point arc, had a lot to do
with that. The Cowboys
were 1-of- 16 from behind
the arc and Pawnee senior
7th girls sweep games
The seventh grade Lady
Demons gained a pair of
home victories last week.
P-T's week ended with
a 16-13 win over Chandler
last Thursday. It started
with a thrilling 26-23
overtime triumph over
Stroud last Tuesday.
Against Chandler, both
teams battled to a 7-7
halftime tie. The Lady
Demons used a 4-0 third
quarter advantage to lead
11-7. Chandler would nar-
rowly outscore P-T 6-5 in
the fourth quarter but the
Lady Demons held on for
the win.
Tierra Vigil led P-T in
scoring with 10 points.
Against Stroud, P-T
would outscore the visitors
4-1 in the extra period for
the win.
Stroud led 11-6 at half-
time but the Lady Demons
rebounded in the third
quarter for a 16-13 advan-
tage. Stroud outscored P-T
9-6 in the fourth quarter
for a 22-22 tie at the end of,
regulation.
Charity Surine led P-T in
scoring with 8 points.
P-T 16, Chandler 13
CJH 4 3 9, 6-13
P-T 4 3 4 5-16
Tierra vigil 10, Charity Surine
4, Kallie Jones 2.
P-T 26, Stroud 23 (aT)
SJH 4 7 2 9 1-23
P-T 6 0 10 6 4-26
Charity Surine 8, Kallie Jones
7, Tierra Vigil 4, Jacie McDaniel
Keiton Page hit that one
with about two minutes
left in the game.
And that three-pointer
kept a string of games
alive with at least one. The
streak now sits at 372 con-
secutive games. Saturday's
frigid three-point shooting
was also the lowest percent-
age (6.3 percent) inside
Gallagher-Iba Arena for
OSU since the three-point
line was instituted, with a
minimum of 10 attempts.
The previous low was in
last year's Bedlam game
with Oklahoma when the
Cowboys hit 1-of-14 for
7.1 percent.
What kept the Cowboys
in contention was the abil-
ity to hit free throws. OSU
was 25-of-29 from the char-
ity stripe for a very good 86
percent. Kansas State, on
the other hand, managed
only 23-of-40 free throws
for 57.5 percent.
You've still got to give
the out-manned Cowboys
a lot of credit for sticking
with things in spite of the
adversity this team has
experienced this season.
Not only are the eight schol-
arship players getting loads
of playing time with some
in different positions than
they normally play, head
coach Travis Ford has even
called up his two walk-ons
for some court time. I don't
see it as a desperation move,
but as a way for the others to
get some much-needed rest.
And besides, they wouldn't
be in uniform if they didn't
have any basketball skills
anyway.
The Wildcats had ample
opportunities to put the
Cowboys away on several
instances, especially with
the way the game was being
officiated, But OSU refused
to give up, especially with
the nice crowd that was in
attendance. Ford even noted
that in his post-game com-
ments.
"Our kids mentioned
how much they appreciate
the fans coming out. They
didn't think there would
be many people, and they
really appreciated the fans,"
Ford said. "Our kids were
devastated they lost the
game because of the fans.
They said that." Official
attendance was listed at
10,338 according to the
final statistics.
Page led in scoring with
17 points, which moved
him to 14 tb on the all-time
scoring list..
Lady Luck shined on
Iowa State last Wednesday
7th Demons fall to Chandler
CHANDLER- The sev-
enth grade Demons dropped
a 25-12 decision at Chan-
dler last Thursday.
P-T fell behindl7-7 at
halftime. The host Lions
Jacob Vaughn led P-T in
scoring with 4 points.
Chandler 25, P-T 12
P-T 2 5 1 4-12
CJH 8 9 2 6-25.
Jacob Vaughn 4, Reed
night in their home game
against OSU. A three-
point bank shot buzzer
beater lifted the Cyclones
to a 71-68 win.
With the score tied at
68, the Cowboys had a
chance for the final shot
but the ball was knocked
off Markel Brown's leg
and roll out of bounds with
4.8 seconds left. Iowa State
used the time to quickly get
the ball up the floor before
the winning shot was made.
We wonder if he called the
shot.
tallied 21 points each for the
Cowboys.
With this team strug-
gling, it seems more are
baling off that proverbial
"band wagon." This group '
shouldn't be remembered
for many wins or how
many losses it has, but for
how these guys have stuck
together. I still think Ford
is a good coach and should
continue for many years to
come.
3, Makayla Albers 2, Dalylah
Myron 2.
then outscored the Demons
8-5 in the second half.
Oklahoma Sate guard Markel Brown drives strong to the
basket despite heavy pressure from a Kansas State defender
during Sarday's Big 12 Conference game at Gallagher-lba
Aldridge 3, Austin Alexander 2, Arena. The visiting Wildcats left with a 66-58 win over the
Devin O'Brien 1, Dawson Shelton. Cowboys. Brown finished the game with 14 points.
1, Brice Smith 1. Journal photo by Kyle Lomenick
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