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K-State’s Beasley scores Big-12 record 44 in loss
By HOWARD RICHMAN The Kansas City Star
WACO, Texas | Kansas State’s Michael Beasley and Bill Walker were unstoppable much of the game Saturday. But when it comes to road games these days, the Wildcats can’t stop anybody when it counts.
Beasley and Walker made Baylor’s life miserable. Beasley scored a Big 12-record 44 points. Walker had a career-high 31.
And still, it wasn’t enough as the Bears knocked off the No. 24 Wildcats 92-86 at the Ferrell Center.
The loss prevented K-State from moving into a second-place tie with Kansas in the Big 12. Instead K-State, 18-8 overall, is 8-4 and in third in the conference behind Texas (10-2) and KU (9-3). Baylor, which lost six of seven, improved to 18-8 and 6-6.
K-State, which faces Texas at home Monday, had fallen behind by nine points, 85-76, before going on a 9-2 run and closing within 87-85 on two free throws by Beasley with 1 minute, 50 seconds remaining. Baylor’s Curtis Jerrells drained two free throws at the 1:21 mark before Walker misfired on a three-point attempt from the right wing with 1:04 to go.
The Wildcats, though, never got closer and lost their fourth consecutive road game.
Beasley and Walker did their best to prevent it. They scored K-State’s first 22 points. They also scored 62 of K-State’s first 66 points (Beasley had 38 and Walker 24). Nobody else on K-State recorded a basket until freshman Ron Anderson converted a rebound follow with 50.9 seconds remaining in the first half.
It would be a while before anyone else connected for a basket for the Wildcats. Anderson would hold that distinction until guard Blake Young sank a three-pointer at 9:50 of the second half.
At times, it appeared the Bears forgot where Beasley was on the court. In the first half, he sank a 15-footer on the left of the free-throw line with nobody on him. As for Walker, well, he made Baylor look silly on a couple of occasions with his inside spin-and-slam move.
But even all of that domination by Beasley and Walker didn’t assure the Wildcats of a sure thing. Baylor still led 67-66 at the point in the game that they had their 62. And Beasley did not notch a basket after the 16:29 mark in the second half. He scored 28 points in the first half, connecting on 12 of 16 field goals. He tied his Big 12 mark for most points in a half (Beasley had 28 in December in the second half against Winston-Salem State).
Beasley broke the conference single-game scoring record of 43, which was accomplished twice. The first was by Texas’ Reggie Freeman against Fresno State on Dec. 14, 1996 and later done by Missouri’s Clarence Gilbert against Iowa State on Jan. 13, 2001.
Also, Beasley set an NCAA freshman record for double-doubles by getting his 23rd. He had been tied with Carmelo Anthony of Syracuse, who got his 22 in 2002-03.
Baylor got 24 points from Jerrells, who scored 17 in the second half. It was his three-point bucket as the shot clock was about to hit zero that extended the Bears’ advantage to nine down the stretch.
The Wildcats shot 56.3 in the first half.
LaceDarius Dunn scored 13 points for Baylor.
K-State’s Beasley scores Big-12 record 44 in loss
By HOWARD RICHMAN The Kansas City Star
WACO, Texas | Kansas State’s Michael Beasley and Bill Walker were unstoppable much of the game Saturday. But when it comes to road games these days, the Wildcats can’t stop anybody when it counts.
Beasley and Walker made Baylor’s life miserable. Beasley scored a Big 12-record 44 points. Walker had a career-high 31.
And still, it wasn’t enough as the Bears knocked off the No. 24 Wildcats 92-86 at the Ferrell Center.
The loss prevented K-State from moving into a second-place tie with Kansas in the Big 12. Instead K-State, 18-8 overall, is 8-4 and in third in the conference behind Texas (10-2) and KU (9-3). Baylor, which lost six of seven, improved to 18-8 and 6-6.
K-State, which faces Texas at home Monday, had fallen behind by nine points, 85-76, before going on a 9-2 run and closing within 87-85 on two free throws by Beasley with 1 minute, 50 seconds remaining. Baylor’s Curtis Jerrells drained two free throws at the 1:21 mark before Walker misfired on a three-point attempt from the right wing with 1:04 to go.
The Wildcats, though, never got closer and lost their fourth consecutive road game.
Beasley and Walker did their best to prevent it. They scored K-State’s first 22 points. They also scored 62 of K-State’s first 66 points (Beasley had 38 and Walker 24). Nobody else on K-State recorded a basket until freshman Ron Anderson converted a rebound follow with 50.9 seconds remaining in the first half.
It would be a while before anyone else connected for a basket for the Wildcats. Anderson would hold that distinction until guard Blake Young sank a three-pointer at 9:50 of the second half.
At times, it appeared the Bears forgot where Beasley was on the court. In the first half, he sank a 15-footer on the left of the free-throw line with nobody on him. As for Walker, well, he made Baylor look silly on a couple of occasions with his inside spin-and-slam move.
But even all of that domination by Beasley and Walker didn’t assure the Wildcats of a sure thing. Baylor still led 67-66 at the point in the game that they had their 62. And Beasley did not notch a basket after the 16:29 mark in the second half. He scored 28 points in the first half, connecting on 12 of 16 field goals. He tied his Big 12 mark for most points in a half (Beasley had 28 in December in the second half against Winston-Salem State).
Beasley broke the conference single-game scoring record of 43, which was accomplished twice. The first was by Texas’ Reggie Freeman against Fresno State on Dec. 14, 1996 and later done by Missouri’s Clarence Gilbert against Iowa State on Jan. 13, 2001.
Also, Beasley set an NCAA freshman record for double-doubles by getting his 23rd. He had been tied with Carmelo Anthony of Syracuse, who got his 22 in 2002-03.
Baylor got 24 points from Jerrells, who scored 17 in the second half. It was his three-point bucket as the shot clock was about to hit zero that extended the Bears’ advantage to nine down the stretch.
The Wildcats shot 56.3 in the first half.
LaceDarius Dunn scored 13 points for Baylor.