Clutch Martinez reception leads Cats to win

Josh Hayes was the best player on the field tonight, however.Kansas State’s offense struggled, but Adrian Martinez threw an 81-yard touchdown pass to Phillip Brooks on K-State’s third play of the game, the defense kept Iowa State out of the end zone for sixty minutes, and the Wildcats hung on to first place in the Big 12 with an excruciating 10-9 victory at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa.

K-State (5-1, 3-0 Big 12) got on the board first after the Cyclones had to punt it away on their first possession. Martinez, under pressure, avoided a sack and chucked the ball downfield to an open Brooks. With an escort from Kade Warner, Brooks raced 81 yards for a touchdown. Prior to that play, the…