Iowa State closed Saturday’s game in Bramlage Coliseum on a 21-8 run to defeat the Kansas State Wildcats, 78-64. K-State, which thrives on its defense, gave up 14 thee-point baskets, lost its nine-game conference winning streak, and saw its lead in the Big 12 Conference shrink to half a game over Texas Tech and Kansas and a single game over the Cyclones. All of those concerns, though, are tertiary to their worry about Dean Wade’s lower right leg.
Iowa State’s hot outside shooting put the Wildcats in chase mode from midway through the first half, but the ‘Cats got within four on a Wade jumper with 12:36 to play, then within two on the strength of Mike McGuirl free throws.