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Cowboys Fall at Kansas State, 63-53
January 24, 2015 | Cowboy Basketball
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Nino Williams scored 20 points on some hot shooting, Marcus Foster added 14 points and Kansas State led Oklahoma State from start to finish in a 63-53 victory Saturday.
Justin Edwards also had 14 points for the Wildcats (12-8, 5-2 Big 12), who avenged a loss to the Cowboys earlier this month by winning for the fifth time in their last six games.
The Wildcats shot 57 percent from the field, going 12 of 16 in the second half.
Phil Forte poured in 22 points and Le'Bryan Nash had 13, but the only other Cowboys player with more than one field goal was Michael Cobbins. He was 2 for 4 and had seven points.
Oklahoma State (13-6, 3-4) still has not won at Bramlage Coliseum since 2010.
Williams, who finished the game 10 of 13 from the field, was 6-for-6 shooting and had 12 points in the first half. Foster added eight, the two nearly outscoring Oklahoma State themselves.
Nash's two foul shots and scooping layup got the Cowboys within 31-21 at the break.
The lead was a credit to Kansas State's defense more than anything.
Foster spent the entire game in Forte's back pocket, preventing the Big 12's third-leading scorer from getting any open looks. The junior sharpshooter was 1 for 4 from the field in the first half, his only make a long 3-pointer, and managed just six points.
Oklahoma State kept trying to whittle into its deficit in the second half, closing to 37-30 on Forte's 3-pointer with 15:47 left, then within 42-35 on Nash's jumper with 11:25 to go.
The high-scoring duo didn't get a whole lot of help, though.
Meanwhile, the more balanced Wildcats kept answering the call, whether it was Edwards at the foul line or back-to-back dunks by big man Thomas Gipson down the stretch.
Nash's basket got Oklahoma State within 58-49 with 2:52 remaining, but a couple of wasted opportunities followed by Edwards' 3-pointer with just over a minute left put the game away.
