MANHATTAN, Kan. – Sophomore Nijel Pack's 3-point field goal with 2.2 seconds left proved to the game-winner, as Kansas State earned a 71-68 victory over Oklahoma State in yet another nail-biting Big 12 game before 5,860 fans at Bramlage Coliseum on Wednesday night. The win snapped a 3-game losing streak by K-State (11-10, 3-6 Big 12) and helped the Wildcats jump into a four-way tie for sixth place at the midway point of the Big 12 schedule.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Emily Ryan and Lexi Donarski scored 15 points apiece, Ashley Joens had a double-double and No. 11 Iowa State used a dominant third quarter to defeat No. 25 Kansas State 70-55. The Cyclones scored the last five points of the second quarter to lead 31-25 at the half and outscored the Wildcats 24-8 in the third to go up 55-33. Iowa was 10 of 14 in the quarter with three 3-pointers while Kansas State was 4 of 19. Ryan had eight assists, six rebounds, four steals and two blocks. Joens had 11 points and 12 rebounds. Brylee Glenn, scoreless in the first half, matched her career high with 19 points for the Wildcats, 17 in the fourth quarter.
UNDATED (AP) — Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher is angry about rumors that booster-funded NIL deals are fueling the Aggies’ recruiting success. He called the speculation “garbage." Texas A&M came into the day with the top-rated class in the country, ahead of Southeastern Conference rivals Alabama and Georgia. Fisher says rumors of huge cash payouts were insulting to the players and his staff and he called rival coaches who perpetuated them “clown acts.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lincoln Riley says he didn't and couldn't talk to Caleb Williams between the day the coach left Oklahoma and the day his star quarterback entered the transfer portal five weeks later. Southern California’s new coach had to wait patiently for the chance to land the centerpiece of his first recruiting class with the Trojans. Riley closed the deal with Williams for the second time, and the former five-star recruit enrolled at USC last Friday. The quarterback’s commitment capped a bountiful haul for the Trojans in the transfer portal. Riley signed 13 players away from other schools.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA generated more than $1.15 billion in revenue in 2021. That figure represented a return to normal after the cancelation of the men’s basketball tournament because of the pandemic in 2020 cost the association and its members $800 million. The NCAA released its financial records. Most of the NCAA”s revenue comes from its contract with CBS and Turner for the rights to televise the men’s Division I basketball tournament. That contract paid the NCAA $850 million in 2021 and is scheduled to pay $870 million in 2022. NCAA revenues were at $1.12 billion in 2019.
UNDATED (AP) — Most of NBC’s announcers for the Winter Olympics in Beijing are going to be stationed stateside. NBC isn’t alone in keeping its announcers home. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has almost all its analysts and announcers working out of studios in Toronto and Montreal. The British Broadcasting Corporation is keeping announcers at studios outside London. The only major network sending a large contingent to Beijing is Australia’s Seven Network.
WEDNESDAY SCORES
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final (4)Purdue 88 Minnesota 73
Final (5)Kentucky 77 Vanderbilt 70
Final (6)Houston 73 Tulane 62
Final (18)Illinois 80 (11)Wisconsin 67
Final (24)Marquette 83 (12)Villanova 73
Final (21)Xavier 68 Butler 66
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Washington 106 Philadelphia 103
Final Orlando 119 Indiana 118
Final Boston 113 Charlotte 107
Final Memphis 120 New York 108
Final Houston 115 Cleveland 104
Final OT Oklahoma City 120 Dallas 114
Final Sacramento 112 Brooklyn 101
Final Utah 108 Denver 104
Final L.A. Lakers 99 Portland 94
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Seattle 3 N-Y Islanders 0
Final Edmonton 5 Washington 3
Final Los Angeles 5 Detroit 3
Final Calgary 4 Arizona 2
Final Minnesota 5 Chicago 0