Texas Tech University Athletics
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No. 23 Texas Tech Defeated By Kansas State
January 11, 2003 | Men's Basketball
By STEVE BRISENDINE
AP Sports Writer
MANHATTAN, Kan. - Bob Knight didn't let his players talk after a 24-point loss. He didn't feel much like talking himself after getting his first technical foul in 1? seasons at Texas Tech.
But in the 2? minutes he did spend with reporters Saturday night, Knight allowed as how no other team this season had defended the 23rd-ranked Red Raiders as hard as Kansas State did in the Wildcats' 68-44 victory.
"If that's the level at which they are capable of playing, then they are a very good basketball team," said Knight, who lost to Kansas State for the first time in nine games. "We had to shoot under pressure - I think more pressure, both in the zone and in the man-to-man - than we have encountered at any time this year."
It showed on the stat sheet.
Kansas State (10-4) held the Red Raiders (10-2) to a season-low 26 percent shooting (16-for-61) in the Big 12 opener for both teams. That included 21 percent (7-for-33) in the second half, 3-for-19 shooting from 3-point range for the game and just two points in transition.
"We figured that if we could take away some of their transition points, then we would be in this game," Kansas State guard Tim Ellis said. "They had been scoring over 20 points a game in transition alone - so take that away and we'll be OK."
The Wildcats, whose eight-game winning streak is their longest since they opened the 1997-98 season 9-0, have held opponents below 40 percent shooting in seven of those games.
"Now, we didn't shoot well," said Knight, who was charged with his first technical foul since taking over Texas Tech before last season. "But we just got outhustled. We got outscrapped. I mean that at every single position."
More evidence of that came in the rebounding column, where the Wildcats had a 51-26 advantage.
Gilson DeJesus had 19 points, 15 on 3-pointers, and 15 rebounds for the Wildcats. Pervis Pasco also had a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds, and freshman Marques Hayden just missed one with 10 points and nine rebounds.
"There wasn't any bigger stat," Kansas State coach Jim Wooldridge said. "The rebounding is something we've emphasized since Day One. If we can't rebound, it's going to be difficult to beat people in this league - but if we can rebound, we provide ourselves with a chance."
Tim Ellis hit three 3-pointers and scored 15 points for Kansas State, which was 0-7 against Knight's Indiana teams and also lost last season, his first at Texas Tech.
Andre Emmett's 18 points led the Red Raiders, and Kasib Powell added 12 points.
The Wildcats led 38-23 at halftime and opened the second half with a 7-0 run in which DeJesus scored five points. Texas Tech scored the next six points, cutting the margin to 45-29 on Emmett's 3-pointer with 16:44 left, but could get no closer.
Kansas State fell behind 2-0 on the game's opening possession but then took the lead for good with an 11-0 run in which the Wildcats hit their first four shots - three from long range.
DeJesus had two 3s in that run and finished the first half with 11 points and nine rebounds.
"I don't think that we necessarily made a statement," Hayden said. "We just came out and played basketball tonight. We jumped out to a pretty good lead early in the game, and then we just kind of took off."
Kansas State went four minutes without a field goal after its early surge, but the Red Raiders couldn't capitalize as they missed 18 of their first 25 shots.
Knight drew a technical foul from official Winston Stith with just under 1? minutes left in the first half, for protesting a foul called on Will Chavis.
Frank Richards hit one of the free throws for the technical, and Quentin Buchanan hit the two resulting from Chavis' foul to cap a 9-0 run that put Kansas State up 36-18.
