March 9, 2013

Final Stats |  Notes

Iowa State 77, Kansas 62 American Airlines Center  // Dallas, Texas

Senior Angel Goodrich tallied 15 points and added seven assists. 1st 2nd Final Kansas 26 36 62 Iowa State 34 43 77 Final Stats | Final Stats (PDF) Game Coverage  Notes  Statistical Leaders   Kansas Iowa State  Points Davis (17) Poppones (24)  Rebounds Davis (6) Poppens (14)  Assists Goodrich (7) Moody (10)  Steals Three with 2 Poppens (2)  Blocks Davis (3) Two with 1  Stats at a Glance KU ISU  FG Percentage 42.9 46.4  3-Point FG Percentage 23.1 35.0  FT Percentage 50.0 94.7  Offensive Rebounds 10 12  Defensive Rebounds 19 28  Total Rebounds 29 40  Turnovers 12 14  Points in the Paint 38 36  Points off Turnovers 4 12  Second Chance Points 10 14  Fast Break Points 4 3  Bench Points 7 10

DALLAS - Kansas continued to whittle away at Iowa State's lead throughout the second half, but good never making any ground even with 12 second-half points from senior Carolyn Davis and Jayhawks were eliminated from the 2013 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, 77-62, Saturday in the American Airlines Center.

Senior forward Chelsea Poppens led the Cyclones with 24 points, while junior forward Hallie Christofferson added 23 points to improve Iowa State to 22-7 on the season.

The Jayhawks (18-13) jumped out to an 8-2 start, four minutes into the game trigged by a layup from senior Monica Engelman in the game's first 40 seconds. Kansas set the tempo right away and used patience to rotate the offense and dish the ball inside to Davis and Chelsea Gardner.

By the 14:50 mark, Iowa State's Poppens accounted for six of the team's first eight points, 8-8, posting up on the low block. The two teams, each boasting a win during the regular season series, went back and forth during the first half of the period, but by the 10th minute ISU took control of the game.

With back-to-back threes from Christofferson, the Cyclones took their first lead and went on an 18-7 run over a 7:47 span, for a 30-18 lead. Both Christofferson and Poppens accounted for ISU's first 22 points, while freshman guard Nicole Blaskowsky contributed the Cyclones' following eight points to conclude the run.

At the 3:08 mark, KU's Angel Goodrich scored a traditional three-point play off a made layup and ensuing free throw to tighten the game within eight points, 34-26.

The Cyclones came out of intermission to only stretch their lead, 45-32, with Poppens adding eight of ISU's 11 opening tallies before the 15:19 mark.

Kansas fought back, coming within eight points, 59-47, with 9:14 remaining, but could not stop Iowa State's effort into the final minutes of the game.

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