The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
University of Texas
7-318-5/ Big 12
Kansas State
6-416-7/ Big 12
No. 15/18 Men's Basketball falls at K-State, 74-57
02.08.2014 | Men's Basketball
Saturday's loss in Manhattan snapped the Longhorns' season-best seven-game win streak.
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Marcus Fosterscored a career-high 34 points on 13-of-16 shooting and Kansas State beat No. 15 Texas 74-57 on Saturday, ending the Longhorns' seven-game winning streak.
Foster surpassed the previous scoring mark for a Kansas State freshman set by Michael Beasley against Colorado with 33 points on March 4, 2008. Foster's previous high was 25 points against Oral Roberts on Nov. 13.
Will Spradling added nine points for the Wildcats (16-7, 6-4 Big 12) who extended their home winning streak to 12 games. The win improved coach Bruce Weber's record at Bramlage Coliseum to 292, 13-1 in conference games.
Isaiah Taylor had 17 points for the Longhorns (18-5, 7-3) while Connor Lammert added eight points. Texas entered the game with four players averaging in double figures.
Foster's impressive dunk off an alley-oop dunk pass was the highlight of an opening 18-4 run for the Wildcats over the game's opening 8 minutes.
POSTGAME NOTES
• Texas drops to 18-5 and 7-3 in Big 12 Conference play. Today's loss snaps a season-best seven-game winning streak.
• Texas falls to 17-12 all-time against Kansas State. The Wildcats have now won the last four meetings in Manhattan.
• Texas shot a season-high 88.9 free-throw percentage (16-of-18).
• Kansas State held a 39-18 lead at halftime. The Longhorns are 5-4 this season when trailing at half.
• UT posted a 35-29 advantage on the glass. Texas has outrebounded 18 of its first 23 opponents and is 15-3 in those games.
Jonathan Holmes
• Played nine minutes in the first half before sustaining a right-knee injury and being ruled out at halftime for the remainder of the game.
Cameron Ridley
• Led Texas with seven rebounds … marks the eighth time this season he has led Texas in rebounding.
Isaiah Taylor
• Led Texas with 17 points … marks the seventh time this season he has led Texas in scoring.
• Reached double figures in scoring for the 19th time this season.
• Was 7-of-7 from the free-throw line, marking his fifth perfect performance from the line this year.
• Over the last four games, Taylor has converted 27-of-29 FT (.931).
• Over the last four games, Taylor is averaging 19.5 ppg (25-of-56 FG, 27-of-29 FT) in 35.3 mpg.
