Lacey Hits Heroic Hoop as Iowa State
Upsets #1 seed K-State in OT
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13 Mar 2008
KANSAS CITY, Missouri - Alison Lacey (Canberra) drove coast-to-coast for a three-point play with 4.5 seconds left in overtime, lifting Iowa State to a 66-65 upset of No. 15 Kansas State on Wednesday in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's tournament.
Shalee Lehning, who finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds for the top-seeded Wildcats, responded by driving the length of the court in 4 seconds and put up running bank shot, but the ball rolled around the rim twice and then off as the buzzer sounded.
A day after tying a tournament record with seven 3-pointers in an opening-round win over Colorado, Iowa State's Heather Ezell broke it, scoring 26 points on eight 3-pointers before fouling out with 20 seconds left in the extra period.
With Ezell out, Iowa State turned to Lacey.
Her 3-pointer with 11 seconds left cut the lead to 64-63. After Kansas State's Danielle Zanotti made her first free throw and missed the second, Lacey took an outlet pass and raced the length of the court to put in a layup while getting fouled by Lehning.
Lacey finished with 17 points for Iowa State (20-11), which virtually secured for itself an NCAA tournament bid with the victory. Jocelyn Anderson added 11 points, including the game-tying putback with 0.4 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime.
Iowa State moves on to face either fourth-seeded Texas A&M or 12th-seeded Missouri, which upset Oklahoma in the first round. Full Story
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