Kansas State 89, Longwood 60

Dec 5, 2005, 10:16 pm

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) -- Lance Harris scored 19 of his career-high

26 points in the second half, and Kansas State pulled away to beat

Longwood 89-60 on Monday night.

Cartier Martin added 13 points and David Hoskins and Mario

Taybron finished with 12 each for the Wildcats (5-1), who outscored

the Lancers 24-2 in the first 11 minutes of the second half after

leading by one at the break.

Serge Afeli had 11 rebounds -- 10 in the first half -- for Kansas

State.

Longwood (2-6), playing just its third season in NCAA Division

I, led by as many as nine points in the first half but went into a

1-for-18 slump to start the second. The Lancers also committed 24

turnovers, which the Wildcats converted into 28 points.

Kansas State scored the first eight points of the second half

before Joel Rowe connected for Longwood with just under 15½ minutes

left. The Wildcats then went on a 16-0 tear, capped by Harris' dunk

with 9:17 left, for a 60-37 lead before Clayton Morgan's basket

with just under 9 minutes left ended Longwood's drought.

Michael Jefferson hit four 3-pointers and led the Lancers with

16 points.

Kansas State, which shot just 38 percent in Saturday's 58-57

loss at Washington State, missed 10 of its first 13 shots Monday

night. The Wildcats also struggled on perimeter defense at the

other end early in the game, giving up six 3-pointers -- three each

by Bryan Butler and Michael Jefferson -- in the first 10 minutes and

10 seconds.

Butler didn't score again, though, after hitting his third

3-pointer with 11½ minutes to go. And after Jefferson's second 3

gave Longwood its biggest lead, 21-12, with just under 11 minutes

left in the first half, Harris' 3-pointer started a 24-14 push that

put the Wildcats up 36-35 at the break.

Kansas State took the lead for good, 30-28, on Taybron's dunk

with 3:55 left in the half.