A special 10-year anniversary celebration of head coach Jim Woolridge and the 2005-06 Wildcats’ stunning 59-55 upset of Kansas in Allen Fieldhouse was not meant to be, as K-State fell 77-59 to the No. 7 Jayhawks.
Led by 19 points from senior forward Perry Ellis, who was playing in his final Sunflower Showdown in Lawrence, the Jayhawks waited out K-State’s strong first half to pull away and win soundly in the second.
“We want to go to (Ellis) and (senior Iowa State forward Georges Niang’s) graduation because we’ll be happy when both of them are out of the league,” K-State head coach Bruce Weber said after the game.