Kansas State basketball coach Jerome Tang on postgame handshake
Kansas State basketball coach Jerome Tang talks about discussion with Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger following Wednesday’s game at Hilton Coliseum.
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AMES, Iowa — For 40 minutes, Kansas State basketball and Iowa State battled tooth-and-nail on Wednesday night in an intense and physical Big 12 game at Hilton Coliseum.
And yet, after Iowa State pulled away in the closing minutes for a 78-67 victory over the Wildcats, it was a somewhat heated discussion between K-State coach Jerome Tang and Cyclone counterpart T.J. Otzelberger in the postgame handshake line that everyone was talking about after it was all said and done.
What was said between the two coaches remains a mystery as neither one would shed light on the specifics, instead downplaying the exchange.
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“But in a hard-fought game on both sides, a lot of respect for what they did, and just fortunate to come out with a win.”
It appeared for more than a half that Iowa State was headed for a blowout victory, leading 41-29 at halftime and stretching it to a 14-point advantage in the opening minute of the second period. But K-State, fueled by defensive intensity and a barrage of 3-point baskets, clawed back to tie it on five different occasions.
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