KANSAS CITY, Mo.
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a bloody towel pressed tightly to his forehead, pumping his fist and riling up
the Iowa State fans in the Sprint Center. Turns out he was just jumpstarting the
celebration. Niang scored 25 points before leaving with that gash above his
right eye, and the No. 16 Cyclones held on down the stretch to beat No. 10
Kansas 94-83 Friday night and reach their first Big 12 tournament title game
since 2000. "We love competing for championships," Niang said later, a bandage
over his wound. "Coach says take it one day at a time, but the Big 12
championship is one day away from us." DeAndre Kane had five 3-pointers and
scored 20 points, and Big 12 player of the year Melvin Ejim added 19 points for
the fourth-seeded Cyclones (25-8), who will play for just their second
tournament title Saturday night against the winner of Texas-Baylor. The victory
for Iowa State represented its first in four tries against Kansas in the Big 12
tournament, and its first over the Jayhawks in Kansas City since March 10, 1996,
when the schools were still part of the Big Eight. It also allowed Iowa State to
match its 2001 team for the second-most wins in school history, trailing only
the 32 wins piled up by the 2000 team. Incidentally, it was that team that won
the Cyclones only Big 12 tournament title. "Its a great win for us, for the fact
it gives us confidence we can compete with anyone in the nation," Cyclones coach
Fred Hoiberg said. "It was good to finally get one of these after struggling to
close out games against Kansas the past few years." Relying on some hot outside
shooting, Iowa State took charge in the second half, and then held on as the
top-seeded Jayhawks (24-9) tried to make a late run to get back into the game.
Perry Ellis led Kansas with 30 points. Andrew Wiggins finished with 22. The
Jayhawks again were playing without 7-footer Joel Embiid, the leagues defensive
player of the year, and his rim-protecting presence was sorely missed. The
freshman has a stress fracture in his back and is likely out until at least the
second weekend of the NCAA tournament. "Joel not being in there, he could
probably guard Niang better," Kansas coach Bill Self said, "but I think it was
more a collection of everybody rather than just one individual." The Sprint
Center was packed to the rafters with fans eager to see whether Iowa State could
finally end its five-game losing streak against the Jayhawks, or whether Kansas
could burnish what it hoped would be a resume worthy of a No. 1 seed in the NCAA
tournament. The teams got after it right from the tip, racing up and down the
floor in what amounted to a series of 94-foot wind sprints. Iowa State got the
better of it early, forging a 23-16 lead, but the Jayhawks countered with a
brutally efficient 20-3 charge to take control. Things got so intense that the
normally placid Hoiberg was rung up with a technical foul after Kane appeared to
be hammered on the way to the basket and no foul was called. "I used a bad
word," Hoiberg said sheepishly. "Im not going to say I didnt." The Jayhawks lead
was also short-lived. Kane started the comeback by converting a three-point
play, Ejim and Niang went to work inside, and the Cyclones tied it 46-all in the
closing minutes of the first half when Kane knocked down another shot from the
corner. Their hot perimeter shooting continued in the second half, when the
Cyclones turned a 48-46 deficit into a 66-57 lead, the last points in the run on
a deep ball from Naz Long. By that point, Iowa State was 11 of 16 from the
3-point line. "We were on our heels defensively throughout the game," Ellis
said. "I felt in the first half we did a lot better. In the second half, we let
too many straight-line drives to the basket." The Jayhawks eventually extended
their defence to the perimeter, and thats when Iowa State started going to the
basket again. Niang scored four straight baskets for Iowa State during one
stretch that made it 81-72, and scored on three straight trips to make it 86-74.
The lead never got much smaller, even after Niang was whacked in the face during
a scrum under the basket, prompting him to start the party for the Iowa State
fans in attendance. "We felt like we had these guys in the second half," Niang
said. "We came out and threw the first punch and from there it was clear skies."
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Junior Hockey League action Friday.ARLINGTON, Texas -- Nelson Cruz fit right
back in with the Texas Rangers after completing his 50-game drug suspension. The
All-Star slugger was reinstated from the restricted list Monday by the Rangers,
who immediately put him in their lineup. Cruz batted sixth as the designated
hitter for the AL wild-card tiebreaker game against Tampa Bay. "I feel really
confident right now," Cruz said before the game. "Im going to enjoy this moment.
Happy to be back. Happy to be with my teammates. Its a blessing to see the
reception they gave me." Cruz got a warm ovation from Rangers fans when he was
introduced before the game, and again when he came to bat for the first time in
the second inning. After swinging late on a couple of fastballs from David
Price, Cruz lined out to first base. It was the first major league game for Cruz
since Aug. 4. That was the day before his suspension stemming from Major League
Baseballs investigation of the Biogenesis anti-aging clinic, accused of
distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs. Cruz was among 14 players
disciplined by MLB this year in the Biogenesis case. Only Yankees third baseman
Alex Rodriguez appealed his suspension. The return of Cruz came eight weeks to
the day he was suspended. He has acknowledged publicly that he made "an error in
judgment" in the wake of a gastrointestinal infection that wasnt properly
diagnosed over a few months before he reported to spring training in 2012. Cruz
lost 40 pounds during that time. He has never offered more specifics. After
serving his penalty, Cruz is ready to move forward and focus on the field. "I
think Ive been doing a pretty good job," he said. "Whatever is going outside of
baseball, just keep it outside." Cruz seemed at ease during batting practice,
when he hit a few balls over the walls in a session he described as being "OK.
It wasnt like great." He was planning to take more cuts in the indoor batting
cage. Rays manager Joe Maddon expressed no issue with Cruz being eligible. "My
job is to get my plaayers ready.
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cant worry about that. I spend most of my energy on things like the bullpen,"
Maddon said. "We just played A-Rod at home." Texas designated outfielder Joey
Butler for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster. The Rangers won their
last seven scheduled games of the regular season and needed every one of those
victories to force the first wild-card tiebreaker in the majors since 2007. A
163rd regular-season game provided a chance for the return of Cruz. Before
flying to Texas on Saturday night, he had been playing games against mostly
minor leaguers and prospects in the Arizona Instructional League. Cruz finished
9 for 27 with five doubles, a homer and nine RBIs in eight games in Arizona.
Once Cruz told manager Ron Washington that he felt good and was loose, the
slugger was back in the lineup. "He said he was ready to go. I didnt talk to
anyone in (Arizona). I know Nelson Cruz," Washington said. "If you throw
something in the wrong spot, I expect to jump up and down. ... Its the threat,
its the presence, its what he does for everybody else just being in that
lineup." General manager Jon Daniels said Cruz kept himself ready to play "as
good as you can." Daniels said the at-bats got batter during that time and that
Cruz was swinging the bat well. "All along, we knew were probably a better club
with him available," Daniels said. The Rangers were 29-21 without Cruz, who hit
.269 with 27 homers and 76 RBIs in 108 games before his suspension. Washington
opted to have Cruz as the designated hitter for his return rather than put him
in the outfield. The Rangers stuck with hot-hitting Craig Gentry in left, Leonys
Martin in centre and Alex Rios in right. Rios was acquired from the Chicago
White Sox four days after Cruz was suspended. "The way those three guys out
there have been running balls down, Im not changing that right now," Washington
said. "Well use Nelsons bat, and his threat."
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