No. 7 Kansas beats Iowa State in Big 12 semis

By: Associated Press

Posted: Fri 10:45 PM, Mar 15, 2013

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Perry Ellis scored a career-high 23 points, and seventh-ranked Kansas pulled away in the second half to beat Iowa State 88-73 on Friday night and reach the Big 12 tournament title game.

Jeff Withey and Elijah Johnson added 14 points each, and Ben McLemore finished with 10 for the top-seeded Jayhawks (28-5), who advanced to play No. 11 Kansas State or No. 14 Oklahoma State on Saturday night for its sixth Big 12 tournament championship.

Georges Niang scored 19 points and Melvin Ejim had 17 for the fifth-seeded Cyclones (22-11), who were trying to turn the tables after losing to the Jayhawks twice in overtime this season.

Instead, Kansas won for the 16th time in their last 17 meetings.

Ellis was a big reason why.

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