MANHATTAN, Kan. Who knew that 3 minutes, 35 seconds in both halves would be so pivotal to Sundays Sunflower Showdown?Kansas State won 47-43 as it held the Jayhawks scoreless for the final 3:35 of the game. Perhaps more significantly, Kansas star Carolyn Davis suffered a serious knee injury just 3:35 into the game and never returned.While thrilled that Kansas State continued its dominance in the Sunflower Showdown, Wildcats coach Deb Patterson was full of compassion afterward.We just want to wish Carolyn Davis the best, Patterson said. Obviously, she is dealing with a very painful and difficult injury. When you see it happen on your floor in your game, it has a very strong emotional impact. So we wish her the very best as one of the premier players in this league and ever in Big 12 basketball. So I know it was a huge loss for KU today. This game played like a classic rivalry game.Indeed.The game was tied nine times, the last at 43-43 with 3:35 to play after an Aishah Sutherland layup for KU. Jalana Childs answered with a basket for the Wildcats with 3:09 to play. Two free throws from Brittany Chambers with 7 seconds left sealed the victory for the Wildcats, who have won 21 of the last 23 meetings against the Jayhawks, including 11 straight in Manhattan.It goes down to making one more mistake than they do, but I will probably twist it and say they made one more play than we did. I am proud, KU coach Bonnie Henrickson said. We battled and we competed. We put ourselves in position to win a game, with a really bad way to start a game. K-State, 16-8 overall and 7-5 in the Big 12, trailed by seven opening the game, but a 12-3 run spurred by eight straight points from Branshea Brown gave the Wildcats a 14-12 lead with 7:10 to play. It was during that run that Davis suffered her injury.While K-State eventually pushed the advantage to 21-17 at the half, Angel Goodrichs three-pointer tied the game 26-26 with 15:30 to play for the Jayhawks. After that, neither team had more than a two-point lead until K-States 4-0 run to end the game. KU, 17-7 and 6-6, missed its final seven shots, including five when the Jayhawks trailed by two points.Sutherland had her second straight double-double for KU, scoring 12 points and grabbing 17 rebounds, while Goodrich had 13 points. But Davis injury forced the Jayhawks to make an in-game change in strategy.Obviously, we go back and they are all crying, but how tough are they, Henrickson said. You control your emotions, and in life it is not about the hand you were dealt; it is about how you play it, and this is what it is we got to play. When it comes down to it, we had some turnovers there that we do not get a shot at, obviously, in the last 4 minutes. At the end of the day we did compete, and I am proud.Kansas States Childs led all players with 18 points in the game and reached the 1,000-point plateau for her career.It is a great honor to be put in that category along with Brittany (Chambers) and others in the past, Childs said of reaching the milestone. I knew it was coming this game because I had Twitter updates and texts about it. I was not trying to focus on it, but it feels good that it is over with. I do not have to think about or worry about it. Not that I did worry about it. It is just a great honor.

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MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Who knew that 3 minutes, 35 seconds in both halves would be so pivotal to Sunday’s Sunflower Showdown?

Kansas State won 47-43 as it held the Jayhawks scoreless for the final 3:35 of the game. Perhaps more significantly, Kansas star Carolyn Davis suffered a serious knee injury just 3:35 into the game and never returned.

While thrilled that Kansas State continued its dominance in the Sunflower Showdown, Wildcats coach Deb Patterson was full of compassion afterward.

“We just want to wish Carolyn Davis the best,” Patterson said. “Obviously, she is dealing with a very painful and difficult injury. When you see it happen on your floor in your game, it has a very strong emotional impact. So we wish her the very best as one of the premier players in this league and ever in Big 12 basketball. So I know it was a huge loss for KU today. This game played like a classic rivalry game.”

Indeed.

The game was tied nine times, the last at 43-43 with 3:35 to play after an Aishah Sutherland layup for KU. Jalana Childs answered with a basket for the Wildcats with 3:09 to play. Two free throws from Brittany Chambers with 7 seconds left sealed the victory for the Wildcats, who have won 21 of the last 23 meetings against the Jayhawks, including 11 straight in Manhattan.

“It goes down to making one more mistake than they do, but I will probably twist it and say they made one more play than we did. I am proud,” KU coach Bonnie Henrickson said. “We battled and we competed. We put ourselves in position to win a game, with a really bad way to start a game.”

K-State, 16-8 overall and 7-5 in the Big 12, trailed by seven opening the game, but a 12-3 run spurred by eight straight points from Branshea Brown gave the Wildcats a 14-12 lead with 7:10 to play. It was during that run that Davis suffered her injury.

While K-State eventually pushed the advantage to 21-17 at the half, Angel Goodrich’s three-pointer tied the game 26-26 with 15:30 to play for the Jayhawks. After that, neither team had more than a two-point lead until K-State’s 4-0 run to end the game.

KU, 17-7 and 6-6, missed its final seven shots, including five when the Jayhawks trailed by two points.

Sutherland had her second straight double-double for KU, scoring 12 points and grabbing 17 rebounds, while Goodrich had 13 points. But Davis’ injury forced the Jayhawks to make an in-game change in strategy.

“Obviously, we go back and they are all crying, but how tough are they…,” Henrickson said. “You control your emotions, and in life it is not about the hand you were dealt; it is about how you play it, and this is what it is we got to play. …

“When it comes down to it, we had some turnovers there that we do not get a shot at, obviously, in the last 4 minutes. At the end of the day we did compete, and I am proud.”

Kansas State’s Childs led all players with 18 points in the game and reached the 1,000-point plateau for her career.

“It is a great honor to be put in that category along with Brittany (Chambers) and others in the past,” Childs said of reaching the milestone. “I knew it was coming this game because I had Twitter updates and texts about it. I was not trying to focus on it, but it feels good that it is over with. I do not have to think about or worry about it. Not that I did worry about it. It is just a great honor.”