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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) -- Thanks to a remarkable game by Jacob Pullen, Kansas State's "lost" season may have been found and Kansas' stay at No. 1 may be short.Pullen, a 6-foot senior guard, scored a career-high 38 points Monday night and led a wire-to-wire charge that sparked the troubled Wildcats to a stunning 84-68 victory over Kansas - just their third win in 45 games against an instate rival that has dominated them for decades and beat them by 24 less than a month ago.
The game came just hours after the Jayhawks replaced Ohio State atop The Associated Press' poll.
Hundreds of fans stormed the court when the final buzzer sounded, creating a temporary mob scene that knocked several media outlets off line.
"I just tried to take good looks, tried to be patient, not overly aggressive but take the shots that were given to me," said Pullen, who was 5 for 6 from the 3-point arc and hit 15 of 19 foul shots. "My teammates did a good job of keeping them honest so they couldn't overly help."
Pullen's total was just one point shy of the 39 that Elvin Hayes scored for Houston against No. 1 UCLA in 1968, which Kansas State research indicated is the most ever scored in a victory over a top-ranked team.
"Shots were falling for me," Pullen said. "I'll take it if people want to say it was my best game. I felt good how we were playing as a team. Other people were stepping up, creating shots off the dribble."
Kansas State shot 56 percent from the field Monday night while upsetting the Jayhawks, who had won 22 of 23 in Bramlage Coliseum.
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