Crank that Voskuil?

He went from "Little Brother" to "Mr. 30 Points" in only 3 short years. Alan Voskuil helped the unranked Red Raiders claim the first victory for new coach Pat Knight on Wednesday night against the 18th ranked Kansas State Wildcats, 84-75. The win moves Pat Knight to 1-2, while the Red Raiders improve to 13-10 (4-5). Kansas State drops to 17-6 (7-2) after the lose.

Voskuil could not miss from outside during the first half. His 4-4 from beyond the arc spurred the Red Raiders to a 12 point halftime lead. For the game, Voskuil finished 9-14 with a 5-6 3 point night. His 7 rebounds led the Red Raiders, who were once again outrebounded 33-26.

Despite the troubles on the boards, Texas Tech did everything they needed to grasp the W. They shot .509 from the field and hit 25 of their 36 free throws. The defense held Michael Beasley in check as much as they could. Beasley finished the night with 22 points and 15 rebounds, but only managed to make 6 of his 20 shots.

Voskuil wasn't the only one who helped the Raiders to victory. The Freshman duo of John Roberson and Mike Singletary both put up 11 points. Roberson's 6 assists definitely helped the winning cause. Martin Zeno, Tech's leading scorer on the season finished the game with 16 points. Trevor Cook played a huge role off the bench, scoring 8 points and blocking 2 key shots in the second half in only 13 minutes of play.

Kansas State was led by 2nd leading scorer Bill Walker, who scored 27 points before fouling out. That, combined with Beasley's 22 and Jacob Pullen's 16 amounted for 87% of the Wildcats' point total.

KSU's Blake "Lil' Wayne" Young finished with only 4 points, after trying to prove how "hard" he was after a scrape with Tech big man Esmir Rizvic. Both players received a technical foul on the play, but Young should have been removed from the game for making an apparent threat to Rizvic with his fist. The NCAA should better define the terms of "throwing a punch" to include cocking your fist back and threatening another player (editor's opinion).