With the shot clock running down several times, the Cyclones’ Kantrail Horton (four threes) and Jamaal Tinsley (18 points) swished threes with Kansas players shaking their heads in disgust.

Iowa State canned 11 of 17 threes to KU’s five of 11 in the Cyclones’ 79-77 win at Allen Fieldhouse.

“It’s tough, very tough,” said KU’s Kenny Gregory. “They’ve got a lot of great one-on-one players. You either play off them or get on them. You have to pick and choose. They were making them either way they went.”

ISU knocked in six of nine threes the first half in building an 11-point lead.

Earl Richardson/Journal-World Photo

“At halftime we were thinking eventually they’d start missing. They never did,” Gregory said. “Running the clock down, making them. Give them credit. It’s how they play. They do that a lot.”

Native Iowan Nick Collison he’s now 0-3 versus Iowa State; KU has dropped four straight overall to the Cyclones tips his cap in ISU’s direction.

“I think they’re a good team. It’s all I can say. They’re a heck of a team. If people don’t expect that of them, that’s their mistake,” Collison said.

“The good thing is we get to play them again,” noted fellow Iowan Kirk Hinrich. KU, which, like the Cyclones, has two losses in league play, ventures to Ames on Feb. 17. “Our fate is in our hands.”

The Jayhawks were shocked to lose again to the Cyclones, who snapped KU’s 13-game homecourt win streak. ISU was the last team to win in Allen last season. It’s the first time a team has beaten KU two straight years in Allen since Missouri (1987-88 and 88-89).

“The last thing on my mind was someone would come in here and beat us,” KU forward Drew Gooden said.

Stats, facts

Iowa State’s 64.7 percent three-point shooting from three-point land was best against the Jayhawks this season and highest since UMass made 77.8 percent (10 of 13) against KU in 1997. The last time KU hit 50 percent of its shots and lost was March 24, 1994, when the Jayhawks hit 31 of 62 shots against Purdue in the NCAA Tournament. The last time KU shot 50 percent and outrebounded its foe and lost was March 4, 1992, at Iowa State. KU’s 11-point halftime deficit was its biggest at home since a 15-point deficit to UCLA on Dec. 1, 1995. KU won that game, 85-70. KU has dropped four straight to ISU, the first time KU has lost as many in a row to a conference team since losing to Missouri four times in 1989 and 90. Iowa State made six of its first seven shots. The Cyclones finished at 46.7 percent to KU’s 50. Drew Gooden (14 points) led KU in scoring for the third

straight game. KU’s two free throw attempts in the first half were fewest since one versus Xavier in 1999. Luke Axtell made his first three in eight games. He had missed 13 straight entering the contest. KU trailed at half at home for the first time this season, fifth time overall this year. Mario Kinsey, who Williams said was inserted for defense late in the first half, saw his first action since Jan. 27 versus Kansas State. Williams has been basically going with Hinrich and Jeff Boschee at the point unless one of the two is in foul trouble. Gooden hit a three and is three-of-four from three-point land. ISU’s nine turnovers tied a season low by a foe. North Dakota also had nine.

Scouts on hand

Fourteen NBA scouts attended Monday’s game, including: former Baylor coach Tony Barone (Vancouver), former Wisconsin coach Stu Yoder (Indiana), KU grad Chris Wallace (Boston), former NBA standout Walter Davis (Washington) and Scott Layden (GM, New York). It’s the most scouts ever to attend a KU game.

KU announcer to assist OSU

Play by play announcers at Big 12 schools will each work one of Oklahoma State’s remaining games this season. They will work the games as a gesture saluting the memory of Bill Teegins, Oklahoma State’s longtime play-by-play man who died in a recent plane crash in Colorado.

KU’s Bob Davis will work the Oklahoma State-Oklahoma game on March 3 in Norman, Okla. Davis will hustle back to work Kansas-Missouri on March 4 at Allen Fieldhouse.

“Bill was a wonderful guy. He will be greatly missed. I’m thrilled to be asked and honored to do the game,” said Davis.