“That was nearly perfect. We were taking care of the ball every possession,” Kansas University junior Wayne Simien said after the Jayhawks’ 78-70 victory over Kansas State Wednesday at Bramlage Coliseum.

The Jayhawks suffered just eight turnovers overall, one the first half.

The only turnover came with about a minute left in the half when Keith Langford flipped a pass to Christian Moody, who had turned his back thinking Langford was going to shoot.

“I wish I’d put my hand up,” Moody said. “If I did, it’d have hit my hand, and I’d have had a layup. It was a great pass by Keith, I just thought he was going to shoot.

“Coach (Bill Self) told me it wasn’t my fault, that I was going to the boards, and he wants us to go to the boards.”

Earlier, Moody accepted a pass from Aaron Miles and knocked in a one-handed jumper.

“It was a great pass by Aaron again,” Moody said. “That’s my highlight because of Aaron. He makes everybody look good.”

Miles finished with 12 assists against one turnover to go with 13 points.

“Aaron,” Simien said after scoring 16 points, “is really playing well, leading the team on every possession.”

As are all the juniors, who improved their record in Big 12 Conference road games to 17-2 overall.

“We just try to play hard every night no matter the opponent or the building,” Simien said.

• Olson doesn’t dress: KU senior Brett Olson wore a suit and tie for the game but not because of injury.

Big 12 rules allow teams to suit just 15 players for games; the Jayhawks have 16. KU officials hadn’t known of the rule in prior games. Moody and fellow walk-on Stephen Vinson will take turns sitting out.

• Sliced hand: KU junior Jeff Hawkins wore a heavy bandage on his left hand in warmups and early in the first half.

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He cut his hand at practice.

“It was a pretty deep cut. They were talking about stitches at first,” Hawkins said. “But I don’t like needles.”

• Piper’s memories: Former KU forward Chris Piper, who worked as TV analyst for Wednesday’s game, recalled being in the Little Apple 20 years ago for the start of KU’s amazing 21-game winning streak over K-State in Manhattan.

He sat on the bench as a red-shirt freshman Feb. 25, 1984, when the Jayhawks toppled KSU, 63-61.

“I remember Carl Henry hitting a jumper that got this thing started,” Piper said of KU’s winning ways in the Little Apple. “I remember Kevin Pritchard hit a big shot here in ’88 to beat them (64-63). They had stopped our 55-game win streak at the fieldhouse that year, but we came here and won.

“I remember playing at Ahearn, and they (fans) threw chickens at us. It’s been pretty intense throughout the years. We had some really close games against K-State,” added Piper who played at KU from 1984 to 1988.

• Another streak: Self can’t recall a streak as amazing as KU’s win streak over KSU in Manhattan.

But the 11th-year coach has been part of some wild ones in the past.

“I had a streak against the entire schedule one year at Oral Roberts. We lost 18 in a row my first year there,” Self said. “I don’t think we’ve ever had one like this.”

• Stats, facts: Self is now 3-0 versus Wooldridge. Self’s Oral Roberts team beat Wooldridge’s SW Texas State squad, 75-73, in 1994. Wooldridge is 0-9 versus KU. He had lost his first seven games by an average of nearly 24 points a game. … Miles’ 12 assists tied a season high.