GAMEDAY Mens Basketball
Iowa State 68, Kansas 53
(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
By ANDREW LOGUE
Associated Press
AMES, Iowa - Jaren Holmes led No. 13 Iowa State with 15 points in the Cyclones' 68-53 win over No. 8 Kansas.
Osun Osunniyi added 13 for the Cyclones (16-6, 7-3 Big 12), who stayed within at least a game of front-running Texas in the conference standings.
Jalen Wilson led the Jayhawks (18-5, 6-4) with 26 points for his sixth straight with at least 20.
The Cyclones led for all but 1:14 of the game, building a 34-16 scoring edge in the paint. Kansas struggled early, making just two of their first 10 shots and committing 11 turnovers in the first 20 minutes.
Iowa State was up 33-21 at the break. The Cyclones stretched it to 42-31 early in the second half when Holmes went on a scoring flurry, including a 3-pointer and layup.
BIG PICTURE
Iowa State improved to 12-0 at home this season and 5-0 in the Big 12. It was also the Cyclones' fifth win over a top-10 opponent in the past two seasons.
February 4, 2023
| Kansas | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| J. Wilson | F | 39 | 7-16 | 9-11 | 3-8 | 1-9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 26 |
| K. Adams Jr. | F | 33 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| D. Harris Jr. | G | 34 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| G. Dick | G | 30 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| K. McCullar Jr. | G | 23 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| J. Yesufu | 19 | 3-6 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| B. Pettiford Jr. | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |
| E. Udeh Jr. | 7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| M. Rice | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Jankovich | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Z. Clemence | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 17-44 (.386) |
13-18 (.722) |
6-23 (.261) |
5-32 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 53 | |
| Iowa State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| O. Osunniyi | C | 23 | 6-8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| C. Grill | G | 37 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| T. Lipsey | G | 33 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 0-3 | 4-8 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| J. Holmes | G | 32 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 4-6 | 0-6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| G. Kalscheur | G | 32 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| R. Jones | 17 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| T. King | 15 | 5-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| A. Kunc | 11 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 28-61 (.459) |
5-9 (.556) |
7-23 (.304) |
8-32 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 68 | |
