{"id":236985,"date":"2026-01-14T05:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T05:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/236985\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T05:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T05:55:07","slug":"kansas-hands-no-2-iowa-state-its-first-loss-of-the-season-with-dominant-84-63-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/236985\/","title":{"rendered":"Kansas Hands No. 2 Iowa State its First Loss of the Season with Dominant 84-63 Win"},"content":{"rendered":"

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) \u2014 Tre White<\/a> scored 19 points, Darryn Peterson<\/a> added 16 and Kansas sent\u00a0the second-ranked Cyclones to their first loss of the season, 84-63 on Tuesday night at Allen Fieldhouse.<\/p>\n

Melvin Council Jr.<\/a> added 15 points and Flory Bidunga<\/a> had 10 for the Jayhawks (12-5, 2-2 Big 12), who answered their fall out of the AP Top 25 this week by knocking off one of five unbeatens left in Division I men’s hoops \u2014 and one of two receiving No. 1 votes.<\/p>\n

Kansas coach Bill Self<\/a>\u00a0is now 13-2 against Associated Press Top 5 teams in Allen Fieldhouse, including a 5-0 mark versus No. 2-ranked AP teams.<\/p>\n

Joshua Jefferson had 12 points to lead the Cyclones (16-1, 3-1), but he also had five of their 12 turnovers. Tamin Lipsey added 10 points on 4-of-15 shooting, while Milan Momcilovic had 11 points and Nate Heise had 10.<\/p>\n

The Jayhawks were rare home underdogs, a byproduct of the teams’ resumes to date: The Cyclones had impressed all season, trouncing then-No. 1 Purdue by 23 on the road, while Kansas had recently lost to unranked UCF and West Virginia.<\/p>\n

Yet they looked like total opposites Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

It was Kansas dominating both ends of the floor, forcing ball-secure Iowa State into 10 first-half turnovers while committing only two itself. White hit four early 3-pointers, the Cyclones went cold from the arc, and the Jayhawks built a 44-23 halftime lead.<\/p>\n

Iowa State fell behind by 26 but chipped away at its deficit in the second half. Lipsey scored back-to-back buckets, Heise suddenly got involved, and back-to-back 3s got the Cyclones within 53-42 with 13 1\/2 minutes to go.<\/p>\n

But after Iowa State came up empty on two chances to get within single digits, the Jayhawks answered with a 10-0 run.<\/p>\n

Their lead quickly stretched back to 24 before Kansas coasted to its eighth straight win over the Cyclones in Allen Fieldhouse.<\/p>\n

UP NEXT

\nIowa State visits Cincinnati on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Kansas plays Baylor on Friday night.<\/p>\n

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