Kansas 69-52 Iowa State (3 February 2025) Game Recap

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Lawrence, can .– Zeke Mayo scored 17 points, Hunter Dickinson added 14 points and nine rebounds, and No. 16 Kansas leans into his defense to close eighth ranked Iowa State in a 69-52 win on Monday night.

Dajuan Harris Jr. added 12 points for Jayhawks (16-6, 7-4 BIG 12), avenge a 74-57 loss to cyclones (17-5, 7-4) earlier this year in Ames while handing over Iowa State its third loss in a row.

Tamin Lipsey, Keshon Gilbert and Joshua Jefferson scored 11 points per Pcs for Iowa State, but it took a whole lot of shots for them to get there. The trio was 13 of 42 from the field and 2 of 14 beyond the 3-point arch.

Cyclones’ leading goal scorer, Curtis Jones, had seven points on 3-for-11 shooting.

Jayhawks held Iowa State to his worst violation half the season while building a 35-19 lead of the break.

Maybe appropriate, Half -game Join us with the permission of the Kansas Defense: Dajuan Harris Jr. Correlated a loose ball with a baseball glass near the sidelines and went to Dickinson, who again got the ball to David Coit, who ran up the floor. He threw a spawning oop from the Midcourt line, which KJ Adams threw down to a huge roar from a packed Allen Fieldhouse audience.

Kansas never let cyclones do a big second half and get back into the game.

Takeaways

Iowa State’s biggest problem right now is a violation. Cyclones managed only 75 points in an over -time loss in Arizona and 61 last weekend’s skewed home loss to Kansas State.

Kansas proved that it could hold a large 12 enemy after building a large lead at the break. Jayhawks similarly led Baylor 40-21 during the break last weekend, but was outscored 60-30 over the last 20 minutes for an 81-70 loss.

Keying moment

Cyclones were closed to 64-49 with 3:25 left when Mayo used a jabtrin to open to a 3-pointer. It not only expanded the Kansas lead, but dried up any momentum that Iowa State had built.

Key State

Iowa State ended 3 of 21 beyond the 3-point arch.

Up next

Iowa State plays TCU on Saturday. Kansas leader to Kansas says the same day. ——

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