Ames, Iowa ? There’s no place like home and playing lower division basketball teams.

That was Iowa State coach Larry Eustachy’s assessment Saturday after the Cyclones defeated Nebraska, 85-79.

“We’re playing at home and we’re playing lower division teams,” Eustachy said when asked about his team’s play as compared to the way it was playing two weeks ago. “We’re not at Missouri, we’re not at Texas Tech.”

The schedule gets a lot tougher Monday night when the Cyclones (11-15, 3-9 Big 12) face conference leader Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse.

Iowa State extended its winning streak to two games after ending an eight-game losing streak Wednesday at Colorado. The Cyclones shot 60 percent.

Jake Sullivan provided the margin of victory with two free throws with 10.8 seconds left.

“We’re clicking,” said Sullivan, one for four Cyclones in double figures. “We have a lot of confidence right now. I don’t think we could have come back and won this game a month ago, maybe even two weeks ago.”

Eustachy called the victory a “great win,” one his players deserved.

“We almost lost the game in the first half, but then we came out in the second half and really pushed it,” he said. “We made the plays to win the game and we haven’t done that.

Tyray Pearson and Shane Power each shot 20 points for Iowa State and Omar Bynum added a career-high 19 points. and a team-high nine rebounds.

Sullivan rounded out the double-figure scoring with 18 points.

Bynum, who has made 14 of 15 field goals in his last two games, was 7 of 8 against Nebraska. He also held Nebraska’s Brian Conklin to one three-point basket in the second half after Conklin had drained three three-pointers in the first half. The Cornhuskers, who made 10 of 19 from long range in the first half and led 43-36 at the half, were 4 of 16 from beyond the arc in the second half.

“He likes to roll out on a screen and set up for a three,” Bynum said. “You have to stay down and just be able to find him wherever he is and get to him.”

Nebraska coach Barry Collier said Iowa State’s effort offensively in the second half was the difference in the game.

Iowa State opened the second half by hitting 12 of its first 15 shots to take a 62-54 lead with 11:24 to play. The Cyclones never trailed after Bynum’s basket with 14 minutes left put them ahead 53-52.

No. 4 Oklahoma 73, Kansas State 62

Norman, Okla. Â After having a tough time finding the basket in the first half, Oklahoma pulled away from Kansas State by scoring on nine of 10 possessions, including seven in a row, during a 19-3 run.

Aaron McGhee scored 22 points and Jason Detrick had 21 for Oklahoma (20-4, 9-3 Big 12), which shot 57 percent in the second half after going 11-for-31 in the opening 20 minutes.

Kansas State (10-13, 4-8) was effective with its 2-3 zone during the first half, when there were 11 lead changes and Oklahoma never led by more than five. The Sooners only led 39-37 five minutes into the second half before starting their run with a short jumper by McGhee. Hollis Price followed with a three-pointer, then assisted on consecutive baskets by Jabahri Brown and McGee that made the score 48-37.

A three-pointer by Larry Reid stopped the run, but only briefly. Oklahoma followed with 10 straight points, all from Ebi Ere and Detrick, to take a 58-40 lead.

Ere finished with 13 points. Reid scored 14 for Kansas State, which dropped to 0-8 on the road this season.

Oklahoma has won 20 games in five straight seasons.

No. 16 Oklahoma St. 71, Texas A&M 66

College Station, Texas  Victor Williams scored 19 points, including a driving layup with 22 seconds left as 16 Oklahoma State held off A&M. The Cowboys (20-6, 7-5 Big 12) had lost four straight road games and led the Aggies (9-17, 3-9) 67-66 when Williams charged through the lane for his basket. Melvin Sanders added a layup with 12 seconds left as the Cowboys sent the Aggies to their fifth straight loss.

Cheyne Gadson scored 17 points for OSU. Bernard King led the Aggies with 18 points.

The victory was the 699th of OSU coach Eddie Sutton’s career.

Texas Tech 97,

Colorado 79

Boulder, Colo. Â Andre Emmett had 33 points and 10 rebounds and Will Chavis added 22 points as Texas Tech won in Boulder for the first time since 1984. Emmett shot 14-for-23 and Tech (18-6, 7-5) shot 55 percent as the Red Raiders won for the fifth time in 19 meetings with the Buffs.

D.J. Harrison had 23 points and six rebounds for CU (13-10, 4-8), which lost its third straight and had its five-game home winning streak snapped.