Manhattan ? Throwback uniforms and eight three-point field goals were enough to make things interesting for Kansas State’s men’s basketball team Saturday against rival Kansas University — for about 35 minutes.

The Wildcats, who haven’t defeated the Jayhawks at home since 1983, wore road uniforms that hadn’t been seen since the early 1980s. When the ‘Cats took off their warmups just before tipoff, KSU’s second sellout crowd of the season roared at the sight of the violet jerseys and purple shorts.

“We didn’t think they matched too well, but it’s something the crowd seemed to like,” said senior forward Matt Siebrandt, who is accustomed to wearing a white uniform at home. “I don’t know how many students realized what was going on, but I’m sure plenty of alumni and the older people watching the game appreciated it.”

KSU’s faithful had plenty to appreciate in the first half. The Wildcats hit seven three-pointers while building a 36-35 halftime lead and gave 12th-ranked KU everything it could handle before the Jayhawks mounted a 15-0 run down the stretch in an 82-64 victory.

It was KU’s 26th straight victory against KSU overall, 20th in a row in Manhattan and 15th straight in Bramlage Coliseum.

For much of the afternoon, Kansas State fans had reason to hope those dreaded streaks would end.

Junior guard Tim Ellis sank three-pointers on back-to-back possessions and senior swingman Gilson DeJesus added another three-pointer on KSU’s next possession, cutting KU’s lead to 28-27 with 3:53 left in the first half.

There were two ties and two lead changes in the waning moments of the first half, and a stickback by freshman Marques Hayden with 1.2 ticks left gave KSU a one-point halftime lead.

KSU’s crowd gave another roar as the Wildcats ran to the locker room, but that was nothing compared to the din in Bramlage Coliseum when KU All-America candidate Nick Collison picked up his fourth foul and went to the bench with his team trailing, 47-45, with 14:13 remaining.

KU’s other All-America candidate, senior guard Kirk Hinrich, picked up the slack with 28 points.

“You feel good anytime he’s not on the floor if you’re the opposing team,” K-State coach Jim Wooldridge said of Collison. “They’ve got more players, of course. Hinrich is one of the best players in the country, so they have some firepower. He’s an outstanding player.”

The Wildcats led 51-47 when junior guard Frank Richards sank a jumper over Hinrich in the lane with 13:17 to play.

Then the Wildcats fell apart.

K-State committed eight of its 15 turnovers in the final 12:31, and KU took advantage by scoring 15 second-half points off turnovers.

Collison watched as his team outscored K-State 35-13 in the 11:28 he spent on the bench, turning a two-point deficit into a 20-point lead.

“He’s their best player, or one of them,” said Siebrandt, who scored 10 points. “When he goes to the bench you have to take advantage of it, and we didn’t do anything like that.”

KSU also failed to sink a three-pointer after Ellis hit his fourth shot from behind the arc 46 seconds into the half.

Ellis led KSU with 14 points. Hayden had 13 and matched Siebrandt for the team lead with seven rebounds.

DeJesus, who sank three three-pointers and had 11 first-half points, failed to score in the second half.

“We didn’t move the ball,” DeJesus said. “We didn’t run our offense. We couldn’t get free looks.”

And what about those retro uniforms? Will K-State throw out the throwbacks?

Wooldridge, whose team plays host to Colorado Tuesday, said he didn’t know whether his team would wear them again.

“I was thrilled for about 30 seconds,” Hayden said of the players’ pregame decision to wear the uniforms. “Then I realized we had KU on the other side of that locker room. Putting the uniform on is the easy part. It’s what you do once you have it on.”