Iowa State snaps KSU’s 13-game winning streak

? Lindsey Wilson made sure that Iowa State was not embarrassed at home a second time.

Wilson scored 27 points and Iowa State ended No. 3 Kansas State’s 13-game winning streak with a 74-69 victory Wednesday night.

It was a dramatic turnaround from Iowa State’s previous home game, an 86-55 drubbing by Missouri that was the Cyclones’ worst loss at Hilton Coliseum in coach Bill Fennelly’s eight seasons.

“That was a tough thing to deal with,” Wilson said. “We just wanted to get back to ‘Hilton Magic,’ as corny as that sounds. We’ve always been a team that defended our home court well. We wanted to do that tonight.”

The Cyclones (8-9, 3-3 Big 12 Conference) built a 14-point lead early in the second half, then withstood everything the short-handed Wildcats could throw at them. Kansas State’s only other loss was to No. 6 Stanford, 63-57 on Nov. 30.

“The only thing I told them before the game was to make sure that when we walked out of the building, the fans, the players, the coaches, the media … understand that Iowa State is a team that plays hard and plays right, unlike the last time they walked out of here,” Fennelly said. “They took that to heart and played as well as we could play.”

Kansas State (18-2, 5-1) got only five minutes from third-leading scorer Laurie Koehn, who has been bothered by a sprained ankle and did not score. Koehn, the team’s best 3-point shooter, had played 35 minutes in a 71-69 victory over Texas last Saturday.

The Wildcats also played much of the first half without leading scorer Kendra Wecker, who sat out the final 11:49 of the period after getting her third foul. Iowa State built a 12-point lead while she was on the bench and that turned out to be too much for the Wildcats.

“It was definitely hard sitting on the bench,” Wecker said. “But I think our team hung in there. They did a great job. They battled hard.”

Wilson, who shot 5-for-20 in a 68-60 loss at Kansas State on Jan. 15, made 7 of 11 shots in the first half and finished 9-for-17. Anne O’Neil added 18 points for Iowa State, Lisa Kriener scored 14 and Mary Cofield 12.

Megan Mahoney led Kansas State with 22 points and Nicole Ohlde scored 21.

No. 11 Texas 60, No. 19 Oklahoma 54

Norman, Okla. — Stacy Stephens had 19 points and 14 rebounds, and Jamie Carey had seven of her 17 points from the free-throw line in the final minute for Texas.

Stephens’ performance in the paint was critical to the Longhorns (13-5, 6-1 in Big 12), who shot only 37 percent. She made eight of 13 shots. Chelsi Welch led Oklahoma (13-6, 4-2) with a career-high 20 points.

Colorado 66, Baylor 59

Boulder, Colo. — Tera Bjorklund scored 23 points and Sabrina Scott 15, and Colorado hit 19 of 22 free throws in the second half to down Baylor.

The Buffaloes (15-3, 5-2 Big 12) built a 10-point lead midway through the second half and held off the Bears down the stretch.

Baylor (13-5, 2-4) got 14 points from foul-troubled Steffanie Blackmon and 13 each from Dionne Brown and Jessika Stratton.