For Crystal Kemp, the playing days are dwindling down to a precious few.

Kemp’s college basketball career at Kansas University is in the home stretch, and the 6-foot-2 senior from Topeka knows it.

“I’m playing for the moment,” Kemp said, “because I can never get it back.”

Kemp produced another tour de force Sunday afternoon in Allen Fieldhouse, collecting 25 points and snatching 13 rebounds as the Jayhawks disposed of Oklahoma State, 66-46.

Kemp has had eight 20-point-plus scoring outings in her last 10 games. She also posted her sixth double-digit rebounding performance. In fact, the 13 boards were a season high.

“She’s having a great year,” first-year OSU coach Kurt Budke said. “She’s come a long way since high school.”

Guards Erica Hallman and Ivana Catic added 14 and 11 points for the Jayhawks, who halted a three-game losing streak. Hallman and Catic also had seven assists apiece – some of them feeds to Kemp, who made eight of 14 shots and went 9-for-9 at the free-throw line.

“If I can continue to score and help the team, that’s what I’m going to do,” Kemp said.

Perhaps the most unusual aspect of Kemp’s Sunday outing was the fact coach Bonnie Henrickson pulled her with 1:39 remaining and KU comfortably ahead. Kemp already has logged seven route-going performances this season.

“By then we had it locked,” Kemp said with a smile, “so she subbed me out, and that’s OK.”

Early on, it appeared the Jayhawks, who hadn’t played in a week, had forgotten how to play the game. Oklahoma State raced to a 15-7 lead, thanks mainly to seven KU turnovers against the Cowgirls’ 2-3 zone.

“It was just awful,” Henrickson said, “but we finally got some discipline.”

KU would commit only eight turnovers the rest of the way. Meanwhile, the Jayhawks outscored the Cowgirls 39-8 over the next 20 minutes to build leads that grew to as many as 23 points.

KU’s defense had something to do with O-State managing just eight points over what amounted to a complete half, but OSU’s offense also was its own worst enemy.

“I think we’re the easiest team in America to guard,” said OSU coach Budke, a Washburn University grad. “It’s pretty easy to match up with us. Great teams are consistent, and right now I have no idea who is going to do it each night.”

Whitney Pegram, a Silver Lake High product who leads the Cowgirls in scoring, didn’t start and scored only four points off the bench. Budke said Pegram “hasn’t been playing well and hasn’t been practicing well.”

Another native Kansan, Christian Hood of Hutchinson, led OSU with 14 points. But the 6-5 Hood scored all of her points in the last 11 1/2 minutes.

Oklahoma State fell deeper into the Big 12 Conference cellar with an 0-6 record. The Cowgirls are 6-11 overall. Kansas climbed to 13-3 and 2-3 in the league.

Next for the Jayhawks is a Wednesday trip to Kansas State’s Bramlage Coliseum, where KU hasn’t won since 2001. K-State has won eight straight in the Sunflower State series. Thus, it goes without saying Kansas will need another yeoman performance from Kemp in Manhattan.

“She was awfully solid today,” Henrickson said, “and obviously we’ll need that again on Wednesday.”

Notes: Sophomore reserve Jamie Boyd didn’t suit, but was on the bench. Boyd had to be taken to the hospital earlier in the day after suffering from a ruptured ovarian cyst. : OSU’s 17 field goals and 46 points were the fewest surrendered by KU this season. : Kemp is just two points shy of becoming the seventh player in KU history to compile 1,400 points and 700 rebounds. : KU’s Taylor McIntosh was held scoreless for the first time this season.