Kansas quarterback Carter Stanley (9) tosses from behind his offensive line in the first half of KU’s 31-24 loss to Iowa State, Saturday, Nov. 12 at Memorial Stadium.

In the minutes following his team’s latest defeat, Kansas football coach David Beaty was not prepared Saturday to immediately grade new starting quarterback Carter Stanley’s performance in a 31-24 home loss to Iowa State.

Upon reviewing the game footage, Beaty said Monday on the Big 12 coaches media teleconference the redshirt freshman played a “pretty efficient game” in his first career start.

“He made a few throws and a few decisions I know he’s gonna want back, and we wish we had back, ” Beaty said of Stanley, who had 12 incompletions and a late interception among his 38 pass attempts versus ISU, “but you don’t get it that way.”

The Jayhawks (1-9 overall, 0-7 Big 12) led most of the first three quarters against the Cyclones (2-8, 1-6) and weren’t out of the game until ISU cornerback Jomal Wiltz picked off a Stanley pass with 2:08 to play and KU out of timeouts. Beaty thought Stanley played well, other than that particular play, when his would-be target, sophomore receiver Steven Sims Jr., got ran out of bounds, keeping him from finishing the route and reaching the spot where the pass got intercepted.

“We weren’t able to complete that, and had we made a little bit better read there,” Beaty said of the turnover on a deep shot, “I think it might’ve helped us a little bit there in that fourth quarter.”

Kansas quarterback Carter Stanley (9) scrambles for yardage during the Jayhawks 31-24 loss to Iowa State, Saturday, Nov. 12 at Memorial Stadium.

Mixing in passes to Sims (nine receptions, 37 yards, one touchdown), junior LaQuvionte Gonzalez (seven catches, 39 yards), senior Shakiem Barbel (six for 60), true freshman Keegan Brewer (two for nine), senior running back Ke’aun Kinner (one for 29) and sophomore running back Taylor Martin (one for -3), Stanley completed 68 percent of his throws.

Averaging 4.5 yards per attempt, the 6-foot-2 freshman from Vero Beach, Fla., mostly connected on short routes with precision for minimal gains. Only four Stanley passes netted double-digit yardage and three of those came during a first-half stretch when he completed 10 consecutive attempts, including receptions of 22 and 13 yards by Barbel and a 10-yard Gonzalez catch. The longest pass play for 29 yards came on a short throw to Kinner in the third quarter.

“Some things I thought he did, for his first start, were pretty good,” Beaty said, crediting Stanley for keeping plays alive with his feet and avoiding sacks (ISU only recorded one).

The head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach reiterated Monday his plans to start Stanley this week against Texas (5-5, 3-4) in KU’s home finale on Saturday (2:30 p.m. kickoff, ABC).

Beaty, however, wouldn’t commit to Stanley beyond that, with the Jayhawks’ only other game on the schedule coming seven days later — Nov. 26 — at rival Kansas State.

“We’ll take it week by week,” Beaty said.

K-State time finalized

The Big 12 announced Monday KU’s season-ending game at K-State (5-4, 3-3) will kickoff at 11 a.m. and air on FOX Sports 1.

The Jayhawks haven’t defeated their rivals from Manhattan in seven straight tries. KU last beat Kansas State in 2008, in Lawrence, 52-21.