Kansas guard Devonte' Graham (4) pulls up for a three against Oklahoma State guard Kendall Smith (1) during the second half, Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Gallagher-Iba Arena, in Stillwater, Okla.

photo by: Nick Krug

The Big 12 champions didn’t strike any fear into the hearts of the Oklahoma State Cowboys Saturday at Gallagher-Iba Arena.

In an 82-64 defeat, its worst of the season, No. 6-ranked Kansas proved once again it doesn’t match up well with OSU, which became the first Big 12 team to sweep Bill Self during his 15 years leading the Jayhawks.

Here are five statistics that contributed to the Jayhawks’ troublesome dud of a regular-season finale.

Where’s the support?

Not even Devonte’ Graham, the Big 12’s Player of the Year, can be expected to do it all every single game. So it’s hard to knock the senior point guard for an off shooting performance (4 of 14) at OSU.

How about a little help for the guy? Graham led Kansas with 15 points, but not one other Jayhawk reached double figures. It was the first time this season KU didn’t benefit from multiple double-digit scorers.

When KU lost at Allen Fieldhouse to this same Oklahoma State team a month ago, four different players put up 16 or more points.

Previously, Kansas (24-7 overall, 13-5 Big 12) had three or more players contribute 10 or more points in all but two games. KU only got double-digit points from two players in losses to Washington and Baylor.

It’s not as if this is a deep rotation capable of spreading the offensive wealth. Self relies on five starters and two bench regulars, and sometimes calls upon freshman big Silvio De Sousa. The scoring has to come from not only Graham, but also Svi Mykhailiuk, Udoka Azubuike and Malik Newman, all of whom are averaging more than 12 points a game in Big 12 play.

3-point disparity

Shooting from beyond the 3-point arc tends to be one of the Jayhawks’ best weapons, but on Saturday the Cowboys (18-13, 8-10) out-performed the Big 12 champs from long range.

Oklahoma State made more 3-pointers than Kansas and shot a higher percentage from deep. The Jayhawks finished on the wrong end of both categories in the same game for the seventh time this season.

Kansas fell to 3-4 when being out-scored and out-shot from 3-point range. Below are the totals and percentages from those outcomes.

– Washington: 9 of 21, 42.9% | KU: 5 of 20, 25% (UW win)

– Nebraska: 8 of 22, 36.4% | KU: 7 of 22, 31.8% (Kansas win)

– Oklahoma State: 12 of 27, 44.4% | KU: 8 of 22, 36.4% (OSU win on Feb. 3)

– TCU: 10 of 25, 40% | KU: 7 of 21, 33.3% (Kansas win)

– Baylor: 8 of 15, 53.3% | KU: 6 of 31, 19.4% (BU win)

– West Virginia: 14 of 26, 53.8% | KU: 7 of 22, 31.8% (Kansas win)

– Oklahoma State: 10 of 24, 41.7% | KU: 7 of 20, 35% (OSU win on March 3)

Somewhat troubling for Kansas, five of these occurrences came in the final nine games of the regular season.

Not much of a fight

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Oklahoma State forward Mitchell Solomon (41) explodes between Kansas guard Devonte' Graham (4) and Kansas center Udoka Azubuike (35) after a dunk and a Kansas foul during the first half, Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Gallagher-Iba Arena, in Stillwater, Okla.

Most games swing back and forth at least a little bit in terms of momentum. The home team starts hot. The visitors respond. The home team counters. We’ve all seen it before.

Saturday’s KU-OSU matchup mostly lacked such distinct runs and comebacks — at least for the Jayhawks.

The Cowboys’ Mitchell Solomon scored the game’s first basket in the second minute of the first half and Oklahoma State led for the remaining 38:25, marking the second time this season Kansas failed to take a lead in a game. The other occasion was in KU’s Jan. 2 home loss to Texas Tech.

The Jayhawks’ largest spurt of the entire debacle came in the first half, when an Azubuike dunk, a Marcus Garrett layup and a Graham 3-pointer provided the visitors, already down 10 less than seven minutes in, with a 7-0 spark.

The Cowboys answered with a 13-0 run over the next three-plus minutes, pushing their lead to 16.

Late in the second half, OSU extended its margin to 23 points, the largest deficit Kansas has faced all season.

Ball security

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Kansas forward Silvio De Sousa (22) and Kansas guard Lagerald Vick (2) tangle with Oklahoma State forward Yankuba Sima (35) for a loose ball during the first half, Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Gallagher-Iba Arena, in Stillwater, Okla.

In Big 12 play this year, Kansas averaged 11.5 turnovers a game, the lowest mark among the league’s 10 teams.

However, Oklahoma State feasted on KU miscues. The Cowboys’ 11 steals were the most by a KU opponent in any game this season. The Jayhawks committed 17 turnovers in all, their highest total in 18 league games and most since committing 20 versus Tennessee State in the season opener.

Mykhailiuk and Azubuike hurt KU the most at OSU, with 4 turnovers apiece.

Oklahoma State scored 21 points off turnovers in a must-have victory.

OSU swat team

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Kansas forward Silvio De Sousa (22) gets stuffed at the rim by Oklahoma State forward Cameron McGriff (12) during the second half, Saturday, March 3, 2018 at Gallagher-Iba Arena, in Stillwater, Okla.

Kansas converted a low percentage of its shots inside — 9 of 21 on layups and 6 of 8 on dunk attempts — as a result of OSU’s active defense around the rim.

The Cowboys’ eight blocked shots tied for their best in a league game this year. Similarly, it tied for the most swats by a KU opponent this year. OSU even pulled it off without the luxury of having a soon-to-be NBA lottery pick, like Mo Bamba, who sent eight Kansas shots away in the Big 12 opener.

In the first half, Tavarius Shine blocked Newman, Cameron McGriff got a piece of a Mykhailiuk jumper and swatted a Newman layup, Yankuba Sima denied Marcus Garrett at the rim and Solomon stymied Garrett inside.

In the closing 20 minutes, Solomon rejected Graham on a layup, Thomas Dziagwa blocked De Sousa and McGriff successfully stuffed a De Sousa dunk attempt.

KU (25 of 60 from the floor, for 41.7% shooting) played so poorly offensively that Oklahoma State walked away with its first double-digit win in conference action all season.

By the Numbers: Oklahoma State 82, Kansas 64