Cyclones Fall to No. 1 Kansas

LAWRENCE, Kan. - Drew Gooden had 26 points, and Nick Collison added 16 as No. 1 Kansas beat Iowa State 102-66 Monday night and clinched at least a tie for its first Big 12 title in four years.

Kansas (24-2, 13-0 Big 12), playing its first game since replacing Duke atop the poll, got a combined 34 points from its trio of post players - Gooden, Collison and Wayne Simien - en route to a 49-25 halftime lead. Simien finished with 15, giving them a combined 57.

Iowa State (11-16, 3-10), the two-time defending Big 12 champion, dropped to 0-9 on the road and virtually guaranteed Larry Eustachy his first losing season in 13 years as a head coach.

Gooden, who scored a season-low 11 points the previous game while battling the flu, was 8-of-9 in the first half. The Big 12's scoring and rebounding leader made dunks, tip-ins, feathery follow shots and fallaway jumpers. He was just one rebound short of his 20th double-double.

The Jayhawks, who came into the game leading the nation in scoring (92.4) and field goal percentage (51.6), hit 63 percent (45-of-72) and cracked the 100-point mark for the eighth time this season while winning their 12th in a row.

Early in the second half, Iowa State went almost 6 minutes without a field goal as the Jayhawks unleashed a 14-0 run and brought a constant roar from the sellout crowd of 16,300 while seizing a 66-34 lead.

Iowa State's Omar Bynum, who had made 15 of his previous 16 shots coming in, was 4-for-4 before finally missing. He finished 5-of-7 for 13 points. Jake Sullivan had 14 for the Cyclones, and Shane Power and Jared Homan each had 11.

With the crowd on its feet, reserve Chris Zerbe hit a free throw with 49 seconds left to give the Jayhawks 100 points.

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