Completed Event: Men's Basketball at #23 Creighton (Exhibition) on October 17, 2025 , Loss , 58, to, 71
Final
Men's Basketball
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#23 Creighton (Exhibition)
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Iowa State University Athletics
Saturday, February 21
Lawrence, Kan.
TBA
Iowa State
14-9, 5-7Big 12
89
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90
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Kansas
17-6, 9-3Big 12
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OT 1
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Iowa State
28
44
17
89
Kansas
41
31
18
90
Cyclones Lose OT Heart Breaker to Kansas
02.21.2004 | Men's Basketball
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - The shot that coach Bill Self called the biggest of the year for Kansas only kept his team in the game.
It was a free throw by freshman J.R. Giddens with 3 seconds left in overtime that won it. After squandering a 17-point lead in regulation and then almost giving away a seven-point advantage in overtime, the 21st-ranked Jayhawks escaped with a 90-89 victory over Iowa State on Saturday.
"There were so many good things that happened," Self said. "Guys showed some courage and kept fighting and I am really pleased with them."
Keith Langford, who had been misfiring most of the day, hit a 3-pointer with 28 seconds left in regulation to tie it for the Jayhawks at 72. Then Giddens hit a free throw with 3 seconds left in overtime before Will Blalock threw in a 3-pointer at the buzzer for the Cyclones, who lost their 23rd straight conference road game.
Iowa State (14-9, 5-7 Big 12) led 72-69 when Langford blocked Curtis Stinson's shot and then connected on his 3-pointer to force the extra period for the Jayhawks (17-6, 9-3).
"He's got a lot of courage,"Self said. "That's the biggest shot anybody's made this year for us."
Langford had been struggling but Self called the play for him.
"I was surprised when it came to me," Langford said. "But I'd rather make the play myself than trust anyone else to do it."
Stinson and Jared Homan each had six points in an 18-1 run that put the Cyclones ahead of the stunned Jayhawks 67-62 with 2:55 left.
Then Giddens, who had six 3-pointers in the first half, broke a 5-minute scoring drought with another 3.
"This is one of the most draining losses I have ever had," Iowa State's Jake Sullivan said.
Stinson, the leading scorer in a talented crop of Big 12 freshmen, had 26 points while Jackson Vroman had 17 points and 19 rebounds.
"At the end of regulation and in overtime, Kansas did what they needed to do to win," first-year Iowa State coach Wayne Morgan said. "Our team absolutely put forth a valiant effort in the second half, especially considering that we were down by 17 at one point. That speaks for itself."
When David Padgett hit a follow shot with 9:44 left, the Jayhawks - who had won 24 straight home conference games - held a 61-49 lead.
But then Stinson and Homan fueled the 18-1 run.
"They kicked us all over the court," Giddens said. "We didn't rebound or anything."
Kansas led 86-79 lead with 1:04 left in overtime on a free throw by Aaron Miles. But Stinson's 3-pointer shaved the lead to four points and then Vroman made it 88-85 a moment later with a free throw.
Giddens had 24 points for Kansas, while Wayne Simien had 20 points and 14 rebounds and Langford had 17 points.
Sullivan had 16 points and Blalock added 12 for Iowa State.
"We're proud of ourselves because we were down by a lot but still fought back," Stinson said. "We just didn't make the big shots at the end."
There was a bizarre officiating error in the first half. Homan went to the free throw line and missed, then Kansas rebounded and all the players rushed down court, where Giddens put in a 3-pointer for a 37-24 lead. Then officials called a timeout and decided that Homan should have had a second free throw.
Giddens' 3-pointer was counted as Homan went to the line and made his next free throw.
"I am not allowed to talk about that, but I have never seen a situation where there was a two-shot foul, with the player missing the first and the other team rebounds and goes down and scores," Morgan said.
Team Stats
IS
KU
FG%
.422
.397
3FG%
.333
.400
FT%
.538
.647
RB
57
50
TO
15
18
STL
10
5
Game Leaders
Pts
26
FGM
11
3FGM
1
FTM
3
Pts
17
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
7
Pts
16
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
12
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
0
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