K-State coach Jerome Tang called a 30-second timeout after a Bidunga hook shot gave KU a 7-0 lead and another timeout when KU went up 14-0 following a Zeke Mayo 3. Mayo went 4-of-7 from 3 and scored 24 points. He was 6-of-8 from the line.

Hunter Dickinson is putting on a clinic in the second half against Kansas State, single-handedly leading a 10-0 run to help Kansas basketball seize control in this heated rivalry matchup. After a steady first half with eight points on 4-for-8 shooting and six rebounds, Dickinson turned it up a notch after the break.

The No. 9 Jayhawks, who smothered Cincinnati in a 54-40 KU road victory on Saturday, meanwhile, have averaged 72.0 points per contest, a number inflated a bit thanks to a 99-point explosion on Jan. 5 at UCF.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Hunter Dickinson had 25 points and Zeke Mayo scored 24 to lead No. 9 Kansas over Kansas State 84-74 on Saturday. Kansas (13-4, 4-2 Big 12) built a big lead to start the game and then kept K-State at arm's length. The Wildcats (7-10, 1-5) never got closer than six points.

The Kansas Jayhawks exploded out of the gates Saturday, racing to a 20-4 lead over rival Kansas State, en route to an 84-74 victory. Kansas improved to 13-4 and 4-2 in Big 12 play. Kansas State drops to 7-10 overall and 1-5 in conference play.

The most frustrating thing about this defeat for K-State is that the Wildcats played well enough to win for much of the afternoon. But they fell behind 14-0 in the opening moments and were unable to cut the deficit closer than six the rest of the way.

An early 14-0 run was enough as Kansas controlled the 302nd Sunflower Showdown, downing in-state rival Kansas State at Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday.

Kansas basketball’s stingy man-to-man defense ... Self would prefer actually in wins,” KU center Hunter Dickinson said of the 14-point victory over Cincy, as well as wins in which KU held ...

Well, Kansas beat K-State on the hardwood yet again. Seems like it happens two or three times each year at this point. I mean, the overall record in hoops is 203 to 96 in KU’s favor. In fact, Kansas has more wins against KSU than any school in the country has over another.

Kansas senior forward KJ Adams, who suffered a separated shoulder in the Jayhawks’ 74-57 men’s basketball loss to Iowa State on Jan. 15, then missed Saturday’s home victory over Kansas State, will not play Wednesday night at TCU.

Javon Small scored 12 of his 27 points in the final two minutes to lead West Virginia to a 64-57 win over No. 2 Iowa State.

After Kansas State’s two-big lineups had vexed Kansas in the first half on Saturday, it was center Hunter Dickinson’s turn to give the Wildcats trouble when the rivals emerged from halftime. The 7-foot-2 center scored KU’s first 10 points of the second half,