No. 16 Kansas leaned into its defense to shut down eighth-ranked Iowa State in a 69-52 victory on Monday night.

“I never thought going into the season that Zeke Mayo would be the guy who could get more free throws than anybody else on our team,” KU coach Bill Self said of the former South Dakota State standout who went 6-of-8 from the free throw line in Saturday’s 84-74 victory over Kansas State at Allen Fieldhouse.

Kansas basketball guard Zeke Mayo couldn’t miss on Saturday, lighting up the first half against archrival Kansas State with a red-hot shooting display. Mayo got things rolling with a deep three on Kansas’ opening possession, putting his team up 3-0. That was just the beginning.

Zeke Mayo sinks a triple from the corner to give Kansas the lead over Iowa State.

Tamin Lipsey, Keshon Gilbert and Joshua Jefferson scored 11 points apiece for Iowa State, but it took a whole lot of shots for them to get there. The trio was 13 of 42 from the field and 2 of 14 from beyond the 3-point arc.