On an out-of-bounds play from the Kansas baseline just before halftime, Mitch Lightfoot leaked into the corner, took the pass and buried an open three-pointer just before the buzzer.
It was an option a team unfamiliar with the Jayhawks, like Texas A&M on Saturday, might not have covered in game prep.
That won’t be the case on Monday, when Kansas travels to Kansas State.
The rivalry feels Sunflower Showdown-y because of what has happened since the teams met on Jan. 13. K-State lost and fell to 12-5 and 2-3 in Big 12 play but hasn’t been beaten since then.