Big 12 Roundup: Kansas finishes non-conference schedule 11-1

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Nobody can stay hot forever. <br><br>The starting five of Quentin Buchanan, Matt Siebrandt, Kelvin Howell, Richie Terry and Larry Reid had been crisp and efficient during Kansas

Monday, January 1st 2001, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Nobody can stay hot forever.

The starting five of Quentin Buchanan, Matt Siebrandt, Kelvin Howell, Richie Terry and Larry Reid had been crisp and efficient during Kansas State's three-game winning streak. But they were a collective 2-of-23 in the first half of the Wildcats' 81-58 loss Saturday to Memphis.

``We broke apart in every phase tonight,'' said Kansas State coach Jim Wooldridge.

Elsewhere in the Big 12 on the final weekend of the year, No. 7 Kansas routed Southwest Missouri State 77-43, Missouri beat Stetson 89-64, Baylor bounced Montana 77-57, No. 17 Oklahoma slipped past Southern Methodist 79-78 in overtime, Texas got by Utah 70-59, Colorado defeated Wisconsin-Milwaukee 74-71 in overtime, No. 25 Iowa State upended Western Carolina 91-53, Texas A&M got the best of Detroit 81-72, and Murray State, much to the disgust of Nebraska coach Barry Collier, beat the Huskers 79-71.

In a late-nighter, San Diego State beat Oklahoma State 87-66, one of Eddie Sutton's most lopsided losses in 11 years as Cowboys' coach.

Murray State outscored Nebraska 23-10 in the final eight minutes.

Collier questioned whether his team had the necessary mental toughness.

``I think we have some kind of mental deficiency that allows us to think we're better than somebody else, that we'll be OK,'' said Collier, who's in his first year after replacing Danny Nee. ``OK gets you 15 points behind at home.''

The loss dropped the Huskers to 7-5. Murray State used a 22-4 run to take command midway through the opening half.''

Cookie Belcher led the Huskers with 26 points.

``We keep falling prey to teams which are not in the least afraid of us,'' Collier said. ``In some cases, we do not have the toughness we need. I don't think it's automatic we'll learn that lesson. You have to be listening and willing to learn for that to sink in.''

Darren Kelly scored a season-high 30 points to lead Texas past Utah. The Longhorns held Utah without a field goal for the final 5:03.

In the fifth-place game of the Rainbow Classic in Honolulu, Bernard King scored nine of his 27 points in overtime to lead Texas A&M to an 81-72 victory over Detroit.

Chad Elsey scored 23 points, including a career-high seven 3-pointers, in Baylor's victory over Montana. Baylor rose to 10-0 while shooting 55.4 percent.

Nolan Johnson scored 21 points to help Oklahoma rally from a 10--point deficit and beat SMU in overtime in the championship game of the Touchstone Energy All-College tournament in Oklahoma City.

Nick Collison, making his sixth start of the year, had 17 points in Kansas' romp past Southwest Missouri State, making 8 of 11 field goals. He's missed only nine of his last 39 shots.

``Collison is their silent weapon,'' said Southwest coach Barry Hinson. ``He's the most skilled big man they've got.''

Collison scored 11 of Kansas' first 13 points of the second half as the Jayhawks finished their non-conference season 11-1 for the first time in four years. Kenny Gregory added 13 points and Drew Gooden had 10.

Oklahoma State suffered its third-worst loss in Sutton's 11 seasons. It was also the Cowboys' worst non-conference loss under Sutton and their worst since an 89-51 defeat at Memphis on Dec. 30, 1986.

San Diego State set a school record by making 13 of its 21 3-point attempts.