Rob Gray

No. 15 Iowa State was putting the finishing touches on a thorough dismantling of Syracuse, and star forward Joshua Jefferson drove into the paint, put up a baby hook shot and … it rimmed out.

Players come and go — and sometimes come and go again. So it’s no surprise that former Marquette transfer and current Iowa State starter Kenzie Hare is still tight with a lot of her erstwhile Golden Eagles teammates.

“I think it’s so hard in our sport today to even look at anybody’s record,” said Campbell, whose Cyclones (7-4, 4-4) seek to close the regular season on a three-game win streak by beating the Cowboys (1-10, 0-8) at 11 a.m. Saturday (ESPNU) in Stillwater.

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The Cyclones’ offense rolled all day, scoring on five of its first six possessions, and totaling 30 or more points in a game for the fourth time this season.

Iowa State went from 5-0 to 5-4 this season seemingly in the blink of an eye, and banged-up but unbowed quarterback Rocco Becht stood tall amid that maelstrom as his team’s fortunes rose and fell.

So when that siren is cranked during Saturday’s game, Domonique Orange and his fellow seniors will smile.

Arianna Jackson drilled all four of her 3-pointers in the first quarter, helping the No. 12 Cyclones cruise to an 87-60 win Thursday night over Drake.

It’s obviously been a tough season for the Cyclones (6-4, 3-4), but if they win out, they still could become just the third team in program history to notch nine or more wins.

What happens when a football team can’t sustain a drive, or fails to finish one with a touchdown? It punts or settles for a field goal attempt.

ISU (5-0) has lost four straight meetings with the Bulldogs (1-2) in Des Moines, but has won 10 of 14 overall recently in a series that stretches back to 1975.

Daniels needed just 12 completions to throw for 295 yards in Kansas’s 45-36 win over the Cyclones last season in Lawrence, so he’ll likely test ISU’s injury-plagued secondary yet again in his fourth career start against Campbell’s team.