The Kansas women’s basketball team is one of the hottest teams in college basketball right now.

After Kansas upset the Cyclones at home, the Jayhawks have been on a run ever since.

“We know how good they are, how good they could have been, and now they are playing that way,” said ISU coach Bill Fennelly. “Their confidence level has to be at an all-time high.”

Having won just two conference games before they faced Iowa State earlier in the season, the Jayhawks are now seventh in the Big 12 at 6-9.

In its last regular season game, Iowa State looks to end the Cinderella story on the Cyclones’ senior night at Hilton Coliseum on Saturday.

“It is one of the more important games we have played on senior night,” Fennelly said. “This game impacts a lot of things for a lot of people.”

Fennelly saw the potential Kansas had the first time the teams met this season, and the Jayhawks have proved they can play at the higher level since then.

“That’s a team that is a lot better than their record at the time and you start looking at their personnel­— strictly the players, they are all very good players,” Fennelly said.

The Jayhawks have won four straight Big 12 games, including a recent home victory over the No. 5 Baylor.

Kansas is second in the conference in shooting percentage, with an average of 45.5 percent from the field.

“We have to just try to play them the way they play, and try to make sure we are able to stop them and not let them do what they want with the ball,” said junior Denae Stuckey.

Kansas junior forward-guard Danielle McCray has been named this week’s Phillips 66 Big 12 Player of the Week after tying a career-high 30 points against Oklahoma State.

McCray broke that high on Wednesday night against the Bears, posting 35 points, including seven treys; handing Baylor its fifth loss of the season.

“Right now Danielle McCray may be playing as well as anyone, anywhere,” Fennelly said.

In the loss to Kansas on Feb. 22nd, poor shooting cost Iowa State the game, with the Cyclones hitting only 15 of 55 attempts.

“They’re a great defensive team, they don’t give you a lot of options— so the ones you do get you have got to be ready to nail and hit them,” said senior Heather Ezell. “We can’t go down like we did down there and miss some wide open shots, because it hurt us in the end.”

The Cyclones see the importance of this game, not only for the seniors who will step onto the court at Hilton for the last time, but also in the Big 12 standings.

“The way we’re going to approach it is: you win, you’re in the top four. You lose, you’re fifth,” Fennelly said.