KANSAS CITY, Mo. – In a league as young as the Big 12, records are bound to be broken frequently.

In a 76-50 win over Colorado in the first round of the Big 12 tournament on Tuesday, the Cyclones wasted no time tying a couple of those records and breaking one.

Anna Florzac hit a record-tying 14th three-pointer for the Cyclones, which tied the tournament record for team 3-pointers by Iowa State back in 2000 and again by Oklahoma in 2001. Half of those long-range shots came from the scorching hands of Heather Ezell, who scored 14 points in a three-and-a-half-minute stretch during the closing minutes of the first half. Her seven threes tied a tournament record set by Texas Tech’s Rene Hanebutt in 1999.

“I had no idea until we were walking down [to the press conference], and [athletics communications director] Erin Smith let me know,” said Ezell. “It’s not what I focus on though – if it comes, it comes. It definitely felt good when I got my first shot to fall and than my second shot. It makes things a lot easier. Once you get in that mode, you forget about how many you’re shooting and how many you’re making and you just do what you do.”

Other contributors to the 14 3-pointers were Alison Lacey and Kelsey Bolte, who each had three.

If the Cyclones want to knock off the first-seeded Wildcats (21-8, 13-3) tomorrow, they will need to shoot a lot like they did against Colorado. It wouldn’t hurt if they could break the record they just set Tuesday – they only turned the ball over five times.

The previous record low for turnovers was six, set by Baylor in 2002.

“When you play at this level and turn it over five times, that says a lot,” said coach Bill Fennelly. “What we did was get rid of illegal screens, three-seconds and travels – some of the things that have been killing us.”

The first time the Cyclones played Kansas State, they committed 17 turnovers and lost by 31 in their worst loss of the season. The second time the teams hooked up, the Cyclones committed only eight turnovers and lost a heartbreaker by five in Ames.

The Cyclones have also struggled offensively against the Wildcats, but if they can keep their hands hot, they will have a much better shot of advancing to the semi-finals.

“We have to defend similar to how we did in Ames, and just the opposite of what we did in Manhattan,” Fennelly said. We scored 49 and 42 against them this season, so obviously we’re not an offensive juggernaut when we play them.”

If the Cyclones are able to get past the Wildcats, they can add another tournament record to their notch. No No.8 seed has ever advanced past the second round of the Big 12 tournament.