The only magic in Hilton Coliseum Saturday was during halftime.

A magician called Quick Change wowed the crowd during intermission, which was a rare display of skill during Iowa State’s 54-52 overtime loss to Colorado.

The loss moves the Cyclones to 8-7 overall, 0-4 in the conference, and into sole possession of last place in the Big 12 standings.

Colorado was 0-4 in the conference, and 8-7 overall, before gaining their first win at Iowa State’s expense.

The loss is the first to an unranked conference opponent at home since an 88-73 setback to Texas Tech on Feb. 12, 2003. It is also the first such loss under second-year head coach Wayne Morgan.

Iowa State got manhandled on the boards, as Colorado outrebounded the Cyclones by 19. The Buffaloes grabbed 22 of their rebounds on the offensive end, with 16 of those coming in the second half and overtime.

“It’s no question we lost on the backboards,” Morgan said. “That cost us the game. In the second half it seemed that we would play decent defense, get them to miss, but they would keep rebounding the ball until they scored.

“I think if you give any team 22 second-chance points, we’re probably lucky not to lose by more then we lost.”

Two Buffaloes finished with double figures on the boards and two more came down with at least six.

“Rebounding is an effort category, and we wanted it more,” said Colorado head coach Ricardo Patton.

Curtis Stinson led the Cyclones with nine rebounds, and Jared Homan and Damion Staple added eight and seven, respectively. Aside from those three, no ISU player had more then three rebounds.

“They were attacking the boards,” said guard John Neal. “We can’t make excuses about that kind of stuff. We have to get the rebound, we have to block our guy out, and we didn’t.”

The Cyclones also struggled to get production from anyone other than Stinson, Homan and Will Blalock. Combined, they scored 40 of the team’s 52 points, with Stinson leading all scorers with 15.

Iowa State’s bench was outscored 22-0, as reserves John Neal, Anthony Davis and Tasheed Carr went 0-5 on the night — all five shots from three-point range — while playing a combined 34 minutes.

“We have to knock down shots,” Neal said. “It’s unacceptable.”

The sparse Cyclone bench was still without Robert Faulkner, who cannot dress for games pending an academic appeal. Team spokesman Mike Green said the team hopes to know the outcome of Faulkner’s appeal on Monday.

With the 0-4 start and a road contest at Kansas State, where the Cyclones lost by 31 last year, Iowa State has dug themselves into a deep hole.

“All I can do is take one game at a time,” Morgan said.