MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Jeremiah Massey scored 19 of his 23 points in the second half to lead Kansas State to a 63-51 victory over Iowa State Wednesday night.

Massey also had 10 rebounds for the Wildcats (12-4, 2-3 Big 12). Cartier Martin hit four 3-pointers and scored 17 points and Fred Peete added 15 points for Kansas State.

Jared Homan scored 13 points for Iowa State (8-8, 0-5), and Damion Staple added 10 points and five rebounds before fouling out.

With Kansas State holding a 40-38 lead with 10:05 to go, Massey took over, scoring 16 of the Wildcats’ final 23 points.

After Tasheed Carr’s 3-pointer got the Cyclone’s within 55-51 with 1:29 remaining, Massey scored on a turnaround post move and added two free throws with 44 seconds left to give Kansas State a 59-51 lead.

The Cyclones have now dropped six in a row and are off to their worst start ever in Big 12 play. The last time they started 0-5 in league play was 1994 as a member of the Big Eight.

Curtis Stinson did not start, but was first off the bench. He was held without a field goal for nearly 19 minutes, finishing with seven points on 3-for-9 shooting.

The Wildcats jumped to a quick 8-2 lead, but had just one field goal over an eight minute stretch midway through the first half.

After the Cyclones pulled ahead 17-16 with 7:09 to go in the half, Stewart hit a runner in the lane and Martin scored back-to-back 3-pointers to put Kansas State back on top.

Peete, who had been in a 3-of-25 slump over the last three games, scored on a layup as time expired to give the Wildcats a 32-25 halftime lead.

Kansas State played most of the game without Marques Hayden, who has started 13 games this season.