Perhaps the most newsworthy event of No. 7 Iowa State’s 81-52 thumping of Kansas State Saturday night was hearing that Texas defeated Texas Tech earlier in the evening, 63-57.The 12,749 in attendance at Hilton cheered just as loudly upon hearing the news as they would for a Lindsey Wilson fast break lay-up.And for good reason.Tech’s loss means that Iowa State sits alone atop the Big 12 conference.The Cyclones’ 10-1 conference record is the same as Oklahoma’s, but Iowa State defeated the Sooners, 81-79 on Jan. 6, therefore giving the Cyclones the tie-breaker that temporarily secures their No. 1 Big 12 record.ISU head coach Bill Fennelly’s reaction to the Longhorns win: “Hook ’em horns, baby.” The most telling stat of the Wildcats-Cyclones affair was the 25-0 ISU run in the first half. It started with guard Lindsey Wilson’s three-pointer from the top of the key, tying the game 8-8. It ended 6:23 later with K-State’s Amy Dutmer’s left-handed jump hook in the paint with 9:43 left in the half. Her team now trailed 30-10.It was Wilson who dominated in the midst of the run.She hit three other three-pointer’s in those 6:23 to give Iowa State a cushion they enjoyed the rest of the night.”Wilson’s the little engine that makes it go,” Kansas State head coach Deb Patterson said.She ended with 18 points, four assists and no turnovers — the last of which Fennelly claimed “the stat of the night.”Center Angie Welle and guard Megan Taylor each finished with 20 points. Taylor recorded a double-double with her 10 rebounds.”I thought we were hitting on all cylinders tonight,” Wilson said.”Lindsey, Angie and Megan played like Lindsey, Angie and Megan seem to play,” Fennelly said.One player who exceeded her expectations was freshman guard Erica Junod. She came into Saturday’s contest averaging 3.1 rebounds per game. She grabbed 12 on this night, eight of them coming from the offensive glass.”Erica Junod was amazing,” Fennelly said.Center Nicole Ohlde was the game-high scorer, ending with 28. No other Wildcat cracked double-digits.But an unbalanced scoring attack is not what bothered Patterson. It is a defense that stopped nothing.Iowa State shot 57.1 percent from the field and 43.5 percent from the three-point line. “This was a very disappointing defensive performance,” Patterson said.Iowa State played solid team defense holding the Wildcats to 30.4 percent from the floor for the game and 21.4 percent from the arch.The win improved Iowa State to 20-2 on the year while dropping Kansas State to 11-11 and 1-10 in the conference.