LAWRENCE, Kan. — Marcus Fizer and Jamaal Tinsley have been leading the Cyclones to steady wins all season.

Wednesday night in Lawrence, Kan., Fizer and Tinsley thought they would go for something more dramatic. They could have been nominated for Oscars with their heart-stopping play down the stretch.

Iowa State beat Kansas 64-62 for the team’s first win at historic Phog Allen Fieldhouse since 1982.

“This was a monumental win for us. That’s a good team we beat on the road. That shows we’re a pretty good team,” coach Larry Eustachy said.

Things did not look good for the Cyclones down the stretch, as they were down 59-53 after two free throws by Jeff Boschee with 3:06 remaining. That’s when the Cyclones showed the heart that has allowed them to contend for the Big 12 title.

First it was a steal and a hoop for Jamaal Tinsley that cut the lead to four. After Drew Gooden threw a pass that bounced off the hands of Nick Bradford, the Cyclones got a hoop from Paul Shirley on a nice dish from Michael Nurse to cut the lead to two.

Then Tinsley came through again. The gutsy point guard from Brooklyn picked the pocket of Eric Chenowith and glided down the floor for another layup that produced the game’s first tie since 27-27.

“Jamaal was huge. He made some great plays down the stretch. It wasn’t his night; he had eight turnovers, but he played through it,” Eustachy said.

After Boschee, who went a career-worst 2-17 from the field, missed a three-pointer from the wing, Nurse got the rebound and was fouled by Nick Collison, his fifth of the game.

Nurse hit the two clutch free throws, and Iowa State had only its fourth lead of the game and its first since the early part of the second half.

Kenny Gregory missed a tough jumper, and Nurse again came up with the rebound. It was then that Fizer drove a stake through the heart of the Jayhawks with a turnaround jumper right in the face of 7-1 KU center Eric Chenowith.

That made it a two-possession game with only :06 left in the game. Boschee banked in a three-pointer, but there were only 1.3 seconds left on the clock.

After a timeout, the Cyclones threw a long inbounds pass to Paul Shirley, and the clock wound down to .7 seconds before Kansas could foul.

“We wanted to go for the deep pass, and we looked like Kurt Warner there at the end,” Eustachy said.

After draining the first, Shirley missed the second. Nurse grabbed the rebound and let the clock run out.

Iowa State had one of the biggest road wins in school history, using a 10-0 run late to notch the unbelievable victory.

The first half was a true slugfest, with KU squeaking out a 26-25 lead. The teams combined to go 20-63 from the field, and neither of the usually adept offensive teams could find a rhythm.

The Jayhawks flexed their collective muscle over the first 10 minutes of the second half, taking their biggest lead at 50-39 with 10:04 left.

Iowa State slowly but surely clawed its way back into the game and gave itself a chance to win it at the end — which was all the Cyclones needed.

“We’ve been in tough situations before, and we just never give up. We never thought we were out of it and just kept battling,” guard Kantrail Horton said.

Nurse was a little more succinct in his appraisal of the amazing comeback.

“I don’t know where we get the balls to do that,” Nurse said. “But it keeps happening.”