The 10,251 fans who were on hand Tuesday night to see the Texas Longhorns take on the Iowa State Cyclones saw quite a clash — and it wasn’t just the gaudy gold Cyclone jerseys mixing with the Longhorns’ less-than-attractive brown attire.

The Big 12 clash went down to the wire. The Cyclones survived when a last-second desperation three-point attempt by Texas missed the mark.

The miss left the Cyclones with an 85-82 victory, evening their overall record at 10-10 and pushing their conference record to 3-4.

The 85 points scored by ISU were the squad’s most this season. In achieving the high point total, five Cyclones netted in double-figures, led by reserve Klay Edwards’ 19 points, all of which came in the second half.

Stevie Johnson was the second-leading scorer with 17, followed by Jerry Curry’s 14, Marcus Fizer’s 12 and Lee Love’s 10.

The Cyclones sizzled from the field, shooting 63 percent for the contest.

ISU Coach Tim Floyd was pleased with the victory, but disturbed that his team won only by three on a hot-shooting night.

He attributed the close game to the fact that Texas had 16 offensive rebounds. ISU was out-rebounded 33 to 29 overall.

“This team just needed a win, so I’m not going to overcritique it. I think I kind of needed a win myself after last week,” Floyd said referring to tough road losses to Oklahoma and Nebraska.

“We got some great individual performances tonight,” he said. “We got great production from our perimeter guys tonight and that changes our team.”

Curry, given the starting nod at the off-guard over Brad Johnson, knocked down four three-pointers in the Cyclone-friendly gym. Floyd commended Brad Johnson in his off-the-bench role for solid second half defense.

From his point guard spot, Love shot perfectly from the field and the free throw line. He also dished out six assists and grabbed six rebounds.

Even though the Cyclones shot 65 percent in the first half, the team still trailed at the buzzer 40-37.

Texas led by as many as 11 in the first stanza, until ISU’s most impressive minute of the year got the team back in the game.

Fizer’s one-handed “facial” over a Texas dunk brought many of the Cyclone fans to their feet. And anyone still perched on his or her chair at that point stood up after the next sequence.

Fizer sprinted to the defensive end and blocked a Texas shot, starting an ISU break capped by a deep Curry three-pointer.

ISU kept the Longhorn lead within reach the rest of the way heading into intermission.

Love said the halftime talk focused on playing better defensively.

“We knew it was our defense so we had to come out the second half and guard.”

But to start the half, it was ISU’s offense that struck almost immediately. The Cyclones grabbed the lead at 42-40 with 18:45 left in the half on a break-away slam by Stevie Johnson.

After Texas gained a one-point advantage less than 90 seconds later, Edwards got on track, nailing a jump hook for his first two points. ISU never played catch-up again, with Edwards, Love and Stevie Johnson accounting for most of the Cyclone tallies.

“We made a run and we kept the lead. We stuck through it and got out of it,” Love said.

Edwards gave credit to the team for getting him the ball in a position from which he could take shots.

“I think tonight in the second half I did look to post more and post harder on my guys,” he said. “[I] just stepped into the middle of the lane and it was wide open all night. It was easier to finish over the smaller guys.”

Stevie Johnson’s career-high in points was made possible by his 7 of 9 shooting on the evening. He also handled much of the ball-handling duties and grabbed a team-high eight boards.

Finding some much-needed scoring punch comes at a good time for the Cyclones, who next travel to Columbia, Mo., to take on the Missouri Tigers.

The Tigers have upset ranked opponents Kansas and Iowa in the last two weeks and will be looking for a revenge from ISU’s 75-62 victory over the Missouri team on Jan. 10 in Ames.