The Iowa State women’s basketball team fell to the Kansas State Wildcats Wednesday evening in Manhattan, Kan. by a score of 62-54, to drop the Cyclone record to 9-6 overall and 2-3 in the Big 12 conference.

The Cyclones were led through a balanced scoring attack which saw three players in double figures.

Forward Jayme Olson powered the team with a 19-point, six- rebound effort.

Forward Janel Grimm lead the team in rebounding with nine, while adding 14 points in the Cyclone loss.

Senior guard Tara Gunderson came back after a two-point scoring effort against Colorado to chip in 10 points, while dishing out six assists and gaining three steals for the Cyclones.

“We did OK,” head coach Bill Fennelly said. “But we need to find some more offense.”

“We are not getting anything after those three (Olson, Grimm and Gunderson),” Fennelly said.

In fact, the rest of the team scored just 11 points for the Cyclones. Because of the lack of scoring by the rest of the team, Fennelly arrived at the conclusion to use freshman guard Amanda Bartz.

In her first appearance of the regular season Bartz added five points, two rebounds, two steals, an assist and a blocked shot, while committing one turnover in 14 minutes of action.

Senior forward Kim Martin added four points for the Cyclones, while adding five rebounds and three assists.

Iowa State struggled from behind the three-point arc, shooting 25 percent (5-for-20) for the game, despite shooting 33.3 percent (4-for-12) in the first half.

The defense used by Iowa State against the Wildcats was stingy. The Cyclones interior defense was especially effective against Wildcat center and leading scorer Andrea Jones.

“We held them to 36 percent shooting and we held the second leading scorer in the league to eight points,” Fennelly said.

The Wildcats were lead in scoring by guard Brit Jacobson. Jacobson scored 22 points and grabbed six rebounds in the game.

Forward Kayla Hester added 11 for the Wildcats.

Three Wildcats, Jones, forward Angie Finkes and guard Missy Decker, each added eight points to the Wildcats score.

The Cyclones outrebounded the Wildcats with a 41-33 margin while also gaining the edge in the blocked shots category with five for ISU, while KSU failed to get one.

In addition to the blocked shot by Bartz, freshman center Monica Huelman had four for the Cyclones.

However, Kansas State had more assists (15-12) and a higher shooting percentage (36.8-34.5) in route to their eight point win.

“A lot of the kids have not been consistent,” Fennelly said. “And we are just looking for the right combination.”

The team will continue on the road from Manhattan to Lubbock, Texas to play Texas Tech on Saturday at 2 p.m. The Cyclones will return home to play conference rival Nebraska, Thursday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m.