Coming into Iowa State’s matchup with the Texas Longhorns, both teams knew each other’s game plans.

Iowa State relies on its three guards — Nick Weiler-Babb, Lindell Wigginton and Donovan Jackson — to create offense. Texas freshman Mo Bamba called them the “three-headed dragon.”

The Cyclones take a lot of 3-pointers, but don’t get much scoring from their post players.

Texas, on the other hand, likes to feed the ball inside. The Longhorns entered Monday’s matchup ranked 345th out of 351 Division I teams in 3-point percentage, so outside shooting isn’t their strong suit.

The roles were reversed at Hilton Coliseum Monday night as Texas (10-4, 1-1 Big 12) defeated Iowa State (9-4, 0-2 Big 12) in overtime, 74-70.

Aside from Donovan Jackson (6-for-12), Iowa State couldn’t get anything going from beyond the 3-point line. The rest of the team shot just 1-of-15 from 3-point range.

“This is a big-time opportunity lost,” Jackson said. “You got to win in the Big 12 at home. We’ve just got to be better.”

Jackson finished with a team-high 24 points.

On the other hand, redshirt freshman forward Cameron Lard took care of business inside while the outside shooting struggled.

Lard finished with 21 points and 16 rebounds, both career highs.

“I was just catching the ball and being patient whenever I got it in my hands,” Lard said. “That’s what coach [Steve Prohm] preached to us in practice before this game.”

Part of the reason patience was so important in the paint was the presence of Texas’ Bamba.

Bamba is one of the nation’s best shot-blockers. He entered Monday night ranked third in the nation in block percentage, per KenPom. In Texas’ first Big 12 game, Bamba blocked eight Kansas shots.

“Number one was patience against their press,” Prohm said. “And then attack if we had numbers. Anytime Bamba was around the rim we wanted to post him up… the blocks he had were more second-chance points.

“When we were in half-court action, we wanted to make sure we had physicality on both ends of the floor with him.”

Bamba had eight points and eight rebounds in 16 first-half minutes. In the second half, he was held to just two points, but he grabbed another eight boards and blocked three shots.

Iowa State ended with a 34-18 advantage in points in the paint.

“You come out of the game, you turn it over eight times, you get 18 offensive rebounds… but we shot 36 percent from the field and 25 [percent] from the three,” Prohm said. “Our three guards are very, very good players and we need them to play well as a group.”

Weiler-Babb, Jackson and Wigginton entered Monday’s game as the team’s three leading scorers, all between 16.2 and 12.5 points per game. Monday, only Jackson hit his season average. The three combined to shoot just 14-of-44 (32 percent) from the field in the loss.

Lard’s 21 points were a huge reason Iowa State stayed in the game.

When Texas didn’t get its usual success in the paint — Texas coach Shaka Smart noted the Longhorns hit just 11 2-pointers all game — it relied on what it does worst: 3-point shooting.

Junior Dylan Osetkowski had made just 11 3-pointers this season before Monday’s game. He nailed seven against the Cyclones on 13 attempts, en route to a career-high 25 points.

“In the middle of the floor, we were hard-hedging [on ball-screens],” Prohm said. “The couple times he made the threes early, we flat-showed. That’s more of a scouting report breakdown than it is a scheme breakdown.”

The Longhorns went 13-of-32 from 3-point range against Iowa State. Prior to Monday, Texas’ season-high for made treys was 10 against Northwestern State, and the 40.6 percent Monday night was their third-best percentage of the season.

Neither team executed like it wanted to, but that’s how Big 12 basketball can be. If Iowa State wants to play in March, it will have to learn how to win even when the “three-headed dragon” has an off-night.

“Whether you play at home or you play on the road, you win the same way,” Prohm said. “You win in the paint, you win in rebounding, you win on the free throw line. It doesn’t change whether you play at home or on the road.”