LAWRENCE, Kan. — Georges Niang sat down, a blank stare on his face, despondent.
It’s not hard to imagine three words rattling around his mind.
Rock. Chalk. Jayhawk.
Kansas’ distinctive chant once again ushered Niang and the Iowa State men’s basketball team off the Allen Fieldhouse floor with a loss, this one an 85-78 loss to the top-ranked Jayhawks in which the 21st-ranked Cyclones led with less than 4 minutes left.
The defeat was yet another for ISU (21-10, 10-8 Big 12) in which it led in the final stages, but couldn’t see it through to the end.