Kansas' offense could have not picked a worse night to put on its worst performance of the season.

Facing Iowa State, the highest-scoring and most-accurate shooting team in the Big 12, the Jayhawk women's basketball team struggled in all facets during a 70-37 loss, Wednesday night at Allen Fieldhouse.

"We got open looks," junior guard Erica Hallman said. "We just didn't knock them down."

Kansas shot a putrid 13-52 from the floor, 4-16 from three-point range and made only seven of 16 free throw attempts.

Although the Cyclones shot only 43 percent for the game, down from their 47.7 percent average, the numbers were enough to blow away the Jayhawks.

As has been the case all year for Iowa State, three-pointers led the way and accounted for 27 of the 70 total points. Outside scoring was keyed by senior guard Anne O'Neil, who scored 18 points to lead all players while senior guard Mary Fox' three shots from downtown were tops for Iowa State.

"We gave up threes in transition in the first half and in half court sets in the second half," coach Bonnie Henrickson said.

Overall, four Cyclones scored in double figures.

"They don't make mistakes and they have shots all over the floor," Henrickson said of the balanced and potent Iowa State attack.

The story was quite different for Kansas with no Jayhawk scoring more than eight points. As a team, the Jayhawks' 37 points were the second fewest in Kansas history. Kansas flirted with the all-time record (35) for much of the second half.

Freshman forward Jamie Boyd's lay-in with four-tenths of a second left in the game helped Kansas barely escape tying the school record for futility.

Inside, Kansas struggled to get junior forward and leading scorer Crystal Kemp good shots; she finished with only seven points. Kemp settled for outside jumpers and failed to capitalize at the free throw line, going only 1-6.

"We're trying to get her to demand the ball," Henrickson said. "There are effort areas in which she could get looks."

While Kansas continues the search for its first league win, Kemp continues to search for her game. Her fellow Jayhawks have also failed to convert offensively.

"It is frustrating, especially when you know you can be a scoring threat," Kemp said of her problems so far in conference play. "It forces you into a lot of bad shots."

Henrickson attributed the poor performance to a lack of effort and the result of "average" practices leading up to the game.

"You're going to practice like you play," Henrickson said.

After the 33-point drubbing, Kansas is looking to step up play in both practice and the game before its next conference game at Texas A&M; on Saturday. A&M; had a similiar record the the Jayhawks last season, but is in the second season under new coach Gary Blair. After a 49-44 win over Oklahoma State on Wednesday, the Aggies, 10-3, will look for their second conference victory. Tipoff is at 7 p.m.