LAWRENCE, Kan. — The Arizona Wildcats ’ mildly surprising run through its first Big 12 season ended on a rough note Saturday, when Kansas seniors Hunter Dickinson and Zeke Mayo led the Jayhawks to an 83-76 win in their final game at Allen Fieldhouse.

Dickinson had 33 points and 10 rebounds while Mayo, a native of Lawrence, had 20 points while hitting 5 of 7 3-pointers.

Jaden Bradley led No. 24-ranked Arizona with 21 points on 7-for-11 shooting. Arizona shot 47.3% overall but Kansas shot 49.3% and made 8 of 21 3-pointers.

The loss dropped Arizona to 20-11 overall and finished their first Big 12 season at 14-6, which put the Wildcats into the No. 3 seed for the Big 12 Tournament. They will open on Thursday at approximately 6:30 p.m. against either the sixth, 11th or 14th-seeded team in the bracket.

Kansas improved to 20-11 overall and 11-9 in the Big 12.

In a second half when UA took only brief leads, Kansas led by five with four minutes to go and hung on in part thanks to an alley-oop dunk from KJ Adams Jr., who slammed in a feed from fellow KU senior Dajuan Harris as he drove down the baseline.

Adams’ dunk gave Kansas a 79-72 lead with 1:22 to go.

Down by 14 late in the first half and by nine at halftime, Arizona crept back after halftime and took a 59-58 lead when Trey Townsend hit a 3-point shot with 11:48 to go. The game stayed mostly within a single possession throughout the middle of the second half, with UA outshooting Kansas 55-45% over the first 12 minutes after halftime.

Bradley tied it at 66 when he hit two free throws with 6:52 left and, after Kansas’ Rylan Griffen missed a 3-pointer, Caleb Love put the Wildcats up by two with a driving layup.

But Kansas then scored seven straight points, getting a jumper from Griffen, an inside shot from Dickinson over Tobe Awaka and a 3 from Mayo to take a 73-68 lead with four minutes left. UA called a timeout, with Kansas having hit 5 of 9 3s in the second half to that point.

In the first half, the Wildcats were hurt inside while trailing Kansas 39-30 at halftime. Dickinson had 16 points on 8-for-9 shooting and five rebounds in the first half, while power forward Adams added 10 points and three rebounds.

The game was tight early, and Arizona took two brief two-point leads midway through the first half. But Kansas went on a 15-3 run to take a 30-20 lead with 4:12 left and led by double digits most of the rest of the half.

Allen Fieldhouse was rowdy and emotional on Saturday, with the Jayhawks honoring their seniors before the game and several of them giving tearful taped interviews that were shown on the video board at halftime.

But before Saturday’s game, UA center Awaka expressed optimism that the Wildcats would be able to handle it. During their first swing through the Big 12 this season, they already faced hostile environments at Cincinnati, Texas Tech, BYU, Kansas State, Baylor and Iowa State — winning three of those five games.

“I think we've played in a bunch of hostile environments this whole season, even beginning with Wisconsin the beginning of the year, and then throughout,” Awaka said. “I think we have enough experience, and that sort of builds us up for this moment, and then also going into March, as well. We’re not gonna have a home game for the rest of the season, so we have to be able to play well away from home.”

The Wildcats were scheduled to return home briefly on Saturday night, before returning Tuesday to nearby Kansas City for the Big 12 Tournament.