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Cyclones fend off Kansas in top-10 battle
AMES ― The Iowa State vs. Kansas basketball sport hardly wants any added introductions.
Loads of followers lined up hours forward of tip-off and a few even camped in a single day to order their spot in line. Their persistence was rewarded with a marquee 74-57 win for the Cyclones.
The hype was already in place for this matchup of Massive 12 rivals, however it continued to construct because the Cyclones took the courtroom for the primary time because the No. 2-ranked workforce within the nation in opposition to the Tenth-ranked Jayhawks.
Curtis Jones led the Cyclones with 25 factors on 9-of-17 taking pictures. He additionally had six rebounds, two steals and 4 turnovers. Often serving because the sixth man for Iowa State, he entered the beginning lineup rather than Milan Momcilovic, who’s out indefinitely with a hand harm.
Extra:Iowa State basketball vs Kansas rating in the present day: Recap, sport highlights from Cyclones’ win
Dishon Jackson added 17 factors, 4 rebounds and a block off the bench. Brandton Chatfield earned his first begin as a Cyclone, changing Jackson on Wednesday evening.
Tamin Lipsey and Joshua Jefferson every had 10 factors. Jefferson additionally had 12 rebounds.
It was a back-and-forth begin to the sport till Jones hit back-to-back 3-pointers to get the soldout crowd going and provides the Cyclones a 15-11 lead with 11:12 left within the first half. Iowa State by no means relinquished the lead from there and after these two baskets, it began to tighten up its effort on the boards and defensive finish.
Iowa State closed the primary half with an 8-0 run to take a 40-30 lead over the Jayhawks.
Kansas had proven a capability to make key defensive changes at halftime in current outings. The Jayhawks held each Cincinnati and Arizona State to fewer than 15 second-half factors of their final two video games coming into Wednesday.
Extra:Iowa State basketball’s Milan Momcilovic to be sidelined with hand harm
The Jayhawks did not make it straightforward after the break, holding Iowa State to 9-of-28 (32.1%) within the second half, however the Cyclones labored via offensive lulls. They drew fouls to get to the free-throw line and had a counter for each Kansas push.
Kansas went on a 9-0 run, whereas Iowa State had a five-minute scoring drought early within the second half. The Jayhawks capitalized on Cyclone turnovers and offensive struggles to trim the deficit down.
Jefferson substituted again into the sport and broke the drought with a post-up end, and Kansas answered again with Flory Bidunga basket to trim the Iowa State lead right down to 44-41 with 13:59 left.
That might be the closest the Jayhawks would get to catching the Cyclones.
Kansas reduce the lead down to 5 factors twice, however Iowa State would get on a well timed run to increase its lead. A four-point sequence between a Demarion Watson free throw and a Lipsey 3-pointer ignited the Hilton Coliseum crowd, as Iowa State took a 61-52 lead going into the under-4 media time-out.
An 11-0 Cyclone run within the closing minutes shortly afterwards sealed the victory.
Zeke Mayo paced the Jayhawks with 17 factors. Hunter Dickinson was held to 6 factors on 3-of-10 taking pictures, with eight rebounds, 4 turnovers and two blocks. Kansas dedicated 17 turnovers within the loss, which was 23 Cyclone factors off turnovers.
Iowa State improves to 15-1 general and 5-0 in Massive 12 Convention play. The Cyclones are headed on the street for his or her subsequent sport at West Virginia on Saturday. Tip-off is scheduled for 4 p.m. CT.
Eugene Rapay covers Iowa State athletics for the Des Moines Register. Contact Eugene at [email protected]. Comply with him on Twitter at @erapay5.
This story was up to date so as to add a video.
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