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Iowa State University Athletics
Saturday, February 18
Ames, Iowa
5:00 PM
Iowa State University
17-9, 9-5
84
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71
TCU
17-9, 6-8
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TCU
29
42
71
Iowa State
39
45
84
ISU Wins Third-Straight With 84-71 Victory Over TCU
02.18.2017 | Men's Basketball
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State (17-9, 9-5 Big 12) won its third-straight game with an 84-71 victory over TCU (17-10, 6-8 Big 12) Saturday night in Hilton Coliseum.
The Cyclones were led by Nazareth Mitrou-Long, who scored 25 points behind a 7-of-12 effort from 3-point range. He also led the team with seven rebounds. Monte' Morris added 18 points and dished out 11 assists with just one turnover. He also had two steals to give him 211 in his career, tying for first all-time in school history with Jeff Hornacek.
ISU, which shot 50.9 percent from the floor, got a huge lift from each bench tonight. Donovan Jackson tallied 11 points (3-3 FG, 2-2 3FG, 3-4 FT) and Darrell Bowie had six points (3-5 FG) and four boards.
The Cyclones made 12 3-pointers and tied the rebounding battle at 28-28.
How it Happened
Iowa State led at the break, 39-29. The Cyclones started slow, going through an almost a seven-minute drought without a field goal to allow the Horned Frogs to take an early 23-20 lead.
ISU then responded with a 16-1 run to move ahead 36-24 with 1:30 left before the half. Mitrou-Long buried two of his five first-half treys in the run. He ended the half with 15 points.
TCU began the second half making 7-of-8 field goals to quickly cut the Cyclone lead to four points at 49-45 with 14:06 left in the game.
Deonte Burton scored three-straight baskets and Morris nailed a trey to push the Cyclone lead back up to 10 points (60-50) with nine minutes left.
Moments later, Jackson buried a three-pointer followed by a Bowie basket and a Morris trey off a nifty feed from Jackson, and the Cyclones quickly built their lead to 15 points (68-53) with 6:22 remaining.
Players of Note
Naz Mitrou-Long continued his tear in recent games, tallying 25 points on 7-of-12 shooting from beyond the arc. His seven treys ties for the ninth-best single-game total in school history. He's now made 24 3-pointers in his last five games.
Donovan Jackson gave the Cyclones a huge spark from off the bench, scoring 11 points. His 3-pointer with 7:45 left in the game gave ISU a double-digit lead it didn't relinquish for the rest of the contest. He also set up a Morris trey moments later with a wraparound pass to put the game out of reach. Jackson was a perfect 3-of-3 from the field and 2-of-2 from 3-point range.
Cyclone Quick Hits
*Monte' Morris set the ISU record for consecutive games started at 112 (111; Ron Harris, 1981-84).
*Morris dished out 11 assists, the 14th time in his career he's dished out 10+ dimes in a game.
*Morris has 39 assists to 2 turnovers in his last five games.
*Morris tallied two steals to ties the school record for career steals with Jeff Hornacek (211).
*Morris scored 18 points to move past Craig Brackins to No. 14 on ISU's career scoring list (1,549).
*Morris dished out 11 assists to give him 707 in his career, one of only three Big 12 players with 700 career assists.
*Naz Mitrou-Long made seven 3-pointers tonight, tying for the ninth-best single-game total in school history.
*Mitrou-Long has made 24-of-48 3-pointers in his last five games.
*Mitrou-Long now ranks 12th on ISU's season 3-pointers made list with 75.
*Mitrou-Long scored 25 points to move to No. 26 on ISU's career scoring list (1,134).
*Mitrou-Long recorded his 10th 20-point of his career with 25 points.
*Solomon Young is 14-of-18 from the field since becoming a starter in the last three games.
*Since the 2011-12 season, ISU is 20-3 at home in the month of February.
*ISU made double-digits in 3-pointers (12) for the 12th time this season.
*After losing the rebounding battle in its first 12 league games, ISU has won or tied its opponents on the boards in the last two games.
Next Up:
Iowa State travels to Texas Tech on Monday (Feb. 20). Tipoff is at 8 p.m. on ESPNU.
Team Stats
TCU
ISU
FG%
.527
.509
3FG%
.444
.480
FT%
.625
.857
RB
28
28
TO
19
11
STL
3
7
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
25
FGM
8
3FGM
7
FTM
2
Pts
18
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
6
Pts
18
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
5
Pts
11
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
3
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