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Iowa State University Athletics
Monday, November 27
Cedar Falls, Iowa
TBA
Iowa State University
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Northern Iowa
Iowa State Men's Basketball Drops Northern Iowa, 69-55
11.27.2000 | Men's Basketball
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa - Paul Shirley scored 16 points, Martin Rancik had 14 and Iowa State built an early 20-point lead in beating Northern Iowa 69-55 Monday night.
Iowa State (3-0) failed to reach 100 for the first time this season but still dominated the slow-starting Panthers (0-2), who made only two baskets in the first 11 minutes.
Preseason All-American Jamaal Tinsley triggered Iowa State's fast start, getting two baskets, three assists and a steal in the first 3:05 as the Cyclones jumped to a 10-0 lead.
Shane Power and Jake Sullivan each had a 3-pointer in a 14-2 run that made it 24-4 midway through the first half. The lead grew to 25 late in the half when Omar Bynum sank two free throws after a technical foul against Northern Iowa coach Sam Weaver, and the Cyclones led 43-21 at halftime.
The game went so well for Iowa State in the first half that Shirley, a 6-foot-10 senior, made a 3-pointer - on the first 3-point shot he tried in college. He missed a 3-point attempt in the second half.
Northern Iowa played without its top two returning scorers and had only nine points after 13 1/2 minutes.
Guard Robbie Sieverding, who averaged 16.3 points a year ago, is lost for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Forward Joe Breakenridge, who averaged 9.1 points, is out two to four weeks with a fracture in his right ankle.
Booker Warren led Northern Iowa with 17 points.
Sullivan and Kantrail Horton each scored eight points for Iowa State. Tinsley got into early foul trouble and played only 15 minutes, finishing with four points and three assists.
Comfortably ahead, Iowa State got sloppy and shot only 25 percent in the second half. Northern Iowa drew to 57-41 with 8:13 left after Warren scored 10 straight points, but Iowa State answered with eight consecutive points, six by Shirley, to end any hopes the Panthers had of making it a game.
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