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Men's Basketball
Creighton (Exhibition)
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Iowa State University Athletics
Saturday, January 29
Ames, Iowa
TBA
Iowa State University
9-8, 1-5
74
vs
66
Oklahoma
16-3, 5-1
1
2
F
Oklahoma
25
41
66
Iowa State
30
44
74
Iowa State Pulls Off Upset of No. 13 Oklahoma, 74-66
01.29.2005 | Men's Basketball
AMES, Iowa (AP) - Curtis Stinson scored 23 points and Iowa State relied exclusively on its short-range game to beat No. 13 Oklahoma 74-66 Saturday, ending the Sooners' winning streak at 10.
Energized by a near-sellout crowd, Iowa State (9-8, 1-5 Big 12) looked nothing like the team that had sleepwalked through an overtime loss to Colorado in its previous home game.
The Cyclones got the ball inside to center Jared Homan, scored consistently in transition and kept Oklahoma (16-3, 5-1) in check with a 2-3 zone.
Homan added 14 points, Will Blalock scored 11 and Rahshon Clark 10 for Iowa State, which did not make a basket outside 10 feet. Last in the league in 3-point shooting, the Cyclones were 0-for-6 from long range, but it didn't matter because they got it done in the paint, outscoring the Sooners 48-28 in that area.
Taj Gray led Oklahoma with 21 points and Lawrence McKenzie scored 15, all on five second-half 3-pointers. Kevin Bookout added 12 points and 12 rebounds but had a hard time getting shots.
Oklahoma had not lost since falling to No. 2 Duke 78-67 on Dec. 18 and was off to its best start in conference play in 16 years. But the Sooners never recovered from a first-half stretch in which they missed 16 of 18 shots.
With OU casting up bricks, Iowa State went on a 19-4 run to open a 21-11 lead. The Cyclones were able to get in the open court and run, something they hadn't done recently, and it made a huge difference.
They led 30-25 at halftime, then started the second half with a 13-3 run to go up 43-28. Iowa State has been ineffective against zones, and Oklahoma coach Kelvin Sampson finally abandoned his man-to-man defense with 16 minutes left.
That slowed the Cyclones temporarily and McKenzie's 3-point shooting got the Sooners back in it. His fourth 3 cut the lead to 45-41, but Iowa State scored the next seven points to regain the momentum.
Another McKenzie 3 drew the Sooners to 52-46 and Iowa State answered again with another 7-0 run. That made it 59-46 with 5:56 to play and Oklahoma started fouling to make the Cyclones win it at the line.
They did, making just enough free throws - 13 of 24 - in the final 4:38 to hold on. Stinson was 5-for-8 at the line and made a layup after Homan kept the ball alive following Blalock's miss.
Team Stats
OU
IS
FG%
.410
.473
3FG%
.346
.000
FT%
.700
.564
RB
40
34
TO
18
8
STL
3
13
Game Leaders
Pts
23
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
7
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
11
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
7
Pts
10
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
0
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