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Iowa State University Athletics
Wednesday, January 25
Columbia, Mo.
TBA
Iowa State
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Missouri
Iowa State Pulls Away in Second Half Against Missouri, 82-58
01.25.2006 | Men's Basketball
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Curtis Stinson scored 27 points for the third straight game and Iowa State was 25-for-27 at the free throw line, pulling away in the second half of an 82-58 victory over Missouri on Wednesday night.
The road is no longer a problem for the Cyclones (13-6, 3-3 Big 12), who ended a 28-game conference road losing streak last season. They've won six of their last eight conference road games, plus ended a five-game slump at Missouri.
Stinson, who entered the game averaging 18.7 points, was 9-for-15 from the field and 8-for-9 at the line. Rahshon Clark added 14 points and Will Blalock 13 for Iowa State, which won for only the 20th time in 99 meetings overall in Columbia.
Iowa State, a 71 percent free throw shooting team, missed one attempt in each half.
Thomas Gardner had 15 points to end a run of five straight 20-plus point games for Missouri (10-7, 3-3), which has been blown out in its last two games. This, after rallying from seven points down in the final minute to beat Kansas in overtime on Jan. 16.
The Tigers, who shot 38 percent and committed 19 turnovers, also lost by 15 at Kansas State on Saturday. A frustrated coach Quin Snyder drew his second technical and an automatic ejection with 1:16 to go.
Marshall Brown added 12 points and Kalen Grimes 11 for the Tigers.
Iowa State led by as many as 19 points early in the first half, but the lead was down to 11 after Gardner's 3-pointer made it 53-42 with 11:36 to go. The Cyclones answered with eight rapid-fire points, a pair of free throws and three baskets off turnovers, in only 1:17, to launch an 18-3 run that made it 71-45 with 8:03 left.
At that point, about half of the announced crowd of 9,777 had stormed the exits. Only a few thousand remained at the end as Missouri fell to 9-3 at home.
Blalock hit three 3-pointers and had 11 points in the first half for Iowa State. He also had half of the points in a 10-0 run to close the half for a 38-24 lead.
Missouri shot 33 percent in the first half, missing its first five shots and then going scoreless in the last 3:57. Gardner drew his second foul with 14:01 to go and was held to five points in 11 minutes.
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