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Men's Basketball
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#14 St. John's
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Iowa State University Athletics
Saturday, November 15
Ames, Iowa
12:30 PM
Iowa State
2-0
67
vs
55
Loyola Marymount (World Vision Classic)
0-2
1
2
F
Loyola Marymount
30
25
55
Iowa State
33
34
67
Brackins Pushes Cyclones Past Loyola Marymount
11.15.2008 | Men's Basketball
AMES, Iowa ?Craig Brackins scored 12 of Iowa State's first 14 points of the second half to help the Cyclones break open a close game and defeat Loyola Marymount, 67-55 in the second round of the World Vision Classic Saturday afternoon in Hilton Coliseum.
ISU, which improves to 2-0 overall, held the Lions to 32.8 percent shooting from the floor and just 55 points, as the Cyclones are now 19-0 in the Greg McDermott era when holding their opponents to under 60 points.
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"This game was similar to our exhibition game against Nebraska-Omaha," McDermott said. "Our starters got us off to a good start at the beginning of the game and the second half, but we slowed down a little bit in the middle of both halves. We got 29 points last night and 32 points tonight from our bench, which I was pleased with."
The Cyclones raced out to a quick 10-2 lead at the first media timeout. Sean Haluska and Wes Eikmeier buried a pair of deep treys to give Iowa State the early advantage. The Cyclone lead grew to 12 points at 18-6 with 11:50 remaining in the opening period. Cameron Lee hit a trey and Eikmeier knocked down his second bomb to help ISU take control.
LMU (0-2) slowly chipped away at the lead, going on a 13-2 run to cut the gap to 28-26 with 2:52 left before intermission. ISU's Craig Brackins halted the run with a conventional 3-point play, as ISU went into the break clinging to a 33-30 lead.
The Cyclones rode the back of Brackins to begin the second half. Brackins scored 12 of ISU's first 14 points in the second period to help the home team increase its lead to 47-35 with 14:20 left. Brackins made 5-of-6 shots from the floor in the Cyclone run.
ISU's lead ballooned to 22 points (60-38) behind a 13-0 run with 7:21 left in the game. Eikmeier hit two treys and reserve post players Justin Hamilton and Jamie Vanderbeken knocked down a pair of baseline jumpers to tally 10 of ISU's points in the rally.
Brackins ended the game with 21 points, his sixth 20-point game of his career. Eikmeier added 15 points behind five treys, as ISU hit 10 or more 3-pointers (10) for the first time since Feb. 6, 2007 (Missouri). Diante Garrett handed out a career-high 11 assists, marking the first time a Cyclone tallied double-digit assists since Curtis Stinson dished out 10 vs. Colorado in 2006.
ISU will battle UW-Milwaukee tomorrow night at 7 p.m. in the final round of the World Vision Classic.
Team Stats
LMU
IS
FG%
.328
.481
3FG%
.333
.385
FT%
.714
.625
RB
37
33
TO
9
8
STL
2
2
Game Leaders
Pts
21
FGM
9
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
15
FGM
5
3FGM
5
FTM
0
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
6
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
0
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