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Final
Men's Basketball
83
#14 St. John's
82
Iowa State University Athletics
Sunday, November 16
Ames, Iowa
7:00 PM
Iowa State
3-0
79
vs
61
Milwaukee (World Vision Classic)
2-1
1
2
F
UW-Milwaukee
31
30
61
Iowa State
41
38
79
Long Ball Lifts Cyclones Past Milwaukee, 79-61
11.16.2008 | Men's Basketball
AMES, Iowa ? Iowa State digs the long ball. Connecting on a school-record 15 3-pointers, the Cyclones outgunned UW-Milwaukee, 79-61, in the third round of the World Vision Classic Sunday night in Hilton Coliseum. ISU, which improves its record to 3-0 with a three-game sweep in the tournament, had four players (Sean Haluska, Lucca Staiger, Diante Garrett, Jamie Vanderbeken) with three or more treys in its record-setting night.
"I've been telling everyone we have the potential to be a good shooting team, so I am glad they initially proved my words accurate and they proved this is how we are made," ISU head coach Greg McDermott said. "It puts opposing teams in a difficult situation. We moved the ball well and the guys were unselfish in the absence of one of our best shooters (Wes Eikmeier-who sat out with the flu)."
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Garrett got the Cyclones started on the right track by scoring 11 of their first 14 points to help ISU take an early 14-7 advantage with 14:15 left in the first half. Garrett, who had nine 3-pointers all of last season, buried three treys in the first five minutes of the game.
ISU increased its lead to 28-14 with more long-range bombs. The Cyclones drilled treys on four-straight possessions from the hands of Bryan Petersen, Vanderbeken and Staiger, who canned a pair in a 14-4 Cyclone run.
The Cyclones went into the break with a 41-31 lead thanks to nine first-half treys from five different players.
UWM went on an 11-2 run in the first part of the second half to cut the Cyclone lead to 46-42 with 16:20 left in the game. Garrett stopped the run with a floating bank shot to push ISU back out in front by six points (48-42).
Back-to-back baskets from Brackins pushed the Cyclone lead to nine points, but Tone Boyle answered for the Panthers with a lay-up and a trey to cut the lead to 53-49 with 12:35 left in the game.
ISU firmly took control of the game with a key 17-3 run late in the second half. The Cyclones knocked down four treys in the run- two by Vanderbeken and one each by Petersen and Staiger- to break open the game.
Brackins led ISU with 18 points on 8-of-18 shooting from the floor en route to MVP honors. Garrett finished with 17 points with a career-high nine rebounds and three 3-pointers. Staiger ended the game with 12 points behind a career-high four 3-pointers.
Haluska and Petersen also reached double-digits in the game with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
UWM was paced by 14 points from Franklin and 13 from Boyle.
ISU hits the road next week, traveling to Hawaii to face the Rainbow Warriors on Nov. 24.
Team Stats
UWM
IS
FG%
.338
.475
3FG%
.296
.556
FT%
.583
.667
RB
38
41
TO
7
9
STL
3
1
Game Leaders
Pts
18
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Pts
17
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
4
FTM
0
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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