Cyclones Drop Close Game at No. 17 Texas A&M, 71-66

Wednesday, February 16

College Station, TX

7:00 PM

Iowa State

14-12,1-10

Texas A&M

20-5,7-4

Team	1	2	F
Iowa State	28	38	66
Texas A&M	35	36	71

Cyclones Drop Close Game at No. 17 Texas A&M, 71-66

02.16.2011 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: cyclones.com

STATS

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Iowa State gave all it had to No. 17 Texas A&M Wednesday night at Reed Arena, but came up short, falling 71-66. Jake Anderson led the Cyclones (14-12, 1-10 Big 12) on the evening with 18 points, 12 of which came from three-point baskets. The Aggies (20-5, 7-4 Big 12) were led by a 19-point effort form Nathan Walkup.

"We really fought hard and battled tonight," Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg said. "I am really proud of our effort tonight. We outrebounded the best rebounding team in the league. However, the game was lost with turnovers. We just had too many of them."

Scott Christopherson made Cyclone history early in the first half with a deep three from the left wing. The basket marked the 28th consecutive game that the junior has made a three-pointer, surpassing Mike Taylor's school record. The junior finished the game with 13 points.

Diante Garrett had a busy night moving up the record books. His 13 points on the night gives him 1,266 points in his career, passing Robert Estes for 18th in school history. The senior also contributed eight assists to bring his career total to 570, passing Terry Woods for fourth all-time. Garrett joined Woods in a tie for ninth in career steals after having two on the night to bring his career total to 146.

Coming out of the locker room down seven, the Cyclones went to work on cutting down the A&M lead. Iowa State was down by 10 after a lay-in for Dash Harris but quickly cut it down to two with three-pointers from Garrett and Christopherson and two free-throws by Melvin Ejim. Iowa State took its first lead of the second half at the 13:45 mark when Garrett was left alone for three to make it 48-47 Cyclones.

Iowa State had a few early leads, making three early three-pointers to hold a 14-12 advantage with 11:24 to go in the first half. The Aggies went on a 17-4 run to open up an 11 point lead, the largest of the first 20 minutes. Iowa State was able to close that to 35-28 when Jake Anderson hit a three in the left corner at the first half buzzer.

Calvin Godfrey returned to the Cyclone lineup for the first time in three games and tied a career-high with 11 points in spite of limited minutes due to foul trouble.

Iowa State had its 12th game with at least 10 three-point baskets, shooting 11-for-22 from beyond the arc.

Iowa State returns to Hilton Coliseum Saturday afternoon to host Missouri. Tip is scheduled for 12:45 p.m. CST.

TEAM NOTES
*ISU has made 10+ three-pointers in 12 games this season.
*ISU has connected on 233 treys this year, the second-most in school history (236, 2008-09).

INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Diante Garrett
*Moved up to fourth in ISU history with 570 career assists, passing Terry Woods (564, 1987-90).
*Is tied with Woods for ninth on the career steals chart (146).
*Dished out 5+ assists for the 19th time this season (62nd of career).
*24th game with 10+ points this season (60th of career).
*Now 18th in school history with 1,266 career points.
*Fourth Cyclone with three 150-assist seasons (Jeff Hornacek, 1984-86; Terry Woods, 1988-90; Jacy Holloway, 1995-97).
*52 three-pointers this season ranks 19th on the ISU charts.
*154 assists this year is tied for 19th all-time.

Scott Christopherson
*28th consecutive game with a three-pointer, a new ISU school record. (27, Mike Taylor, 2007).
*18th game with 10+ points this season (30th of career).

Jake Anderson
*19th double-digit scoring effort this season.
*Matched a season high with four three-pointers (at Kansas).

Calvin Godfrey
*Fourth game with 10+ points.
*Matched a career high with 11 points (vs. Kennesaw State).