Niang Powers No. 15 Iowa State over TCU, 83-66

Saturday, January 31

Ames, Iowa

1:00 PM

Iowa State

16-4, 6-2Big 12

TCU

14-7, 1-7Big 12

Team	1	2	F
TCU	33	33	66
Iowa State	35	48	83

Niang Powers No. 15 Iowa State over TCU, 83-66

01.31.2015 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: cyclones.com

AMES, Iowa – No. 15 Iowa State (16-4, 6-2 Big 12) shot 63.0 percent from the field in the second half in its 83-66 victory over TCU (14-7, 1-7 Big 12) Saturday afternoon in Hilton Coliseum.

The Cyclones outscored the Horned Frogs 48-33 after intermission to break open their two-point halftime lead. Georges Niang had 23 points, including 17 in the second half, to lead the Cyclones. Monte' Morris tallied 16 points on 7-of-9 shooting and Bryce Dejean-Jones made 5-of-6 shots en route to 16 points.

The Cyclones shot 56.4 percent this afternoon, improving their record to 12-0 when making over half of their shots from the field.

How it happened…
Iowa State ran out to a 16-9 lead to begin the game behind five points from Morris. ISU's lead was short-lived, as the Frogs scored eight-straight points in under a minute to move ahead 17-16 with 10:18 left in the first half. Amric Fields and Brandon Parrish each hit 3-pointers for TCU.

TCU still held a 28-27 lead with under four minutes until half when ISU scored three-straight buckets (Morris, Dejean-Jones, Niang) to go ahead 33-28. Morris' lay-in in the closing seconds gave ISU the 35-33 lead at the break.

Niang came out grooving after intermission. Niang tallied nine points in the first seven minutes to give the Cyclones a 12-point lead at 52-40 with 12:56 remaining.

A 7-0 TCU run, however, closed the gap to 52-47, but ISU answered with eight-straight points to increase its lead to 60-47 with under nine minutes remaining. Dejean-Jones started the run with a tough turnaround jumper in the lane.

TCU never got any closer than 13 points, as the Cyclones cruised to their 19th-straight victory in Hilton Coliseum.

The #cyclONEgameball goes to…
Georges Niang. Georges Niang's leadership, especially in the second half, gave the Cyclones a huge lift in their win today. Niang tallied 23 points en route to his 15th game with 20+ points in his career. It was just a two-point game at the half, but Niang tallied nine points in the first seven minutes to give ISU the separation it needed. Niang was 8-of-15 from the field and grabbed a team-high eight boards in the win. He tallied 17 of his 23 points in the second half.

Next Up
The Cyclones travel to Kansas (Feb. 2) Monday night. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. CT on ESPN.

Game Notes
*ISU is 59-4 in Hilton Coliseum in the last four seasons.
*ISU's homecourt winning streak is now at 19 games, which ranks in the top-10 nationally.
*ISU is 15-0 when leading at the half.
*ISU is 12-0 when outrebounding its opponent (44-30).
*ISU 12-0 when shooting 50 percent or better from the field.
*ISU shot 56.4 percent from the floor, its third-highest percentage of the season.
*Monte' Morris scored 16 points, his 26th double-digit scoring effort of his career. He was 7-of-9 from the floor.
*Georges Niang scored 23 points to give him 1,293 in his career and move past Loren Meyer (1,280) to No. 19 on ISU's career scoring list.
*Niang's 23 points was his 15th career game with 20 or more points.