No. 17 OU Shoots Past No. 14 ISU, 94-83

Monday, February 9

Norman, Okla.

8:00 PM

Iowa State

17-6, 7-4

Oklahoma

17-7, 8-4

Team	1	2	F
Iowa State	46	37	83
Oklahoma	46	48	94

No. 17 OU Shoots Past No. 14 ISU, 94-83

02.09.2015 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: cyclones.com

NORMAN, Okla. – The No. 14 Iowa State men's basketball team dropped a high-scoring affair against No. 17 Oklahoma, 94-83 Monday night at the Lloyd Noble Center. The loss drops ISU to 17-6 overall, 7-4 in Big 12 play. The Sooners are 17-7 overall and 8-4 in conference competition.

Dustin Hogue led four Cyclones in double figures with a season-high 19 points.

How it Happened
After an even first few minutes the Cyclones got some separation as a couple of 3-pointers from Dustin Hogue. The Cyclones were hot from deep, making five of their first eight 3-pointers. However, the Sooners were also stroking it from deep, making three of its first five. OU tied it back up with nine minutes to go in the first half with a 3-pointer from Frank Booker to make it 24-24. ISU got back ahead with back-to-back-to-back treys by Hogue and two from Naz Long to build back up a 35-28 lead.

The high-scoring roll of the Cyclones continued throughout the first half as a Georges Niang 3-ball got the Cyclones a double-digits advantage at 40-30. However, the Sooners fought back from a 42-32 deficit to run off a 14-4 run with Buddy Heild hitting a transition 3-ball to tie the game 46-46 with 33 seconds left to make the game a deadlock heading into the second 20 minutes.

OU stormed out to a 6-0 run to begin the second half, as the Cyclones missed two shots and had two turnovers while the Sooners went 3-of-4 from the field to get out to a 52-46 lead. It was Hogue again who stepped up from deep with his fourth 3-pointer of the contest to get ISU onto the board in the second half.

That was as good as it got for the Cyclones, who could not keep up with the white-hot Sooners, who went 19-of-33 from the field in the second 20 minutes. Oklahoma rode the momentum to build up a lead of as much as 20 points as OU put the game out of Iowa State's reach in the final minutes.

Cyclone GameBall Goes to …
Dustin Hogue. The senior had his top offensive game of the season, leading ISU with 19 points on 6-of-8 shooting, including a career-best four 3-pointers.

Up Next
Iowa State is back home on Saturday to take on West Virginia. Tip between the Cyclones and Mountaineers at Hilton Coliseum is slated for 3 p.m. and the game will be on ESPN2.

Game Notes
*Iowa State's 46 first-half points are the most first half points in a road conference game for the Cyclones since recording 46 at Kansas on Feb. 5, 2001.
*The Cyclones finished with 14 3-pointers, their sixth game this season with at least 10 treys and its most in a Big 12 game this season.
*Naz Long posted 14 points, his 15th time in 2014-15 in double figures, 26th of his career.
*Long had four 3-pointers on the game, his 10th game this year with at least three treys.
*Long now has 130 3-pointers in his career, passing Hurl Beechum (128) and Chris Babb (129) to move up to seventh on ISU's all-time 3-pointer list.
*Dustin Hogue finished with 19 points, his 14th game this season in double figures and 35th of his career.
*Hogue recorded a career-high four 3-pointers.