Baylor Defeats Iowa State, 94-89

AMES, Iowa – Baylor (12-3, 2-1 Big 12) scored 60 points and shot 61.3 percent from the field in the second half to down No. 13 Iowa State (12-3, 1-2 Big 12) 94-89 Saturday afternoon in Hilton Coliseum.

Iowa State led by 12 points with 16:23 left in the game, but the Bears got hot and the Cyclones couldn't counter in suffering just their sixth loss at home in the last five years.

Johnathan Motley led the way with 27 points for the Bears. Georges Niang paced the Cyclones with 22 points, the 28th game of his career with 20+ points. Monte' Morris tallied 21 points and Abdel Nader added 20 points for the Cyclones.

How it Happened
Iowa State jumped out to an early 20-8 lead by doing a great job cracking the Baylor zone. A 7-0 run by the Bears cut the deficit to 20-15 with 9:27 left in the opening period. Motley got the hot hand for BU, scoring 11 points to help the road team inch closer.

Niang stopped the run with a trey and did a great job finding creases in the zone by handing out four assists early, as the Cyclones went up 27-21 with 6:08 left in the opening period.

The ISU lead grew to eight points before BU trimmed it down to four points at the half (38-34).

Niang came out of the break hot, scoring seven points to increase the Cyclone lead to 50-40 with 16:48 left in the game. Baylor quickly erased the Cyclone lead, however, with 11-straight points to knot the score at 58-58 with 11:44 left in the contest. Back-to-back three-pointers by Lester Medford and Taurean Waller-Prince jumpstarted the run for the Bears.

After both teams traded baskets for the next four minutes, Medford gave the Bears their first lead of the game (68-67) on a trey with 8:05 left in the contest.

After ISU briefly regained the lead, Medford hit a trey and followed it up with a conventional 3-point play to give the Bears an 80-73 lead with 3:14 left in the contest.

ISU tried to come back, cutting the lead to two points (91-89) with 0:13 seconds left, but the Bears made their free-throws down the stretch, hitting 12-of-14 shots at the charity stripe in the final minute.

Cyclone of Note: Georges Niang. Niang posted his 28th career 20-point game with 22 points. Niang also tied his career high with eight assists and added seven rebounds. Niang is now just the eighth player in school history to reach 1,800 points in a career with 1,801.

Cyclone Quick Hits
*Georges Niang tied his career high in assists with eight, the fourth time this season and the 23rd time in his career Niang has handed out five or more dimes in a game.
*Niang recorded his 28th career 20-point game with 22 points.
*Niang moved past Fred Hoiberg to No. 8 on ISU's career field goals made chart with 676.
*Jameel McKay had one block to tie for ninth on ISU's career blocks list (82).
*Monte' Morris had four steals, the 24th time in his career where he had three or more steals in a game.
*Morris is now tied for 10th in career steals at Iowa State with 146.

Up Next
Iowa State travels to Texas on Tuesday (Jan. 12). Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. on ESPN2.

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Georges Niang

Monte Morris

Abdel Nader

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