Completed Event: Men's Basketball at #23 Creighton (Exhibition) on October 17, 2025 , Loss , 58, to, 71
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Men's Basketball
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#23 Creighton (Exhibition)
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Iowa State University Athletics
Sunday, November 27
Orlando, Fla.
12:30 PM
Iowa State
5-1
71
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73
Gonzaga
6-0
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2
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Iowa State
34
37
71
Gonzaga
49
24
73
Photo by: Athletics Communications
Gonzaga Escapes Iowa State Second-Half Rally
11.27.2016 | Men's Basketball
ORLANDO – No. 11 Gonzaga (6-0) held off No. 21 Iowa State (5-1) in the closing seconds, as Monte' Morris' 3-pointer at the buzzer rattled off to give the Bulldogs a 73-71 victory and the 2016 Advocare Invitational championship.
Iowa State staged a furious second-half rally, coming back from an 18-point second half deficit behind Deonte Burton's 21 second-half points. He finished the game with a career-high 29 points. The Cyclones had multiple opportunities to take the lead down the stretch, but failed to score in the final three minutes of the contest.
How it Happened
The pace of this game was frenetic right from the opening tip, as both teams came out firing. Gonzaga made 9-of-10 from the field, including 5-of-6 from beyond the arc, to take an early 23-18 lead with 14:07 remaining in the first half.
The Cyclones stayed in the game, however, with seniors Deonte Burton and Nazareth Mitrou-Long tallying 14 points combined.
Iowa State then went cold, and the Bulldogs took advantage by increasing their lead to 39-24 with 5:22 left in the first half. Gonzaga went into the break with a 49-34 lead by scorching the nets for a 64.5 percent clip, including 66.7 percent from downtown (8-12 3FG). Mitrou-Long had 16 first-half points for the Cyclones.
Things looked bleak for the Cyclones when the Bulldogs took an 18-point lead (58-40) early in the second half. However, ISU responded with an impressive 15-0 run to cut the gap to 58-55 with 13:06 remaining in the game. Burton had 11 of ISU's 15 points in the run.
ISU trimmed the lead to just a point at 70-69 with 4:14 left when Burton hit a trey followed by a drive from Morris. Merrill Holden scored a putback to make it 72-71 Gonzaga with just over three minutes remaining, but the Cyclones couldn't get a basket the rest of the way to allow the Bulldogs to escape.
Players of Note
Deonte Burton had his second-straight high-scoring game by following up his 21-point performance against Miami with a career-high 29 points this afternoon. Burton was 13-of-24 from the field, 3-of-5 from 3-point range and grabbed 12 boards. Burton, who posted 21 points in the second half, recorded his fifth career game with 20 or more points and his third career double-double.
Nazareth Mitrou-Long scored all of his 16 points in the first half behind a season-high four 3-pointers, the 15th time in his career he's made four or more treys in a game. It was the 37th game in double figures in his career.
Monté Morris scored 14 points, dished out nine assists and had one turnover in the contest. It was his 64th career game with five or more assists.
Cyclone Quick Hits
*Iowa State trailed at the half for the first time this season.
*Iowa State is now 12-2 all-time vs. WCC schools.
*The loss ends Iowa State's three-game winning streak vs. ranked teams before conference play (Iowa, 2013; Arkansas, 2014; Cincinnati, 2015).
*Gonzaga shot 64.5 percent in the first half, but the Cyclones held the Bulldogs to 29.2 percent in the second half.
*Matt Thomas had his streak of 30-straight games with a 3-pointer end today. It is the second-longest streak in school history.
*Deonte Burton tied his career high with three 3-pointers.
*Iowa State forced 11 turnovers, marking the sixth-straight game where ISU's opponents had committed 10 or more miscues.
Next Up
Iowa State will play host to Cincinnati on Dec. 1. Tip off will be at 8 p.m. CT on ESPN.
Team Stats
ISU
GON
FG%
.439
.491
3FG%
.333
.520
FT%
.625
.500
RB
34
34
TO
6
11
STL
2
1
Game Leaders
Pts
29
FGM
13
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
16
FGM
5
3FGM
4
FTM
2
Pts
14
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
1
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
2
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