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Men's Basketball
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Iowa State University Athletics
Thursday, March 9
Kansas City, Mo.
11:30 AM
Iowa State
21-10, 12-6
92
vs
83
Oklahoma State
20-12, 9-9
1
2
F
Oklahoma State
36
47
83
Iowa State
39
53
92
Morris Leads Cyclones Over OSU, 92-83
03.09.2017 | Men's Basketball
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Monte' Morris fell one assist shy of a triple-double to lead No. 23 Iowa State (21-10, 12-6 Big 12) to a 92-83 victory over Oklahoma State (20-12, 9-9 Big 12) in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Championship Thursday afternoon.
The senior All-American posted one of his greatest games as a Cyclone, tallying 21 points, 10 boards and nine dimes to help ISU down the Cowboys for the 10th-straight time.
Morris had help from a slew of teammates. Deonte Burton tallied his sixth career double-double with 17 points and 10 caroms and Darrell Bowie came off the bench to equal his Cyclone scoring high of 13 points.
The Cyclones broke open game with just under nine minutes left when Donovan Jackson hit a pair of 3-point bombs on back-to-back possessions to give ISU a double-digit cushion.
Jackson, who scored eight points in the win, helped the Cyclones shoot 50 percent from 3-point range (12-24), including a 7-of-8 effort (87.5 percent) after intermission.
The Cyclones hit 53.6 percent of their shots in the game, the 10th time this season where ISU made over half of its shots in a contest.
How it Happened
Iowa State jumped out to an 18-10 lead behind an early 14-2 run. Morris had four points and Burton buried a trey in the run to help the Cyclones stake a lead.
Another spurt by the Cyclones, this time a 9-2 run, gave ISU a 32-21 advantage with 8:43 left in the first half. Nick Weiler-Babb and Matt Thomas both buried treys, Burton converted on a conventional 3-point play during the run.
The Cowboys then chipped away at the Cyclone lead, which was as high as 12 points, to trim the deficit to three points at the break (39-36).
Iowa State stretched its lead to 62-51 with under 12 minutes left in the game. Bowie threw down a dunk off a nice feed from Morris and Mitrou-Long hit a long trey to push the Cyclone lead to double digits.
OSU bounced right back with six-straight points, but Jackson buried two huge 3-pointers on back-to-back trips to give ISU a 72-61 lead with 8:12 remaining.
Players of Note
Monte' Morris showed why he is an All-American. The senior fell an assist shy of a triple-double with 21 points, 10 boards and nine dimes in the Cyclone victory. Morris was 9-of-15 from the field and also had two steals.
Darrell Bowie gave the Cyclones a huge lift from off the bench, tallying 13 points to equal his scoring best as a Cyclone. Bowie was 5-of-7 from the field and grabbed four rebounds. It marked the second time this season he's scored in double figures against a league opponent (Oklahoma State- 13 at Stillwater).
Cyclone Quick Hits
*ISU defeated Oklahoma State for the 10th-straight time, the second-longest winning streak vs. a conference opponent (11- vs. OSU, 1966-70).
*ISU tallied a three-game season sweep of an opponent for the 16th time in school history: Colorado (1985-86), Missouri (1995-96), Nebraska (1916-17, 1955-56, 1957-58, 1962-63, 1972-73, 1995-96), Oklahoma (1952-53, 1954-55, 1960-61, 1964-65), Oklahoma State (1966-67, 1973-74, 2016-17), Texas (2014-15)
*ISU is 15-17 all-time in the Big 12 Tournament.
*ISU is 2-3 vs. Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Tournament and 8-11 vs. OSU overall in conference tournament action.
*ISU is 8-2 in Big 12 Tournament action since 2013.
*Monte' Morris moves into ninth place on ISU's season assist list with 194 after dishing out nine dimes.
*Morris recorded his 11th career double-double with 21 points and 10 rebounds.
*Morris' 21 points was the 20th 20-point game of his career.
*Morris recorded his 83rd career game with 5+ assists.
*Morris had two steals, the 14th time this season he's recorded multiple steals in a game.
*Naz Mitrou-Long is the fourth player in school history to record 90 or more 3-pointers in a season (92).
*Deonte Burton posted his sixth career double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds.
*Matt Thomas scored 13 points to move to No. 28 on ISU's career scoring list (1,118).
*Thomas and Mitrou-Long have combined for 175 3-pointers, the best season tally by a Cyclone duo in school history (164- Tyrus McGee and Korie Lucious; 2012-13).
*ISU hit 12 3-pointers, the 16th time this season with 10+ treys.
*ISU has 311 3-pointers on the year, the second-best total in school history.
*ISU is 17-0 when leading at the half and 10-0 when shooting 50 percent or above on the year.
Team Stats
OSU
ISU
FG%
.390
.536
3FG%
.348
.500
FT%
.789
.741
RB
42
37
TO
5
11
STL
7
4
Game Leaders
Pts
21
FGM
9
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Pts
17
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
8
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
1
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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