Completed Event: Men's Basketball at #23 Creighton (Exhibition) on October 17, 2025 , Loss , 58, to, 71
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Men's Basketball
58
#23 Creighton (Exhibition)
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Iowa State University Athletics
Wednesday, February 11
Ames, Iowa
6:30 PM
Iowa State
13-11, 2-7
70
vs
42
Colorado
9-14, 1-8
1
2
F
Colorado
9
33
42
Iowa State
37
33
70
Cyclones Use Big First Half To Upend Colorado
02.11.2009 | Men's Basketball
AMES, Iowa ? Iowa State held Colorado to an all-time Big 12-low nine points in the first half en route to a 70-42 victory Wednesday night in Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones were clicking on all cylinders, holding the Buffs to a season-low 31.0 percent from the floor while shooting 46.6 percent from the field to end their six-game Big 12 losing streak.
Craig Brackins powered ISU with his 10th double-double of the season, recording 26 points and 10 rebounds. The win improves ISU to 13-11 on the season and 2-7 in Big 12 play.
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ISU got off to a fast start by establishing Craig Brackins on the offensive end. The Cyclone big man recorded 12 of ISU's first 16 points to give ISU a 16-6 advantage with 11:43 left in the first half. Brackins was 5-of-6 from the floor in the early going.
The lead ballooned to 28 points (34-6) with just under four minutes remaining in the first half, as the Cyclones staged a 21-0 run while the Buffs were mired in an 8:40-minute scoring drought. Brackins, Charles Boozer, Lucca Staiger and Bryan Petersen all hit treys in the Cyclone rally.
Dwight Thorne finally ended the CU cold spell with a basket at the 3:20 mark, but Staiger answered on the other end with a long-range bomb to give the Cyclones a 37-8 lead with just under three minutes remaining before intermission.
ISU went into the break with a 37-9 lead, breaking the Big 12 and school mark in the modern era (since 1950) for lowest points allowed in a half. Brackins nearly doubled the Buffs half total with 17 points. CU made just 4-of-23 shots (17.4 percent) in the opening period.
The lead reached 33 points at 42-9 after Brackins scored the first five points of the half for the Cyclones. The Buffs cut the deficit to 30 points (44-14), but ISU increased the lead to 50-16 after Jamie Vanderbeken drained a 3-pointer.
ISU held a 61-28 lead with under seven minutes left before clearing its bench.
The 28-point margin of the victory ties for the seventh-best in ISU history vs. a conference opponent and the largest margin of victory in a conference game in the Greg McDermott era.
ISU travels to Oklahoma State on Saturday. Tipoff is set for 3 p.m.
Team Stats
CU
IS
FG%
.310
.466
3FG%
.154
.450
FT%
.700
.778
RB
27
37
TO
13
9
STL
6
5
Game Leaders
Pts
26
FGM
10
3FGM
2
FTM
4
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Pts
7
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
0
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