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Iowa State University Athletics
Thursday, December 4
Ames, Iowa
8:00 PM
Iowa State University
5-1
95
vs
77
Arkansas (SEC/Big 12 Challenge)
6-1
1
2
F
Arkansas
32
45
77
Iowa State
52
43
95
Iowa State Routs Arkansas In Top-20 Showdown, 95-77
12.04.2014 | Men's Basketball
AMES, Iowa – No. 20 Iowa State (5-1) raced out to a 20-point halftime lead and never looked back in a 95-77 rout over No. 18 Arkansas (6-1) in the SEC/Big 12 Challenge Thursday night in Hilton Coliseum.
Bryce Dejean-Jones was perfect from the field (8-8 FG) to lead the way with 27 points and Georges Niang added 26 points on 9-of-12 shooting from the floor. Dejean-Jones became just the fifth Cyclone in school history to make all of his shots from the floor with eight or more attempts.
The Cyclones scorched the nets for a season-high 64.0 percent clip from the floor and drilled 10-of-19 shots from 3-point range in the victory.
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How it happened…
The Cyclones put on a bona fide offensive clinic in the first half. Iowa State shot 64.3 percent from the field (18-28 FG), including a 7-of-14 effort from 3-point range, to race out to a 52-32 lead at the break.
It was 12-4 ISU after Naz Long buried a 3-pointer before the Razorbacks cut the gap to 14-9 with 15:47 left in the first half. Bobby Portis had seven of UA's first nine points.
The Cyclones quickly answered with an 8-0 run behind a trey and a monster dunk from Dejean-Jones to push ISU up 22-9. The Razorbacks started to creep back by cutting the Cyclone lead to 26-20, however.
After that, it was all ISU. Back-to-back treys from Matt Thomas and Niang started a huge 13-0 run, as the Cyclones all of sudden held a 39-20 lead with 6:18 left before the break.
ISU led by as many as 22 points in the opening period, as Niang and Dejean-Jones had 14 and 13 first half points, respectively.
The Razorbacks didn't go away in the second half. The lead was trimmed to 65-51, but ISU had an answer with a Dejean-Jones hoop and a Long 3-pointer to give ISU a 70-51 lead with 11:06 left in the game.
Arkansas then countered with an 11-3 run to close the margin to 73-62 with a little over nine minutes remaining.
It was a 14-point game until the Cyclones sealed it with a 7-0 run behind a Dejean-Jones 3-pointer and bucket, and a Niang tip-in to give ISU a comfortable 89-71 lead with 4:23 remaining.
The #cyclONEgameball goes to…
Georges Niang. Niang scored over 20 points (26) for the 14th time in his career by drilling 9-of-12 shots from the field, 2-of-3 from 3-point range and 6-of-6 at the free-throw line. Niang scored many key baskets in the second half to halt Razorback comeback attempts and he led ISU in assists, dishing out eight dimes to equal his career high.
Next Up
The Cyclones are back in action next Tuesday (Dec. 9) playing host to UMKC. Tipoff is at 6 p.m. on ESPNU.
Game Notes
*Naz Long has made a 3-pointer in 14-straight games.
*ISU is now 51-4 in Hilton Coliseum in the last four seasons.
*ISU has won 24 consecutive non-conference games at home.
*ISU has defeated its last five non-conference ranked opponents at home.
*Georges Niang was in double figure scoring for the 58th time with 26 points, his 3rd 20+ game of the season and 14th in his career.
*Niang hit two 3-pointers to rank 18th all-time in school history with 90.
*Niang tied a career high with eight assists.
*ISU is now 4-2 all-time in conference challenge games.
*ISU is now 10-3 vs. ranked opponents in the last two seasons.
*ISU shot 64.0 percent from the floor, a season high total and the fourth time this season ISU has made over half of its shots in a game.
*Bryce Dejean-Jones scored 27 points, his second 20+ game of the season and eighth of his career.
*Dejean-Jones is the fifth Cyclone in school history to go perfect from the field (8-8 FG) with eight or more attempts.
*Monte' Morris had three steals. He has eight steals in the last two games.
*ISU made 10-of-19 shots from 3-point range, the second time this season with 10 or more treys in a game.
Team Stats
AR
ISU
FG%
.483
.640
3FG%
.360
.526
FT%
.632
.778
RB
28
26
TO
14
11
STL
7
5
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
27
FGM
8
3FGM
4
FTM
7
Pts
26
FGM
9
3FGM
2
FTM
6
Pts
14
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
4
Pts
11
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
1
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