No. 14 Iowa State Downs UMKC, 73-56

AMES, Iowa – No. 14 Iowa State (6-1) raced out to an early lead and never looked back in a 73-56 victory over UMKC (3-7) Tuesday night in Hilton Coliseum.

Bryce Dejean-Jones led the way with his third 20-point game of the season (22 points) and Monte' Morris added 13 points in the victory.

Georges Niang had nine points and a team-high seven assists, one shy from his career high. He also led the Cyclones in rebounding with seven, helping ISU outrebound UMKC, 38-25.
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How it happened…
Iowa State jumped out to an early 17-4 lead and led by as many as 21 points in the first half. ISU made its shots and forced five UMKC turnovers to take control at the beginning.

Dejean-Jones had 14 points in the first half on 5-of-7 shooting. He hit a trey to make it 41-20 ISU with 3:20 left in the first half. The Kangaroos scored the final five points of the half to cut the deficit to 41-27 at the break.

The Cyclones began the second half sluggish, as the Kangaroos trimmmed the ISU lead to 48-37 behind a 7-0 run with 12:19 left in the game. ISU made just 3-of-13 shots from the floor to begin the second period.

The ISU lead quickly shot up to 20 points (62-42) with 6:54 remaining behind a 10-2 Cyclone run. Naz Long knocked down a trey and then made a lay-up thanks to a nifty behind-the-back pass from Dejean-Jones. Morris then hit a corner trey and Dejean-Jones capped off the run with a dunk to give ISU the comfortable lead.

The #cyclONEgameball goes to…
Bryce Dejean-Jones. Bryce Dejean-Jones led the Cyclones in scoring for the second consecutive game with 22 points. Dejean-Jones was 9-of-12 from the floor and 2-of-4 from 3-point range.

Dejean-Jones is 17-of-20 from the field and 6-of-8 from long range in his last two games. He has three 20-point games on the season and nine in his career.

Next Up
The Cyclones travel to Iowa City on Friday (Dec. 12) to face Iowa in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series. Tipoff is at 7 p.m. on BTN.

Game Notes
*Naz Long has made a 3-pointer in 15-straight games.
*ISU is now 52-4 in Hilton Coliseum in the last four seasons.
*ISU has won 25 consecutive non-conference games at home.
*ISU has won 12-straight games at home.
*All six of ISU's victories have been by double digits.
*Georges Niang led the Cyclones in assists for the second-straight game, dishing out seven dimes. He has 15 assists in the last two games.
*Niang scored nine points to move past Scott Christopherson to No. 25 on ISU's career scoring list (1,115).
*Monte' Morris led ISU with three steals. He has two or more steals in his last three games, recording 11 in that span.
*Morris had five assists and zero turnovers, the 19th game in his career with five or more assists.
*Bryce Dejean-Jones led ISU in scoring for the second-straight contest (22), tallying his ninth career 20-point game.
*Dejean-Jones is 17-of-20 from the field and 6-of-8 from long range in his last two games
*ISU ended a three-game drought of being outrebounded, grabbing 38 boards to UMKC's 25.
*ISU has scored 70 points or more in all but one game the last two seasons (42 of 43 games).

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Team Stats

Bryce Dejean-Jones

Monte Morris

Dustin Hogue

Georges Niang

Players Mentioned

Bryce Dejean-Jones

Nazareth Mitrou-Long

Georges Niang

Georges Niang

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