National Basketball Association
Iowa St. 82, Texas 62
When: 2:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 12, 2013
Where: James H. Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa
Officials:
# Joe DeRosa, # Bert Smith, # Bret Smith
Attendance:
14376
By SportsDirect Inc.
Iowa State 82, Texas 62: Freshman forward Georges Niang had a career-high 18 points to help the Cyclones beat the Longhorns and extend their home win streak to 16.
In his third start, Niang went 5-for-7 from the floor. Will Clyburn added 16 points and nine rebounds for the Cyclones (11-4, 1-1 Big 12) while Tyrus McGee added 15 points off the bench, including four 3-pointers.
Julien Lewis and Jonathan Holmes each had 15 points to lead the Longhorns (8-8, 0-3). Texas entered the game leading the country in field goal percentage defense but allowed Iowa State to shoot 43.9 percent.
McGee capped a 10-0 run with back-to-back 3-pointers for a 27-15 lead with 9:10 left in the first half. Texas climbed within five points but McGee and Niang hit 3-pointers to push the lead back to 11 on the way to a 42-31 halftime advantage.
Texas' Demarcus Holland hit a jumper to cut the lead to 51-46 with 13:05 left but the Longhorns didn't get any closer. Clyburn and Chris Babb hit consecutive 3-pointers to start a game-ending 17-4 run. The Cyclones finished 11-for-26 beyond the arc.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Iowa State is the only team in the country to score at least 70 points in every game this season. ... Texas is 0-3 in Big 12 play for the first time since 1997-98. ... Iowa State had 18 assists - led by Korie Lucious' nine - and just five turnovers.
Top Game Performances
| Texas |
|
Iowa St. |
|
Jonathan Holmes 15 |
Scoring |
Georges Niang 18 |
|
Javan Felix 4 |
Assists |
Korie Lucious 9 |
|
Jonathan Holmes 9 |
Rebounds |
Melvin Ejim 10 |
|
Ioannis Papapetrou 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Georges Niang 7 |
|
Javan Felix 1 |
Steals |
Tyrus McGee 2 |
|
Cameron Ridley 3 |
Blocks |
Melvin Ejim 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Texas
|
62 |
39.3 |
4-18 |
10-13 |
16 |
35 |
3 |
3 |
11 |
| Iowa St.
|
82 |
43.9 |
11-26 |
21-27 |
18 |
34 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
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