National Basketball Association
Iowa St. 83, Mississippi Valley State 33
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Where: James H. Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa
Officials:
# Rick Hartzell, # Jeff Malham, # Marques Pettigrew
Attendance:
14384
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No. 9 Iowa State 83, Mississippi Valley State 33: Naz Long scored a season-high 24 points on 7-of-10 shooting from 3-point range as the host Cyclones torched the Delta Devils.
Matt Thomas added 11 points and six rebounds for Iowa State (10-1), which won its seventh consecutive game. Jameel McKay contributed 10 points while Georges Niang and Bryce Dejean-Jones notched eight apiece for the Cyclones, who won the rebounding battle 50-29.
Six points from Isaac Williams and another six from Jeffrey Simmons were the highlights for Mississippi Valley State (1-12), which shot a paltry 24.1 percent - including 1-of-17 from 3-point range. Latrell Love and Billy Jackson each added five points off the bench for the Delta Devils, who have lost six in a row and 21 of their last 23.
While Mississippi Valley State kept it tight in the opening minutes, Iowa State began to roll soon enough, using an 18-2 surge that featured a pair of 3-pointers by Long to stretch the lead to 28-9 with 7:26 remaining in the first half. Love scored five points for the Delta Devils within a span of just over a minute to pull within 38-17, but the Cyclones' dominance continued as they cruised into halftime with a 47-18 advantage.
After the break, it was more of the same for an outmatched Mississippi Valley State squad, which saw any hopes of a comeback thwarted in the opening minutes with two 3-pointers by Long sandwiching another by Dejean-Jones. A 13-0 run, led by four points from Thomas, midway through the second half extended the lead to 74-28 for Iowa State, which emptied its bench down the stretch.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Iowa State's Fred Hoiberg became the fastest coach in program history to record 100 wins. ... The Cyclones notched their 500th victory at Hilton Coliseum. ... Iowa State shot 10-of-18 from the free-throw line, a far stretch from their Big 12-leading 75.4 percent entering the game.
Top Game Performances
| Mississippi Valley State |
|
Iowa St. |
|
Jeff Simmons 6 |
Scoring |
Naz Long 24 |
|
DeAngelo Priar 2 |
Assists |
Bryce Dejean-Jones 6 |
|
DeAngelo Priar 6 |
Rebounds |
Daniel Edozie 9 |
|
Jordan Washington 2 |
Free Throws Made |
Naz Long 3 |
|
Jurmelle Hall 1 |
Steals |
Bryce Dejean-Jones 3 |
|
N/A |
Blocks |
Jameel McKay 3 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Mississippi Valley State
|
33 |
24.1 |
1-17 |
4-5 |
8 |
24 |
0 |
7 |
17 |
| Iowa St.
|
83 |
50.8 |
9-28 |
10-18 |
25 |
45 |
5 |
10 |
15 |
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