National Basketball Association
Iowa St. 69, Texas 67
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 12, 2015
Where: Sprint Center, Kansas City, Missouri
Officials:
# Joe DeRosa, # Keith Kimble, # Kipp Kissinger
Attendance:
N/A
By SportsDirect Inc.
No. 15 Iowa State 69, Texas 67: Monte Morris hit the game-winning jumper with no time remaining to cap a career-high 24-point outing as the second-seeded Cyclones stunned the seventh-seeded Longhorns to advance to the Big 12 semifinals in Kansas City.
Iowa State (23-8) scored the final 12 points of the contest and never led until Morris raced upcourt and swished a 15-foot step-back jumper as time expired. Georges Niang had 22 points and six assists for the Cyclones, who face third-seeded Oklahoma on Friday.
Jonathan Holmes had 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocked shots and Isaiah Taylor scored 13 points as Texas (20-13) suffered a blow to its NCAA Tournament hopes. Javan Felix added 10 points but missed a crucial 3-point shot with seven seconds left prior to the winning sequence.
The Cyclones trailed by 15 points early in the second half and cut the lead to 54-48 on Jameel McKay’s dunk with 10:41 remaining before Texas regained control and led by 10 with 3:56 to go. But the Longhorns wouldn’t score again and Dustin Hogue and Morris each made 3-pointers to help Iowa State tie the contest before Morris hit the game-winning shot.
Texas rattled off 14 straight points for a 15-point first-half lead as Iowa State missed 11 straight shots over an 9 1/2-minute span. Felix was 4-of-4 shooting – with two 3-pointers – for all of his 10 points as the Longhorns led 36-25 at the break and stretched the lead back to 15 on Taylor’s hoop with 17:58 to play.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Both teams were 10-of-22 from 3-point range with Morris having a game-high four on five attempts. … Morris was 9-of-15 shooting and had five steals. … Texas C Cameron Ridley contributed eight rebounds and four of his team’s eight blocked shots.
Top Game Performances
| Iowa St. |
|
Texas |
|
Monte Morris 24 |
Scoring |
Jonathan Holmes 15 |
|
Georges Niang 6 |
Assists |
Isaiah Taylor 5 |
|
Jameel McKay 9 |
Rebounds |
Jonathan Holmes 9 |
|
Georges Niang 6 |
Free Throws Made |
Isaiah Taylor 3 |
|
Monte Morris 5 |
Steals |
Cameron Ridley 1 |
|
Jameel McKay 1 |
Blocks |
Cameron Ridley 4 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Iowa St.
|
69 |
40.7 |
10-22 |
11-13 |
10 |
28 |
1 |
8 |
5 |
| Texas
|
67 |
43.4 |
10-22 |
11-13 |
14 |
34 |
8 |
2 |
13 |
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