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AMES, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa State finally finished a game in
regulation.
Rebounding from consecutive road losses that lasted a total of
five overtimes, No. 23 Iowa State got strong play up and down its
lineup in beating Colorado 84-68 Tuesday night, its 30th straight
victory at home.
|  | | Iowa State's Martin Rancik puts up a shot with Colorado's D.J. Harrison defending in the first half. |
Martin Rancik scored 19 points and Jamaal Tinsley had 16 points,
nine assists and six rebounds to lead Iowa State, which was playing
only three days after losing 112-109 at Missouri in four overtimes.
The Cyclones lost in overtime at Oklahoma State in the game
before Missouri.
"We were emotionally drained coming off a tough week," Iowa
State coach Larry Eustachy said. "I give our guys a bunch of
credit because we beat a very, very good team. It was a win we had
to have at home."
Any hangover from the marathon games did not show. Iowa State
built a seven-point halftime lead, made its first five shots of the
second half to break it open and contained Colorado (11-6, 1-3) the
rest of the way with solid man-to-man defense.
"I felt fresh," Tinsley said. "I felt like (Saturday) never
happened. I was just coming out and playing hard, getting my
teammates involved and when I had the shot, I took it."
Jake Sullivan added 12 points and Kantrail Horton had nine
points and eight assists for Iowa State, which shot 58.5 percent
and went 8-for-13 from 3-point range.
D.J. Harrison led Colorado with 18 points, while Jamahl Mosley
and Michel Morandais each scored 12.
"I seemed like their shots were falling," Harrison said. "I
don't think we played horrible defense, but when the shots fall,
they fall."
Colorado was coming off its most lopsided conference victory in
35 years, 88-58 over Texas A&M, and was averaging 87.3 points a
game. But the Buffaloes gave up the game's first five points and
led only once, 22-19 midway through the first half.
That lead did not last long. Colorado went 11 straight
possessions without scoring -- six missed shots and five turnovers --
and Iowa State ran off 12 straight points to go ahead for good.
"They got some nice paint scores early on and their guards
weren't just standing out there looking for their own shot,"
Colorado coach Ricardo Patton said. "I thought when they spread us
out and they had the ball in Tinsley's hands, it made it very
difficult to guard them."
Paul Shirley, who scored nine points, got two baskets inside
during the first-half run and Sullivan finished it with a
3-pointer, making it 30-22. After drawing to 34-32 on Stephane
Pelle's two free throws with a minute left in the half, Colorado
got no closer.
Tinsley forced his defender to backpedal at the free-throw line,
then made a jumper, and Horton fed Shane Power for a 3-pointer from
the left corner at the buzzer for a 39-32 Iowa State lead.
Another 3-pointer by Sullivan got Iowa State going in the second
half. The right-handed Tinsley then took over, making a running
left-handed hook, pulling up for a jump shot and firing a hook pass
to Tyray Pearson for a dunk as the lead grew to 51-35.
When the Buffaloes drew to 57-48 and the crowd began to get
restless, the Cyclones responded with an 11-3 run that Horton
helped finish after losing his left shoe. He fired a pass down the
court to Shirley, who passed to Pearson for a layup that he turned
into a three-point play.
That made it 68-51 with 8:27 left and Iowa State was ahead by
double digits the rest of the way.
"We played in spurts the first half," Eustachy said. "I
thought the second half effort was much better overall. I thought
it was our determination. Grit and determination got it done."
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ALSO SEE
Men's College Basketball Scoreboard
Colorado Clubhouse
Iowa State Clubhouse
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 Jamaal Tinsley takes it strong to the basket and lays it in with his left hand.
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Iowa State's Jake Sullivan hits the 3-pointer off the Colorado turnover.
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Jamaal Tinsley penetrates and finds Tyray Pearson for the jam.
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Kantrail Horton denies the fastbreak and sends it the other way for a Jamaal Tinsley jumper.
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