National Basketball Association
Iowa St. 83, Iowa 82
When: 7:30 PM ET, Thursday, December 10, 2015
Where: James H. Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa
Officials:
# Tom Eades, # Terry Oglesby, # Mark Whitehead
Attendance:
14384
By The Sports Xchange
Iowa State guard Monte Morris hit the game winning bucket in the closing seconds to give the No. 4 Cyclones an 83-82 win over Iowa on Thursday in Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.
The Cyclones (8-0) trailed by 20 in the first half before staging a furious second half rally. They used a 16-2 run to cut their deficit to 71-70 with 5:56 left. They wouldn't take the lead until Morris his bucket late.
It looked like Iowa would run away with the win as Ioaw State had no answer for Iowa forward Jared Uthoff in the first half. Uthoff scored 32 points in the game, and 30 in the first half.
Morris scored 20 points and added nine assists. Forward Jameel McKay had 20 points and 12 rebounds and forward Georges Niang added 16 points. Guard Matt Thomas added 19 points off the bench.
Guard Peter Jok scored 18 for the Hawkeyes, including 16 in the second half.
Top Game Performances
| Iowa |
|
Iowa St. |
|
Jarrod Uthoff 32 |
Scoring |
Jameel McKay 20 |
|
Mike Gesell 8 |
Assists |
Monte Morris 9 |
|
Jarrod Uthoff 9 |
Rebounds |
Jameel McKay 12 |
|
Jarrod Uthoff 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Monte Morris 3 |
|
Peter Jok 2 |
Steals |
Jameel McKay 2 |
|
Jarrod Uthoff 4 |
Blocks |
Georges Niang 2 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Iowa
|
82 |
47.7 |
11-27 |
9-10 |
18 |
32 |
6 |
4 |
17 |
| Iowa St.
|
83 |
48.6 |
9-30 |
6-11 |
17 |
34 |
3 |
10 |
13 |