{"id":23354,"date":"2017-03-01T06:10:04","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T06:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=23354"},"modified":"2017-03-01T06:11:02","modified_gmt":"2017-03-01T06:11:02","slug":"no-24-cyclones-seniors-shine-thrilling-hilton-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/no-24-cyclones-seniors-shine-thrilling-hilton-finale.html","title":{"rendered":"No. 24 Cyclones\u00a0seniors shine in thrilling Hilton finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">No. 24 Cyclones&nbsp;seniors shine in thrilling Hilton finale<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>No. 24 Cyclones&nbsp;seniors shine in thrilling Hilton finale:-<\/strong> Iowa State&#39;s seniors <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">starred<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"> one more time at Hilton Coliseum.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The No. 24 Cyclones won their sixth straight game Tuesday night and closed out their Hilton Coliseum schedule with <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">a 86-83<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"> win over Oklahoma State.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Iowa State&rsquo;s seniors celebrated their final home game with one more big performance. Guard Matt Thomas scored 25 points. Monte Morris flirted with a triple-double. He scored 12 points, handed out 11 assists and grabbed nine rebounds.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Naz Mitrou-Long finished with 17 points including a pair of free throws with 8.8 seconds left to help secure the win for Iowa State (20-9, 12-5 Big 12 Conference). Deonte Burton added 25 points.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Iowa State latest win didn&rsquo;t come easy. The Cyclones took a 40-39 lead at the half and fought with Oklahoma State the rest of the way.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Oklahoma State scored the first seven points of the second half and built up a 45-40 lead.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Thomas got the second half scoring going when he connected on a 3-pointer to jump-start a 10-0 run that gave the Cyclones a 50-46 lead.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">A basket by Morris later in the half started a 9-0 run that gave the Cyclones a 61-51 lead.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The Cyclones had trouble closing it. Juwan Evans pulled Oklahoma State to within 81-80 when he connected on three free throws with 13.8 seconds left.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Mitrou-Long responded with two foul shots. Iowa State then forced an Oklahoma State turnover on review and got a layup by Matt Thomas to push the lead to 85-80.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Evans hit a late 3-pointer with less than 2 seconds left. Donovan Jackson hit a free throw to hold off the Cowboys (20-10, 9-8).<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Morris became Iowa State&rsquo;s all-time steals leader in the first half. The guard passed Jeff Hornacek&rsquo;s mark of 211.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Iowa State closes out the regular season with a trip to No. 10 West Virginia at 6 p.m. Friday.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:10px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/iowa-state\/basketball-mens\/2017\/02\/28\/iowa-state-oklahoma-state-monte-morris-matt-thomas-naz-mitrou-long\/98518922\/<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/no-24-cyclones-seniors-shine-thrilling-hilton-finale.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No. 24 Cyclones&nbsp;seniors shine in thrilling Hilton finale No. 24 Cyclones&nbsp;seniors shine in thrilling Hilton finale:- Iowa State&#39;s seniors starred one more time at Hilton Coliseum. 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