Milan Momcilovic scored 24 factors with 6-of-10 capturing from distance, Joshua Jefferson had 13 factors and a career-high 10 assists and No. 15 Iowa State dominated Syracuse 95-64 in a Gamers Period comfort sport Wednesday in Las Vegas.
Killyan Toure added 19 factors and 6 assists whereas Blake Buchanan and Dominick Nelson every scored 12 for the Cyclones, who broke the sport open with a 60-30 second half.
Iowa State (7-0) was the one crew to start out the Gamers Period event 2-0 and be neglected of the championship sport and the third-place sport because of the level differential tiebreaker. The Cyclones might have taken their frustrations out on the Orange (4-3), who completed their Vegas journey 0-3.
The Cyclones — who shot a exceptional 71% within the second half — turned 19 Syracuse giveaways into 30 factors. In addition they benefited from 52 factors within the paint, with 13 layups and eight dunks.
Iowa State veteran guard Tamin Lipsey (groin) sat out for the second straight sport.
Sadiq White Jr. led Syracuse with 14 factors earlier than fouling out. Tyler Betsey and JJ Starling pitched in 10 factors apiece for the Orange, who performed this week with out Donnie Freeman (lower-body harm).
Iowa State trailed 18-16 through the first half when it ripped off a 12-0 run throughout lower than two minutes of sport time. The ultimate 10 factors got here off Syracuse turnovers — one offensive foul and three steals.
Toure pilfered the ball from Kiyan Anthony and sped away for a dunk to place the Cyclones forward. The run ended on Jefferson’s steal and move to arrange Toure’s 3-pointer.
Syracuse countered with a game-tying 10-0 dash that includes three triples, and it briefly led 31-30 on the 2:48 mark on one other three by Betsey. Iowa State held a 35-34 edge at halftime after Starling drilled Syracuse’s eighth three of the half.
However the second half was all Iowa State. Jefferson anchored an early 7-0 run with a layup, a steal and a dunk in a 21-second span.
Starling scored to carry Syracuse inside six, however the Cyclones had the subsequent 10 straight — the final seven approaching quick breaks — for his or her largest lead but at 55-39 with 15:33 to go. Momcilovic added an interception and straightforward dunk, the primary of his faculty profession, to make it 57-40.
Syracuse endured a four-minute subject objective drought for the second time within the half and allowed one other 10-0 ISU run to make it a blowout.
–Area Degree Media
