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Lincoln? Joe McCray established a career high with 26 points, but IowaState took advantage of a flurry of Husker turnovers to record a 65-60 victory Tuesday evening at the BobDevaneySportsCenter.
The 6-foot-5 freshman from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., connected on 7-of-15 shots from the floor, including four three-pointers, in bettering his previous season best of 24 at UAB on Dec. 2. It was also his sixth 20-point game of the year, tying Jerry Fort’s 32-year-old record for 20-point games by Husker freshmen.
Despite McCray’s offensive outburst, the Huskers committed 19 turnovers, including seven by the freshman, and hit just two field goals in the final seven minutes in dropping to 10-10 overall and 3-6 in the Big 12.
The Huskers led 48-46 after John Turek’s jumper with 7:12 remaining in regulation, but the Cyclones seized the contest with an 8-0 run over the next 2:40. ISU tied the game on a Curtis Stinson layup with 6:47 left and took the lead for good at 51-48 on Tasheed Carr’s three-pointer at the 5:41 mark. ISU, which improved to 12-8 overall and 4-5 in the Big 12 with its fourth straight win, eventually pushed the margin to 54-48 on a Will Blalock jumper and a Carr free throw.
NU got to within 61-58 after McCray hit all three free throws after a three-point attempt with 58 seconds remaining. But two free throws by Rahshon Clark and Blalock averted NU’s comeback hopes.
In all, the Cyclones went a perfect 8-of-8 shooting from the foul line in the last two minutes, after hitting just half of their 10 free throws in the half until that point.
Stinson paced IowaState with 25 points, hitting 8-of-13 shots from the floor while grabbing a team-high eight rebounds and recording five of the Cyclones' 15 steals. Blalock added 16 points, while Clark scored eight of his 11 points in the second half, as Cyclones outscored NU, 29-19 in the final 10 minutes.
Jason Dourisseau had 11 points, while Wes Wilkinson pulled down a career-high nine rebounds in just 21 minutes of action, as he was plagued by foul trouble throughout the contest. Nebraska, which was held to 40 percent shooting, struggled against the Cyclones’ trapping defense, committing 19 turnovers, the most since a 24-turnover effort in the loss at UAB on Dec. 2.
Nebraska trailed 16-12 before McCray sparked an 8-0 Husker run, helping the Huskers to take its largest lead of the half at 20-16 after the freshman guard hit all three free throws after being fouled. The Huskers, who hit six of their first 10 shots, went ice cold, going 7:03 without a field goal, as the Cyclones responded with 10 unanswered points to take a 26-20 lead after a Blaylock layup with 4:55 remaining in the half.
With 11 first-half points, McCray had nearly had half of the Huskers’ team total. Stinson and Blalock had 10 each for the Cyclones, who took a 27-24 lead into the intermission. The Cyclones built a 35-28 lead early in the second half, but Nebraska roared back behind the play of Marcus Neal Jr.
The senior, who had made one of 17 three-pointers since Jan. 22, led the Huskers on a 13-1 charge. NU tied the game at 35 with a three-pointer at the 13 minute mark before he gave the Huskers its first lead of the half at 38-35 with his second trifecta. On NU’s next possession, he found a wide-open McCray for a three-pointer, giving the Huskers its biggest lead of the game at 41-36 with 10:17 remaining.
Behind the shooting of Clark, the Cyclones quickly erased the Husker lead, as the 6-foot-6 freshman buried a pair of three-pointers to tie the score at 44 with 8:40 left.
The Huskers travel to Baylor for an important Big 12 game on Saturday, Feb. 12. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. and the game will be carried on the Pinnacle Sports Network and shown on Fox Sports Midwest beginning at 7 p.m.
Iowa State vs Nebraska (2/8/05 at Lincoln, Neb. (Devaney Center))
Official Basketball Box Score Official Basketball Box Score Iowa State vs Nebraska 2/8/05 7:06 p.m. at Lincoln, Neb. (Devaney Center) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Iowa State (12-8) (4-5) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 13 Clark, Rahshon...... f 3-7 3-6 2-2 0 4 4 2 11 3 1 0 4 32 22 Staple, Damion...... f 2-3 0-0 3-4 1 5 6 4 7 0 2 1 0 38 51 Homan, Jared........ c 1-10 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 4 2 2 4 1 2 36 01 Stinson, Curtis..... g 8-13 0-1 9-14 1 7 8 3 25 4 3 0 5 38 11 Blalock, Will....... g 6-11 2-4 2-2 0 1 1 2 16 2 3 0 4 39 10 Carr, Tasheed....... 1-4 1-4 1-2 3 0 3 2 4 2 0 0 1 17 TEAM................ 1 1 2 Totals.............. 21-48 6-15 17-24 7 23 30 17 65 13 13 2 16 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-25 40.0% 2nd Half: 11-23 47.8% Game: 43.8% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd Half: 3-5 60.0% Game: 40.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 13-18 72.2% Game: 70.8% 2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Nebraska (10-10) (3-6) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 11 Wilkinson, Wes...... f 2-4 0-1 0-0 2 7 9 4 4 0 4 2 0 21 44 Turek, John......... f 3-3 0-0 2-4 0 7 7 0 8 1 0 1 0 35 01 Dourisseau, Jason... g 3-9 0-2 5-8 2 1 3 2 11 1 3 1 2 33 02 McCray, Joe......... g 7-15 4-11 8-9 2 3 5 3 26 3 7 0 3 40 12 Muhleisen, Jake..... g 1-6 1-6 0-0 1 0 1 5 3 6 1 1 1 31 10 Neal, Marcus........ 3-8 2-4 0-0 0 5 5 3 8 6 0 0 0 24 21 Simms, Corey........ 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 11 31 Maric, Aleks........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 TEAM................ 2 2 1 Totals.............. 19-47 7-24 15-21 8 25 33 19 60 17 19 5 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-21 42.9% 2nd Half: 10-26 38.5% Game: 40.4% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-8 37.5% 2nd Half: 4-16 25.0% Game: 29.2% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd Half: 12-16 75.0% Game: 71.4% 3
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Steve Olson, Tom Eades, Kerry Sitton Technical fouls: Iowa State-None. Nebraska-None. Attendance: 6549 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Iowa State.................... 27 38 - 65 Nebraska...................... 24 36 - 60
Points in the paint-ISU 16,NU 16. Points off turnovers-ISU 14,NU 13. 2nd chance points-ISU 7,NU 6. Fast break points-ISU 4,NU 2. Bench points-ISU 4,NU 8. Score tied-7 times. Lead changed-7 times. Last FG-ISU 2nd-04:51, NU 2nd-00:00.