National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Iowa St. 73, UMKC 56
When: 7:00 PM ET, Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Where: James H. Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa
Officials: # Kipp Kissinger, # Gary Maxwell, # Roland Simmons
Attendance: 13902

No. 13 Iowa State 73, UMKC 56: Bryce Dejean-Jones scored 22 points to continue his hot streak as the host Cyclones won their third in a row.

Dejean-Jones finished 9-of-12 from the field and has scored 78 points on 28-of-43 shooting in his past four games for No. 13 Iowa State (6-1). Monte Morris added 13 points, and Georges Niang collected nine points, seven rebounds and seven assists.

Frank Williams Jr. led the Kangaroos (3-7) with 14 points and Collin Jennings added 11 points off the bench, hitting three 3-pointers. UMKC was outrebounded 38-25 in losing for the sixth time in seven games.

Dejean-Jones scored six points during an 11-0 surge early in the first half, and Niang’s 3-pointer capped the run to put Iowa State ahead 11-2 less than four minutes into the contest. The Cyclones used a 14-4 spurt later in the half to build a 33-13 advantage on Naz Long’s 3-pointer with 7:31 left before intermission.

The Kangaroos scored the final seven points of the half to pull within 41-27 at the break and took advantage of Iowa State missing 10 of its first 13 shots in the second half, cutting the deficit to 48-37 on two free throws from Deshon Taylor with 12:23 to play. But Morris’ basket 13 seconds later started a 14-5 run and Dejean-Jones' dunk with just under seven minutes remaining pushed the lead to 62-42.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Morris finished with three steals; he has 11 in the past three games. … Niang, who came into the night leading the Big Ten in scoring at 19.5 points, finished with a season-low in points but has 15 assists in his past two contests. … Dejean-Jones scored 14 points in the first half on 5-of-7 shooting as Iowa State shot 55.6 percent from the field in the opening 20 minutes.
Top Game Performances
 
UMKC   Iowa St.
Frank Williams, Jr 14 Scoring Bryce Dejean-Jones 22
Noah Knight 3 Assists Georges Niang 7
Darius Austin 6 Rebounds Georges Niang 7
Noah Knight 2 Free Throws Made Georges Niang 6
Frank Williams, Jr 2 Steals Monte Morris 3
Broderick Newbill 1 Blocks Abdel Nader 2
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
UMKC 56 41.5 7-21 5-6 11 25 1 5 16
Iowa St. 73 46.4 7-24 14-19 18 36 3 6 14