Izaiah Brockington poured in 29 points on 11-of-14 shooting to help No. 17 Iowa State roll to a 73-53 victory over visiting Iowa in nonconference action on Thursday night in Ames, Iowa.
Tyrese Hunter added 11 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the Cyclones (9-0), who matched the third-best start in program history. Brockington fell one point shy of his career high and collected 10 rebounds as Iowa State snapped a three-game slide against the Hawkeyes.
Jordan Bohannon scored 17 points but Keegan Murray had just nine on 4-of-17 shooting for Iowa (7-3), which lost its third straight game. Murray entered the contest as the nation's leading scorer at 23.9 points per game.
Iowa State owned a 50-32 edge on the boards. Iowa has been outrebounded 102-55 over its past two games.
The Cyclones shot 43.5 percent from the field, including 8 of 25 from 3-point range.
The Hawkeyes shot a porous 27 percent and were 5 of 27 from 3-point range while scoring their fewest points of the campaign.
Iowa State led 38-26 at halftime before beginning the second half with a game-breaking 17-5 run.
Aljaz Kunc buried a 3-pointer to make it 50-29 with 14:10 left in the game, and Hunter followed with a fast-break layup 28 seconds later.
Tre Jackson culminated the burst with a 3-pointer to make it 55-31 with 12:22 remaining.
Iowa showed some life with an 11-2 burst, moving within 57-42 on Bohannon's 3-pointer with 8:31 remaining.
But Kunc responded with a fast-break layup and Brockington drained a 3-pointer as the Cyclones pushed the lead back to 20 with 7:05 to play and cruised to the finish.
Brockington had 17 points on 7-of-7 shooting as Iowa State held the 12-point lead at the break.
Iowa held a 17-16 lead midway through the first half before the Cyclones exploded on a 15-2 burst. Brockington capped the run with a jumper to give Iowa State a 31-19 advantage with 3:46 remaining.
Brockington scored five points in the final 70 seconds to help get the Cyclones' lead back to 12.
Murray was scoreless and missed all seven of his first-half shots.
--Field Level Media
Iowa | Iowa State | |
Jordan Bohannon 17 | Scoring | Izaiah Brockington 29 |
Ahron Ulis 4 | Assists | Tyrese Hunter 6 |
Keegan Murray 7 | Rebounds | Izaiah Brockington 10 |
Jordan Bohannon 6 | Free Throws Made | Izaiah Brockington 4 |
Keegan Murray 3 | Steals | Izaiah Brockington 2 |
Keegan Murray 2 | Blocks | Tristan Enaruna 2 |
Team | Points | FG% | 3PM-3PA | FTM-FTA | Assists | Rebounds | Blocks | Steals | Turnovers |
Iowa | 53 | 27.0 | 5-27 | 14-15 | 10 | 28 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
Iowa State | 73 | 43.5 | 8-25 | 11-17 | 18 | 43 | 4 | 5 | 16 |