Friday, November 10
Ames, IA
UC Riverside
61
at
69
Iowa State
Highlanders Put Up Good Fight but Fall to Iowa State, 69-61
11/10/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
The visiting UC Riverside Highlanders put together a solid effort, but a second half rally by host Iowa State led the Cyclones to a 69-61 win at the American Family BTI Cyclone Challenge at the Hilton Coliseum in Ames, IA Friday.
The Highlanders are 0-1, Iowa State is now 1-0.
Junior forward B.J. Visman came off the bench to score a team-high 17 points and pull down nine rebounds in 29 minutes. Junior guard Larry Cunningham had 12 points and seven boards. UCR shot 34.8% (23-of-66) from the field and 20% (3-of-15) from the three point line. The Highlanders won the battle of the boards, 41-35, but turnovers were the biggest problem as UCR committed 23.
Mike Taylor led Iowa State with a game-high 22 points and adding seven rebounds and Wesley Johnson had 10 points.
The Highlanders led 33-30 at halftime, but second-half shooting woes cost them the ball game. UCR was just 10-of-36 (27.8%) from the field in the second half and missed all six of their three-point attempts. In contrast, Iowa State shot a consistent 42.2% (19-of-45) from the field and 38.5% (5-of-13) from the three point line.
The Cyclones retook the lead at 38-37 with 13:33 left and jumped out to a 47-39 lead. The lead grew to 14 at 62-48, but UCR came back to cut the margin to six at 63-57 on a three point play conversion by senior guard Dedrick Bates. ISU scored the next four points to rebuild the margin to 10. UCR again got to within six on three free throws by Bates with 26 seconds left, but ISU scored a pair of free throws and ran out the clock for the win.
UCR got off to a slow start, turning the ball over on three of their first four possessions before Henrik Thomsen got them on the board with his first collegiate three at 17:09 to tie it at 3-3. The Cyclones went on a 13-2 run over the next four minutes to jump out to a 16-5 lead before Visman broke the streak with a basket.
The Highlanders gradually chipped away at the lead, paring it down to three at 26-23 on a trey by Justin Bell with 5:21 left. After surrendering a basket on the next possession, UCR got a three-point play by Visman and a layup by sophomore forward Benoit Bekono to cut the margin to tie the score with 3:31 remaining. Bell's trey at 2:08 gave the Highlanders their first lead of the game at 31-30, and they entered halftime with a 33-30 advantage, with Visman leading the way with 11 points off of the bench.
The Highlanders are 0-1, Iowa State is now 1-0.
Junior forward B.J. Visman came off the bench to score a team-high 17 points and pull down nine rebounds in 29 minutes. Junior guard Larry Cunningham had 12 points and seven boards. UCR shot 34.8% (23-of-66) from the field and 20% (3-of-15) from the three point line. The Highlanders won the battle of the boards, 41-35, but turnovers were the biggest problem as UCR committed 23.
Mike Taylor led Iowa State with a game-high 22 points and adding seven rebounds and Wesley Johnson had 10 points.
The Highlanders led 33-30 at halftime, but second-half shooting woes cost them the ball game. UCR was just 10-of-36 (27.8%) from the field in the second half and missed all six of their three-point attempts. In contrast, Iowa State shot a consistent 42.2% (19-of-45) from the field and 38.5% (5-of-13) from the three point line.
The Cyclones retook the lead at 38-37 with 13:33 left and jumped out to a 47-39 lead. The lead grew to 14 at 62-48, but UCR came back to cut the margin to six at 63-57 on a three point play conversion by senior guard Dedrick Bates. ISU scored the next four points to rebuild the margin to 10. UCR again got to within six on three free throws by Bates with 26 seconds left, but ISU scored a pair of free throws and ran out the clock for the win.
UCR got off to a slow start, turning the ball over on three of their first four possessions before Henrik Thomsen got them on the board with his first collegiate three at 17:09 to tie it at 3-3. The Cyclones went on a 13-2 run over the next four minutes to jump out to a 16-5 lead before Visman broke the streak with a basket.
The Highlanders gradually chipped away at the lead, paring it down to three at 26-23 on a trey by Justin Bell with 5:21 left. After surrendering a basket on the next possession, UCR got a three-point play by Visman and a layup by sophomore forward Benoit Bekono to cut the margin to tie the score with 3:31 remaining. Bell's trey at 2:08 gave the Highlanders their first lead of the game at 31-30, and they entered halftime with a 33-30 advantage, with Visman leading the way with 11 points off of the bench.
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