Monday, January 26th, 2015

Tonight I just got back from watching another exciting Iowa State basketball game at Hilton Coliseum.  This time the Cyclones were victorious over the Texas Longhorns, 89-86.  Iowa State jumped out to an early lead which grew to as many as 21 points with about 8 minutes left in the game before Texas mounted a big rally that fell just short in the end.  Ten second-half three pointers for the Longhorns helped to make the game close at the end...

It's starting to get hard to keep track, but tonight was the fifth time that I have seen Iowa State play in a match-up of top-25 ranked teams.  Going into the game today, Iowa State was ranked #15 while Texas was ranked #19.  For a list of the other four games, just scroll down and look at my previous post of the game vs Kansas.  By the way, I'm still happy to say that Iowa State is 5-0 in those games!  It's also interesting to note that the Iowa State men are now 5-0 in games that I have witnessed vs Texas (2014, 2013, 2012, and way back in 2004 were the others).  Looking back at those games, I see that I was wearing the same t-shirt for the game last year, and Texas was also ranked #19 last year as well...

Georges Niang led five Cyclones in double figures scoring.  He had 19 points and connected on three of four from long range.  Bryce Dejean-Jones (18), Jameel McKay (14), Monte Morris (13), and Dustin Hogue (11) also scored in double figures for Iowa State.

Go State!!