AMES — Hand-wringing reigned early. The rim-rattling came late. Iowa State kept 13,587 fans at Hilton Coliseum on the edge of their seats last night — uncomfortably at times, finally using a dunk-filled 17-2 run to close a 72-54 Big 12 win over last-place Texas Tech. The main jam man: Royce White, who flushed three [...]
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AMES — Missouri couldn’t hang on. So Iowa State’s Hallie Christoffferson hung in. Her 3-pointer in overtime helped the Cyclones overcome an off-night across the board Tuesday, leading to a grueling 66-59 Big 12 overtime win over last-place Missouri before 10,539 fans. “I knew I was going to be open,” Christofferson said of her clutch [...]
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AMES — Melvin Ejim took one too many elbows Saturday. “As a person, it gets to a point where enough is enough,” the Iowa State forward said. Finally, the sophomore from Toronto lashed out — with clenched hands, but not to the face, and not in the form of a punch. The late-game blow [...]
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AMES — First her back, then her knee. For about six months, each powerful dribble forward for Iowa State junior center Anna Prins seemed to be offset by a ginger step back. “It’s been frustrating at times,” she said. Not now. The 6-7 Prins endured offseason back issues and an early-season knee scope, but enters [...]
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AMES — Iowa State guard Scott Christopherson passed the reporter’s question to his coach, Fred Hoiberg. “Do you think about scoring 1,000 points or 2,000?” Christopherson, who surpassed the 1,000 point mark Saturday, asked one of the Cyclones’ all-time greats. Hoiberg smiled. “You’ve got 993 to go to catch me,” he quipped, approximating the difference. [...]
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AMES — Few players mean more to their team than Iowa State’s Royce White — the only guy in the country to lead his team in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. The Cyclones showed Saturday they’ve got more just White in downing defenseless Oklahoma. Scott Christopherson scored 25 points to surpass 1,000 in his [...]
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What went wrong at Baylor? Iowa State men’s basketball coach Fred Hoiberg summed it up concisely. “We were just too soft, that’s it,” said Hoiberg, whose team aims to rebound from Monday’s 15-point loss to the No. 10 Bears in Saturday’s 12:45 p.m. Big 12 matchup with Oklahoma at Hilton Coliseum. Turn the page. The [...]
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A recent cold shooting spell failed to faze Iowa State guard Brynn Williamson. “No,” the Cyclone freshman said. “They have to fall sometime.” They did Wednesday. Williamson’s two 3-pointers early in the second half gave ISU the lead against Kansas and stoked a 19-2 run that led to a 66-47 win at Hilton Coliseum. The [...]
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AMES — Sophomore Melvin Ejim is starting to live up to the promise he showed when he started his career at Iowa State. While his well-traveled teammates have grabbed the spotlight this season, Ejim has quietly emerged as a key cog for the Cyclones. The 6-foot-6 forward from Toronto has blossomed into a steady swingman [...]
continue »AMES — Iowa State has hired former North Carolina assistant Troy Douglas as its new secondary coach. The 46-year-old Douglas spent the past three seasons with the Tar Heels. Douglas has also coached the secondary at South Florida, Indiana, South Carolina State, Michigan State and SMU in a career spanning 25 years. Iowa State coach [...]
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