College Basketball Iowa State Cyclones vs Purdue Boilermakers Start Time, Betting Odds

He scored 17 of his game-high 25 points in the second half.

“I did not want to go home”, Burton said.

So many Iowa State fans packed the BMO Harris Bradley Center that it felt like a road environment for Purdue. He finished three assists shy of becoming just the eighth player to record a triple-double in the NCAA Tournament, and the first to do so since Michigan State’s Draymond Green in 2012. Purdue answered with seven-straight points after ISU took its first lead and P.J. Thompson made two free throws with 0:07 seconds left to ice the game. A promise. Next time, he said, he’d hit that big shot.

Purdue pushed the lead to 19, but the Cyclones started to chip away, cutting the lead down to 12, then single digits, then within a single possession.

Thompson rattled in a 3-pointer followed by a Swanigan hoop, and the Boilermakers were back up 76-73.

However, Iowa State came storming back.

“I was more mad at myself”, he said.

If Purdue can maintain this level of play they are going to be a risky team next week. Purdue, meanwhile, went 31 of 64 in field goals (48.4 percent); eight of 26 in threes (30.8 percent); and 10 of 15 in free throws (66.7 percent). I thought we shared the dream that he would finish his career at Oklahoma State. A likely Sweet 16 matchup against top-seeded Kansas was right there in front of them. They are 8-10 over that stretch and haven’t won a tournament game since beating Gonzaga as a No. 5 seed in 2013. Isaac Haas, who struggled in the first round, looked considerably better tonight versus the undersized Cyclones and made a number of key shots throughout the night.

This was the final game for Morris, Thomas, Burton and Naz Mitrou-Long, the winningest senior class in Cyclone history.

Monte Morris continued his outstanding season with 19 points, eight rebounds and eight assists to lead the effort against Nevada. I think I’m in shock.

A team that has consistently said it’s a different team and a different year proved it. “It’s wonderful to see his growth as a person and player, being coachable, doing the right things”.

Arizona found life late in the half and finished on a 15-6 run thanks to six points from Markkanen and a three-pointer from Parker Jackson-Cartwright, the Wildcats lone three-pointer of the first half. “If I had anything to do with that not coming to fruition, I feel bad about it. Guess I’m more angry with myself”. That got everything started.