Hoiberg Shoots Down Kansas Iowa State’s Big Second-Half Rally Good Enough To Topple Nation’s No. 3 Team

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Fred Hoiberg scored 17 straight points for Iowa State in the second half, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with 1:11 left, and the No. 23 Cyclones rallied to beat No. 3 Kansas 69-65 Saturday at Ames, Iowa.

Hoiberg matched his career high with 32 points and combined with Julius Michalik for all 26 of Iowa State’s second-half points. Iowa State (1-1 Big Eight, 13-2 overall) scored the final 10 points of the game to overcome a 65-59 deficit.

Kansas (1-1, 11-2) lost in Ames for the third time in the last four years as a Top Ten team. The Jayhawks had a chance to go up by eight points with a little more than 3 minutes left, but Jerod Haase missed a runner in the lane with 3:12 remaining and the Cyclones stormed back.

Hoiberg made two free throws with 2:59 left, then knocked the ball from Raef LaFrentz and hit a 3-pointer from the left wing to cut the lead to 65-64 with 2:10 remaining.

After Kansas’ Jacque Vaughn missed a jumper, Hoiberg hit a 3-pointer over Haase from the right wing for a 67-65 lead. It was still a two-point game when Michalik was fouled with 8.9 seconds left after Haase missed a hurried 3-point shot. Michalik then hit both free throws.

(1) Massachusetts 93, (21) Penn 60

Lou Roe, who saves his best games for his best opponents, dominated inside with 23 points and 10 rebounds as the top-ranked Minutemen (11-1) routed the Quakers (8-2) at Amherst, Mass.

Penn, winner of its last 31 Ivy League games, may have been the toughest regular-season opponent left for the Minutemen.

Their 15 remaining foes all are unranked and 13 are in the weak Atlantic 10.

Roe, coming off three straight sub-par performances, had scored 34 points against Arkansas and 33 against Kansas.

(2) Connecticut 70, Providence 62

At Storrs, Conn., the Huskies (5-0 Big East, 12-0) remained the only unbeaten team in Division I by making 13 of 16 free throws in the final 8:10 to hold off the Friars (2-3, 10-3).

The Huskies, who had five players with nine or more points led by Ray Allen’s 14, couldn’t put away the Friars.

Providence led for the last time at 47-46 on a baseline jumper by Eric Williams with 11:17 to play. Allen hit Connecticut’s only 3-pointer of the second half 45 seconds later and the Huskies had the lead for good.

Williams made two free throws put the Friars within 51-49 with 10:19 left, but the Huskies went on an 11-3 run for a 62-52 lead with 6:05 left.

(4) North Carolina 83, (4) Clemson 66

Jerry Stackhouse, held to one point in the first half, scored eight during a key second-half stretch, sparking the Tar Heels (3-1 ACC, 12-1) to their victory over the Tigers (1-2, 10-2) at Clemson, S.C.

Stackhouse had two baskets, a 3-point goal and a free throw as North Carolina broke away from a 43-42 lead. The Tar Heels slowly pulled out to lead by as many as 20 points and held Clemson to only five field goals in the final 10 minutes.

Auburn 104, (5) Arkansas 90

Moochie Norris and Lance Weems each made five 3-point shots and the Tigers (2-2 SEC, 9-4) used their long-range shooting to surprise the Razorbacks (2-2, 13-3) at Auburn, Ala.

Auburn hit 20 of 29 shots in the first half in taking a 58-37 lead. The Tigers then survived fierce pressure from Arkansas in the second half to stop the defending national champions.

Wes Flanigan had 23 points for Auburn, including a pair of emphatic dunks at the end.

(7) Kentucky 83, Georgia 71

At Lexington, Ky., Tony Delk scored 17 points as the Wildcats (4-0 SEC, 10-2) defeated the Bulldogs (2-2, 11-3) in a game marked by poor shooting and sloppy ball-handling.

Georgia took more than 13 minutes to break into double figures and finished 0 for 16 on 3-point attempts. Kentucky shot only 35 percent in the first half, then had an 0-for-5 stretch from the foul line late in the game that allowed the Bulldogs to close their deficit.

(8) Syracuse 65, Pittsburgh 63

Lawrence Moten finished off a 19-point game with what proved the two decisive free throws with 10 seconds left after the Orangemen (5-0 Big East, 12-1) nearly blew a 19-point lead before beating the Panthers (0-5, 4-9) at Pittsburgh.

J.B. Reafsnyder made pivotal plays at each end of the floor in the final minute to help Syracuse run its winning streak to 12, its longest since a 13-game run four years ago.

(9) Maryland 76, (14) Wake Forest 66

Joe Smith had 23 points and Duane Simpkins scored all of his 17 in the second half as the Terrapins (3-1 ACC, 13-3) ended a seven-game winning streak for the Deacons (2-1, 9-2) at College Park, Md.

Maryland never trailed in improving to 10-0 at home. Johnny Rhodes added 17 points for the Terrapins, who are off to their best start since going 13-3 in 1984.

(10) Georgetown 75, Boston College 60

At Landover, Md., freshman Allen Iverson scored 20 points, leading the Hoyas (5-0 Big East, 11-1) over the Eagles (0-5, 6-6).

(11) Michigan St. 70, Oklahoma St. 69

Daimon Beathea’s 3-pointer with 7.5 seconds left gave the Spartans (11-2) their victory over the Cowboys (10-6) in an intersectional game at East Lansing, Mich.

Villanova 72, (15) Florida 70

Jonathan Haynes hit an 18-foot jumper with 1 second to play as the Wildcats (9-5) upset the Gators (7-5) in a non-leaguer at Gainesville, Fla.

Virginia 91, (16) Duke 88 (2OT)

Cory Alexander scored seven points in the second overtime, and Jamal Robinson’s baseline jumper with 54 seconds left at Durham, N.C., helped the Cavaliers (4-0 ACC, 10-3) send the Blue Devils (0-4, 9-6) to their fourth straight loss.

(17) Missouri 67, Kansas St. 61

Paul O’Liney scored all but three of his 15 points in the second half as the Tigers (2-1 Big Eight, 12-2) overcame 36-percent shooting to defeat the Wildcats (1-2, 10-5) at Columbia, Mo.

Purdue 84, (19) Iowa 83

Cuonzo Martin scored 25 points and Todd Foster scored the final three Purdue points on free throws as the Boilermakers (2-2 Big Ten, 11-5) edged the Hawkeyes (1-3, 11-5) at Iowa City, Iowa.