Haliburton, hot Cyclones drop Purdue Fort Wayne 89-59

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Tyrese Haliburton drained a career-high six 3-pointers and scored 22 points and Iowa State used a hot-shooting first half to defeat Purdue Fort Wayne 89-59 on Sunday.

Solomon Young added 15 points and reserve Terrence Lewis had a season-high 11 for the Cyclones (7-4), who led by as many as 26 in the first half thanks to a barrage of 3-pointers.

Jarred Godfrey led the Mastodons (7-8) with 17 points and Brian Patrick added 13.

Haliburton hit a 3-pointer to put Iowa State up for good, 14-12 at the 11:26 mark of the first half. Zion Griffin followed with a 3 and with a Haliburton 3 with 4:58 to go, which capped a 13-0 run, the Cyclones led 37-20.

Lewis sandwiched a pair of 3s around a layup to close a late 10-0 for a 50-24 lead before two late buckets by the Mastodons.

With Haliburton making 6 of 8 shots, including 5 of 7 behind the arc, Iowa State shot a season best 60.6% in the first half, going 10 of 20 behind the arc. The Mastodons shot 41% with four 3-pointers and had 11 turnovers the Cyclones turned into 18 points.

Iowa State had an early 10-2 run in the second half and a free throw by Griffin made it 67-37 near the midway point.

Despite a cold stretch of seven-straight misses in the second half, Iowa State finished strong. The Cyclones were 15 of 30 in the second half, shooting 56% (35 of 63) for the game, making 14 of 30 from distance.

BIG PICTURE

Purdue Fort Wayne: The Mastodons, after getting blitzed in the first half, held their own in the second half. Dylan Carla had 12 rebounds as they build a 42-35 advantage on the boards, grabbing 18 on the offensive end.

Iowa State: Haliburton continued his torrid ways. Coming into this game he was averaging 20 points on 58.5% shooting, 6.6 assists and 6.2 rebounds in the previous five games. He was 14 of 29 from distance. Overall, he was accounting for 43% of the Cyclones’ scoring.

UP NEXT

Purdue Fort Wayne opens Summit League play at home against South Dakota on New Year’s Day.

Iowa State has an eight-day break before a home game against Florida A&M on New Year’s Eve, the last tuneup before conference play.

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