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MBB Five-Game Win Streak Halted in 96-79 Loss to Iowa State
February 05, 2006 | Men's Basketball
AMES, Iowa (AP) - Curtis Stinson recorded just the third triple-double in Iowa State history with 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists and the Cyclones snapped a three-game home losing streak by beating Colorado 96-79 Sunday.
Stinson joined Marc Urquhart and Jamaal Tinsley as the only Cyclones to record triple-doubles. Urquhart did it against Illinois-Chicago in 1989, and Tinsley recorded his against Missouri in 2000.
Rahshon Clark scored 24 points and grabbed 14 boards, and freshman Shawn Taggert chipped in with 11 points and 10 rebounds for the Cyclones, who rallied from an early 10-point deficit by using a pressure defense to force Colorado into turnovers and bad shots. Iowa State (14-7, 4-4) scored 28 points off 18 Buffaloes turnovers.
The loss snapped Colorado's five-game Big 12 winning streak, its longest since 1997. Marcus Hall led the Buffaloes (15-4, 5-3) with 17 points, and Chris Copeland added 16.
Iowa State held Richard Roby, the league's leading scorer, to just 10 points.
Up by 10 at halftime, Iowa State put the game out of reach with an 18-8 run to start the second half. Stinson capped the stretch by driving the length of the court for a layup that gave the Cyclones a 63-43 lead with 11:43 left.
Iowa State outscored Colorado 37-17 over the final 16 minutes of the first half and led 45-35 at the break.
The Cyclones erased an early 10-point deficit with an 18-4 run midway through the opening half. Jessan Gray buried a 3-pointer to bring Iowa State even at 20-all, and Stinson followed with back-to-back jumpers to put the Cyclones ahead 26-22.
Colorado hit four of its first five shots from 3-point range and jumped out to an 18-8 lead four minutes into the game.
