AMES, Iowa (AP) -- Oklahoma backed off Jamaal Tinsley and Tinsley
made the Sooners pay.
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Tinsley hit three quick 3-pointers to spark a torrid second
half, and Kantrail Horton scored a career-high 27 points as
Iowa State (No. 23 Associated Press) beat Oklahoma (No. 16 ESPN/USA Today, No. 15 AP) 100-80 Saturday in a Big 12 opener.
Known more for his passing than shooting, Tinsley finished with
a career-high five 5-pointers in seven attempts.
"Our game plan was to get off him a little bit and give him the
jump shot," Oklahoma's Hollis Price said. "But he came out in the
second half and showed us he can hit the 3-pointer and then we had
to respect him. He just created off that."
Tinsley, who woke up feeling sick to his stomach, had been
8-for-27 on 3-pointers coming in. He finished with 17 points, eight
assists and three steals.
"I know teams are still going to back off me," Tinsley said.
"I've just got to prove it to them. Last year, it was like I was
shooting just to be shooting. This year, every shot I shoot I think
is going in, so I must be shooting with confidence."
Iowa State (13-1), the defending Big 12 champion, went from a
14-point deficit late in the first half to 12 points ahead in the
first 7:20 of the second half en route to its 29th straight
home-court victory.
The Cyclones shot 61 percent in the second half and scored 100
points in a conference game for the first time since a 108-68
victory over Colorado on Feb. 18, 1995.
Oklahoma (11-2) shot 64 percent in the first half but went more
than five minutes without a basket at the start of the second half
and lost a conference opener for the first time in coach Kelvin
Sampson's seven seasons.
"I thought we were outdetermined in the first half," Iowa
State coach Larry Eustachy said. "They just wanted it more. I told
my team the great thing about basketball is that there are two
halves.
"It helps when you make all those threes, but I just liked our
determination defensively in the second half."
Freshman Jake Sullivan added 17 points for Iowa State, Paul
Shirley scored 15 and reserve Richard Evans had a career-high 14.
Horton, whose previous best was 21 points, grabbed 11 rebounds to
lead Iowa State's 39-21 edge on the boards and the Cyclones
finished 12-for-18 on 3-pointers.
"Eighteen years of doing this and I have never seen a team make
threes against us like that," Sampson said. "Most of them were
contested. It wasn't like we were 10 feet off them."
Hollis Price led Oklahoma with 25 points, Aaron McGhee had 22
and Nolan Johnson 14. McGhee had 15 points at halftime but did not
get a field goal in the second half until 6:42 remained. At that
point, Oklahoma trailed by 19.
Iowa State trailed 48-41 at halftime. But once the second half
started, the Cyclones weren't behind for long.
Tinsley hit three 3-pointers in the first 2 1/2 minutes of the
half, then fed Martin Rancik for a layup and Sullivan for a
3-pointer as Iowa State surged into a 57-53 lead.
After Horton hit a 3-pointer at the 12:40 mark, the Cyclones had
made 10 of their first 11 shots in the half and led 69-57. By then,
the Cyclones were playing so well that they added to their lead
after Tinsley went to the bench with his third foul.
Iowa State led 71-60 when Tinsley went out. After Price scored
for Oklahoma, four different players scored in a 10-0 Iowa State
run that made it 81-62 with 7:38 left. Oklahoma never threatened
after that.
Oklahoma continually beat Iowa State off the dribble in the
first half and scored almost at will. The Sooners made 11 straight
shots at one point and led 45-31 with 3:29 left in the half.
But Oklahoma did not get its first field goal in the second half
until Johnson scored on a drive at the 14:44 mark.
"We had to come out and stop their penetration to win the game,
and we did," Horton said.
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Oklahoma's Nolan Johnson scores on a slashing drive.
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Iowa State's Paul Shirley goes to work on the boards.
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