Playing without its two best scorers, the state n ° 8 of the Iowa pushed Houston n ° 5 before falling 68-59 on the road on Saturday while the cougars reinforced their advance in the title race Big 12. Curtis Jones due to the disease and Keshon Gilbert absent due to a muscle strain, the cyclones were forced to dive deeply into their bench and fell behind 16 at the start of the second half.
But the state of Iowa (21-6, 11-5 Big 12) Rugi and reduced the deficit to 48-47 with less than eight minutes to play before the cougars (23-4, 15-1) Are ultimately resized behind the warm shot of LJ Cryer. The top scorer of the cougars produced 12 points in less than six minutes while Houston was one step ahead of the section.
Cryer finished with 28 points, two to less than a career summit and succeeded 5 of the 7 attempts in the range of 3 points while Houston (23-4, 15-1) struck 10 of the 17 shots beyond Arc. Cougars need quality shooting performance to withstand a second half-time load by Milan Momcilovic from the ISU.
The second year striker scored his 16 points after the break to lead the cyclones. Three occasions at the end of the second half, Momcilovic drew the state of the Iowa in two points. However, the cougars closed on a 10-3 race and held the aimless ISU of the 4:38 finals while making another huge step towards rehearsal as champion of the regular season of Big 12.
Still in advance is a force test on Monday with Texas Tech n ° 9 next week while cougars are looking to avenge their only loss of championship. Houston now has 30-4 in the game of the regular season league since he joined the Big 12 last season.
