Texas Longhorns Make Late Run, Slam Door On Iowa State

The Texas Longhorns were in for a fight with the Iowa State Cyclones, it was a late run led by Courtney Ramey that proved the difference.

The Texas Longhorns hosted the Iowa State Cyclones on Saturday afternoon at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. Early on it was the Longhorns on offense with a quick 7-0 run out of the gate. Jericho Sims threw down a monster dunk and Jase Febres three ball that got Texas rolling.

Halfway through the first half Texas built up their lead to 19-13 before the Cyclones made a run that eventually resulted in a Iowa State lead. The Zion Griffin basket gave them their first lead of the game 26-25 with just 6:51 left in the half. A 9-0 run gave the Cylones a 31-25 lead over a five-minute span that ended with a Donovan Williams three ball on a Matt Coleman III assist. Coleman added another buck to close the gap to 31-30 heading into the break.

In the first minute of the second half saw two quick fouls on Sims that caused him to take a seat on the bench. By the 12:45 mark of the second half the Cyclones were able to balloon their lead to eight at 51-43 after a Tyrese Haliburton basket. Courtney Ramey scored six of the next eight to get Texas back within two points.

Late in the second half with time running out on the Longhorns, Griffin would extend the Cyclones lead to five. With just over two minutes left in the game the Longhorns led by Ramey who drilled a couple of threes to retake the lead for the first time since the first half. A Donovan Williams dunk with four seconds left slammed the door shut on the Cyclones as Texas won 72-68.