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Oklahoma State cruises past Iowa State 80-71

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February 28th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

AMES, Iowa (AP) — After years of getting owned by Iowa State, Oklahoma State exacted some payback in 2018. Jeffrey Carroll scored 21 points, Cameron McGriff had 19 and Oklahoma State cruised past Iowa State 80-71 on Tuesday, sweeping the season series with the Cyclones after losing the previous 10 meetings. Mitchell Solomon scored 10 points with 11 rebounds for the Cowboys (17-13, 7-10 Big 12), who outrebounded Iowa State 47-37 and outscored the Cyclones 32-16 in the paint.

Lindell Wigginton had 20 points and Donovan Jackson scored 17 for Iowa State (13-16, 4-13). It will finish last in the league and be the No. 10 seed for next week’s conference tournament in Kansas City — a tournament it won a year ago. Standout big man Cameron Lard was a non-factor, scoring just two points with six rebounds. “We’ve got to find a way to become a better defensive team,” Iowa State coach Steve Prohm said. “It’s just going to take a lot of work, a lot of focus, a lot of effort.”

The Cyclones’ home schedule began with a loss and ended with one. Iowa State typically enjoys a tremendous home-court advantage, but it finished with just four Big 12 wins at Hilton Coliseum in 2017-18 — though three of those were against top-20 opponents. Iowa State wraps up the regular season at Oklahoma on Friday.