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Iowa State earns blowout win over San Diego State to earn 5th at Maui Invitational

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November 21st, 2018 by admin

Marial Shayok scored 21 points, Michael Jacobson added 19 and Iowa State blew out San Diego State 87-57 on Wednesday to win the Maui Invitational fifth-place game.

The Cyclones (5-1) lost to Arizona and beat Illinois to open the Maui Invitational, then jumped on the Aztecs early. Iowa State built a 14-point halftime lead and kept pushing to close out the tournament on a positive note.

San Diego State (3-2) was blown out by top-ranked Duke in its opener and bounced back with a win over Xavier in the second round.

The Aztecs were outscored 22-10 in the paint and outrebounded by 14 to finish Maui 1-2.

Matt Mitchell led San Diego State with 14 points.