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Iowa State Cyclones @ 
Colorado Buffaloes 49–55
2009-01-27 · NCAA · CU Events Center, Boulder CO
Iowa State Cyclones 2008-09 · Colorado Buffaloes 2008-09 · 2008-09 season
Team stats
| Iowa State | Colorado | |
|---|---|---|
| Field goals | 20-42 .476 | 19-49 .388 |
| Three-pointers | 5-13 .385 | 6-19 .316 |
| Free throws | 4-8 .500 | 11-16 .688 |
| Offensive rebounds | 3 | 7 |
| Defensive rebounds | 25 | 21 |
| Total rebounds | 29 | 29 |
| Assists | 11 | 6 |
| Steals | 3 | 9 |
| Blocks | 2 | 0 |
| Turnovers | 15 | 8 |
| Personal fouls | 17 | 13 |
| Technical fouls | 0 | 0 |
| Largest lead | 5 | 9 |
Iowa State Cyclones
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3P | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Bryan Petersen G | 37 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Craig Brackins F | 36 | 24 | 11-16 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Diante Garrett G | 30 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Lucca Staiger G | 24 | 6 | 2-4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Justin Hamilton C | 12 | 4 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Thompson F | 18 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Vanderbeken F | 14 | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Charles Boozer G | 12 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wes Eikmeier G | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sean Haluska G | 8 | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Dominique Buckley G | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 49 | 20-42 | 5-13 | 4-8 | 3 | 25 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 17 |
FG .476 · 3P .385 · FT .500
Did not play: Cameron Lee, Clint Mann
Colorado Buffaloes
| Player | MIN | PTS | FG | 3P | FT | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cory Higgins G | 38 | 19 | 6-14 | 2-4 | 5-5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Nate Tomlinson G | 33 | 9 | 3-6 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dwight Thorne II G | 32 | 9 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 3-3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Austin Dufault F | 31 | 7 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 2-4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jermyl Jackson-Wilson F | 18 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Casey Crawford F | 14 | 5 | 2-6 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Levi Knutson G | 10 | 6 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Eckloff F | 9 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Javon Coney G | 9 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Toby Veal F | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 55 | 19-49 | 6-19 | 11-16 | 7 | 21 | 29 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 13 |
FG .388 · 3P .316 · FT .688
Did not play: Matt Favaro, Ryan Kelley, Andrew Zehnder
Play-by-play
Show every play (221)
First half
- 19:26 COLO Cory Higgins missed Two Point Jumper.
- 19:26 ISU Bryan Petersen Defensive Rebound.
- 18:39 ISU Craig Brackins made Two Point Layup. 2–0
- 18:34 COLO Foul on Jermyl Jackson-Wilson
- 18:34 ISU Craig Brackins made Free Throw. 3–0
- 18:32 COLO Nate Tomlinson made Three Point Jumper. 3–3
- 17:33 ISU Foul on Lucca Staiger
- 17:28 COLO Cory Higgins made Two Point Jumper. 3–5
- 17:15 ISU Craig Brackins made Two Point Jumper. Assisted by Diante Garrett. 5–5
- 17:01 COLO Jermyl Jackson-Wilson missed Free Throw.
- 17:01 ISU Foul on Justin Hamilton
- 17:01 COLO nan
- 17:01 COLO Jermyl Jackson-Wilson missed Free Throw.
- 17:01 COLO Nate Tomlinson Offensive Rebound.
- 16:47 COLO Austin Dufault missed Three Point Jumper.
- 16:47 COLO Nate Tomlinson Offensive Rebound.
- 16:19 COLO Foul on Jermyl Jackson-Wilson
- 16:02 COLO Foul on Dwight Thorne II
- 15:59 ISU Official TV Timeout.
- 15:39 ISU Dominique Buckley missed Two Point Jumper.
- 15:39 COLO Nate Tomlinson Defensive Rebound.
- 15:15 COLO Cory Higgins missed Three Point Jumper.
- 15:15 COLO Trey Eckloff Offensive Rebound.
- 14:54 ISU Justin Hamilton made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Diante Garrett. 7–5
- 14:37 COLO Dwight Thorne II made Two Point Layup. 7–7
- 14:23 ISU Justin Hamilton made Two Point Layup. Assisted by Diante Garrett. 9–7
- 14:05 ISU Foul on Lucca Staiger
- 14:05 COLO Austin Dufault made Free Throw. 9–8
- 14:05 COLO Austin Dufault made Free Throw. 9–9
- 13:43 ISU Craig Brackins missed Two Point Jumper.
- 13:43 COLO Nate Tomlinson Defensive Rebound.
- 13:16 ISU Foul on Bryan Petersen
- 12:46 COLO Cory Higgins made Two Point Jumper. 9–11
- 12:46 ISU Foul on Sean Haluska
- 12:46 COLO Cory Higgins made Free Throw. 9–12
- 12:21 ISU Charles Boozer missed Three Point Jumper.
- 12:21 ISU Bryan Petersen Offensive Rebound.
- 12:03 COLO Foul on Nate Tomlinson
- 11:47 ISU Sean Haluska missed Two Point Jumper.
- 11:47 COLO Dwight Thorne II Defensive Rebound.
- 11:23 COLO Nate Tomlinson missed Three Point Jumper.
- 11:23 ISU Craig Brackins Defensive Rebound.
- 11:10 COLO Foul on Casey Crawford
- 11:10 ISU Official TV Timeout.
- 11:05 ISU Bryan Petersen made Three Point Jumper. 12–12
- 10:31 COLO Cory Higgins missed Three Point Jumper.
- 10:31 ISU Iowa State Defensive Rebound.
- 10:02 ISU Alex Thompson made Two Point Jumper. 14–12
- 9:20 COLO Cory Higgins missed Two Point Layup.
- 9:20 ISU Wes Eikmeier Defensive Rebound.
- 9:15 ISU Wes Eikmeier missed Three Point Jumper.
- 9:15 ISU Charles Boozer Offensive Rebound.
- 9:10 ISU Charles Boozer missed Two Point Jumper.
- 9:10 COLO Austin Dufault Defensive Rebound.
- 8:43 COLO Nate Tomlinson made Three Point Jumper. 14–15
- 8:24 ISU Alex Thompson missed Two Point Layup.
- 8:24 COLO Austin Dufault Defensive Rebound.
- 8:09 COLO Levi Knutson made Two Point Layup. 14–17
- 8:02 ISU Charles Boozer made Three Point Jumper. 17–17
- 7:27 ISU Foul on Charles Boozer
- 7:27 COLO Official TV Timeout.
- 7:03 ISU Craig Brackins made Two Point Jumper. 19–17
- 6:27 COLO Dwight Thorne II missed Three Point Jumper.
- 6:27 ISU Justin Hamilton Defensive Rebound.
- 5:51 COLO Dwight Thorne II made Two Point Jumper. 19–19
- 5:22 ISU Craig Brackins made Two Point Dunk Shot. 21–19
- 5:04 COLO Trey Eckloff missed Three Point Jumper.
- 5:04 ISU Bryan Petersen Defensive Rebound.
- 4:55 ISU Craig Brackins missed Two Point Jumper.
- 4:55 COLO Javon Coney Defensive Rebound.
- 4:29 COLO Toby Veal missed Two Point Jumper.
- 4:29 ISU Justin Hamilton Defensive Rebound.
- 3:57 ISU Justin Hamilton missed Two Point Jumper.
- 3:57 COLO Trey Eckloff Defensive Rebound.
- 3:52 COLO Colorado Full Timeout.
- 3:34 COLO Casey Crawford missed Three Point Jumper.
- 3:34 ISU Craig Brackins Defensive Rebound.
- 3:16 ISU Iowa State Full Timeout.
- 3:08 COLO Austin Dufault made Two Point Layup. 21–21
- 2:48 ISU Craig Brackins made Two Point Jumper. 23–21
- 2:13 COLO Casey Crawford missed Two Point Jumper.
- 2:13 ISU Charles Boozer Defensive Rebound.
- 1:34 COLO Cory Higgins missed Two Point Layup.
- 1:34 COLO Casey Crawford Offensive Rebound.
- 1:32 COLO Casey Crawford made Two Point Layup. 23–23
- 1:15 ISU Alex Thompson missed Two Point Jumper.
- 1:15 COLO Dwight Thorne II Defensive Rebound.
- 0:51 COLO Casey Crawford made Three Point Jumper. 23–26
- 0:48 ISU Iowa State Full Timeout.
- 0:47 ISU Bryan Petersen made Three Point Jumper. 26–26
- 0:08 COLO Casey Crawford missed Three Point Jumper.
- 0:08 COLO Colorado Offensive Rebound.
- 0:08 ISU Craig Brackins Block.
- 0:07 ISU Diante Garrett made Two Point Layup. 28–26
- 0:00 End of the 1st Half.
Second half
- 19:51 COLO Austin Dufault missed Two Point Jumper.
- 19:51 ISU Craig Brackins Defensive Rebound.
- 19:25 ISU Justin Hamilton missed Two Point Jumper.
- 19:25 COLO Cory Higgins Defensive Rebound.
- 19:06 COLO Cory Higgins missed Two Point Layup.
- 19:06 ISU Justin Hamilton Defensive Rebound.
- 18:52 ISU Craig Brackins made Two Point Jumper. 30–26
- 18:37 COLO Dwight Thorne II missed Two Point Jumper.
- 18:37 ISU Lucca Staiger Defensive Rebound.
- 18:26 ISU Justin Hamilton missed Two Point Layup.
- 18:26 COLO Colorado Defensive Rebound.
- 18:23 ISU Foul on Justin Hamilton
- 18:08 COLO Cory Higgins made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Dwight Thorne II. 30–29
- 17:36 COLO Dwight Thorne II missed Three Point Jumper.
- 17:36 ISU Craig Brackins Defensive Rebound.
- 17:21 ISU Craig Brackins missed Two Point Layup.
- 17:21 COLO Cory Higgins Defensive Rebound.
- 17:13 ISU Foul on Bryan Petersen
- 17:13 COLO Cory Higgins made Free Throw. 30–30
- 17:13 COLO Cory Higgins made Free Throw. 30–31
- 17:03 ISU Lucca Staiger made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Bryan Petersen. 33–31
- 16:34 COLO Cory Higgins missed Two Point Jumper.
- 16:34 ISU Craig Brackins Defensive Rebound.
- 16:19 ISU Craig Brackins made Two Point Layup. 35–31
- 16:04 ISU Foul on Diante Garrett
- 15:35 COLO Cory Higgins missed Two Point Layup.
- 15:35 ISU Craig Brackins Defensive Rebound.
- 15:26 ISU Craig Brackins missed Three Point Jumper.
- 15:26 COLO Austin Dufault Defensive Rebound.
- 15:05 COLO Austin Dufault missed Two Point Jumper.
- 15:05 ISU Jamie Vanderbeken Defensive Rebound.
- 14:37 COLO Foul on Jermyl Jackson-Wilson
- 14:37 ISU Iowa State Full Timeout.
- 14:37 ISU Jamie Vanderbeken missed Free Throw.
- 14:37 ISU nan
- 14:37 ISU Jamie Vanderbeken made Free Throw. 36–31
- 14:10 COLO Javon Coney missed Three Point Jumper.
- 14:10 ISU Lucca Staiger Defensive Rebound.
- 13:33 COLO Casey Crawford missed Three Point Jumper.
- 13:33 COLO Casey Crawford Offensive Rebound.
- 13:11 COLO Nate Tomlinson missed Three Point Jumper.
- 13:11 ISU Jamie Vanderbeken Defensive Rebound.
- 12:34 COLO Cory Higgins made Three Point Jumper. 36–34
- 12:10 COLO Foul on Casey Crawford
- 12:10 ISU Craig Brackins missed Free Throw.
- 12:10 ISU nan
- 12:10 ISU Craig Brackins made Free Throw. 37–34
- 11:56 ISU Bryan Petersen missed Two Point Layup.
- 11:56 COLO Trey Eckloff Defensive Rebound.
- 11:53 COLO Colorado Full Timeout.
- 11:45 COLO Trey Eckloff missed Three Point Jumper.
- 11:45 ISU Craig Brackins Defensive Rebound.
- 11:30 COLO Foul on Javon Coney
- 11:30 ISU Sean Haluska made Free Throw. 38–34
- 11:30 ISU Sean Haluska missed Free Throw.
- 11:30 COLO Cory Higgins Defensive Rebound.
- 11:11 COLO Trey Eckloff missed Two Point Jumper.
- 11:11 ISU Charles Boozer Defensive Rebound.
- 10:49 ISU Bryan Petersen missed Three Point Jumper.
- 10:49 COLO Dwight Thorne II Defensive Rebound.
- 10:27 COLO Levi Knutson made Two Point Jumper. 38–36
- 9:58 ISU Charles Boozer missed Three Point Jumper.
- 9:58 COLO Dwight Thorne II Defensive Rebound.
- 9:32 COLO Dwight Thorne II missed Two Point Layup.
- 9:32 ISU Craig Brackins Defensive Rebound.
- 9:12 ISU Craig Brackins missed Two Point Layup.
- 9:12 COLO Levi Knutson Defensive Rebound.
- 8:45 COLO Dwight Thorne II missed Two Point Layup.
- 8:45 COLO Dwight Thorne II Offensive Rebound.
- 8:22 COLO Levi Knutson made Two Point Layup. 38–38
- 8:01 ISU Lucca Staiger missed Two Point Jumper.
- 8:01 COLO Jermyl Jackson-Wilson Defensive Rebound.
- 7:35 COLO Austin Dufault made Three Point Jumper. 38–41
- 7:25 ISU Iowa State Full Timeout.
- 7:12 COLO Foul on Javon Coney
- 7:12 ISU Iowa State Full Timeout.
- 7:03 ISU Craig Brackins made Two Point Layup. 40–41
- 6:51 COLO Jermyl Jackson-Wilson missed Two Point Layup.
- 6:51 ISU Lucca Staiger Defensive Rebound.
- 6:29 ISU Diante Garrett missed Two Point Layup.
- 6:29 COLO Jermyl Jackson-Wilson Defensive Rebound.
- 5:57 ISU Foul on Craig Brackins
- 5:50 COLO Nate Tomlinson made Two Point Layup. 40–43
- 5:36 COLO Foul on Jermyl Jackson-Wilson
- 5:27 ISU Craig Brackins made Two Point Dunk Shot. 42–43
- 5:04 ISU Foul on Lucca Staiger
- 4:47 ISU Craig Brackins made Two Point Layup. 44–43
- 4:19 COLO Cory Higgins made Two Point Jumper. 44–45
- 3:58 ISU Craig Brackins made Two Point Layup. 46–45
- 3:40 COLO Dwight Thorne II missed Two Point Jumper.
- 3:40 ISU Alex Thompson Defensive Rebound.
- 3:13 ISU Foul on Diante Garrett
- 3:13 COLO Colorado Full Timeout.
- 2:44 ISU Foul on Sean Haluska
- 2:44 COLO Cory Higgins made Free Throw. 46–46
- 2:44 COLO Cory Higgins made Free Throw. 46–47
- 2:42 COLO Foul on Austin Dufault
- 2:30 ISU Iowa State Full Timeout.
- 1:58 COLO Dwight Thorne II made Two Point Layup. 46–49
- 1:58 ISU Foul on Alex Thompson
- 1:58 COLO Dwight Thorne II made Free Throw. 46–50
- 1:45 ISU Diante Garrett missed Three Point Jumper.
- 1:45 COLO Austin Dufault Defensive Rebound.
- 1:11 COLO Cory Higgins made Two Point Layup. 46–52
- 0:59 ISU Iowa State Full Timeout.
- 0:53 COLO Foul on Jermyl Jackson-Wilson
- 0:53 ISU Craig Brackins missed Free Throw.
- 0:53 COLO Dwight Thorne II Defensive Rebound.
- 0:50 ISU Foul on Diante Garrett
- 0:50 COLO Dwight Thorne II made Free Throw. 46–53
- 0:50 COLO Dwight Thorne II made Free Throw. 46–54
- 0:40 ISU Foul on Charles Boozer
- 0:40 COLO Nate Tomlinson missed Free Throw.
- 0:40 COLO nan
- 0:40 COLO Nate Tomlinson made Free Throw. 46–55
- 0:31 ISU Lucca Staiger missed Three Point Jumper.
- 0:31 COLO Colorado Defensive Rebound.
- 0:24 ISU Foul on Sean Haluska
- 0:23 COLO Austin Dufault missed Free Throw.
- 0:23 COLO nan
- 0:23 COLO Austin Dufault missed Free Throw.
- 0:23 ISU Jamie Vanderbeken Defensive Rebound.
- 0:11 ISU Diante Garrett missed Three Point Jumper.
- 0:11 ISU Craig Brackins Offensive Rebound.
- 0:06 ISU Alex Thompson made Three Point Jumper. 49–55
- 0:00 End Game