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Cyclones overcome slow start

Iowa State pulls away to win opener vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff 80-63

AP PHOTO - Arkansas-Pine Bluff forward Markedric Bell (3) defends against a shot by Iowa State guard Jaden Walker, right, during the second half of a college basketball game Sunday at Hilton Coliseum in Ames.

AMES — Newcomer Jalen Coleman-Lands scored 17 points, Rasir Bolton added 16 and Iowa State took over in the second half to defeat Arkansas-Pine Bluff 80-63 on Sunday.

The Cyclones, in their season opener, trailed 37-34 at the break before Coleman-Lands, a graduate transfer from DePaul, sparked a second-half rally.

Tyler Harris hit a 3-pointer to put Iowa State ahead for good, 39-38, in the first minute of the second half, and Coleman-Lands followed with two layups. The teams traded baskets before Harris it a 3, Bolton had two buckets, including a dunk, and Coleman-Lands a 3 for a 10-0 run that made it 58-44.

Coleman-Lands scored 12 points on 5-of-7 shooting and Bolton was 4 for 4 as the Cyclones shot 59 percent in the second half, including 8 of 14 from 3-point range. Harris, a junior transfer from Memphis, went 3 of 4 from distance after the brake and finished with 14 points with four 3s.

The win was the 200th for Iowa State coach Steve Prohm, the 96th with the Cyclones.

Markedric Bell and Shaun Doss scored 15 points apiece for the Golden Lions (0-3) and Dequan Morris added 14. Bell and Morris both snared 10 rebounds as the visitors won the rebounding battle 36-31.

The Golden Lions shot 52 percent in the first half to take the lead but cooled off to 38 percent in the second half.

Iowa St. 80, Arkansas-Pine Bluff 63

At Ames

ARK.-PINE BLUFF (0-3) — Bell 7-13 0-0 15, Doss 7-13 1-2 15, Stredic 1-3 0-2 2, Jo.Johnson 2-10 2-2 6, Morris 6-8 2-2 14, Jones 0-3 4-5 4, Lynn 2-5 1-2 7, Boyd 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS 25-56 10-15 63.

IOWA ST. (1-0) — Ja.Johnson 3-10 0-0 8, Young 1-3 0-0 2, Bolton 7-11 0-0 16, Coleman-Lands 7-14 0-0 17, Harris 5-10 0-0 14, Dubar 3-7 1-2 7, Conditt 1-2 0-0 2, Foster 2-4 0-0 4, Blackwell 0-0 3-5 3, Walker 2-4 0-0 5, Jenkins 1-1 0-0 2. TOTALS 32-66 4-7 80.

Halftime–Ark.-Pine Bluff 37-34. 3-Point Goals–Ark.-Pine Bluff 3-14 (Lynn 2-5, Bell 1-3, Boyd 0-1, Jo.Johnson 0-1, Doss 0-2, Jones 0-2), Iowa St. 12-32 (Harris 4-8, Coleman-Lands 3-9, Bolton 2-5, Ja.Johnson 2-7, Walker 1-1, Dubar 0-1, Foster 0-1). Rebounds–Ark.-Pine Bluff 34 (Bell, Morris 10), Iowa St. 30 (Dubar 8). Assists–Ark.-Pine Bluff 10 (Doss, Jones 3), Iowa St. 21 (Bolton 7). Total Fouls–Ark.-Pine Bluff 7, Iowa St. 12.

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