AMES, Iowa (AP) - Point guard Korie Lucious scored a season-high 17 points, Tyrus McGee added 16 off the bench and Iowa State beat Florida Gulf Coast 83-72 on Tuesday night.
Melvin Ejim chipped in with 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Cyclones (6-2), who've won two in a row ahead of Friday's showdown in Iowa City with the rival Hawkeyes.
Iowa State pushed a slim halftime lead to 62-46 early in the second half and went on a late 15-4 run to put the Eagles out of reach.
Chase Fieler had a game-high 18 points to lead Florida Gulf Coast (6-4), which had won two in a row.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Florida Gulf Coast (6-4) | 37 | 35 | 72 |
| Iowa State (6-2) « | 41 | 42 | 83 |
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| Florida Gulf Coast Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Fieler, F | 31 | 8-14 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| E. McKnight, F | 24 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| S. Brown, G | 33 | 5-14 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| B. Thompson, G | 33 | 5-12 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
| B. Comer, G | 31 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 15 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Murray | 16 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| C. Varidel | 14 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| F. Cvjeticanin | 9 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| D. Graf | 9 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 27-58 | 9-10 | 31 | 14 | 8 | 72 | |
| 46.6% | 90% | ||||||
| Iowa State Cyclones | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Ejim, F | 29 | 7-12 | 0-0 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| A. Booker, F | 12 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| K. Lucious, G | 35 | 6-11 | 0-0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| W. Clyburn, G | 29 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| C. Babb, G | 27 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. McGee | 28 | 6-11 | 1-2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| P. Gibson | 20 | 4-4 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| G. Niang | 18 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| N. Long | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 34-69 | 2-5 | 37 | 21 | 12 | 83 | |
| 49.3% | 40% | ||||||
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