Jan 24, 2004

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WACO, Texas (AP) - Corey Herring scored 16 points and Harvey Thomas added 12 to lead Baylor to a 63-59 win over Iowa State on Saturday.

Baylor (6-11, 1-3) held off a late Cyclones rally to record its first Big 12 win for head coach Scott Drew.

The Bears led 54-46 with just over three minutes to play, but five consecutive free throws by Jake Sullivan and Jackson Vroman's layup closed the gap to 54-53 less than a minute later.

Iowa State (11-4, 2-2 Big 12) never pulled within a single point again, and Baylor's Carl Marshall iced the victory with a pair of free throws in the game's final two seconds. The loss extended the Cyclones' Big 12 losing streak on the road to 19 games.

Curtis Stinson led Iowa State with 16 points, while Vroman contributed 12.

Baylor outscored Iowa State 16-8 to open the second half and led 37-28 with just over 14 minutes left to play. The Cyclones closed the margin to four points at 39-35, but the Bears went on a 9-2 run and extended their lead to 48-37 at the 8:22 mark.

Neither team shot well in the game's early stages. With just under eight minutes remaining, the Cyclones led 10-8 and had connected on only three of 11 attempts from the field. Baylor fared even worse against the Iowa State zone defense with a 4-of-20 shooting performance.

The Cyclones moved in front 18-13 with three and half minutes left to play. But the Bears went on an 8-2 run and led at the half 21-20 despite hitting only eight of 29 field goal attempts.