QUICK RECAP: Down goes No. 1

AMES — Monday night’s game between No. 19 Iowa State and top-ranked Oklahoma was typical. These two program always go at it. 

This time, Iowa State came out on the positive end. 

Final: Iowa State 83, Oklahoma 77. It marked Iowa State’s first win over a No. 1 team since 1957 when Gary Thompson led the Cyclones past Wilt Chamberlain and the Kansas Jayhawks. 

Georges Niang led the way with 22 points while Monte Morris and Abdel Nader had 20 a piece. 

Iowa State held off a fierce 3-point shooting performance from the Sooners, who went 17-for-32 from long range. Buddy Hield led the way for Oklahoma with 27, while Isaiah Cousins had 26. 

Check out Cyclone Fanatic later tonight and tomorrow for complete coverage of the win. 

Chris Williams

Chris was hired as Cyclone Fanatic’s publisher in the fall of 2009. He is Iowa State football's postgame show host on the Cyclone Radio Network and can be heard daily from 4-7 on Des Moines' top-rated sports station, 1460 KXnO. Williams, a 2007 graduate of Iowa State’s Greenlee School of Journalism, is the former publisher of the old CycloneNation.com (Scout.com). He has also written for the Des Moines Register, the Ames Tribune, CycloneReport.com and is the former sports director at KMA Radio. When Williams isn’t working, you can usually find him doing something outdoors with his wife Ashley, daughter Camryn, and Golden Retriever Dierks. He enjoys golfing, boating, country music, the Minnesota Vikings, Atlanta Braves and is passionate about any and all motor sports so finding Williams at a local dirt track is very common.

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