Tre Singleton scored 19 points on 8-for-10 shooting as Iowa State cruised to an 84-47 win over Southern on Tuesday in Ames, Iowa.
Jamarion Batemon added 15 points, eight rebounds and six assists for Iowa State (2-1). Dominykas Pleta scored 14 points on 7-for-8 shooting, and Ryan Prather Jr. chipped in 11.
Lionel Larvadain and Joseph Hunter each scored 10 points on 4-for-8 shooting off the bench to lead the Jaguars (0-4). R’Chaun King scored seven points and pulled down a team-high seven rebounds.
Iowa State finished with 19 steals as its defense stymied the Jaguars throughout the night. Batemon, Prather and Tamin Lipsey recorded four steals apiece.
The Cyclones opened the game on a 20-0 run to thrill their home crowd.
Pleta started the scoring with a layup. Batemon followed with a 3-pointer and a layup before Singleton sank a 3-pointer to give the Cyclones a 10-0 advantage in the first 1:47 of the contest.
Pleta kept the run going with a layup off a pass from Singleton. Lipsey and Singleton then scored on back-to-back layups, with Singleton completing a three-point play. Blake Buchanan made one free throw, and Singleton finished with a layup to make it a 20-point game with 14:26 remaining in the first half.
Southern finally got on the scoreboard with 14:04 left in the period, when King converted a three-point play with a dunk and a free throw.
By halftime, Iowa State led 41-18. Daniel Dormu made a jump shot and Hunter sank a layup to bring Southern within 21 points of the lead just before the break, but Lipsey ended the first-half scoring with two free throws to make it a 23-point margin.
Cyclones coach T.J. Otzelberger relied on a mix of starters and reserves as the score got further out of reach in the second half. Prather stayed in the game and drained a 3-pointer to push Iowa State past the 80-point mark with 5:02 remaining.