Iowa St. 84, No. 23 Colorado 77

1/13/2008 6:51 PM

By ARNIE STAPLETON
AP Sports Writer

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) -Alison Lacey wasn't so much in a zone as she just wanted to go home.

``It was more I don't want to go into a third overtime. My legs wouldn't be able to do it,'' said the sophomore guard from Australia after scoring 11 of her 27 points in the second overtime to give Iowa State an 84-77 win over No. 23 Colorado on Sunday.

``I was so tired, I've never been that tired,'' said Lacey, who scored 16 points altogether in the extra periods as the Cyclones snapped the Buffaloes' 11-game winning streak.

The Cyclones (12-3, 1-1 Big 12), who finished the game on a 12-1 run, quickly fell behind by five points in the second overtime before Lacey brought them back with three 3-pointers, the second one of which gave Iowa State a 77-76.

Colorado (12-3, 1-1) tied it on a free throw by Jackie McFarland, who led the Buffs with 28 points, but her second foul shot rimmed out and Lacey put the Cyclones ahead for good 80-77 with a 3-pointer from the right elbow with 1:18 left.

Kelsey Bolte added 21 points for the Cyclones, including a key 3-pointer in the first overtime that gave Iowa State a four-point lead before the Buffs fought back to force a second overtime.

The game was tied at 61 after regulation and at 69 after the first extra period.

This was the first double-overtime women's game at the Coors Events Center, and it looked like Colorado would prevail when McFarland's three-point play and Bianca Smith's steal and score gave the Buffs a 74-69 lead in the first 30 seconds of the second overtime.

``It was tough,'' Lacey said. ``We should have won in the first overtime and I think everybody's legs were dead and everyone was out of breath. Our heads did drop a little bit, but to our credit we did pick it up and we came back and like coach said we're starting to play like Iowa State should.''

The Buffs admittedly let up defensively, just as they had after taking a 12-point lead midway through the second half.

``I think that's just the attitude that comes with being a little young,'' McFarland said. ``We have matured a lot but those are things that happen to teams that are a lot older and a lot more mature. ... I just don't think that we have that killer instinct to put a team away. We had a chance in the second half and in double overtime but we didn't do it.''

Led by Lacey's 7-for-11 performance from beyond the arc, the Cyclones sank 14-of-27 from three-point range compared to Colorado's 6-of-17.

``That's their firepower, that's their Gatorade, that's their energy,'' Buffaloes coach Kathy McConnell-Miller said. ``At times I thought Iowa State looked tired, but they'd hit a 3 and it brought them right back into it.''

Nicky Wieben added 14 points and 11 rebounds for the Cyclones, and Brittany Spears added 21 points for Colorado.

McFarland and teammate Susie Powers tied a school record by playing all 48 minutes. The only other player to log that many minutes for the Buffs was Tracy Tripp on March 6, 1989, also in a double-overtime game.