No. 5 Iowa State needs late surge to nip Dayton

Keshon Gilbert scored six of his 24 points in the final 44 seconds to propel No. 5 Iowa State to an 89-84 win over Dayton in the consolation bracket of the Maui Invitational on Tuesday in Lahaina, Hawaii.Curtis Jones delivered 19 points off the bench as Iowa State (4-1) recovered from an agonizing loss to No. 4 Auburn in the opening round on Monday.It was a tie game when Gilbert drew a flagrant foul with 44 seconds left and then swished two free throws to give the Cyclones the lead for good.Then, as Iowa State retained possession, Gilbert made a daring drive down the lane and scored high off the glass to make it 85-81 with 26 seconds to go.Dishon Jackson contributed 12 points and six rebounds and Milan Momcilovic added 10 points as the Cyclones advanced to the fifth-place game on Wednesday against Colorado.Iowa State made 51.7 percent of its shots from the floor and 4 of 17 (23.5 percent) from 3-point range.Malachi Smith provided a career-high 22 points and nine assists to pace Dayton (5-2), which moves on to a tough matchup in the seventh-place game against No. 2 UConn.Enoch Cheeks scored 16 points and Zed Key added 15 points for the Flyers, who made 58 percent of their field-goal attempts and 7 of 18 shots from 3-point range (38.9 percent).In a game in which neither team led by a double-digit margin, Dayton was up by as many as nine points in the first half and Iowa State had the same gap in the second half.

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