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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- No. 21 Iowa State kept firing away until some of its shots finally began to drop.Monte Morris scored 20 points and Matt Thomas shrugged off a cold shooting performance to make a 3-pointer that put his team ahead for good, and the Cyclones held off Indiana State 73-71 in the opening game of the AdvoCare Invitational at Disney World on Thursday.We know we can make shots. Just have to adapt to the atmosphere, Morris said after Iowa State (4-0) remained unbeaten despite shooting 34.2 percent from the field and barely making half its free throws.Nobody on the sideline was out of the game. Everyone was engaged, Morris added. I think we all stayed together. We always had confidence.Thomas was just 2 of 10 from the field. He put the Cyclones ahead with his second 3-pointer with 54 seconds remaining. Nazareth Mitrou-Long made one of two free throws with 7.6 seconds left, and Indiana States hopes for an upset ended when Brenton Scotts 3-pointer rimmed out at the buzzer.Obviously very disappointed. ... We had a chance to be beat an awful good team, Indiana State coach Greg Lansing said.We were right there. Coach drew up a play for us to execute the last second. Unfortunately my shot didnt go in, Scott said. Its a salty loss. Its a salty taste. ... Its going to hurt me for a while.Iowa State (4-0) advanced to the tournament semifinals, despite going 5 for 15 from the foul line over the final 10 minutes. The Cyclones trailed for most of the first half before using an 11-0 run to wipe out a nine-point deficit.Morris, who also had nine rebounds, was joined in double figures by Mitrou-Long and Darrell Bowie with 13 apiece. Deonte Burton and Thomas, who missed eight of 10 shots from the field, each finished with 10.Scott led Indiana State (2-2) with 20 points on 7 of 18 shooting, a pair of long 3-pointers that gave the Sycamores leads in the closing minutes. Laquarious Paige came off the bench to score a career-high 20, and reserve TJ Bell had 10 points and 11 rebounds.BIG PICTUREThis tournament provides the first real test of the young season for Iowa State, which won its first three games over Savannah State, Mount St. Marys and The Citadel by an average of 42 points. The Cyclones start five seniors, but Indiana State is an experienced team, too. The Sycamores hung tough, making a final push after falling behind 54-48, but didnt have to enough to put the game away when they climbed back on top.POLL IMPLICATIONSThe AdvoCare field features two teams ranked in the Top 25, Iowa State and No. 11 Gonzaga. Three others teams the Cyclones could wind up facing at Disney World -- Florida, Seton Hall and Miami -- are perched just outside the Top 25 in this weeks Associated Press poll .SHAKY FROM THE LINEIowa State might have been able to put the Sycamores away earlier if not for poor free-throw shooting. The Cyclones went 15 for 29 from the foul line, including just 5 of 15 over the last 9:46.SCOTT LEADS THE WAYScott entered the tournament leading the Missouri Valley Conference in scoring at 22.3 points per game. The junior was 7 of 18 from the field, including 4 of 10 from behind the 3-point line. Paige is a sophomore whose previous career high was 8 points. He had been averaging just 4.7 before Thursday.UP NEXTThe Cyclones will meet Miami (4-0) in the semifinals of the eight-team tournament on Friday. 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Among the 27 pairs who have put on at least 750 runs in this period, their average is the highest. The only players to outscore Misbah and Younis in this period are Australias Chris Rogers and David Warner - 1898 runs in 37 innings, compared to 1812 in 24.119.71 The average Misbah-Younis stand in Tests in the UAE - in 17 tries they have scored 1676 runs, with eight century partnerships.13 Test hundreds for Younis, the most by any batsman after turning 35; Rahul Dravid, Graham Gooch and Sachin Tendulkar all have 12. Younis averages 60.36 in 56 Test innings since turning 35; before thhis cut-off, he averaged 51.dddddddddddd69 from 138 innings.4055 Test runs for Misbah after the age of 35; only two batsmen have scored more - Gooch (4563) and Tendulkar (4139).5.88 Innings per Test century for Younis; among the 41 batsmen who have scored 20 or more tons, only Don Bradman has a better conversion rate - he made a hundred every 2.76 innings.39 Fifty-plus scores as Test captain for Misbah, which has put him joint fifth in the all-time list. It has taken him 83 innings to get there whereas the man he came level with, Stephen Fleming, needed 135. Only Graeme Smith, Ricky Ponting, Allan Border and Clive Lloyd have made more 50-plus scores as captain.988 Misbahs Test aggregate in 14 innings in Abu Dhabi, at an average of 109.77. Twelve more runs would make him the fifth Pakistan batsman to score 1000-plus Test runs at a venue, after Miandad, Zaheer Abbas, Yousuf and Younis. Miandad achieved this at three venues - Lahore, Karachi and Faisalabad. ' ' '