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Fuller leads Iowa past Tennessee State 67-62
Jan 13, 2010 - 4:08 AM By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports WriterIOWA CITY, Iowa(AP) -- Aaron Fuller scored a career-high 24 points and Iowa sunck past Tennessee State 67-62 on Tuesday night to snap a four-game losing streak.
But what was supposed to be a confidence builder for the struggling Hawkeyes (6-11) turned out to be a nail-biter.
The Tigers (4-14) tied the game at 60-all on Robert Covington's putback with 2:22 left. But Iowa's Cully Payne hit a 3 as the shot clock expired and added two free throws to give Iowa a 65-60 lead with 1:17 left.
Iowa's Matt Gatens scored 12 points, including a pair of free throws with 24.6 seconds left to ice the win.
Josh Sain had 19 points for Tennessee State, which lost for the sixth time in seven games.
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FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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TENNESSEE STATE 33 29 62
IOWA 35 32 67 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: TENNESSEE STATE - JOSH SAIN 19, JACQUAN NOBLES 14,
DARIUS COX 11
IOWA - AARON FULLER 24, MATT GATENS 12,
CULLY PAYNE 11
Jan 12 10:50 PM - 53
roots - NCAA BB
TENNESSEE ST 33
IOWA 35 HALFTIME
Jan 12 9:47 PM
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