No. 21 Iowa State’s comeback falls short against No. 11 Gonzaga in AdvoCare title game

No. 21 Iowa State's torrid second-half rally fell short against No. 11 Gonzaga as the Bulldogs held on for a 73-71 win in the AdvoCare Invitational championship game in Orlando, Fla., on Sunday afternoon.

Gonzaga (6-0) missed its last 11 field-goal attempts over the final 5:40. Forward Zach Collins made one of two free throws with 14 seconds left to give the Bulldogs a two-point lead.

Iowa State (5-1) failed to get a shot off in time as guard Monte Morris' release of a 3-point shot was a split-second after the buzzer. The shot did not fall anyway.

Cyclones guard Deonte Burton scored 21 of his 29 points in the second half to fuel Iowa State's rally.

Guard Nigel Williams-Goss scored 18 points to lead the Bulldogs.

Gonzaga went 13 of 25 from 3-point range in the game. In the second half, the Bulldogs made only 7 of 24 shots (29.2 percent) from the field. They were 5 of 13 from 3-point range and 2 of 14 inside the arc.

Iowa State, which never led, shot 50 percent from the field in the second half, led by Burton's 9-of-15 performance. He also went 3 of 4 from 3-point range after halftime but his teammates were 0 for 5.

'At halftime, I stressed to our guys that we had to play smarter on the offensive end and tougher on the defensive end, and they did that,” Iowa State coach Steve Prohm said. 'We just couldn't get shots to fall at the end. I'm proud of our guys for their effort putting ourselves in a position to win.”

The Cyclones, whose biggest deficit was 18 points (58-40) with 17:16 left in the second half, went on a 15-0 run behind 11 points from Burton. His 3-pointer with 13:16 left cut Gonzaga's lead to 58-55.

A 3-pointer by Williams-Goss and layup by forward Killian Tillie pushed the Bulldogs' lead up to 63-55 with 12:22 left.

Gonzaga did not make a field goal again until 7:04 remained, on a layup by guard Josh Perkins. The Bulldogs led 67-61.

An 8-3 spurt by Iowa State, culminating on a jumper by Morris, cut Gonzaga's lead to 70-69 with 4:19 remaining. After Iowa State forward Merrill Holden made a basket and missed a free throw with 3:02 left, neither team scored until Collins made one of two free throws with 14 seconds left.