AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State knew it had one of the nations best players in Monte Morris. But the Cyclones also knew that the healthy return of fellow senior guard Naz Mitrou-Long would be just as crucial to their hopes in 2016-17.Morris and Mitrou-Long looked as strong as ever in the opener. Morris had his seventh career double-double with 21 points and 11 assists and 24th-ranked Iowa State routed Savannah State 113-71 on Friday night.Mitrou-Long had 18 points with 10 rebounds and seven assists in his debut following a medical redshirt season for the Cyclones, who won their opener for the 19th year in a row.Monte is a really unselfish player...but Naz is the heartbeat of our team. He needs to do a lot of the intangible things for us as well as score, coach Steve Prohm said.As expected, Iowa State was met with little resistance from the Tigers. The Cyclones jumped ahead 59-38 at the half -- with 16 assists on 24 field goals -- and cracked 100 points for the third time under Prohm.Matt Thomas scored 14 points and Merill Holden added 12 in his Iowa State debut.Joshua Young had 12 points to lead Savannah State. Iowa State outrebounded the Tigers 62-36.BIG PICTUREIowa State: Iowa States rotation -- a question mark after Georges Niang, Abdel Nader and Jameel McKay graduated -- was revealed early. Nine different guys played in the first eight minutes, something happened just once in 2015-15. Transfers Nick Weiler-Babb and Donovan Jackson were the main backcourt reserves, and Darrell Bowie and freshman Solomon Jackson provided frontcourt relief.Savannah State: The Tigers, picked to finish 11th in their conference, picked up a paycheck thats vital to the survival of low-major programs like themselves. It likely wont be until early in the MEAC season to know whether Savannah has enough talent to outperform its expectations.POLL IMPLICATIONSIowa State blew out a team it was supposed to blow out, so its hard to imagine itll move much. But No. 18 UConns upset defeat should lift everyone below them up at least a spot.MARVELOUS MONTEMorris, who might have left for the NBA had he not injured his shoulder late last season, sealed his double-double with 17 minutes left in the second half. The Big 12 preseason player of the year finished 9 of 11 from the floor and added three steals. The pressure is just coming to work every day and just showing the guys the way, Morris said.NOT SO YOUNG AFTER ALLOne of the things Iowa State has lacked in recent years is an impact big man with the physicality to hang in the paint in the bruising Big 12. Young, at 6-foot-8 and 240 pounds, looked the part in the opener. He finished with 11 points and five rebounds in just 14 points, though he also fouled out.HE SAID ITI didnt know I had seven assists. I thought Monte had 30, Mitrou-Long said about being pulled before getting a chance to finish off a triple-double. Mitrou-Long took a medical redshirt after eight games last season because his surgically repaired hips werent fully healed.UP NEXTIowa State hosts Mount St. Marys on Monday.Savannah State stays in Iowa to play the cross-state Hawkeyes on Sunday.---More AP college basketball: http://collegebasketball.ap.org Discount Air Jordan 11 . Louis Rams wide receiver Stedman Bailey last Sunday. The fine is the fourth this season for Goldson. He was fined $30,000 for a hit on the New York Jets Jeff Cumberland in Week 1. Air Jordan 11 Wholesale . On June 12, just as the sun sets on the magnificent historical city of Sao Paulo the inventors, innovators and purveyors of “joga bonitowill” open their campaign. 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Steve Hansen has defended the decision to parachute flanker Jerome Kaino in at lock for New Zealands first-ever defeat to Ireland.The All Blacks surrendered their record 18-match winning streak at Chicagos Soldier Field on Saturday, as Ireland prevailed 40-29 for their maiden victory over New Zealand in 111 years of trying.Brodie Retallick and Sam Whitelock missed Saturdays clash through injury and - with Luke Romano having headed home after a family bereavement - Kaino stepped into the breach.The peerless Retallick is jetting out to join the All Blacks and will be available for Saturdays Italy clash in Rome after beating concussion: but Hansen said he would have no qualms slotting Kaino in at lock in future.A lot of people are going to say that Jerome shouldnt have started at lock, but our scrum was really good, said Hansen. He scrummed well, the lineout wasnt his problem, it was a throwing problem, and Dane Coles has been throwing well all year, so were not going to lose too much sleep over that, well get him sorted pretty quickly.That middle-of-the-park role was new to him and he probably over-thought it a wee bit, therefore didnt carry as strongly as he possibly could. But before the match youd say that would be his strength, and the other thing, I think the young fella (Scott Barrett) came on and played really.But its about making sure in the long-term he gets that opportunity to play well. You wouldnt want him to come on and have a really hard first half and lose his confidence. So while he came on and did really well, do we know if hed have done that in the first half? Dont know under the circumstances.So Im still happy with the decision we made. A lot of people say its his fault the lineout, but it certainly wasnt his fault. Ive had a yarn to him and he shouldnt be beating himself up, hes done nothing wrong.ddddddddddddWe probably wont have to put JK (Kaino) back in there because Brodies on the plane and hes available for Italy if we need him. And Scottys now had a taste of it, and the longer hes here the better hes going to get. But if we had to go back there we probably would.Centre George Moala has damaged elbow ligaments and will miss the rest of New Zealands northern hemisphere tour. But playmaker Ryan Crotty could yet beat a hamstring problem in time for the France clash in Paris on Saturday, November 26.New Zealand have called up Seta Tamanivalu to replace Moala, with the Crusaders centre already in London after helping the Barbarians to a 31-31 draw with South Africa at Wembley on Saturday.Georges elbow, hes pulled the ligaments and tendons off his elbow, said Hansen of Moalas injury. He wont need an operation, but he will be out for the rest of the tour so hes going home today.Ryan Crotty has got a hamstring injury which we think should be right by France so hes going to stay. Whilst everyone else is sore the sorest part of them is their pride, so theyre fit to play.Seta is going to come in. Hes already over with the Baa-Baas, so hes going to meet us in London. Its a great opportunity, hes been in and out of the team a bit this year. For a lot of people, coming into the team is a bit overwhelming because theres so much pressure.But once youve been in a couple of times I think it becomes a little easier, so Im looking forward to how he goes. Midfield has been the cursed position this year, weve lost a few of them and a few guys (due to) retiring. ' ' '