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With a week off to refuel, Cronullas Matt Prior reckons hell have enough in his tank to repeat his gargantuan effort against Canberra in the NRL grand final qualifier.The unheralded forward proved pivotal in the Sharks 16-14 win over the Raiders on Saturday night, scoring a momentum-changing try just before halftime at GIO Stadium.He backed it up with 36 tackles, three tackle busts and a huge 233 metres off 22 runs to win man-of-the-match.Stand-in skipper Michael Ennis said Priors form all year had been exceptional, but labelled his performance against the Raiders as good as he had ever seen from a front-rower.I hope its one I can back up, he said.I feel like (I can).Im looking forward to the next few weeks and the challenge of it all. Im excited about it.Prior said he had little choice but to step up his game in the absence of workhorse Paul Gallen, who succumbed to a back injury suffered during the week at training.With Gallen out and Wade Graham sidelined with concussion, the 29-year-old was forced to play 73 minutes - half-an-hour longer than what he has averaged per game this season.Weve had a few games during the year that Gals been out and everyones lifted, he said.We know thats what you have to do when hes out because he does do so much of the work.Prior admitted he was in shock when, in the 39th minute, he came face-to-face with Raiders fullback Jack Wighton who was the only man standing between him and the tryline right under the posts.I thought Id be able to step him, but I got to him and I froze, laughed the 2010 St George Illawarra premiership winner.I didnt know what to do.I got lucky and bumped him off and got it down.The try was his fourth in 23 games this season, his highest tally since making his NRL debut in 2008.Ken Singleton Jersey . 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He was fined $30,000 for a hit on the New York Jets Jeff Cumberland in Week 1.AMES, Iowa -- Iowa States offense has been very solid for stretches this season, and its defense has improved since last season.The problem is that the Cyclones cant get both clicking at the same time and that inconsistency helped knock them out of the Top 25.Iowa State (6-3) was left out of Mondays rankings, snapping a run of 61 straight weeks in the poll, after dropping three of its last four. The Cyclones are coming off one of their ugliest games in years, falling to Iowa 78-64 on the road last week.Iowa State will face instate rival Drake (1-8) on Saturday as part of a doubleheader in Des Moines.This team will be fine. I mean, I know were living off the Iowa game, Prohm said. This team has to play a certain way all the time, and we didnt do that in stretches in the Iowa game.Prohms way includes strong ball movement.For a team with a backcourt led by preseason All-American point guard Monte Morris, the Cyclones have too often failed to make the extra pass that leads to a better shot.A poor assist-to-basket ratio has symbolized Iowa States lack of ball movement in its last two losses. The Cyclones had just five assists in an overtime loss to No. 25 Cincinnati on Dec. 1 and just nine against the Hawkeyes, who entered play with a losing record.Prohm said the key to fixing Iowa States offense is for it to pick up the pace and cut down on what he called freelancing.First and foremost, weve got to start playing in transition. Weve got to get some easy baskets by playing in transition and pushing the tempo, Prohm said. When we run our offense and we execute, we get good shots.The Cyclones have also struggled because Naz Mitrou-Long just isnt shooting very welll.dddddddddddd.Mitrou-Long, who missed most of last season because of lingering issues with his surgically-repaired hips, is shooting just 39 percent from the floor and just 26.7 percent on 3s -- two years after ranking second in the Big 12 in 3s per game. Morris said hes confident that Mitrou-Long will eventually shoot his way out of his recent funk.Its not about how you start. Its how you finish, Mitrou-Long said. Ive put in too much work. These guys put in too much work. Weve beaten ourselves. Me and Monte talk about it every day. If it has to be us against the world, I like our chances.For a program whose expectations have soared in recent seasons, three losses out of four can feel like an epidemic.But things arent as bad as they might seem for the Cyclones.Iowa State rallied from 20 down and was within a Monte Morris 3 at the buzzer from beating No. 8 Gonzaga on Nov. 27. If Mitrou-Longs 3 at the regulation buzzer gone down against Cincinnati, the Cyclones would have won that game as well.Iowa States defense has also been better than its offense, and teams that defend well typically have a chance on the road once league play comes around.But for the Cyclones to get back on track, theyll need the loss at Iowa to be their tipping point.Its a bright future and a bright road down the line. Its tough right now and it might be hard to see for (the media). But there is definitely going to be a change, and its definitely going to get back to normal around here, Morris said.---More college basketball at www.collegebasketball.ap.org ' ' '