No. 2Iowa State Cyclones

Midwest Region · 2nd Round

YES!

Iowa State Cyclones beat the Kentucky Wildcats

Ranked #7 · 22-14 63 – 82

Ranked #2 · 29-7

Final · Sun, Mar 22

Game Details

Enterprise Center (St. Louis) · 16,348 fans · CBS View tournament bracket →

Highlights

No. 2 seed Iowa State turns up the defense, shuts down No. 7 Kentucky in 82-63 NCAA tourney victory

Tamin Lipsey knew he had to step up for Iowa State with All-America forward Joshua Jefferson sitting on the bench, his...

Recap via ESPN

0:17 Nate Heise puts Iowa State up at the half with a trey

0:18 Tamin Lipsey drills it from deep for Iowa State

Clips play on ESPN

Line Score

	1	2	T
UK	30	33	63
ISU	31	51	82

Game Flow

UK ISU

H1H2

10-0Biggest Run11-0

12Largest Lead23

2 lead changes · tied 2 times

Win Probability · Iowa State Cyclones

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Game Leaders

Kentucky Wildcats

Denzel Aberdeen · 20Points
Malachi Moreno · 3Assists
Otega Oweh · 8Rebounds

Iowa State Cyclones

Tamin Lipsey · 26Points
Tamin Lipsey · 10Assists
Blake Buchanan · 8Rebounds

2025-26 Southeastern Conference Standings

Team	GB
Florida	-
Arkansas	3
Alabama	3
Vanderbilt	5
Tennessee	5
Texas A&M	5
Georgia	6
Kentucky	6
Missouri	6
Texas	7
Auburn	9
Oklahoma	9
Mississippi State	11
Ole Miss	12
South Carolina	12
LSU	13

2025-26 Big 12 Conference Standings

Team	GB
Arizona	-
Houston	2
Iowa State	4
Kansas	4
Texas Tech	4
TCU	5
BYU	7
UCF	7
West Virginia	7
Cincinnati	7
Colorado	9
Arizona State	9
Oklahoma State	10
Baylor	10
Kansas State	13
Utah	14

Team Stats

Kentucky WildcatsIowa State Cyclones

Shooting

21-45, 47% Field Goals 28-61, 46%

9-25, 36% 3-Pointers 9-28, 32%

12-17, 71% Free Throws 17-24, 71%

Possessions

30 Rebounds 31

5 Offensive Rebounds 9

11 Assists 17

4 Steals 12

3 Blocks 0

20 Turnovers 7

18 Fouls 16

Scoring

20 Points in Paint 34

7 Fast Break Points 13

12 Largest Lead 23

Box Score

Kentucky Wildcats ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
A. JelavicF	2	5	1	14	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	1	0	5	1
M. MorenoC	4	6	3	18	0-0	0-0	4-6	1	0	0	1	5	2
C. ChandlerG	6	1	0	30	2-5	2-5	0-0	2	1	1	0	1	3
O. OwehG	18	8	0	36	8-15	1-5	1-2	4	2	0	1	7	4
D. AberdeenG	20	1	1	37	6-14	4-9	4-5	4	0	0	0	1	3
Bench
M. DioubateF	4	3	2	18	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	1	1	2	1	1
B. GarrisonF	1	6	0	22	0-1	0-0	1-2	2	0	0	1	5	2
J. JohnsonG	3	0	2	6	1-3	1-3	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2
K. WilliamsG	5	0	2	19	1-2	1-2	2-2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Z. TowF	DNP: Did not play
R. PotterF	DNP: Did not play
T. NoahF	DNP: Did not play
J. QuaintanceF	DNP: Did not play
B. HawthorneF	DNP: Did not play
W. HornG	DNP: Did not play
J. LoweG	DNP: Did not play
Team	63	30	11		21-45	9-25	12-17	20	4	3	5	25	18

Iowa State Cyclones ▾

Starters	PTS	REB	AST	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
B. BuchananF	9	8	2	31	3-8	0-1	3-4	2	2	0	4	4	3
M. MomcilovicF	20	5	1	36	6-12	4-9	4-5	0	2	0	1	4	1
K. ToureG	10	4	1	31	5-10	0-3	0-0	1	3	0	0	4	4
T. LipseyG	26	3	10	37	8-15	3-6	7-8	3	5	0	2	1	1
N. HeiseG	12	2	3	36	5-8	1-4	1-3	1	0	0	1	1	3
Bench
D. PletaF	1	2	0	9	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	1	1	2
D. NelsonG	1	0	0	4	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0
J. BatemonG	3	2	0	16	1-8	1-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	2	2
E. MulderF	DNP: Did not play
X. MitchellF	DNP: Did not play
J. JeffersonF	DNP: Did not play
A. RiseG	DNP: Did not play
M. WilliamsG	DNP: Did not play
C. KeldermanG	DNP: Did not play
Team	82	31	17		28-61	9-28	17-24	7	12	0	9	22	16

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