Iowa State beats nation's final undefeated team, No. 2 Houston, 57-53
AMES, Iowa (AP) Iowa State knocked off the nation's final unbeaten team on Tuesday night and delivered a message in the process.
Tamin Lipsey scored 14 points, freshman Milan Momcilovic made a baseline jumper with 30.2 seconds left and Iowa State beat No. 2 Houston 57-53.
The Cyclones (12-3, 1-1 Big 12) entered the game with the 284th-toughest schedule, and they were eager to quiet critics who had said their record is misleading.
“We're a young team, we're learning every game," Lipsey said. “But we're going to come out and fight every game no matter who we're playing, no matter where we're playing. Just don't doubt us.”
Iowa State secured its seventh win against a top-10 opponent in the last two seasons - most in Division I. Houston (14-1, 1-1) had a nation's-best 12-game road winning streak snapped in the program's first Big 12 road contest.
No. 1 Purdue lost 88-72 to Nebraska on Tuesday, making it the first time since Feb. 26, 2022 when the No. 1 and No. 2 team lost on the same day during the regular season. That year it was Gonzaga and Arizona that went down. It is the eighth time since the 2009-2010 season that the top two teams have lost on the same day in the regular season.
ISU forward Hason Ward made two free throws with 1:20 remaining, but he was whistled for a lane violation on the second free throw to keep the lead at 53-51.
Jamal Shead split a double team and made a jumper with 55.9 seconds left to tie it at 53-all.
After an Iowa State timeout, Momcilovic spun away from a double team and sank a jumper from a difficult angle for a 55-53 lead. L.J. Cryer’s 3-pointer hit hard off the backboard and Momcilovic was fouled at 10.7 before making two free throws for a four-point lead.
Momcilovic finished with 11 points on 4-of-8 shooting for Iowa State. His go-ahead shot was his first basket of the second half.
“We work on that every day and practice that last-second shot,” Momcilovic said. “Obviously, the fade-away I do a lot, so it’s comfortable. They came with a double and I shot right over the smaller defender. It’s a shot I work on every day.”
Ward scored nine points off the bench on a perfect 4-of-4 shooting from the field.
Emanuel Sharp scored 20 points, reaching the mark for the fourth time this season, for Houston. Shead added 14 points, becoming the 51st player in program history to reach 1,000 career points. Cryer, averaging a team-high 17.1 points per game, was held scoreless in the first half and finished with five points.
Iowa State scored the opening 14 points of the game as Houston had five missed shots and four turnovers. Sharp sank a 3-pointer from the wing with 14:02 remaining for Houston’s first points of the game. Sharp also made Houston’s second field goal, another 3-pointer, at 10:51.
Houston trailed at halftime, 31-21, for the first time this season after scoring its fewest points in any half. Iowa State scored 15 points off of 12 turnovers against a Houston team averaging just 9.1 turnovers per game. The Cougars were just 6-of-20 shooting (30%) in the first half, including 4 of 13 from distance. Sharp scored 11 of Houston’s first-half points.
Iowa State missed nine straight shots, going scoreless for over six minutes in the second half. Houston capitalized when Shead made a jumper from the free-throw line with 3:17 remaining for their first lead of the game at 51-50.
The Cougars only led for 32 seconds.
“I don’t know if it was as much Iowa State. It was us,” Houston coach Kelvin Sampson said. “We were just, I don’t know what. I wish I did.”
T.J. Otzelberger became the first Iowa State head coach to beat a team ranked No. 1 (North Carolina) and No. 2 (Houston) in the AP poll.
A GUY CAN DREAM
Asked if he had dreamed of hitting a winning shot late in the game, Momcilovic said he had.
“It's cool, but then actually having it happen, that's surreal - especially versus the No. 2 team in the country. So that's an amazing feeling.”
UP NEXT
Houston: Visits TCU on Saturday.
Iowa State: Hosts Oklahoma State on Saturday.
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Time | Team | Play | Score | |
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20:00 | Ja'Vier Francis vs. Robert Jones (Jamal Shead gains possession) | |||
19:40 | LJ Cryer misses three point jump shot | |||
19:38 | Robert Jones defensive rebound | |||
19:21 | Milan Momcilovic misses three point jump shot | |||
19:19 | Ja'Vier Francis defensive rebound | |||
19:05 | J'wan Roberts misses two point jump shot | |||
19:03 | Tre King defensive rebound | |||
18:41 | +2 | Keshon Gilbert makes two point jump shot | 0-2 | |
18:27 | J'wan Roberts turnover (lost ball) (Tamin Lipsey steals) | |||
18:21 | +2 | Keshon Gilbert makes two point layup (Tamin Lipsey assists) | 0-4 | |
17:54 | LJ Cryer turnover (lost ball) (Robert Jones steals) | |||
17:49 | Emanuel Sharp personal foul | |||
17:49 | LJ Cryer personal foul (Tamin Lipsey draws the foul) | |||
17:44 | J'wan Roberts blocks Robert Jones's two point layup | |||
17:42 | Emanuel Sharp defensive rebound | |||
17:31 | Jamal Shead misses two point jump shot | |||
17:29 | Tre King defensive rebound | |||
17:21 | Robert Jones turnover (traveling) | |||
17:05 | LJ Cryer misses three point jump shot | |||
17:03 | Tamin Lipsey defensive rebound | |||
16:52 | Tre King misses three point jump shot | |||
16:50 | Cyclones offensive rebound | |||
16:39 | Ja'Vier Francis blocks Tre King's two point jump shot | |||
16:37 | Hason Ward offensive rebound | |||
16:29 | +3 | Milan Momcilovic makes three point jump shot (Keshon Gilbert assists) | 0-7 | |
16:09 | Jamal Shead turnover (traveling) | |||
15:52 | Joseph Tugler personal foul (Milan Momcilovic draws the foul) | |||
15:52 | TV timeout | |||
15:45 | +3 | Tamin Lipsey makes three point jump shot (Milan Momcilovic assists) | 0-10 | |
15:14 | LJ Cryer turnover (lost ball) (Hason Ward steals) | |||
15:03 | +2 | Hason Ward makes two point dunk (Curtis Jones assists) | 0-12 | |
14:40 | Jamal Shead misses three point jump shot | |||
14:38 | Tamin Lipsey defensive rebound | |||
14:21 | +2 | Tre King makes two point layup (Hason Ward assists) | 0-14 | |
14:02 | +3 | Emanuel Sharp makes three point jump shot (Jamal Shead assists) | 3-14 | |
13:34 | Cyclones 30 second timeout | |||
13:26 | Keshon Gilbert misses three point jump shot | |||
13:24 | Joseph Tugler defensive rebound | |||
13:18 | Jamal Shead turnover (traveling) | |||
12:49 | Tamin Lipsey misses three point jump shot | |||
12:47 | Cougars defensive rebound | |||
12:22 | Damian Dunn turnover (lost ball) (Curtis Jones steals) | |||
12:03 | Keshon Gilbert misses two point jump shot | |||
12:01 | Emanuel Sharp defensive rebound | |||
11:58 | Emanuel Sharp turnover (lost ball) | |||
11:58 | TV timeout | |||
11:51 | Robert Jones misses two point jump shot | |||
11:49 | Joseph Tugler defensive rebound | |||
11:32 | Emanuel Sharp misses three point jump shot | |||
11:30 | Cougars offensive rebound | |||
11:30 | Robert Jones personal foul (Joseph Tugler draws the foul) | |||
11:13 | Jamal Shead misses three point jump shot | |||
11:11 | Emanuel Sharp offensive rebound | |||
10:52 | +3 | Emanuel Sharp makes three point jump shot (Jamal Shead assists) | 6-14 | |
10:32 | +2 | Tamin Lipsey makes two point layup (Demarion Watson assists) | 6-16 | |
10:10 | LJ Cryer turnover (bad pass) | |||
9:51 | +2 | Milan Momcilovic makes two point jump shot | 6-18 | |
9:29 | Hason Ward shooting foul (Emanuel Sharp draws the foul) | |||
9:29 | +1 | Emanuel Sharp makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 7-18 | |
9:29 | +1 | Emanuel Sharp makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 8-18 | |
9:06 | +2 | Hason Ward makes two point jump shot (Curtis Jones assists) | 8-20 | |
8:53 | Cougars 30 second timeout | |||
8:42 | Jamal Shead misses three point jump shot | |||
8:40 | Jamal Shead offensive rebound | |||
8:36 | LJ Cryer misses three point jump shot | |||
8:34 | Keshon Gilbert defensive rebound | |||
8:18 | Keshon Gilbert misses two point jump shot | |||
8:16 | Joseph Tugler defensive rebound | |||
8:04 | Curtis Jones shooting foul (Joseph Tugler draws the foul) | |||
8:04 | +1 | Joseph Tugler makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 9-20 | |
8:04 | Joseph Tugler misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | |||
8:04 | Tre King defensive rebound | |||
7:52 | Joseph Tugler personal foul (Tamin Lipsey draws the foul) | |||
7:52 | TV timeout | |||
7:39 | Tamin Lipsey turnover (bad pass) (Ja'Vier Francis steals) | |||
7:25 | +2 | Ja'Vier Francis makes two point dunk (J'wan Roberts assists) | 11-20 | |
6:53 | J'wan Roberts blocks Demarion Watson's two point jump shot | |||
6:51 | Jamal Shead defensive rebound | |||
6:46 | Damian Dunn misses three point jump shot | |||
6:44 | Ja'Vier Francis offensive rebound | |||
6:42 | Ja'Vier Francis misses two point layup | |||
6:40 | J'wan Roberts offensive rebound | |||
6:35 | +3 | Jamal Shead makes three point jump shot (LJ Cryer assists) | 14-20 | |
6:12 | J'wan Roberts shooting foul (Tamin Lipsey draws the foul) | |||
6:12 | Tamin Lipsey misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
6:12 | +1 | Tamin Lipsey makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 14-21 | |
5:47 | +2 | Damian Dunn makes two point layup | 16-21 | |
5:20 | Milan Momcilovic turnover (lost ball) (LJ Cryer steals) | |||
5:06 | LJ Cryer misses two point jump shot | |||
5:04 | Milan Momcilovic defensive rebound | |||
4:56 | LJ Cryer shooting foul (Keshon Gilbert draws the foul) | |||
4:56 | +1 | Keshon Gilbert makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 16-22 | |
4:56 | +1 | Keshon Gilbert makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 16-23 | |
4:36 | +3 | Emanuel Sharp makes three point jump shot | 19-23 | |
4:13 | Milan Momcilovic misses three point jump shot | |||
4:11 | Tamin Lipsey offensive rebound | |||
4:10 | Tamin Lipsey turnover (lost ball) | |||
3:57 | Emanuel Sharp misses two point jump shot | |||
3:55 | Hason Ward defensive rebound | |||
3:47 | Jamal Shead personal foul (Tamin Lipsey draws the foul) | |||
3:47 | TV timeout | |||
3:47 | Tamin Lipsey misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | |||
3:47 | Damian Dunn defensive rebound | |||
3:35 | Jamal Shead turnover (bad pass) (Tre King steals) | |||
3:29 | Hason Ward offensive foul | |||
3:29 | Hason Ward turnover (offensive foul) | |||
3:19 | J'wan Roberts turnover (bad pass) (Tre King steals) | |||
3:10 | Damian Dunn flagrant 1 (Robert Jones draws the foul) | |||
3:10 | +1 | Robert Jones makes flagrant free throw 1 of 2 | 19-24 | |
3:10 | +1 | Robert Jones makes flagrant free throw 2 of 2 | 19-25 | |
3:07 | Keshon Gilbert turnover (bad pass) (Emanuel Sharp steals) | |||
2:59 | Keshon Gilbert personal foul | |||
2:53 | Emanuel Sharp misses three point jump shot | |||
2:51 | Curtis Jones defensive rebound | |||
2:46 | Keshon Gilbert misses two point jump shot | |||
2:44 | Robert Jones offensive rebound | |||
2:44 | Ja'Vier Francis shooting foul (Robert Jones draws the foul) | |||
2:44 | +1 | Robert Jones makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 19-26 | |
2:44 | +1 | Robert Jones makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 19-27 | |
2:22 | Mylik Wilson turnover (double dribble) | |||
2:02 | +2 | Milan Momcilovic makes two point jump shot (Hason Ward assists) | 19-29 | |
1:33 | Tre King shooting foul (Ja'Vier Francis draws the foul) | |||
1:33 | Ja'Vier Francis misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
1:33 | +1 | Ja'Vier Francis makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 20-29 | |
1:13 | Tre King misses two point jump shot | |||
1:11 | Ramon Walker Jr. defensive rebound | |||
1:02 | Curtis Jones shooting foul (Jamal Shead draws the foul) | |||
1:02 | Jamal Shead misses regular free throw 1 of 2 | |||
1:02 | +1 | Jamal Shead makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 21-29 | |
0:48 | Tre King misses two point layup | |||
0:46 | Mylik Wilson defensive rebound | |||
0:31 | Ramon Walker Jr. turnover (traveling) | |||
0:05 | +2 | Tamin Lipsey makes two point layup | 21-31 | |
0:00 | End of period |