Iowa St. basketball teams had a big Saturday — the men won at Oklahoma St. 84-71 and the women thumped Arizona at Hilton 90-65.
For the men, Milan Momcilovic hit five threes and finished with a game high 29 points to lead the Cyclones to the win. ISU led 23-4 thanks in part to a four point play for Momcilovic. OSU missed 9 of its first 10 shots of the game and missed their first 6 threes. Iowa St. led by 30 at the break thanks to 9 threes in the first half.
The Cowboys were able to rally and cut the lead to 10 with 1:37 remaining but it was too late for OSU playing in front of a big crowd who got free admission thanks to a huge winter storm in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Joshua Jefferson had 20 points for #9 Iowa St. (18-2, 5-2), Tamin Lipsey had 13 points and Killyan Toure added 10.
Oklahoma St. (14-6, 2-5) was led by Kanye Carey and Jaylen Curry each with 19 points.
Next up for Iowa St. men is a home game with Colorado on Thursday, January 29, Cyclones Pre-Game at 5 pm on KSOM.
For the women, the Cyclones led almost from start to finish. Up 13-10, ISU got a 7-0 run to build a 10 point lead and led 26-15 after one quarter. Audi Crooks and Jada Williams kept hitting lay ups in the 2nd quarter and Arianna Jackson’s three made it 47-27 with 3 minutes left in the 2nd. ISU closed the first half on a 9-2 run to lead 53-29 at the break and the 2nd half was pretty even with the first half run the difference.
Williams led Iowa St. (16-5, 4-5) with 19 points and 7 assists but also had 7 turnovers. Crooks had 17 points and 5 rebounds. Jackson had 15, Sydney Harris 14 and Alisa Williams added 12.
Arizona (10-9, 1-7) was led by Noelani Cornfield with 19 points.
Next up for Iowa St. women is a visit to Texas Tech on Wednesday, January 28.
