SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Tamin Lipsey scored 14 of his 25 points in the second half to lead No. 16 Iowa State to a 96-80 win over Mississippi State on Monday night in a neutral-site game that was the 100th Division I basketball contest played at the Sanford Pentagon.
Joshua Jefferson scored 18 points and Blake Buchanan had 13 points and six rebounds for the Cyclones (3-0).
The game was a homecoming of sorts for Iowa State head coach T.J. Otzelberger, who coached South Dakota State from 2016-19.
Lipsey, a finalist for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2024, also helped the Cyclones on the defensive end with a game-leading three steals.
Iowa State forced 26 Mississippi State turnovers that resulted in 29 points. The Bulldogs committed just seven turnovers in their season-opening win over North Alabama on Nov. 5.
Josh Hubbard led the Bulldogs (1-1) with 25 points on 8-for-17 shooting, including 4-for-10 sniping from 3-point distance. Achor Achor finished with nine points and eight rebounds.
The first half featured eight lead changes. MSU’s Dellquan Warren hit a 3-pointer to cut the Iowa State lead to 29-27 with just over five minutes to play before the Cyclones went on a 15-3 run.
A three-point play by Buchanan brought Iowa State crowd to its feet in the final minute of the half when the Cyclones closed out the first 20 minutes on a 22-8 run and led 53-35 at the break.
The lead ballooned to 25 points (85-60) on a jumper by Jefferson with six minutes to play in the second half.
The Cyclones have been ranked in the AP Top 25 for 33 consecutive weeks, the seventh-longest streak in the nation.
Up next
Mississippi State: Hosts Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday.
Iowa State: Hosts Stonehill College on Monday, Nov. 17.
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