West Virginia Mountaineers vs. Iowa State Cyclones

Jan 2, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
WVU	28	31	59
ISU	41	39	80

Game Recap

Momcilovic's 8 3-pointers, Jefferson's triple-double lead No. 3 Iowa State past Mountaineers 80-59. Milan Momcilovic made eight 3-pointers and scored 26 points, Joshua Jefferson had a triple-double and No. 3 Iowa State beat West Virginia 80-59 in its Big 12 opener Friday night.

Player Stats

WEST VIRGINIA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
52Treysen Eaglestaff	24	2-4	2-4	0-0	3	2	2	0	4	3	6
55Harlan Obioha	21	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	4	2	0	0	1	2
1Jasper Floyd	34	3-7	1-5	2-2	3	2	2	1	2	2	9
3Honor Huff	36	1-9	1-8	3-3	0	0	1	0	0	2	6
13Chance Moore	33	7-13	0-2	3-4	7	1	0	0	2	1	17
5DJ Thomas	19	4-8	2-4	0-0	3	0	2	0	3	2	10
15Jackson Fields	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
2Amir Jenkins	24	2-6	1-1	2-3	2	4	0	0	0	0	7
23Morris Ugusuk	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	-	21-4942.9%	7-2429.2%	10-1283.3%	22	13	9	1	11	13	59

IOWA STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
23Blake Buchanan	31	7-11	0-0	0-1	6	4	0	2	2	1	14
5Joshua Jefferson	34	2-6	0-3	6-7	10	10	3	2	3	0	10
22Milan Momcilovic	34	9-13	8-10	0-0	3	1	1	0	0	1	26
27Killyan Toure	22	0-6	0-3	0-0	4	2	1	0	2	0	0
3Tamin Lipsey	31	4-9	2-5	2-3	4	5	0	0	2	2	12
21Dominykas Pleta	9	2-2	0-0	1-4	0	1	0	0	1	2	5
1Jamarion Batemon	16	3-3	3-3	0-0	0	2	0	0	0	1	9
13Cade Kelderman	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0Nate Heise	22	2-5	0-1	0-0	4	1	1	1	0	2	4
TOTAL	-	29-5552.7%	13-2552.0%	9-1560.0%	31	26	6	5	10	9	80

Play-by-Play

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1st halfWVUISU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by West Virginia.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Iowa State.
+3 (19:38) Honor Huff makes 23-foot three point jumper (Harlan Obioha assists).
30
+2 (19:13) Blake Buchanan makes layup (Joshua Jefferson assists).
32
+2 (18:38) Jasper Floyd makes 12-foot floating jump shot.
52
(18:25) Blake Buchanan bad pass turnover.
(18:25) Honor Huff Steal.
(18:21) Treysen Eaglestaff bad pass turnover.
(18:21) Killyan Toure Steal.
+2 (18:13) Blake Buchanan makes 6-foot jumper (Milan Momcilovic assists).
54
+2 (17:42) Chance Moore makes driving layup.
74
(17:25) Killyan Toure misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(17:22) Treysen Eaglestaff Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:02) Harlan Obioha makes 2-foot dunk (Treysen Eaglestaff assists).
94
+3 (16:47) Milan Momcilovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Joshua Jefferson assists).
97
(16:20) Honor Huff misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(16:16) Tamin Lipsey Defensive Rebound.
(15:59) Joshua Jefferson misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(15:57) Treysen Eaglestaff Defensive Rebound.
(15:39) Chance Moore bad pass turnover.
(15:39) Milan Momcilovic Steal.
+3 (15:26) Milan Momcilovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Joshua Jefferson assists).
910
+2 (14:49) Chance Moore makes driving layup.
1110
(14:36) Killyan Toure bad pass turnover.
+3 (14:17) Treysen Eaglestaff makes 25-foot three point jumper (Amir Jenkins assists).
1410
(13:51) Foul on Treysen Eaglestaff.
+1 (13:51) Joshua Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 2.
1411
+1 (13:51) Joshua Jefferson makes free throw 2 of 2.
1412
(13:27) Amir Jenkins misses 13-foot jumper.
(13:25) Milan Momcilovic Defensive Rebound.
(13:09) Blake Buchanan bad pass turnover.
(13:09) DJ Thomas Steal.
(12:56) DJ Thomas misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(12:53) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
(12:46) Nate Heise misses 5-foot jumper.
(12:46) Blake Buchanan Offensive Rebound.
(12:46) Blake Buchanan misses layup.
(12:46) Blake Buchanan Offensive Rebound.
(12:46) Foul on Jackson Fields.
(12:38) Tamin Lipsey misses 5-foot jumper.
(12:38) Tamin Lipsey Offensive Rebound.
(12:38) Tamin Lipsey misses layup.
(12:38) Jasper Floyd Block.
(12:38) Iowa State Offensive Rebound.
(12:34) Tamin Lipsey misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:31) Amir Jenkins Defensive Rebound.
(12:07) Amir Jenkins misses driving layup.
(12:07) Joshua Jefferson Block.
(12:04) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
(12:00) Milan Momcilovic misses 13-foot step back jumpshot.
(11:59) Iowa State Offensive Rebound.
+3 (11:53) Tamin Lipsey makes 26-foot three point jumper (Jamarion Batemon assists).
1415
(11:31) Honor Huff misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(11:29) Jasper Floyd Offensive Rebound.
+3 (11:21) Jasper Floyd makes 22-foot three point jumper (Amir Jenkins assists).
1715
(11:07) Tamin Lipsey bad pass turnover.
(11:07) Harlan Obioha Steal.
(10:50) Honor Huff misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(10:48) DJ Thomas Offensive Rebound.
(10:47) DJ Thomas traveling turnover.
(10:36) Joshua Jefferson bad pass turnover.
(10:36) DJ Thomas Steal.
(10:25) DJ Thomas misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:23) Blake Buchanan Defensive Rebound.
(10:07) Foul on Honor Huff.
(9:55) Milan Momcilovic misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(9:53) Nate Heise Offensive Rebound.
(9:47) Nate Heise misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(9:45) Treysen Eaglestaff Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:22) Chance Moore makes 2-foot dunk (Harlan Obioha assists).
1915
(9:02) Tamin Lipsey misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:59) Chance Moore Defensive Rebound.
(8:49) DJ Thomas bad pass turnover.
(8:49) Joshua Jefferson Steal.
+3 (8:29) Jamarion Batemon makes 24-foot three point jumper (Killyan Toure assists).
1918
(7:56) DJ Thomas misses layup.
(7:54) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (7:49) Jamarion Batemon makes 28-foot three point jumper.
1921
+2 (7:32) Chance Moore makes driving layup.
2121
+2 (7:15) Blake Buchanan makes 1-foot dunk (Joshua Jefferson assists).
2123
(6:53) Jasper Floyd misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(6:51) Nate Heise Defensive Rebound.
(6:36) Killyan Toure misses 8-foot turnaround jump shot.
(6:28) Blake Buchanan Offensive Rebound.
+2 (6:28) Blake Buchanan makes 4-foot tip in layup.
2125
(6:13) Honor Huff misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(6:11) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (6:05) Nate Heise makes layup (Jamarion Batemon assists).
2127
(5:43) Foul on Nate Heise.
(5:33) Chance Moore misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(5:31) Iowa State Defensive Rebound.
(5:12) Foul on DJ Thomas.
+1 (5:12) Dominykas Pleta makes free throw 1 of 2.
2128
(5:12) Dominykas Pleta misses free throw 2 of 2.
(5:10) DJ Thomas Defensive Rebound.
(4:49) Jasper Floyd misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(4:47) Nate Heise Defensive Rebound.
(4:40) Tamin Lipsey misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(4:37) Chance Moore Defensive Rebound.
(4:23) Chance Moore misses 8-foot jumper.
(4:20) Chance Moore Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:19) Chance Moore makes layup.
2328
+2 (3:54) Tamin Lipsey makes 6-foot jumper (Dominykas Pleta assists).
2330
(3:29) DJ Thomas traveling turnover.
(2:59) Killyan Toure misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(2:57) Joshua Jefferson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (2:57) Joshua Jefferson makes layup.
2332
(2:57) Foul on Treysen Eaglestaff.
+1 (2:57) Joshua Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 1.
2333
+3 (2:30) Treysen Eaglestaff makes 26-foot three point jumper (Chance Moore assists).
2633
+3 (1:53) Tamin Lipsey makes 27-foot three point jumper (Joshua Jefferson assists).
2636
(1:19) Treysen Eaglestaff misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:19) Joshua Jefferson Block.
(1:15) Tamin Lipsey Defensive Rebound.
(1:06) Joshua Jefferson misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(1:06) Killyan Toure Offensive Rebound.
(1:06) Foul on Honor Huff.
(0:59) Killyan Toure misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(0:56) Joshua Jefferson Offensive Rebound.
(0:53) Joshua Jefferson misses layup.
(0:51) Killyan Toure Offensive Rebound.
+3 (0:49) Milan Momcilovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tamin Lipsey assists).
2639
+2 (0:14) Amir Jenkins makes 6-foot jumper.
2839
+2 (0:02) Blake Buchanan makes 1-foot dunk (Tamin Lipsey assists).
2841
(0:02) Foul on Jackson Fields.
(0:02) Blake Buchanan misses free throw 1 of 1.
(0:02) West Virginia Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

WVU

ISU

59Points80

21-49(42.9%)Field Goal(%)29-55(52.7%)

7-24(29.2%)3-Point(%)13-25(52.0%)

10-12(83.3%)Free Throw(%)9-15(60.0%)

23(7)Rebounds(Offensive)35(12)

13Assists26

9Steals6

1Blocks5

12Turnovers11

13(0)Fouls(Technical)9(0)

5Largest Lead26

Game Details

Friday, January 2, 2026 · 9:00 PM

James H. Hilton Coliseum · Ames, IA

attendance: 14,267 (99.4%)

tv: ESPN2

spread: ISU -16.5

over/under: 142.5