Iowa State Cyclones vs. Cincinnati Bearcats

Jan 17, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
ISU	31	39	70
CIN	35	44	79

Game Recap

No. 2 Iowa State loses second straight, 79-70 to Cincinnati. Day Day Thomas scored 19 points to lead Cincinnati to a 79-70 win Saturday over No. 2 Iowa State, which has lost two straight after winning its first 16 games.

Player Stats

IOWA STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
23Blake Buchanan	26	2-4	0-0	0-2	5	1	0	1	1	0	4
5Joshua Jefferson	35	4-12	0-1	8-10	9	5	0	0	3	2	16
22Milan Momcilovic	34	9-18	8-14	8-10	1	0	0	0	0	1	34
27Killyan Toure	23	2-4	0-1	0-0	5	1	2	0	3	4	4
3Tamin Lipsey	33	3-7	1-3	0-3	7	4	1	0	2	3	7
21Dominykas Pleta	8	0-0	0-0	1-2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
11Dominick Nelson	9	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
1Jamarion Batemon	7	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
0Nate Heise	25	2-4	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	3	4
TOTAL	-	22-5143.1%	9-2142.9%	17-2763.0%	29	11	4	2	12	14	70

CINCINNATI	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
18Baba Miller	34	3-7	1-3	1-2	12	4	1	2	2	0	8
52Moustapha Thiam	22	2-5	1-2	0-0	6	2	1	0	2	2	5
2Jizzle James	30	6-12	1-3	2-2	1	1	1	0	1	2	15
1Day Day Thomas	26	8-18	3-10	0-0	2	1	2	1	2	4	19
5Sencire Harris	20	3-8	0-2	6-8	4	2	2	1	0	3	12
24Tyler McKinley	18	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	1	4
7Keyshuan Tillery	19	2-4	0-2	0-0	2	2	1	0	0	2	4
10Shon Abaev	5	0-2	0-2	0-0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0
32Jalen Celestine	26	4-10	4-10	0-0	5	2	0	0	0	2	12
TOTAL	-	30-6943.5%	10-3429.4%	9-1275.0%	37	15	8	4	7	18	79

Play-by-Play

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1st halfISUCIN

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Cincinnati.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Iowa State.
(19:38) Day Day Thomas misses 19-foot pullup jump shot.
(19:35) Tamin Lipsey Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:22) Tamin Lipsey makes driving layup.
20
(18:59) Moustapha Thiam misses 13-foot jumper.
(18:55) Killyan Toure Defensive Rebound.
(18:43) Tamin Lipsey bad pass turnover.
(18:43) Sencire Harris Steal.
(18:37) Jizzle James misses driving layup.
(18:35) Cincinnati Offensive Rebound.
(18:21) Sencire Harris misses 7-foot floating jump shot.
(18:18) Blake Buchanan Defensive Rebound.
(18:07) Joshua Jefferson misses layup.
(18:05) Joshua Jefferson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (18:03) Joshua Jefferson makes layup.
40
(17:52) Jizzle James misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(17:49) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
(17:41) Milan Momcilovic misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot.
(17:37) Moustapha Thiam Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:33) Day Day Thomas makes 10-foot floating jump shot (Sencire Harris assists).
42
(17:17) Foul on Day Day Thomas.
+2 (17:12) Killyan Toure makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Joshua Jefferson assists).
62
(16:59) Day Day Thomas misses 16-foot pullup jump shot.
(16:56) Baba Miller Offensive Rebound.
+3 (16:54) Jizzle James makes 26-foot three point jumper (Baba Miller assists).
65
+2 (16:23) Nate Heise makes driving layup.
85
(16:06) Foul on Joshua Jefferson.
(15:47) Day Day Thomas misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(15:43) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
(15:35) Milan Momcilovic misses 6-foot hook shot.
(15:29) Joshua Jefferson Offensive Rebound.
(15:24) Killyan Toure misses 25-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(15:24) Baba Miller Block.
(15:19) Killyan Toure Offensive Rebound.
(15:17) Killyan Toure misses layup.
(15:14) Baba Miller Defensive Rebound.
(15:11) Day Day Thomas misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(15:08) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
(14:51) Joshua Jefferson bad pass turnover.
(14:51) Baba Miller Steal.
+2 (14:45) Baba Miller makes driving layup.
87
(14:29) Milan Momcilovic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(14:25) Jalen Celestine Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:21) Jalen Celestine makes 26-foot three point jumper (Day Day Thomas assists).
810
(13:48) Joshua Jefferson misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot.
(13:44) Baba Miller Defensive Rebound.
(13:34) Baba Miller bad pass turnover.
(13:34) Killyan Toure Steal.
(13:23) Dominykas Pleta bad pass turnover.
(13:23) Jizzle James Steal.
+3 (13:17) Jalen Celestine makes 24-foot three point jumper.
813
(13:02) Blake Buchanan bad pass turnover.
(13:02) Moustapha Thiam Steal.
+3 (12:47) Jalen Celestine makes 24-foot three point jumper (Moustapha Thiam assists).
816
(12:29) Tamin Lipsey misses 15-foot pullup jump shot.
(12:25) Shon Abaev Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:07) Day Day Thomas makes 28-foot three point jumper (Keyshuan Tillery assists).
819
+2 (11:46) Blake Buchanan makes layup (Joshua Jefferson assists).
1019
(11:27) Foul on Jamarion Batemon.
+2 (11:08) Keyshuan Tillery makes driving layup.
1021
+3 (10:55) Tamin Lipsey makes 25-foot three point jumper.
1321
(10:38) Foul on Nate Heise.
(10:38) Sencire Harris misses free throw 1 of 2.
(10:38) Cincinnati Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (10:38) Sencire Harris makes free throw 2 of 2.
1322
(10:12) Joshua Jefferson bad pass turnover.
(10:09) Foul on Killyan Toure.
(10:09) Sencire Harris misses free throw 1 of 2.
(10:09) Cincinnati Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (10:09) Sencire Harris makes free throw 2 of 2.
1323
(9:56) Foul on Shon Abaev.
(9:56) Milan Momcilovic misses free throw 1 of 3.
(9:56) Iowa State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (9:56) Milan Momcilovic makes free throw 2 of 3.
1423
(9:54) Milan Momcilovic misses free throw 3 of 3.
(9:53) Baba Miller Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:40) Keyshuan Tillery makes layup (Shon Abaev assists).
1425
(9:26) Foul on Keyshuan Tillery.
+1 (9:26) Joshua Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 2.
1525
(9:25) Joshua Jefferson misses free throw 2 of 2.
(9:24) Baba Miller Defensive Rebound.
(9:20) Shon Abaev misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(9:17) Iowa State Defensive Rebound.
(9:05) Joshua Jefferson misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(9:00) Shon Abaev Defensive Rebound.
(8:53) Shon Abaev misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(8:49) Tyler McKinley Offensive Rebound.
(8:48) Keyshuan Tillery misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(8:44) Baba Miller Offensive Rebound.
(8:26) Tyler McKinley misses dunk.
(8:26) Blake Buchanan Block.
(8:22) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
(8:18) Nate Heise misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:15) Blake Buchanan Offensive Rebound.
+2 (8:10) Blake Buchanan makes layup (Tamin Lipsey assists).
1725
+2 (7:44) Jizzle James makes 22-foot pullup jump shot (Moustapha Thiam assists).
1727
(7:15) Foul on Day Day Thomas.
+1 (7:15) Joshua Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 2.
1827
+1 (7:15) Joshua Jefferson makes free throw 2 of 2.
1927
(7:00) Jalen Celestine misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:56) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
(6:49) Joshua Jefferson misses layup.
(6:46) Keyshuan Tillery Defensive Rebound.
(6:38) Foul on Joshua Jefferson.
(6:38) Baba Miller misses free throw 1 of 2.
(6:38) Cincinnati Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (6:38) Baba Miller makes free throw 2 of 2.
1928
+2 (6:26) Tamin Lipsey makes driving layup.
2128
(5:56) Baba Miller misses 9-foot floating jump shot.
(5:51) Killyan Toure Defensive Rebound.
(5:47) Tamin Lipsey misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(5:43) Jalen Celestine Defensive Rebound.
(5:37) Jalen Celestine misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(5:34) Tamin Lipsey Defensive Rebound.
(5:25) Foul on Moustapha Thiam.
+1 (5:25) Dominykas Pleta makes free throw 1 of 2.
2228
(5:24) Dominykas Pleta misses free throw 2 of 2.
(5:22) Jalen Celestine Defensive Rebound.
(5:06) Jizzle James misses driving layup.
(5:03) Moustapha Thiam Offensive Rebound.
+2 (5:02) Moustapha Thiam makes layup.
2230
(4:54) Dominick Nelson traveling turnover.
(4:27) Sencire Harris misses layup.
(4:27) Dominick Nelson Block.
(4:22) Tyler McKinley Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:21) Tyler McKinley makes layup.
2232
+2 (4:08) Killyan Toure makes 11-foot turnaround jump shot.
2432
(3:36) Sencire Harris misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(3:34) team shot clock turnover .
(3:33) Cincinnati Deadball Team Rebound.
(3:17) Foul on Sencire Harris.
(3:12) Nate Heise bad pass turnover.
+3 (3:06) Moustapha Thiam makes 25-foot three point jumper (Sencire Harris assists).
2435
(2:55) Milan Momcilovic misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(2:51) Sencire Harris Defensive Rebound.
(2:32) Moustapha Thiam bad pass turnover.
(2:32) Tamin Lipsey Steal.
(2:28) Foul on Sencire Harris.
(2:27) Tamin Lipsey misses free throw 1 of 1.
(2:26) Dominykas Pleta Offensive Rebound.
(2:25) Foul on Shon Abaev.
+1 (2:25) Milan Momcilovic makes free throw 1 of 2.
2535
+1 (2:25) Milan Momcilovic makes free throw 2 of 2.
2635
(2:10) Foul on Nate Heise.
(2:04) Moustapha Thiam misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(1:59) Baba Miller Offensive Rebound.
(1:52) Baba Miller traveling turnover.
+3 (1:38) Milan Momcilovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tamin Lipsey assists).
2935
(1:15) Baba Miller misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:12) Moustapha Thiam Offensive Rebound.
(1:01) Jizzle James misses 16-foot turnaround jump shot.
(0:57) Keyshuan Tillery Offensive Rebound.
(0:54) Jalen Celestine misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(0:50) Jalen Celestine Offensive Rebound.
(0:47) Keyshuan Tillery misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(0:43) Dominick Nelson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:18) Milan Momcilovic makes 9-foot turnaround jump shot.
3135
(0:00) Day Day Thomas misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Cincinnati Deadball Team Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

ISU

CIN

70Points79

22-51(43.1%)Field Goal(%)30-69(43.5%)

9-21(42.9%)3-Point(%)10-34(29.4%)

17-27(63.0%)Free Throw(%)9-12(75.0%)

32(11)Rebounds(Offensive)39(15)

11Assists15

4Steals8

2Blocks4

12Turnovers8

14(0)Fouls(Technical)18(0)

4Largest Lead17

Game Details

Saturday, January 17, 2026 · 2:00 PM

Fifth Third Arena · Cincinnati, OH

attendance: 10,551 (87.8%)

tv: Peacock

spread: ISU -5.5

over/under: 141.5