UCF Knights vs. Iowa State Cyclones

Jan 20, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
UCF	26	31	57
ISU	44	43	87

Game Recap

UCF Knights vs Iowa State Cyclones game highlights

Joshua Jefferson's second triple-double leads No. 9 Iowa State over UCF 87-57. Joshua Jefferson had 17 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high 12 assists for his second triple-double of the season as No. 9 Iowa State defeated UCF 87-57 on Tuesday night.

Player Stats

UCF	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
99Jordan Burks	33	5-9	3-6	2-2	7	1	1	1	2	1	15
35Devan Cambridge	27	3-4	2-3	0-0	3	1	0	3	1	3	8
7John Bol	12	1-2	0-0	2-2	5	0	0	1	1	4	4
2Riley Kugel	31	6-15	3-8	0-0	3	3	0	0	2	3	15
1Themus Fulks	30	4-8	0-2	0-0	0	5	0	0	6	1	8
9Elijah Hulsewe	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0Jeremy Foumena	9	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
24Zach Johnson	3	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Carmelo Pacheco	20	2-6	2-5	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6
22Chris Johnson	12	0-7	0-4	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0
3George Beale Jr.	11	0-3	0-2	0-0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0
5Kris Parker	10	0-1	0-1	1-2	1	0	0	1	1	2	1
TOTAL	-	21-5736.8%	10-3231.3%	5-683.3%	27	13	1	6	17	17	57

IOWA STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
23Blake Buchanan	19	4-6	0-0	3-5	6	0	1	0	0	2	11
5Joshua Jefferson	34	6-11	1-3	4-7	10	12	4	1	0	0	17
22Milan Momcilovic	33	7-12	4-8	2-2	2	0	0	2	0	2	20
27Killyan Toure	31	5-9	2-4	0-2	5	2	1	0	0	3	12
3Tamin Lipsey	30	2-9	1-4	0-0	5	6	5	0	2	1	5
21Dominykas Pleta	12	3-4	0-0	2-4	1	1	0	0	2	0	8
4Eric Mulder	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
7Anthony Rise	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1Jamarion Batemon	18	5-11	1-5	1-1	1	0	1	0	0	2	12
13Cade Kelderman	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
0Nate Heise	19	1-3	0-1	0-0	5	0	0	0	1	3	2

TOTAL	-	33-6550.8%	9-2536.0%	12-2157.1%	35	22	13	3	5	13	87

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUCFISU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:55) Jump Ball won by UCF.
(19:55) Jump Ball lost by Iowa State.
+3 (19:46) Riley Kugel makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Burks assists).
30
(19:24) Killyan Toure misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(19:20) John Bol Defensive Rebound.
(19:11) Riley Kugel bad pass turnover.
(19:11) Tamin Lipsey Steal.
(18:46) Tamin Lipsey misses 9-foot jumper.
(18:46) John Bol Block.
(18:44) John Bol Defensive Rebound.
(18:44) John Bol bad pass turnover.
(18:44) Joshua Jefferson Steal.
+3 (18:42) Milan Momcilovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tamin Lipsey assists).
33
(18:28) Themus Fulks bad pass turnover.
(18:28) Joshua Jefferson Steal.
+2 (18:23) Joshua Jefferson makes 6-foot dunk.
35
(18:08) Themus Fulks bad pass turnover.
(17:40) Milan Momcilovic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:38) Blake Buchanan Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:38) Blake Buchanan makes 8-foot jumper.
37
(17:38) Foul on John Bol.
+1 (17:38) Blake Buchanan makes free throw 1 of 1.
38
+2 (17:21) Riley Kugel makes 9-foot jumper.
58
+2 (17:07) Blake Buchanan makes layup (Joshua Jefferson assists).
510
(16:55) Themus Fulks bad pass turnover.
(16:55) Blake Buchanan Steal.
(16:51) Foul on John Bol.
+1 (16:51) Joshua Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 2.
511
+1 (16:51) Joshua Jefferson makes free throw 2 of 2.
512
(16:51) Foul on Killyan Toure.
(16:51) Foul on Themus Fulks.
+2 (16:32) Devan Cambridge makes 5-foot dunk (Riley Kugel assists).
712
(16:10) Killyan Toure misses 9-foot jumper.
(16:06) Jeremy Foumena Defensive Rebound.
(16:01) Riley Kugel misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(15:57) Tamin Lipsey Defensive Rebound.
+3 (15:47) Killyan Toure makes 23-foot three point jumper (Joshua Jefferson assists).
715
(15:36) Jordan Burks misses 4-foot jumper.
(15:36) Killyan Toure Defensive Rebound.
(15:36) Milan Momcilovic Block.
(15:33) Foul on Jordan Burks.
+2 (15:13) Killyan Toure makes 11-foot jumper.
717
(14:41) Riley Kugel misses 29-foot three point jumper.
(14:35) Jeremy Foumena Offensive Rebound.
+2 (14:26) Riley Kugel makes layup.
917
+2 (14:04) Dominykas Pleta makes layup (Joshua Jefferson assists).
919
(13:43) Chris Johnson misses layup.
(13:43) Joshua Jefferson Block.
(13:35) Milan Momcilovic Defensive Rebound.
(13:35) Foul on Devan Cambridge.
(13:33) Jamarion Batemon misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:30) Tamin Lipsey Offensive Rebound.
(13:21) Jamarion Batemon misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(13:17) Chris Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(13:11) Chris Johnson bad pass turnover.
(13:11) Tamin Lipsey Steal.
+2 (13:03) Nate Heise makes layup (Joshua Jefferson assists).
921
(12:41) Foul on Blake Buchanan.
(12:32) Jeremy Foumena misses 8-foot jumper.
(12:28) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:20) Joshua Jefferson makes layup (Tamin Lipsey assists).
923
+3 (12:10) Devan Cambridge makes 25-foot three point jumper (Riley Kugel assists).
1223
(11:51) Nate Heise misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:50) UCF Deadball Team Rebound.
(11:50) Foul on Blake Buchanan.
(11:32) George Beale Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:29) Iowa State Defensive Rebound.
+2 (11:15) Dominykas Pleta makes layup (Tamin Lipsey assists).
1225
+2 (10:51) Jordan Burks makes layup (Jeremy Foumena assists).
1425
(10:38) Tamin Lipsey misses layup.
(10:36) Tamin Lipsey Offensive Rebound.
(10:36) Foul on Jeremy Foumena.
+2 (10:18) Milan Momcilovic makes 13-foot jumper.
1427
+2 (10:03) Jordan Burks makes layup (Themus Fulks assists).
1627
+2 (9:45) Joshua Jefferson makes 4-foot dunk (Dominykas Pleta assists).
1629
(9:29) Themus Fulks bad pass turnover.
(9:29) Tamin Lipsey Steal.
(9:25) Dominykas Pleta traveling turnover.
(8:56) Jordan Burks misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:53) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
(8:50) Nate Heise out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(8:31) Riley Kugel bad pass turnover.
(8:31) Killyan Toure Steal.
(8:24) Joshua Jefferson misses driving layup.
(8:21) Devan Cambridge Defensive Rebound.
(8:05) Devan Cambridge bad pass turnover.
(8:05) Eric Mulder Steal.
(7:47) Milan Momcilovic misses 16-foot jumper.
(7:47) Devan Cambridge Block.
(7:42) Jordan Burks Defensive Rebound.
(7:24) Carmelo Pacheco misses 6-foot jumper.
(7:24) Milan Momcilovic Block.
(7:23) UCF Offensive Rebound.
(7:23) Foul on Nate Heise.
+3 (7:15) Riley Kugel makes 26-foot three point jumper (Devan Cambridge assists).
1929
+2 (7:01) Tamin Lipsey makes layup (Joshua Jefferson assists).
1931
+2 (6:51) Themus Fulks makes 13-foot jumper.
2131
(6:38) Joshua Jefferson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:34) Devan Cambridge Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:26) Riley Kugel makes 23-foot three point jumper (Chris Johnson assists).
2431
(6:02) Foul on Chris Johnson.
(6:02) Dominykas Pleta misses free throw 1 of 2.
(6:02) Iowa State Deadball Team Rebound.
(6:02) Dominykas Pleta misses free throw 2 of 2.
(6:01) Kris Parker Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:45) Themus Fulks makes 14-foot jumper.
2631
(5:16) Jamarion Batemon misses layup.
(5:16) Jordan Burks Block.
(5:16) Iowa State Offensive Rebound.
(5:13) Blake Buchanan misses layup.
(5:08) Jordan Burks Defensive Rebound.
(4:46) George Beale Jr. misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(4:42) Jordan Burks Offensive Rebound.
(4:23) Riley Kugel misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(4:22) UCF Deadball Team Rebound.
(4:22) team shot clock turnover .
+2 (4:07) Jamarion Batemon makes layup.
2633
(3:54) Foul on Jamarion Batemon.
(3:51) Riley Kugel misses layup.
(3:51) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
(3:21) Foul on Kris Parker.
+1 (3:21) Milan Momcilovic makes free throw 1 of 2.
2634
+1 (3:21) Milan Momcilovic makes free throw 2 of 2.
2635
(3:11) Kris Parker bad pass turnover.
(3:11) Joshua Jefferson Steal.
(2:48) Tamin Lipsey misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:45) George Beale Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(2:36) Jordan Burks misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(2:33) Jamarion Batemon Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:29) Jamarion Batemon makes driving layup.
2637
(2:29) Foul on George Beale Jr..
+1 (2:29) Jamarion Batemon makes free throw 1 of 1.
2638
(1:59) team shot clock turnover .
(1:42) Joshua Jefferson misses driving layup.
(1:38) George Beale Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(1:37) George Beale Jr. bad pass turnover.
(1:37) Jamarion Batemon Steal.
(1:31) Tamin Lipsey misses layup.
(1:27) Joshua Jefferson Offensive Rebound.
+3 (1:24) Jamarion Batemon makes 24-foot three point jumper (Joshua Jefferson assists).
2641
(1:10) Foul on Killyan Toure.
(0:59) Devan Cambridge misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:55) Chris Johnson Offensive Rebound.
(0:50) Chris Johnson misses 6-foot jumper.
(0:50) UCF Offensive Rebound.
(0:44) Carmelo Pacheco bad pass turnover.
(0:44) Tamin Lipsey Steal.
(0:32) Killyan Toure misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(0:29) Nate Heise Offensive Rebound.
(0:29) Nate Heise misses layup.
(0:28) Iowa State Offensive Rebound.
+3 (0:09) Tamin Lipsey makes 23-foot three point jumper (Joshua Jefferson assists).
2644
(0:03) Chris Johnson misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:00) Tamin Lipsey Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

UCF

ISU

57Points87

21-57(36.8%)Field Goal(%)33-65(50.8%)

10-32(31.3%)3-Point(%)9-25(36.0%)

5-6(83.3%)Free Throw(%)12-21(57.1%)

32(13)Rebounds(Offensive)38(15)

13Assists22

1Steals13

6Blocks3

19Turnovers5

17(0)Fouls(Technical)13(0)

3Largest Lead31

Game Details

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 · 7:00 PM

James H. Hilton Coliseum · Ames, IA

attendance: 14,267 (99.4%)

spread: ISU -14.5

over/under: 156.5