Iowa State Cyclones vs. BYU Cougars

Feb 21, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
ISU	30	39	69
BYU	39	40	79

Game Recap

AJ Dybantsa leads No. 23 BYU to 79-69 victory over No. 6 Iowa State. AJ Dybantsa had 29 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists to help No. 23 BYU beat No. 6 Iowa State 79-69 on Saturday night for its first victory over a Top 10 opponent this season.

Player Stats

IOWA STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
23Blake Buchanan	27	3-4	0-0	0-0	4	0	0	0	2	1	6
5Joshua Jefferson	35	4-13	1-5	4-5	8	7	2	1	1	2	13
22Milan Momcilovic	25	1-5	1-4	2-3	3	1	0	0	1	4	5
27Killyan Toure	21	1-3	0-2	1-2	0	1	0	0	2	2	3
3Tamin Lipsey	34	7-15	3-4	2-2	5	3	1	0	2	2	19
21Dominykas Pleta	11	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2
1Jamarion Batemon	19	4-8	2-5	4-5	1	0	2	0	0	3	14
0Nate Heise	28	2-5	1-4	2-2	4	1	0	0	1	4	7
TOTAL	-	23-5442.6%	8-2433.3%	15-1978.9%	25	13	6	1	10	20	69

BYU	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
5Mihailo Boškovic	28	5-11	2-8	1-1	5	0	0	0	3	4	13
3AJ Dybantsa	40	10-17	2-4	7-9	10	9	1	1	2	2	29
13Keba Keita	27	4-4	0-0	1-3	6	0	3	1	2	1	9
30Kennard Davis Jr.	36	6-13	3-8	2-2	4	0	0	0	1	2	17
1Robert Wright III	40	2-8	0-3	2-2	0	4	3	0	1	1	6
7Khadim Mboup	17	2-3	0-1	1-3	10	0	0	0	2	3	5
34Abdullah Ahmed	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6Aleksej Kostic	5	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
TOTAL	-	29-5850.0%	7-2528.0%	14-2070.0%	35	13	7	2	11	15	79

Play-by-Play

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1st halfISUBYU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Iowa State.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by BYU.
(19:41) Milan Momcilovic misses 13-foot jumper.
(19:41) AJ Dybantsa Block.
(19:37) Mihailo Bošković Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:22) Keba Keita makes 2-foot alley oop dunk (AJ Dybantsa assists).
02
(19:22) Foul on Joshua Jefferson.
(19:20) Keba Keita misses free throw 1 of 1.
(19:18) Tamin Lipsey Defensive Rebound.
(19:01) Foul on Mihailo Bošković.
+1 (19:01) Joshua Jefferson makes free throw 1 of 2.
12
+1 (19:01) Joshua Jefferson makes free throw 2 of 2.
22
+3 (18:49) Mihailo Bošković makes 24-foot three point jumper (Robert Wright III assists).
25
(18:31) Joshua Jefferson bad pass turnover.
(18:05) Foul on Killyan Toure.
(17:53) AJ Dybantsa misses 11-foot jumper.
(17:48) Kennard Davis Jr. Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:48) Kennard Davis Jr. makes 0-foot tip in layup.
27
+3 (17:32) Tamin Lipsey makes 24-foot three point jumper.
57
(16:59) Mihailo Bošković misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:57) Milan Momcilovic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:47) Tamin Lipsey makes 10-foot jumper.
77
(16:34) Robert Wright III misses 12-foot jumper.
(16:34) Joshua Jefferson Block.
(16:30) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:28) Killyan Toure makes layup (Joshua Jefferson assists).
97
(16:10) Keba Keita bad pass turnover.
(15:53) Joshua Jefferson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(15:50) AJ Dybantsa Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:44) AJ Dybantsa makes 0-foot dunk.
99
(15:34) Foul on Robert Wright III.
+1 (15:34) Killyan Toure makes free throw 1 of 2.
109
(15:32) Killyan Toure misses free throw 2 of 2.
(15:31) Keba Keita Defensive Rebound.
(15:08) AJ Dybantsa bad pass turnover.
(15:08) Tamin Lipsey Steal.
(14:58) Tamin Lipsey misses driving layup.
(14:55) Keba Keita Defensive Rebound.
(14:44) Aleksej Kostić misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(14:40) Kennard Davis Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(14:38) Foul on Dominykas Pleta.
(14:37) Keba Keita bad pass turnover.
+2 (14:10) Blake Buchanan makes 1-foot dunk (Joshua Jefferson assists).
129
(13:51) AJ Dybantsa misses 3-foot jumper.
(13:47) AJ Dybantsa Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:47) AJ Dybantsa makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1211
(13:23) Blake Buchanan bad pass turnover.
(13:23) Keba Keita Steal.
(13:11) Foul on Nate Heise.
+2 (13:06) AJ Dybantsa makes driving layup.
1213
(12:48) Tamin Lipsey misses 3-foot jumper.
(12:44) Khadim Mboup Defensive Rebound.
+2 (12:41) Mihailo Bošković makes 0-foot dunk (AJ Dybantsa assists).
1215
(12:20) Joshua Jefferson misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(12:13) Khadim Mboup Defensive Rebound.
(12:12) AJ Dybantsa misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:06) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
(12:00) Tamin Lipsey misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(11:57) Khadim Mboup Defensive Rebound.
(11:52) Foul on Tamin Lipsey.
+3 (11:32) Kennard Davis Jr. makes 23-foot three point jumper (AJ Dybantsa assists).
1218
(11:15) Foul on AJ Dybantsa.
(11:15) Milan Momcilovic misses free throw 1 of 3.
(11:15) Iowa State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (11:15) Milan Momcilovic makes free throw 2 of 3.
1318
+1 (11:15) Milan Momcilovic makes free throw 3 of 3.
1418
(10:54) Kennard Davis Jr. misses 3-foot jumper.
(10:51) Kennard Davis Jr. Offensive Rebound.
(10:43) Robert Wright III misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:41) Khadim Mboup Offensive Rebound.
(10:38) Robert Wright III misses 5-foot jumper.
(10:35) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
(10:16) Foul on Mihailo Bošković.
+3 (10:14) Milan Momcilovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tamin Lipsey assists).
1718
+2 (9:51) AJ Dybantsa makes 14-foot jumper.
1720
(9:33) Joshua Jefferson misses 11-foot jumper.
(9:33) BYU Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:18) Khadim Mboup makes layup.
1722
+2 (8:57) Joshua Jefferson makes 8-foot jumper.
1922
(8:28) Khadim Mboup misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:25) Nate Heise Defensive Rebound.
(8:18) Milan Momcilovic misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:18) Iowa State Offensive Rebound.
(8:14) Joshua Jefferson misses 6-foot jumper.
(8:11) Tamin Lipsey Offensive Rebound.
+3 (8:09) Nate Heise makes 26-foot three point jumper (Tamin Lipsey assists).
2222
+2 (7:51) Keba Keita makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (AJ Dybantsa assists).
2224
(7:24) Nate Heise misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(7:21) AJ Dybantsa Defensive Rebound.
(6:51) Kennard Davis Jr. misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(6:48) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:34) Joshua Jefferson makes 25-foot three point jumper (Milan Momcilovic assists).
2524
(5:58) Aleksej Kostić misses driving layup.
(5:56) Nate Heise Defensive Rebound.
(5:29) Killyan Toure bad pass turnover.
(5:29) Robert Wright III Steal.
+2 (5:23) Robert Wright III makes driving layup.
2526
(5:03) Blake Buchanan misses 6-foot jumper.
(5:00) Mihailo Bošković Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:51) AJ Dybantsa makes 15-foot jumper.
2528
(4:49) Foul on Milan Momcilovic.
(4:49) AJ Dybantsa misses free throw 1 of 1.
(4:47) Nate Heise Defensive Rebound.
(4:35) Nate Heise bad pass turnover.
+2 (4:20) Mihailo Bošković makes 7-foot jumper.
2530
(3:58) Jamarion Batemon misses 6-foot jumper.
(3:52) AJ Dybantsa Defensive Rebound.
(3:50) Kennard Davis Jr. bad pass turnover.
(3:50) Foul on Kennard Davis Jr..
(3:50) Dominykas Pleta Steal.
(3:32) Killyan Toure misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(3:28) Mihailo Bošković Defensive Rebound.
+3 (3:02) AJ Dybantsa makes 24-foot three pointer.
2533
(2:45) Foul on Aleksej Kostić.
(2:39) Tamin Lipsey misses 6-foot floating jump shot.
(2:39) Khadim Mboup Defensive Rebound.
(2:39) Foul on Joshua Jefferson.
(2:38) Khadim Mboup misses free throw 1 of 1.
(2:36) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
(2:19) Foul on Aleksej Kostić.
(2:19) Joshua Jefferson misses free throw 1 of 1.
(2:18) Khadim Mboup Defensive Rebound.
(2:01) AJ Dybantsa misses 5-foot jumper.
(2:01) Iowa State Defensive Rebound.
(1:45) Tamin Lipsey misses 18-foot jumper.
(1:41) Khadim Mboup Defensive Rebound.
(1:31) Foul on Tamin Lipsey.
(1:31) AJ Dybantsa misses free throw 1 of 2.
(1:31) BYU Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (1:31) AJ Dybantsa makes free throw 2 of 2.
2534
(1:20) Blake Buchanan bad pass turnover.
(1:20) Robert Wright III Steal.
(1:15) Foul on Blake Buchanan.
+1 (1:14) Khadim Mboup makes free throw 1 of 2.
2535
(1:12) Khadim Mboup misses free throw 2 of 2.
(1:11) Khadim Mboup Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:54) Robert Wright III makes driving layup.
2537
(0:40) Tamin Lipsey misses driving layup.
(0:36) Blake Buchanan Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:36) Blake Buchanan makes 0-foot tip in layup.
2737
(0:20) Foul on Nate Heise.
+1 (0:20) Robert Wright III makes free throw 1 of 2.
2738
+1 (0:20) Robert Wright III makes free throw 2 of 2.
2739
+3 (0:14) Jamarion Batemon makes 24-foot three point jumper (Killyan Toure assists).
3039
(0:00) AJ Dybantsa misses 20-foot jumper.
(0:00) Khadim Mboup Offensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

ISU

BYU

69Points79

23-54(42.6%)Field Goal(%)29-58(50.0%)

8-24(33.3%)3-Point(%)7-25(28.0%)

15-19(78.9%)Free Throw(%)14-20(70.0%)

28(6)Rebounds(Offensive)39(12)

13Assists13

6Steals7

1Blocks2

10Turnovers11

20(0)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

3Largest Lead13

Game Details

Saturday, February 21, 2026 · 10:38 PM

Marriott Center · Provo, UT

attendance: 18,046 (95.0%)

tv: ESPN

spread: ISU -2.5

over/under: 154.5