Tennessee State Tigers vs. Iowa State Cyclones

Mar 20, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
TNST	29	45	74
ISU	55	53	108

Game Recap

Iowa State loses star F Joshua Jefferson to an injury in first-round NCAA blowout of Tennessee State. Nobody on the Iowa State bench knew how badly Joshua Jefferson was hurt when the All-American forward landed awkwardly on his left ankle in the opening minutes of their first-round game against Tennessee State on Friday.

Player Stats

TENNESSEE STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
11Antoine Lorick III	31	9-15	2-4	0-0	8	2	1	3	1	3	20
0Jalen Pitre	29	1-3	0-0	1-2	8	1	0	2	2	4	3
2Travis Harper II	35	4-13	0-5	5-6	0	3	3	0	2	2	13
30Aaron Nkrumah	31	7-15	2-6	5-7	6	3	1	3	3	2	21
10Dante Harris	37	5-14	0-2	1-2	1	4	2	0	2	3	11
23Kavien Jones	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
4JC Brooks	3	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12Carlous Williams	13	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0
31Alex Garcia	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
7Jabrion Spikes	10	1-2	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	2	3	2
1Damon Howard Jr.	4	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3

TOTAL	-	28-6543.1%	5-2123.8%	13-1968.4%	28	14	8	9	15	22	74

IOWA STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
23Blake Buchanan	27	5-9	0-0	1-2	7	8	3	2	1	1	11
5Joshua Jefferson	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
22Milan Momcilovic	34	6-11	3-7	2-2	4	2	0	2	0	0	17
27Killyan Toure	30	8-12	2-3	7-8	11	6	0	0	6	1	25
3Tamin Lipsey	18	1-6	0-1	1-2	2	2	3	0	1	4	3
21Dominykas Pleta	12	3-3	0-0	3-4	3	2	0	0	0	4	9
4Eric Mulder	3	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
7Anthony Rise	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Dominick Nelson	19	2-6	0-1	5-5	2	1	1	1	1	2	9
1Jamarion Batemon	24	3-10	2-7	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	2	8
13Cade Kelderman	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
0Nate Heise	27	8-13	4-5	2-4	4	3	1	0	1	3	22
TOTAL	-	38-7252.8%	11-2445.8%	21-2777.8%	37	24	9	5	11	17	108

Play-by-Play

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1st halfTNSTISU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Iowa State.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Tennessee State.
(19:44) Tamin Lipsey bad pass turnover.
(19:44) Travis Harper II Steal.
(19:41) Foul on Tamin Lipsey.
(19:41) Travis Harper II misses free throw 1 of 2.
(19:41) Tennessee State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (19:41) Travis Harper II makes free throw 2 of 2.
10
+2 (19:16) Milan Momcilovic makes layup.
12
(18:58) Dante Harris bad pass turnover.
(18:58) Tamin Lipsey Steal.
(18:54) Milan Momcilovic misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(18:52) Killyan Toure Offensive Rebound.
(18:49) Blake Buchanan misses layup.
(18:47) Aaron Nkrumah Defensive Rebound.
(18:34) Antoine Lorick III bad pass turnover.
(18:34) Blake Buchanan Steal.
(18:27) Foul on Antoine Lorick III.
(18:27) Tamin Lipsey misses free throw 1 of 2.
(18:27) Iowa State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (18:27) Tamin Lipsey makes free throw 2 of 2.
13
+2 (18:04) Antoine Lorick III makes layup (Jalen Pitre assists).
33
(17:38) Blake Buchanan misses 10-foot turnaround jump shot.
(17:38) Antoine Lorick III Block.
(17:35) Jalen Pitre Defensive Rebound.
(17:33) Travis Harper II misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(17:30) Joshua Jefferson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:24) Joshua Jefferson makes driving layup.
35
(16:59) Jalen Pitre misses layup.
(16:58) Dominykas Pleta Defensive Rebound.
(16:41) Tamin Lipsey misses layup.
(16:38) Dominykas Pleta Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:37) Dominykas Pleta makes layup.
37
(16:22) Antoine Lorick III misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(16:19) Tennessee State Deadball Team Rebound.
(16:19) Foul on Tamin Lipsey.
(16:13) Foul on Killyan Toure.
(16:12) Travis Harper II out of bounds bad pass turnover.
+2 (16:01) Nate Heise makes driving layup.
39
(15:45) Foul on Dominykas Pleta.
+1 (15:45) Travis Harper II makes free throw 1 of 2.
49
+1 (15:45) Travis Harper II makes free throw 2 of 2.
59
(15:27) Nate Heise misses driving layup.
(15:27) Aaron Nkrumah Block.
(15:26) Iowa State Offensive Rebound.
(15:22) Killyan Toure bad pass turnover.
(15:22) Antoine Lorick III Steal.
+2 (15:18) Dante Harris makes driving layup (Antoine Lorick III assists).
79
+3 (14:50) Milan Momcilovic makes 24-foot three point jumper.
712
(14:40) Foul on Aaron Nkrumah.
(14:40) Aaron Nkrumah turnover.
+2 (14:26) Nate Heise makes 1-foot dunk.
714
(14:09) Travis Harper II misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(14:06) Dominick Nelson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (13:59) Jamarion Batemon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Blake Buchanan assists).
717
(13:38) Travis Harper II misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot.
(13:35) Blake Buchanan Defensive Rebound.
+3 (13:22) Nate Heise makes 24-foot three point jumper (Blake Buchanan assists).
720
(13:10) Aaron Nkrumah misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot.
(13:07) Dominick Nelson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:49) Milan Momcilovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nate Heise assists).
723
(12:28) Jalen Pitre bad pass turnover.
+3 (12:08) Nate Heise makes 23-foot three point jumper (Blake Buchanan assists).
726
(11:51) team turnover.
(11:34) Killyan Toure bad pass turnover.
(11:34) Dante Harris Steal.
(11:14) Antoine Lorick III misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:11) Iowa State Defensive Rebound.
(10:51) Foul on Jabrion Spikes.
+2 (10:41) Milan Momcilovic makes 15-foot turnaround jump shot (Killyan Toure assists).
728
(10:22) Jabrion Spikes bad pass turnover.
(10:22) Blake Buchanan Steal.
(10:18) Milan Momcilovic misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(10:15) Killyan Toure Offensive Rebound.
+2 (10:15) Killyan Toure makes layup.
730
(9:58) Dante Harris misses 18-foot pullup jump shot.
(9:57) Iowa State Deadball Team Rebound.
+2 (9:47) Jamarion Batemon makes driving layup.
732
(9:26) Foul on Dominykas Pleta.
+2 (9:22) Travis Harper II makes 1-foot dunk.
932
(9:07) Foul on Antoine Lorick III.
+2 (8:51) Killyan Toure makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot (Tamin Lipsey assists).
934
(8:38) Dante Harris bad pass turnover.
(8:38) Jamarion Batemon Steal.
(8:21) Jamarion Batemon misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:17) Killyan Toure Offensive Rebound.
(8:16) Killyan Toure misses 9-foot jumper.
(8:15) Killyan Toure Offensive Rebound.
(8:14) Foul on Jalen Pitre.
+1 (8:14) Killyan Toure makes free throw 1 of 2.
935
+1 (8:14) Killyan Toure makes free throw 2 of 2.
936
(7:59) Carlous Williams bad pass turnover.
(7:59) Tamin Lipsey Steal.
(7:54) Jamarion Batemon misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(7:51) Kavien Jones Defensive Rebound.
(7:44) Kavien Jones traveling turnover.
(7:20) Foul on Carlous Williams.
+1 (7:20) Killyan Toure makes free throw 1 of 3.
937
(7:20) Killyan Toure misses free throw 2 of 3.
(7:20) Iowa State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (7:20) Killyan Toure makes free throw 3 of 3.
938
+2 (7:05) Aaron Nkrumah makes 0-foot dunk.
1138
(7:00) Foul on Travis Harper II.
(7:00) Nate Heise misses free throw 1 of 1.
(7:00) Blake Buchanan Offensive Rebound.
(6:51) Jamarion Batemon bad pass turnover.
(6:51) Carlous Williams Steal.
(6:31) Travis Harper II misses 20-foot pullup jump shot.
(6:29) Nate Heise Defensive Rebound.
(6:23) Nate Heise misses driving layup.
(6:21) Aaron Nkrumah Defensive Rebound.
(6:09) Foul on Nate Heise.
(6:09) Aaron Nkrumah misses free throw 1 of 2.
(6:09) Tennessee State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (6:09) Aaron Nkrumah makes free throw 2 of 2.
1238
+2 (5:47) Dominykas Pleta makes 1-foot dunk.
1240
(5:35) Jalen Pitre bad pass turnover.
(5:35) Tamin Lipsey Steal.
(5:31) Tamin Lipsey misses driving layup.
(5:31) Carlous Williams Block.
(5:28) Aaron Nkrumah Defensive Rebound.
+3 (5:25) Aaron Nkrumah makes 25-foot three pointer.
1540
(5:06) Foul on Dante Harris.
(5:06) Nate Heise misses free throw 1 of 1.
(5:06) Antoine Lorick III Defensive Rebound.
(4:59) Aaron Nkrumah misses 11-foot pullup jump shot.
(4:57) Antoine Lorick III Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:56) Antoine Lorick III makes layup.
1740
(4:41) Dominick Nelson misses driving layup.
(4:41) Aaron Nkrumah Block.
(4:40) Iowa State Offensive Rebound.
+2 (4:35) Milan Momcilovic makes 9-foot floating jump shot.
1742
(4:21) Antoine Lorick III misses 12-foot floating jump shot.
(4:18) Iowa State Defensive Rebound.
+2 (4:06) Nate Heise makes layup (Dominykas Pleta assists).
1744
+2 (3:49) Aaron Nkrumah makes layup (Travis Harper II assists).
1944
+2 (3:30) Dominykas Pleta makes driving layup.
1946
(3:24) Foul on Nate Heise.
+1 (3:24) Aaron Nkrumah makes free throw 1 of 2.
2046
+1 (3:24) Aaron Nkrumah makes free throw 2 of 2.
2146
(3:16) Killyan Toure bad pass turnover.
(2:57) Travis Harper II misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(2:54) Aaron Nkrumah Offensive Rebound.
(2:52) Aaron Nkrumah bad pass turnover.
(2:52) Blake Buchanan Steal.
(2:47) Jamarion Batemon misses 10-foot pullup jump shot.
(2:44) Killyan Toure Offensive Rebound.
(2:43) Killyan Toure bad pass turnover.
(2:43) Travis Harper II Steal.
(2:41) Dante Harris misses driving layup.
(2:41) Blake Buchanan Block.
(2:40) Iowa State Defensive Rebound.
(2:40) Iowa State Coach's Challenge (Overturned) Iowa State retains its timeout.
+2 (2:26) Dominick Nelson makes driving layup (Blake Buchanan assists).
2148
+2 (2:13) Dante Harris makes 12-foot pullup jump shot.
2348
(2:02) Jamarion Batemon misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(1:59) Antoine Lorick III Defensive Rebound.
+3 (1:51) Antoine Lorick III makes 25-foot three point jumper (Travis Harper II assists).
2648
(1:22) Foul on Carlous Williams.
+1 (1:22) Dominick Nelson makes free throw 1 of 2.
2649
+1 (1:22) Dominick Nelson makes free throw 2 of 2.
2650
(1:01) Aaron Nkrumah misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:59) Milan Momcilovic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (0:51) Killyan Toure makes layup.
2652
(0:51) Foul on Jalen Pitre.
+1 (0:51) Killyan Toure makes free throw 1 of 1.
2653
(0:44) Dante Harris misses 13-foot floating jump shot.
(0:41) Milan Momcilovic Defensive Rebound.
(0:12) Jamarion Batemon misses 20-foot floating jump shot.
(0:10) Killyan Toure Offensive Rebound.
(0:09) Foul on Dante Harris.
+1 (0:09) Killyan Toure makes free throw 1 of 2.
2654
+1 (0:09) Killyan Toure makes free throw 2 of 2.
2655
+3 (0:02) Aaron Nkrumah makes 25-foot three point jumper.
2955

2nd half

Team Stats

TNST

ISU

74Points108

28-65(43.1%)Field Goal(%)38-72(52.8%)

5-21(23.8%)3-Point(%)11-24(45.8%)

13-19(68.4%)Free Throw(%)21-27(77.8%)

29(11)Rebounds(Offensive)43(18)

14Assists24

8Steals9

9Blocks5

16Turnovers11

22(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

1Largest Lead38

Game Details

Friday, March 20, 2026 · 3:07 PM

Enterprise Center · St. Louis, MO

attendance: 17,192 (95.0%)

tv: CBS

spread: ISU -24.5

over/under: 147.5