Kentucky Wildcats vs. Iowa State Cyclones

Mar 22, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
UK	30	33	63
ISU	31	51	82

Game Recap

No. 2 seed Iowa State turns up the defense, shuts down No. 7 Kentucky in 82-63 NCAA tourney victory. Tamin Lipsey knew he had to step up for Iowa State with All-America forward Joshua Jefferson sitting on the bench, his...

Player Stats

KENTUCKY	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
4Andrija Jelavic	14	1-2	0-1	0-0	5	1	0	1	2	1	2
24Malachi Moreno	18	0-0	0-0	4-6	6	3	0	0	1	2	4
5Collin Chandler	30	2-5	2-5	0-0	1	0	1	1	2	3	6
00Otega Oweh	36	8-15	1-5	1-2	8	0	2	0	4	4	18
1Denzel Aberdeen	37	6-14	4-9	4-5	1	1	0	0	4	3	20
23Mouhamed Dioubate	18	2-3	0-0	0-0	3	2	1	1	1	1	4
10Brandon Garrison	22	0-1	0-0	1-2	6	0	0	0	2	2	1
2Jasper Johnson	6	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	2	0	0	2	2	3
3Kam Williams	19	1-2	1-2	2-2	0	2	0	0	1	0	5
TOTAL	-	21-4546.7%	9-2536.0%	12-1770.6%	30	11	4	3	19	18	63

IOWA STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
23Blake Buchanan	31	3-8	0-1	3-4	8	2	2	0	2	3	9
22Milan Momcilovic	36	6-12	4-9	4-5	5	1	2	0	0	1	20
27Killyan Toure	31	5-10	0-3	0-0	4	1	3	0	1	4	10
3Tamin Lipsey	37	8-15	3-6	7-8	3	10	5	0	3	1	26
0Nate Heise	36	5-8	1-4	1-3	2	3	0	0	1	3	12
21Dominykas Pleta	9	0-0	0-0	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1
11Dominick Nelson	4	0-0	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1Jamarion Batemon	16	1-8	1-5	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	2	3

TOTAL	-	28-6145.9%	9-2832.1%	17-2470.8%	26	17	12	0	7	16	82

Play-by-Play

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1st halfUKISU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Iowa State.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Kentucky.
+2 (19:46) Blake Buchanan makes 9-foot pullup jump shot (Tamin Lipsey assists).
02
+2 (19:31) Otega Oweh makes 1-foot dunk.
22
(19:11) Nate Heise misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(19:08) Andrija Jelavic Defensive Rebound.
(18:45) Otega Oweh misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(18:42) Killyan Toure Defensive Rebound.
(18:36) Killyan Toure bad pass turnover.
(18:36) Otega Oweh Steal.
(18:34) Otega Oweh turnover.
(18:21) Nate Heise bad pass turnover.
+3 (17:57) Collin Chandler makes 23-foot three point jumper (Malachi Moreno assists).
52
(17:42) Tamin Lipsey misses 16-foot jumper.
(17:38) Blake Buchanan Offensive Rebound.
(17:37) Blake Buchanan misses 7-foot jumper.
(17:32) Otega Oweh Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:20) Denzel Aberdeen makes layup.
72
(17:01) Milan Momcilovic misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(16:58) Denzel Aberdeen Defensive Rebound.
(16:46) Andrija Jelavic bad pass turnover.
(16:46) Tamin Lipsey Steal.
(16:23) Jamarion Batemon misses 12-foot pullup jump shot.
(16:20) Malachi Moreno Defensive Rebound.
(16:04) Foul on Jamarion Batemon.
+3 (15:47) Collin Chandler makes 22-foot three point jumper.
102
(15:34) Killyan Toure misses 11-foot jumper.
(15:31) Nate Heise Offensive Rebound.
+2 (15:31) Nate Heise makes 0-foot tip in layup.
104
(15:26) Collin Chandler bad pass turnover.
+2 (15:16) Tamin Lipsey makes driving layup (Blake Buchanan assists).
106
+3 (14:45) Denzel Aberdeen makes 25-foot three point jumper.
136
(14:32) Jamarion Batemon misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:29) Blake Buchanan Offensive Rebound.
(14:25) Tamin Lipsey misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(14:22) Brandon Garrison Defensive Rebound.
(14:01) Mouhamed Dioubate misses driving layup.
(13:57) Blake Buchanan Defensive Rebound.
(13:56) Blake Buchanan bad pass turnover.
(13:38) Foul on Killyan Toure.
+3 (13:31) Denzel Aberdeen makes 24-foot three point jumper (Mouhamed Dioubate assists).
166
(13:17) Jamarion Batemon misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(13:15) Tamin Lipsey Offensive Rebound.
(13:11) Nate Heise misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(13:08) Otega Oweh Defensive Rebound.
(12:50) Brandon Garrison misses 12-foot pullup jump shot.
(12:48) Mouhamed Dioubate Offensive Rebound.
+2 (12:48) Mouhamed Dioubate makes 0-foot tip in layup.
186
(12:38) Foul on Brandon Garrison.
(12:38) Blake Buchanan misses free throw 1 of 2.
(12:38) Iowa State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (12:38) Blake Buchanan makes free throw 2 of 2.
187
(12:25) Collin Chandler bad pass turnover.
(12:25) Tamin Lipsey Steal.
+2 (12:21) Tamin Lipsey makes driving layup (Killyan Toure assists).
189
(11:49) Collin Chandler misses 28-foot three point jumper.
(11:45) Mouhamed Dioubate Offensive Rebound.
+2 (11:44) Mouhamed Dioubate makes 0-foot dunk.
209
(11:30) Foul on Denzel Aberdeen.
+1 (11:30) Milan Momcilovic makes free throw 1 of 3.
2010
+1 (11:30) Milan Momcilovic makes free throw 2 of 3.
2011
(11:30) Milan Momcilovic misses free throw 3 of 3.
(11:30) Otega Oweh Defensive Rebound.
(11:22) Foul on Malachi Moreno.
(11:22) Malachi Moreno turnover.
(11:11) Foul on Otega Oweh.
(11:11) Tamin Lipsey misses free throw 1 of 2.
(11:11) Iowa State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (11:11) Tamin Lipsey makes free throw 2 of 2.
2012
(10:54) Collin Chandler misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(10:51) Killyan Toure Defensive Rebound.
(10:48) Foul on Jasper Johnson.
+1 (10:48) Tamin Lipsey makes free throw 1 of 2.
2013
+1 (10:48) Tamin Lipsey makes free throw 2 of 2.
2014
(10:40) Jasper Johnson bad pass turnover.
(10:40) Killyan Toure Steal.
+2 (10:36) Killyan Toure makes layup.
2016
(10:23) Jasper Johnson misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(10:19) Milan Momcilovic Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:56) Milan Momcilovic makes 16-foot turnaround jump shot.
2018
(9:44) Otega Oweh bad pass turnover.
(9:44) Milan Momcilovic Steal.
(9:40) Milan Momcilovic misses 23-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(9:37) Malachi Moreno Defensive Rebound.
(9:12) Andrija Jelavic traveling turnover.
(8:44) Milan Momcilovic misses 32-foot three point jumper.
(8:42) Andrija Jelavic Defensive Rebound.
(8:36) Foul on Milan Momcilovic.
(8:33) Denzel Aberdeen misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:30) Blake Buchanan Defensive Rebound.
(8:23) Foul on Collin Chandler.
(8:18) Foul on Andrija Jelavic.
+1 (8:18) Tamin Lipsey makes free throw 1 of 2.
2019
+1 (8:18) Tamin Lipsey makes free throw 2 of 2.
2020
+2 (7:56) Denzel Aberdeen makes driving layup.
2220
(7:56) Foul on Nate Heise.
(7:56) Denzel Aberdeen misses free throw 1 of 1.
(7:55) Iowa State Defensive Rebound.
(7:41) Jamarion Batemon misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(7:36) Kentucky Deadball Team Rebound.
(7:36) Foul on Dominykas Pleta.
(7:20) Otega Oweh misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(7:18) Iowa State Defensive Rebound.
(6:58) Killyan Toure misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(6:55) Brandon Garrison Defensive Rebound.
(6:37) Foul on Killyan Toure.
(6:18) Denzel Aberdeen misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(6:15) Jamarion Batemon Defensive Rebound.
(6:02) Blake Buchanan misses layup.
(6:02) Andrija Jelavic Block.
(5:59) Andrija Jelavic Defensive Rebound.
(5:32) Denzel Aberdeen misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:28) Jamarion Batemon Defensive Rebound.
(5:20) Tamin Lipsey misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(5:18) Andrija Jelavic Defensive Rebound.
+3 (4:56) Otega Oweh makes 23-foot three point jumper.
2520
+3 (4:40) Milan Momcilovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tamin Lipsey assists).
2523
(4:22) Andrija Jelavic misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(4:19) Iowa State Defensive Rebound.
(4:06) Jamarion Batemon misses layup.
(4:04) Malachi Moreno Defensive Rebound.
+3 (3:56) Kam Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper.
2823
(3:35) Tamin Lipsey misses 8-foot floating jump shot.
(3:32) Blake Buchanan Offensive Rebound.
(3:28) Jamarion Batemon misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(3:24) Mouhamed Dioubate Defensive Rebound.
(3:07) Otega Oweh misses driving layup.
(3:05) Killyan Toure Defensive Rebound.
(3:01) Milan Momcilovic misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(2:59) Tamin Lipsey Offensive Rebound.
(2:57) Tamin Lipsey misses layup.
(2:57) Mouhamed Dioubate Block.
(2:56) Malachi Moreno Defensive Rebound.
(2:47) Denzel Aberdeen bad pass turnover.
(2:47) Tamin Lipsey Steal.
(2:26) Tamin Lipsey bad pass turnover.
(2:26) Mouhamed Dioubate Steal.
(2:07) Foul on Blake Buchanan.
+1 (2:07) Malachi Moreno makes free throw 1 of 2.
2923
+1 (2:07) Malachi Moreno makes free throw 2 of 2.
3023
(1:36) Milan Momcilovic misses 11-foot turnaround jump shot.
(1:30) Milan Momcilovic Offensive Rebound.
+3 (1:29) Milan Momcilovic makes 23-foot three point jumper.
3026
(1:21) Kam Williams out of bounds bad pass turnover.
(0:59) Foul on Malachi Moreno.
(0:59) Nate Heise misses free throw 1 of 2.
(0:59) Iowa State Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (0:59) Nate Heise makes free throw 2 of 2.
3027
(0:44) Denzel Aberdeen bad pass turnover.
(0:44) Milan Momcilovic Steal.
(0:38) Foul on Denzel Aberdeen.
+1 (0:38) Dominick Nelson makes free throw 1 of 2.
3028
(0:38) Dominick Nelson misses free throw 2 of 2.
(0:38) Brandon Garrison Defensive Rebound.
(0:21) Brandon Garrison bad pass turnover.
(0:21) Tamin Lipsey Steal.
+3 (0:02) Nate Heise makes 23-foot three point jumper (Tamin Lipsey assists).
3031

2nd half

Team Stats

ISU

63Points82

21-45(46.7%)Field Goal(%)28-61(45.9%)

9-25(36.0%)3-Point(%)9-28(32.1%)

12-17(70.6%)Free Throw(%)17-24(70.8%)

30(5)Rebounds(Offensive)31(9)

11Assists17

4Steals12

3Blocks0

20Turnovers7

18(0)Fouls(Technical)16(0)

12Largest Lead23

Game Details

Sunday, March 22, 2026 · 2:45 PM

Enterprise Center · St. Louis, MO

attendance: 16,348 (90.3%)

tv: CBS

spread: ISU -5.5

over/under: 146.5