Tennessee Volunteers vs. Iowa State Cyclones

Mar 27, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
TENN	34	42	76
ISU	33	29	62

Game Recap

Ament scores 18 as Tennessee beats Iowa State 76-62 to advance to third straight Elite Eight. Getting to the Elite Eight is becoming an annual event for Tennessee. This time, the Volunteers hope to go another round or two.

Player Stats

TENNESSEE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
10Nate Ament	25	6-10	3-4	3-4	4	3	1	2	2	4	18
34Felix Okpara	28	5-6	0-0	2-2	10	0	1	3	2	2	12
13J.P. Estrella	19	2-8	0-0	2-5	4	2	0	1	0	1	6
0Ja'Kobi Gillespie	36	7-17	2-11	0-0	2	2	1	1	5	2	16
3Bishop Boswell	28	1-3	1-2	1-3	4	8	1	0	1	2	4
6DeWayne Brown II	8	2-2	0-0	0-0	2	1	0	0	2	2	4
23Jaylen Carey	22	5-6	0-0	1-1	10	4	1	0	1	3	11
35Ethan Burg	20	1-3	0-2	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	4	2
1Amari Evans	14	1-4	1-3	0-0	4	0	0	0	1	2	3
TOTAL	-	30-5950.8%	7-2231.8%	9-1560.0%	42	22	5	7	15	22	76

IOWA STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
23Blake Buchanan	30	3-3	0-0	2-4	3	2	2	0	2	4	8
22Milan Momcilovic	33	2-9	2-7	0-0	0	3	1	0	3	2	6
27Killyan Toure	34	4-9	1-1	0-0	4	3	2	0	1	0	9
3Tamin Lipsey	36	6-13	1-4	5-8	5	5	1	0	3	4	18
0Nate Heise	34	5-12	1-6	7-9	5	0	1	0	0	2	18
21Dominykas Pleta	11	0-1	0-0	1-4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
11Dominick Nelson	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
1Jamarion Batemon	18	1-6	0-3	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	2	2

TOTAL	-	21-5438.9%	5-2123.8%	15-2560.0%	18	16	7	0	11	15	62

Play-by-Play

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1st halfTENNISU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Tennessee.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Iowa State.
(19:42) Nate Ament misses 15-foot pullup jump shot.
(19:40) Nate Heise Defensive Rebound.
+3 (19:22) Tamin Lipsey makes 24-foot three point jumper (Milan Momcilovic assists).
03
+2 (18:59) Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes driving layup (J.P. Estrella assists).
23
(18:37) Foul on J.P. Estrella.
+1 (18:37) Nate Heise makes free throw 1 of 2.
24
+1 (18:37) Nate Heise makes free throw 2 of 2.
25
(18:05) Nate Ament misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(18:01) Felix Okpara Offensive Rebound.
(18:00) Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(17:55) J.P. Estrella Offensive Rebound.
(17:55) J.P. Estrella misses tip in layup.
(17:52) Nate Ament Offensive Rebound.
(17:52) Nate Ament misses tip in layup.
(17:51) Blake Buchanan Defensive Rebound.
(17:41) Blake Buchanan bad pass turnover.
(17:26) Bishop Boswell bad pass turnover.
(17:26) Tamin Lipsey Steal.
(17:23) Nate Heise misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(17:20) Nate Ament Defensive Rebound.
(16:58) Bishop Boswell misses 17-foot turnaround jump shot.
(16:55) Felix Okpara Offensive Rebound.
(16:53) J.P. Estrella misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot.
(16:50) J.P. Estrella Offensive Rebound.
(16:50) Foul on Blake Buchanan.
(16:50) J.P. Estrella misses free throw 1 of 2.
(16:50) Tennessee Deadball Team Rebound.
(16:50) J.P. Estrella misses free throw 2 of 2.
(16:48) Iowa State Defensive Rebound.
(16:34) Dominykas Pleta misses layup.
(16:34) Felix Okpara Block.
(16:30) Jaylen Carey Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:16) Felix Okpara makes 14-foot pullup jump shot (Nate Ament assists).
45
+2 (16:12) Nate Heise makes driving layup (Tamin Lipsey assists).
47
(16:12) Foul on Nate Ament.
+1 (16:12) Nate Heise makes free throw 1 of 1.
48
(15:42) Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(15:39) Felix Okpara Offensive Rebound.
(15:39) team shot clock turnover .
(15:13) Jamarion Batemon misses 14-foot step back jumpshot.
(15:09) Felix Okpara Defensive Rebound.
(15:03) Bishop Boswell misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:59) Killyan Toure Defensive Rebound.
(14:56) Killyan Toure misses driving layup.
(14:56) Felix Okpara Block.
(14:52) Amari Evans Defensive Rebound.
+2 (14:49) Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes driving layup.
68
(14:31) Milan Momcilovic traveling turnover.
(14:18) Ja'Kobi Gillespie bad pass turnover.
(14:18) Nate Heise Steal.
+2 (14:15) Nate Heise makes driving layup.
610
(13:44) Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses 32-foot three point jumper.
(13:37) Jaylen Carey Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:37) Jaylen Carey makes 0-foot tip in layup.
810
(13:27) Jamarion Batemon bad pass turnover.
+3 (13:05) Nate Ament makes 24-foot three point jumper (Ethan Burg assists).
1110
(12:49) Jamarion Batemon misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:49) Iowa State Deadball Team Rebound.
(12:49) Foul on Jaylen Carey.
(12:41) Milan Momcilovic misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(12:35) Jaylen Carey Defensive Rebound.
(12:26) J.P. Estrella misses layup.
(12:22) Blake Buchanan Defensive Rebound.
+3 (12:13) Killyan Toure makes 24-foot three point jumper (Tamin Lipsey assists).
1113
(11:53) Foul on Nate Heise.
+2 (11:39) Nate Ament makes 13-foot pullup jump shot.
1313
(11:25) Foul on Milan Momcilovic.
(11:25) Milan Momcilovic turnover.
(11:03) Ethan Burg misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(11:00) Nate Heise Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:43) Nate Heise makes driving layup.
1315
+2 (10:11) DeWayne Brown II makes 6-foot hook shot (Ethan Burg assists).
1515
(9:52) Tamin Lipsey misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot.
(9:48) DeWayne Brown II Defensive Rebound.
(9:38) Ja'Kobi Gillespie bad pass turnover.
(9:22) Milan Momcilovic misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:19) Felix Okpara Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:02) Felix Okpara makes 1-foot dunk (Bishop Boswell assists).
1715
(8:52) Nate Heise misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:47) Killyan Toure Offensive Rebound.
(8:46) Milan Momcilovic misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:43) Nate Ament Defensive Rebound.
(8:27) Felix Okpara misses 10-foot floating jump shot.
(8:25) Killyan Toure Defensive Rebound.
(8:22) Nate Heise misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:20) Iowa State Deadball Team Rebound.
(8:20) Foul on Nate Ament.
(8:16) Tamin Lipsey bad pass turnover.
(8:16) Felix Okpara Steal.
(8:10) Foul on Nate Heise.
(8:07) Ja'Kobi Gillespie out of bounds bad pass turnover.
+2 (7:56) Killyan Toure makes driving layup (Tamin Lipsey assists).
1717
+3 (7:37) Amari Evans makes 24-foot three point jumper (Bishop Boswell assists).
2017
+2 (7:14) Jamarion Batemon makes layup (Dominykas Pleta assists).
2019
+2 (6:49) Jaylen Carey makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Bishop Boswell assists).
2219
(6:33) Dominick Nelson bad pass turnover.
(6:33) Jaylen Carey Steal.
+2 (6:29) Jaylen Carey makes 1-foot dunk.
2419
(6:17) Foul on Bishop Boswell.
(6:11) Killyan Toure misses 17-foot jumper.
(6:08) Felix Okpara Defensive Rebound.
(5:52) Amari Evans bad pass turnover.
(5:52) Killyan Toure Steal.
+3 (5:46) Milan Momcilovic makes 24-foot three point jumper (Killyan Toure assists).
2422
+2 (5:13) Felix Okpara makes 1-foot alley oop dunk (Jaylen Carey assists).
2622
(4:58) Killyan Toure misses 5-foot jumper.
(4:55) Jaylen Carey Defensive Rebound.
(4:54) Jaylen Carey traveling turnover.
(4:47) Foul on Bishop Boswell.
+1 (4:47) Tamin Lipsey makes free throw 1 of 2.
2623
+1 (4:47) Tamin Lipsey makes free throw 2 of 2.
2624
+2 (4:20) Nate Ament makes driving layup (Ja'Kobi Gillespie assists).
2824
+2 (4:09) Nate Heise makes driving layup (Blake Buchanan assists).
2826
+2 (3:38) Ja'Kobi Gillespie makes 14-foot floating jump shot.
3026
(3:22) Dominick Nelson misses dunk.
(3:22) Felix Okpara Block.
(3:19) Ja'Kobi Gillespie Defensive Rebound.
(3:19) Foul on Felix Okpara.
(3:19) Felix Okpara turnover.
(3:08) Tamin Lipsey bad pass turnover.
(2:55) Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(2:51) Tamin Lipsey Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:38) Blake Buchanan makes layup (Tamin Lipsey assists).
3028
(2:06) Nate Ament misses driving layup.
(2:02) Felix Okpara Offensive Rebound.
+2 (2:02) Felix Okpara makes 0-foot tip in layup.
3228
+3 (1:33) Nate Heise makes 22-foot three point jumper (Killyan Toure assists).
3231
(1:20) Ja'Kobi Gillespie bad pass turnover.
(1:20) Killyan Toure Steal.
+2 (1:16) Tamin Lipsey makes layup (Killyan Toure assists).
3233
(0:57) Ja'Kobi Gillespie misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:53) Felix Okpara Offensive Rebound.
(0:52) Felix Okpara bad pass turnover.
(0:41) Nate Heise misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:38) Amari Evans Defensive Rebound.
(0:18) Ethan Burg misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:13) Jaylen Carey Offensive Rebound.
(0:12) Foul on Blake Buchanan.
+1 (0:12) Felix Okpara makes free throw 1 of 2.
3333
+1 (0:12) Felix Okpara makes free throw 2 of 2.
3433
(0:00) Tamin Lipsey misses driving layup.
(0:00) Iowa State Offensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

TENN

ISU

76Points62

30-59(50.8%)Field Goal(%)21-54(38.9%)

7-22(31.8%)3-Point(%)5-21(23.8%)

9-15(60.0%)Free Throw(%)15-25(60.0%)

43(16)Rebounds(Offensive)22(8)

22Assists16

5Steals7

7Blocks0

17Turnovers11

22(0)Fouls(Technical)15(0)

14Largest Lead4

Game Details

Friday, March 27, 2026 · 10:35 PM

James H. Hilton Coliseum · Ames, IA

attendance: 21,508 (149.8%)

tv: TBS

spread: ISU -2.5

over/under: 139.5