AMES, Iowa (AP) Milan Momcilovic and Dishon Jackson scored 13 points each as No. 8 Iowa State beat Colorado 79-65 on Tuesday night for the Cyclones’ third victory of the season against the Buffaloes.
The Cyclones (21-5, 11-4 Big 12) also beat the Buffs 99-71 at the Maui Invitational in November and 79-69 in Boulder in December.
Joshua Jefferson and Tamin Lipsey added 12 points each, and Nate Heise scored a season-high 11 points off the bench.
Bangot Dak scored a career-high 20 points to lead the Buffaloes (10-16, 1-14) and Harrison Carrington added 11.
Colorado: The Buffaloes, who entered the game 12th in the conference in 3-point shooting at 33.1%, struggled to get going from deep early. They shot 1 for 9 on 3s in the first half and 4 of 17 for the game.
Iowa State: The Cyclones beat Colorado by double digits for the third time this season, but they committed 14 turnovers and made only 21 of their season-high 31 shots from the free-throw line.
A pair of 10-0 runs in the first half broke open the game.
The Cyclones shot 10 of 21 on 3-pointers (47.6%), matching their second-best performance of the season. Six players knocked down at least one shot from beyond the arc.
Iowa State visits No. 5 Houston on Saturday. Colorado hosts Baylor on the same day.
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| TOP SCORERS | |||||
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8
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B. Dak F | 20PTS | 4REB | 1AST | |
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22
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M. Momcilovic F | 13PTS | 3REB | 0AST | |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| B. Dak | 20 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| A. Jakimovski | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Hammond III | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| S. Rancik | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| E. Malone | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| H. Carrington | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Ruffin | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| F. Kossaras | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| R. Smith | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| A. Diop | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| T. Baskin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Pease | – | – | – | – |
| G. Gerhardt | – | – | – | – |
| C. Anderson Jr. | – | – | – | – |
| G. Whitt | – | – | – | – |
| N. Randall | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 65 | 28 | 10 | 26 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| M. Momcilovic | 13 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| D. Jackson | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| J. Jefferson | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 |
| T. Lipsey | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| K. Gilbert | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| N. Heise | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| C. Jones | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| B. Chatfield | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| D. Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K. Fish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Kelderman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Rock | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| N. Indrusaitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C. Hawley | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 79 | 29 | 19 | 20 |