STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) Milan Momcilovic scored 29 points, and No. 9 Iowa State Cyclones defeated Oklahoma State Cowboys 84-71 on Saturday.
Momcilovic made 8 of 12 field goals, including 5 of 9 3-pointers, and all eight of his free throw attempts. The 6-foot-8 junior guard has averaged 27.7 points in his past three games.
Joshua Jefferson added 20 points for Iowa State, (18-2, 5-2 Big 12), which led by 30 points at halftime.
Kanye Clary and Jaylen Curry each scored 19 points for the Cowboys (14-6, 2-5), who outscored the Cyclones 50-33 in the second half, but lost for the fifth time in seven games.
Iowa State jumped out to an 11-2 lead. Momcilovic hit a 3-pointer, was fouled and made the free throw to push Iowa State’s lead to 23-4 seven minutes into the game. Oklahoma State missed nine of its first 10 shots and its first six 3-pointers.
Iowa State kept the pressure on and led 51-21 at halftime. Momcilovic scored 19 points in the first half as Cyclones made nine of 17 3-pointers before the break.
The start of the game was moved up an hour because of a winter storm that slowed travel. There was free general admission, and Oklahoma State’s fans were lively until the end.
Despite Oklahoma State’s first-half performance, most of the fans who braved the cold to show up at Gallagher-Iba Arena stayed for the second half.
Those who hung around got to see a better version of the Cowboys. They cut their deficit to 10 points on a 3-pointer by Clary with 1:37 remaining before the Cyclones hung on.
Oklahoma State held a moment of silence during pregame and a halftime ceremony honoring the 10 members of the school’s athletic program who died in a plane crash on Jan. 27, 2001.
Iowa State: Hosts Colorado on Thursday.
Oklahoma State: Visits Utah next Saturday.
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M. Momcilovic F | 29PTS | 7REB | 3AST | |
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J. Curry G | 19PTS | 4REB | 3AST | |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| M. Momcilovic | 29 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Jefferson | 20 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| T. Lipsey | 13 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| K. Toure | 10 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| B. Buchanan | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| D. Pleta | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| N. Heise | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| J. Batemon | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| E. Mulder | – | – | – | – |
| X. Mitchell | – | – | – | – |
| C. Kelderman | – | – | – | – |
| M. Williams | – | – | – | – |
| D. Nelson | – | – | – | – |
| A. Rise | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 84 | 36 | 17 | 18 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| K. Clary | 19 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| A. Roy | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| P. Fallah | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| C. Coleman | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| V. Miller | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| J. Curry | 19 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| R. Crotty | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| I. Coleman | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| B. Ahmed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Vukovic | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Cole | – | – | – | – |
| R. Jennings II | – | – | – | – |
| M. Ragland | – | – | – | – |
| L. Mantzoukas | – | – | – | – |
| D. Guetta | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 71 | 27 | 11 | 21 |