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Joshua Jefferson (5) of Iowa State drives against Leon Horner (6) of Texas Tech on Saturday. Jefferson scored a game high 22 points, pulled down five rebounds, dished out five assists and stole the ball five times. He is wearing the Nike Ja 3 All-Star “Warning Label”. | Jared Larson
Joshua Jefferson scored a game high 22 points to lead Iowa State (24-5, 11-5 Big 12) but it wasn’t enough as they dropped an 82-73 decision against No. 16 Texas Tech (22-7, 12-4 Big 12) Saturday at Hilton Coliseum.
Two other Cyclones scored in double figures, as Milan Momcilovic scored 20 and Ames native Tamin Lipsey scored 13 points.
Texas Tech opened the game on a 4-0 run, which included the first of Donovan Atwell’s six 3-point baskets, before Jefferson responded with a 5-0 run by himself. Momcilovic gave the Cyclones their second of five leads on the game with a 3-point basket which pushed Iowa State ahead by two, the largest margin of advantage they’d record all day. Later, a jumper by Jefferson gave the Cyclones their final lead (14-13) with 12:15 remaining in the first half. Over the next 5:55 of the game, the Red Raiders went on a 20-2 run.
A tip dunk by Blake Buchanan whittled the Texas Tech lead down to a dozen with 3:48 remaining in the first half. Including the aforementioned basket, Buchanan scored six of the Cyclones eight points of the half, with the final basket coming off a second chance tip-in layup with nine tenths of a second remaining.
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The Red Raiders led 45-29 after the first 20 minutes.
Jefferson opened the second half scoreline up with a layup off of a turnover, Iowa State as a team scored 17 points off of turnovers. Texas Tech continued to heat up after intermission as they led by as many as 18 with 14:15 remaining in the game. A 10-0 run by the Cyclones over 2:16 brought the home team within six.
The Red Raiders responded with a 10-0 run, putting them ahead 75-59 with 3:20 remaining. The Cyclones closed to within six with 42 seconds remaining, but three Texas Tech free throws sealed the 82-73 victory and the first home loss of the 2025-26 season for Iowa State.
The visitors scored 49 of their 82 points from beyond the arc and the charity stripe and outrebounded the Cyclones 35-29, including nine offensive rebounds which they turned into a dozen second chance points. Iowa State continues to turn teams over as they forced 15 turnovers.
Up next
Iowa State will travel to No. 2 Arizona for the penultimate game of the 2025-26 regular season on Monday. Tipoff from the McKale Center at ALKEME Arena is set for 8 p.m.
Jersey retirement
Melvin Ejim’s No. 3 jersey will join Abdul-Aziz, Stevens, Hoiberg, Hornacek, Grayer, Wegner and Thompson in the rafters in the 2026-27 season.
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