FORT WORTH, Texas \u2013 For the third time this season, Iowa State (21-3, 8-3 Big 12) dropped a road contest as it fell at TCU (15-9, 5-6 Big 12) by a score of 62-55.<\/p>\n
The Cyclones were held to their lowest point total in over a calendar year, as they committed the second-most turnovers in a game this season (17) and had their second-worst shooting night from distance (21.7%) all year.<\/p>\n
ISU would battle back from an eight-point second-half deficit to earn a five-point, 55-50 lead, with 2:14 left. From there, though, the Horned Frogs closed the game on a 12-0 run to earn their second Top 10 win of the season.<\/p>\n
Three Cyclones finished in double figures, with seniors Tamin Lipsey<\/a> and Joshua Jefferson<\/a> leading the way with 12 apiece. Milan Momcilovic<\/a> (11) also finished in double figures with three made 3-pointers. Jefferson led the team in both rebounds (8) and assists (9) as he flirted with a triple-double in the loss.<\/p>\n TCU’s Tanner Toolson and Micah Robinson tied for a game-high 17 points, with Toolson also leading the team in rebounding with nine. Xavier Edmonds had four blocks and two steals.<\/p>\n The Horned Frogs won the turnover, rebounding and second chance battles as they owned an edge over the Cyclones in all three categories. TCU also had 15 fast-break points and 12 steals.<\/p>\n How it Happened The Cyclones opened up a six-point lead by the ten-minute mark, only to see TCU whittle it down to one two minutes later. After re-extending its lead to nine, 28-19, the Horned Frogs rattled off a 10-0 run to take the lead with 1:45 left in the first half. A Jefferson layup at the horn would give ISU a one-point lead going into the break.<\/p>\n The Cyclones assisted on all 13 of their made field goals in the first half, but seven turnovers and 18 percent shooting from the floor kept TCU in it early.<\/p>\n The Horned Frogs took their first lead of the second half by the 16:30 mark. That would help the Frogs build momentum as the team eventually expanded its lead to as large as eight with 8:56 to go (49-41).<\/p>\n The Cyclones countered with a 14-1 run to the 2:38 mark as they took a five-point lead. TCU had one final response, though, closing the contest on a 12-0 run to secure its second Top-10 win of the season.<\/p>\n Key Performer Notes<\/p>\n
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\nBoth teams spent the first several minutes of the game feeling each other out, as it was a free-flowing, back-and-forth start to the contest.<\/p>\n
\nJoshua Jefferson<\/a> did a bit of everything for Iowa State on Tuesday night. The big man had 12 points, his 30th-straight game in double figures, to go with eight boards and nine assists.<\/p>\n
\n\tTamin Lipsey<\/a> played his 124th\u00a0game at Iowa State, tied for the 14th-most in program history.
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\n\t\tLipsey started his 124th\u00a0game as a Cyclone, tied with Jeff Grayer for the third-most in ISU history.
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\n\tBlake Buchanan<\/a> played in his 90th\u00a0career game.
\n\tMilan Momcilovic<\/a> eclipsed 400 career field goals in the loss.
\n\tNate Heise<\/a> grabbed his 200th board as a Cyclone.
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\n\t\tHe also played in the 150th\u00a0game of his career.
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\nIowa State will be back in action this Saturday, Feb. 14, when it returns to Hilton Coliseum to host No. 9 Kansas. The Cyclones and Jayhawks will square off on ABC and tipoff is slated for noon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT WORTH, Texas \u2013 For the third time this season, Iowa State (21-3, 8-3 Big 12) dropped a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-159524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-fort-worth","9":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","10":"tag-fort-worth-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}