Kentucky Wildcats vs Iowa State Cyclones, NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Midwest Region 2nd Round

College Basketball

22-14

63-82

Final

29-7

Enterprise Center

TV: CBS

Team	1H	2H	T
UK	30	33	63
ISU	31	51	82

Who won: Iowa State 82-63

The Iowa State Cyclones beat the Kentucky Wildcats 82-63 in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship Midwest Region 2nd Round on Sunday, March 22, 2026 at Enterprise Center. The Iowa State outscored the Kentucky 51-33 in the 2nd half. Tamin Lipsey led the Iowa State in points (26). Denzel Aberdeen led the Kentucky in points (20).

Leaders

UKISU

Points

Denzel Aberdeen

20

Tamin Lipsey

26

Assists

Malachi Moreno

3

Tamin Lipsey

10

Rebounds

Otega Oweh

8

Blake Buchanan

8

Scoring

2nd Half

16:44

MadeFreeThrow

Malachi Moreno makes free throw 2 of 2

36-39

16:23

MadeFreeThrow

Milan Momcilovic makes free throw 1 of 2

36-40

16:23

MadeFreeThrow

Milan Momcilovic makes free throw 2 of 2

36-41

15:47

LayUpShot

Tamin Lipsey makes driving layup

36-43

15:36

MadeFreeThrow

Denzel Aberdeen makes free throw 1 of 2

37-43

15:36

MadeFreeThrow

Denzel Aberdeen makes free throw 2 of 2

38-43

14:49

MadeFreeThrow

Dominykas Pleta makes free throw 2 of 2

38-44

14:17

DunkShot

Blake Buchanan makes 1-foot dunk

38-46

13:50

JumpShot

Otega Oweh makes 16-foot pullup jump shot (Kam Williams assists)

40-46

13:01

LayUpShot

Killyan Toure makes driving layup

40-48

12:11

LayUpShot

Tamin Lipsey makes layup

40-50

11:46

LayUpShot

Nate Heise makes layup

40-52

11:28

MadeFreeThrow

Brandon Garrison makes free throw 2 of 2

41-52

11:01

LayUpShot

Killyan Toure makes driving layup

41-54

10:30

LayUpShot

Killyan Toure makes layup (Blake Buchanan assists)

41-56

9:53

JumpShot

Milan Momcilovic makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tamin Lipsey assists)

41-59

9:27

JumpShot

Otega Oweh makes 8-foot pullup jump shot

43-59

9:20

LayUpShot

Nate Heise makes driving layup (Tamin Lipsey assists)

43-61

9:02

DunkShot

Otega Oweh makes 0-foot dunk

45-61

8:30

JumpShot

Tamin Lipsey makes 10-foot step back jumpshot (Milan Momcilovic assists)

45-63

7:42

MadeFreeThrow

Blake Buchanan makes free throw 1 of 2

45-64

7:42

MadeFreeThrow

Blake Buchanan makes free throw 2 of 2

45-65

7:11

LayUpShot

Nate Heise makes driving layup

45-67

6:46

LayUpShot

Otega Oweh makes layup (Jasper Johnson assists)

47-67

6:39

JumpShot

Jamarion Batemon makes 32-foot three point jumper

47-70

5:41

JumpShot

Denzel Aberdeen makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jasper Johnson assists)

50-70

5:32

MadeFreeThrow

Tamin Lipsey makes free throw 1 of 2

50-71

5:32

MadeFreeThrow

Tamin Lipsey makes free throw 2 of 2

50-72

5:18

JumpShot

Jasper Johnson makes 31-foot three point jumper (Denzel Aberdeen assists)

53-72

5:02

DunkShot

Otega Oweh makes 1-foot dunk

55-72

4:39

LayUpShot

Killyan Toure makes layup

55-74

3:48

DunkShot

Blake Buchanan makes 1-foot dunk

55-76

3:29

MadeFreeThrow

Kam Williams makes free throw 1 of 2

56-76

3:29

MadeFreeThrow

Kam Williams makes free throw 2 of 2

57-76

3:03

JumpShot

Tamin Lipsey makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nate Heise assists)

57-79

2:41

JumpShot

Denzel Aberdeen makes 24-foot three point jumper

60-79

1:38

JumpShot

Milan Momcilovic makes 24-foot three point step back jumpshot (Tamin Lipsey assists)

60-82

1:21

MadeFreeThrow

Otega Oweh makes free throw 1 of 2

61-82

0:45

MadeFreeThrow

Denzel Aberdeen makes free throw 1 of 2

62-82

0:45

MadeFreeThrow

Denzel Aberdeen makes free throw 2 of 2

63-82

Scores shown as UK-ISU.

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