AMES, IOWA — Nate Heise Hit the go-ahead 3-pointer and tammin lipsey Cap reached No. 6 with a key offensive rebound in the final seconds iowa stateRally A win 70-67 Big 12 Conference leader and second place houston Monday night.
Heise went 3-for-3 from 3-point range a few hours after his sister Taylor Heise scored on an assist. US women’s hockey team defeats Sweden Milan reach the gold medal game at the Cortina Olympics, 5-0.
Iowa State coach TJ Otzelbarger said of Heise, “Of all his games as a Cyclone, tonight stood out.” “The confidence he’s playing with is amazing.”
The Cyclones (23-3, 10-3) closed with a 17-4 run to defeat their second top 10 team in three days. Iowa State falls to 8th kansas 74-56 at home on Saturday.
Houston’s (23-3, 11-2) six-game winning streak ended, and the Cougars’ conference lead over No. 4 was cut to half a game. Arizona Heading into their matchup on Saturday in Houston. Iowa State is in third place in the Big 12, one game behind Houston.
Heise hit a trey from the left corner with 1:17 left to give the Cyclones a 69–67 lead. Houston had two chances to tie or take the lead, but the Cougars were called for a shot clock violation with 43 seconds remaining and Chris Cenac Jr. Missed a shot with four seconds left.
Heise said of his preparation for the winner, “I really think it was one of the easier mentality things, because you didn’t really have any other option. You wouldn’t be able to pass the ball; there wasn’t enough time.” “So, when you have no other option and it’s just like muscle memory, you just know how much is on the shot clock and what you have to do.
“It was really the only option.”
Given his sister’s accomplishments in Team USA’s victory, Heise was asked about their family’s text message chain.
“It would be funny because I think they fell asleep before [Iowa State] The game has started, so they’ll wake up with some fun lessons,” he said. “Obviously, it was good at first when he scored a goal and they won and they’re on to the championship. So, it’s a great day.”
Blake Buchanan Cenac’s foul shot was fouled after the rebound, but missed the front end of the one-and-one. Lipsy managed to grab the offensive rebound and tapped the ball back. joshua jeffersonJoe was fouled with one second to go. Jefferson made his first free throw for the final margin.
Jefferson led Iowa State with 12 points. Heise scored 11 points and Buchanan had 10 points.
“Iowa State is good,” Houston coach Kelvin Sampson said. “It’s not an easy place to come in and win. I’m disappointed we didn’t win. I’m not disappointed with our effort.”
Kingston Flemings Houston remained on top with 22 points. Emmanuel Sharp Posted all 16 points in the first half. Milos Uzan There were 11 points.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
