AP PHOTO - Iowa State guard Dominick Nelson (11) drives to the basket for a layup during the first half of a college basketball game against Mississippi State on Monday in Sioux Falls, S.D.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Tamin Lipsey scored 14 of his 25 points in the second half to lead No. 16 Iowa State to a 96-80 win over Mississippi State on Monday night in a neutral-site game that was the 100th Division I basketball contest played at the Sanford Pentagon.

Joshua Jefferson scored 18 points and Blake Buchanan had 13 points and six rebounds for the Cyclones (3-0).

The game was a homecoming of sorts for Iowa State head coach T.J. Otzelberger, who coached South Dakota State from 2016-19.

Lipsey, a finalist for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2024, also helped the Cyclones on the defensive end with a game-leading three steals.

Iowa State forced 26 Mississippi State turnovers that resulted in 29 points. The Bulldogs committed just seven turnovers in their season-opening win over North Alabama on Nov. 5.

Josh Hubbard led the Bulldogs (1-1) with 25 points on 8-for-17 shooting, including 4-for-10 sniping from 3-point distance. Achor Achor finished with nine points and eight rebounds.

The first half featured eight lead changes. MSU’s Dellquan Warren hit a 3-pointer to cut the Iowa State lead to 29-27 with just over five minutes to play before the Cyclones went on a 15-3 run.

A three-point play by Buchanan brought Iowa State crowd to its feet in the final minute of the half when the Cyclones closed out the first 20 minutes on a 22-8 run and led 53-35 at the break.

The lead ballooned to 25 points (85-60) on a jumper by Jefferson with six minutes to play in the second half.

The Cyclones have been ranked in the AP Top 25 for 33 consecutive weeks, the seventh-longest streak in the nation.

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Mississippi State: Hosts Southeastern Louisiana on Saturday.

Iowa State: Hosts Stonehill College on Monday, Nov. 17.

No. 16 Iowa St. 96, Mississippi St. 80

MISSISSIPPI ST. (1-1) — Achor 2-6 5-6 9, Ballard 2-2 0-0 4, Hubbard 8-17 5-5 25, Jones 5-9 0-0 11, McGhee 2-8 0-0 6, Davis-Fleming 1-3 0-0 2, Macura 0-2 0-0 0, Grace 3-5 0-0 7, Warren 1-1 0-0 3, Walker 4-4 1-3 10, Ali 1-1 0-0 3. TOTALS 29-58 11-14 80.

IOWA ST. (3-0) — Buchanan 5-6 3-6 13, Jefferson 6-8 6-7 18, Momcilovic 2-6 0-0 5, Lipsey 9-17 5-6 25, Toure 3-8 0-0 6, Heise 4-7 0-0 8, Nelson 3-7 5-6 11, Batemon 2-6 0-0 6, Pleta 2-4 0-0 4, Mulder 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS 36-70 19-25 96.

Halftime–Iowa St. 53-35. 3-Point Goals–Mississippi St. 11-27 (Hubbard 4-10, McGhee 2-5, Ali 1-1, Walker 1-1, Warren 1-1, Grace 1-3, Jones 1-3, Macura 0-1, Achor 0-2), Iowa St. 5-22 (Batemon 2-4, Lipsey 2-5, Momcilovic 1-5, Jefferson 0-1, Nelson 0-1, Heise 0-3, Toure 0-3). Rebounds–Mississippi St. 36 (Achor 8), Iowa St. 27 (Buchanan 6). Assists–Mississippi St. 14 (Hubbard 5), Iowa St. 21 (Lipsey 6). Total Fouls–Mississippi St. 17, Iowa St. 16. A–3,426 (3,250).