IRVING, Texas – Three Iowa State Cyclones were named to various All-Big 12 Men’s Basketball Teams Sunday by the league coaches.

Sophomore Tamin Lipsey earned All-Big 12 First Team honors and was also named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team, one of two unanimous selections on the defensive team. Junior Keshon Gilbert was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team and picked up a spot on the Big 12 All-Newcomer Team. Milan Momcilovic was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team.

Lipsey is the second Cyclone under T.J. Otzelberger to be named to the first team, joining Izaiah Brockington in 2022. He is also the fifth Cyclone in school history, and second in the last two years, to be named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team. Lipsey averaged 12.5 points, 4.8 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 2.8 steals per game this season. Lipsey is the only player in the country to average those numbers and just the 17^th to do so since 1997. Lipsey leads the Big 12 in steals and ranks fourth in the nation. The Cyclone defense held opposing teams below its scoring average in 17 of 18 Big 12 games.

Gilbert led the Cyclones with 13.5 points per game, while also dishing out the second-most assists on the team with 4.2 per game. A starter in all 31 games, the Cyclones went 17-5 when Gilbert reached double figures, including a 6-1 mark when he hit 20 points. Gilbert was twice named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Week and turned in the eighth triple-double in Iowa State history with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists against New Hampshire.

Momcilovic was one of four Cyclones to average double-digit points on the season at 10.9. He also averaged 3.1 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 0.6 steals and 0.4 blocks per game. He was one of eight true freshmen across the country to average those numbers, with just three of them coming at Power Six schools. Momcilovic connected on 49 3-pointers, tied for the third-most in school history. His 80.6 percent free throw shooting is the third-best among freshman in school history.

The Cyclones return to action Thursday night, as second-seeded Iowa State faces either seventh-seeded Texas or 10^th-seeded Kansas State in the 2024 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Quarterfinals at the T Mobile Center in Kansas City. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. on ESPN2.

NEW ORLEANS, La. – The University of Iowa women’s golf team concluded round one of play in the Tulane Classic Presented by Chad Brownstein on Sunday afternoon. The Hawkeyes are currently in fourth after shooting 12-over par (300).

Junior Paula Miranda is currently the low scorer for Iowa. Miranda shot 1-under par on the back nine to get to 73 (+1) for the day, which puts her in a tie for 11th place. Miranda’s par five average of 4.75 (-1) is tied for seventh in the tournament.

Sophomore Riley Lewis and sophomore Shannyn Vogler are tied for 26th on the leaderboard after carding 75s (+3). Vogler’s par three average of 2.75 (-3) is first in the tournament.

Freshman Ximena Benites, competing individually, is tied for 17th after shooting two-over par (74).

Notre Dame leads the field at three-over par

UP NEXT

Round two of the Tulane Classic continues on Monday with 18-holes being played. The final round will take place on Tuesday.

LINCOLN, Neb. — The University of Iowa women’s tennis team posted its first ranked victory of the season, downing No. 75 Nebraska, 4-2, on Sunday at the Dillon Tennis Center.

After dropping the doubles point, the Hawkeyes stormed back to notch their seventh victory of the season with singles wins on courts two through five.

Senior Vipasha Mehra set the standard, capturing the first win on court five, defeating Ana Zamurek in straight sets, 6-1, 6-3. Junior Marisa Schmidt kept the ball rolling at No. 2, earning the straight set victory against over Anfisa Danilchenko, 6-2, 6-1.

Junior Barbora Pokorna put the Hawkeyes up 3-1 with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Isa Adrover Gallego, 6-2, 6-1, before sophomore Pia Kranholdt clinched the win in a marathon match, downing Maja Pietrowicz, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6, 7-6 (7-4).

The Huskers captured a win in singles competition in the No. 6 spot.

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. – The University of Iowa baseball team dropped the rubber match of the series with Jacksonville State on Sunday, 6-1, at Rudy Abbott Field.

Marcus Morgan started on the mound for the Hawkeyes, throwing three an 1/3 innings. Morgan allowed four earned runs on three hits. Zach Voelker and Jack Whitlock relieved Morgan for the final 4 2/3 innings.

Gable Mitchell, Reese Moore and Sam Petersen collected Iowa’s three hits. The Hawkeyes were held off the scoreboard until the ninth inning, when Moore was walked with the bases loaded. Iowa would ultimately leave the bases loaded.

Gamecock pitcher Austin Cornelius earned the win, throwing eight innings and scattering the three Hawkeye hits.

UP NEXT:
Iowa (7-8) travels to Athens, Georgia, to face off against the Georgia Bulldogs (16-1) on Tuesday, March 12. First pitch is slated for 4:00 p.m. (CT) from Foley Field.

NORMAN, Okla. – Iowa State (9-13, 0-3 Big 12) dropped Sunday’s Big 12 Opening Weekend finale to Oklahoma (22-1, 3-0), 14-1. The Sooner offense flexed its muscles, hammering five homers en route to a 13-run win.

The Cyclone bats were again held in check by the Sooners, as ISU tallied just three hits on the day with two coming from senior captain Milaysia Ochoa. Also tallying a hit was Carli Spelhaug who blasted a homer of her own, home run number four on the season.

Angelina Allen, the Big 12 hits leader, was held hitless for the second time this series and just the fourth time on the year as OU’s combo of Kierston Deal, Paytn Monticelli and SJ Geurin held the Cyclone star in check.

Four different Cyclone pitchers saw action, as Aziza Rodriguez (2-3) picked up her fifth start of the season. Lauren Schurman, Jaiden Ralston and Tatum Johnson also saw action on the day.

Ochoa, who reached safely in all three at-bats, has now gotten on base in all 22 games this season – a personal best. Ochoa also was hit by a pitch to start the game, making it the 29th time she’d been struck by an opposing pitcher. Her 29th HBP snapped a stalemate on the school record list as she now stands alone with most HBP in program history

On Deck

Iowa State will be back in action this Tuesday, March 12, when it takes on the Tulsa Golden Hurricane in Tulsa. Tuesday’s game is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m.

STANFORD, Calif. – The University of Iowa softball team fell to Loyola Marymount, 14-1, on Sunday afternoon.

Senior Maren Judisch got the start in the circle for Iowa. LMU took an early lead after plating two runs on an RBI single and a sacrifice fly to make it, 2-0, after one inning of play.

The Lions poured on the runs in the second inning putting up a 12 spot to make it, 14-0. LMU was able to capitalize with runners on base and put an exclamation point on the inning with a two-out grand slam. The Hawkeyes used three pitchers to get through the inning.

Iowa had back-to-back singles in the top of the third from sophomore Skylinn Pogue and junior Rylie Moss. Pogue was thrown out at home for the second out of the inning.

In the top of the fifth, the Hawkeyes were able to get on the board as Moss picked up her second hit with a two-out RBI single.

Iowa finished the game with one run on four hits and had error. LMU had 14 runs on 13 hits and one error.

UP NEXT

Iowa (8-8) returns to action on Monday as they travel to Davis, Calif for a matchup with UC Davis. First pitch at La Rue Field is scheduled for 5 p.m. CT and will be streamed on ESPN+ (subscription required).

TULSA, Okla. – Iowa State put four on the podium at the Big 12 Championship Sunday afternoon inside the BOK Center. Casey Swiderski led the charge with a third-place finish while Kysen Terukina and MJ Gaitan placed fourth. Will Feldkamp finished his tournament in sixth place.

Iowa State remains atop the team standings with one session remaining. The Cyclones have 144.5 points but are trailed closely by Oklahoma State’s 137.5 points. ISU has five in the finals tonight while OSU has four, including one head-to-head matchup at 133 pounds.

Bonus points were again a focal point for Iowa State in Session III with the Cyclones increasing their tournament total to 28 extra tallies. Swiderski chased takedowns like they were going out of style as he dispatched of Oklahoma’s Willie McDougald, 19-5, before registering a 22-6 tech fall in the third-place match against Wyoming’s Gabe Willochell.

Gaitan picked up a bonus point in his consolation semifinal, a 13-5 major decision over Mizzou’s Peyton Mocco, but eventually fell in the third-place bout.

At 125 pounds, Terukina knocked off South Dakota State’s Tanner Jordan, 10-6, before getting pinned in the third-place match. The Cyclone wrestled above his seed in the tournament, placing fourth as the No. 6 seed and putting 11.5 team points on the board.

 Up Next
Iowa State has five finalists – Evan Frost, Anthony Echemendia, Cody Chittum, David Carr and Yonger Bastida – set to compete is this evening at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2.