Nate Heise fuels No. 6 Iowa State’s win over No. 2 Houston
AMES, Iowa — Nate Heise hit a go-ahead 3-pointer and Tamin Lipsey got here up with a crucial offensive rebound within the last seconds to cap No. 6 Iowa State’s rally in a 70-67 victory over Big 12 Conference chief and second-ranked Houston on Monday night time.
Heise was 3-for-3 from 3-point vary hours after her sister, Taylor Heise, scored to assist the US girls’s hockey workforce beat Sweden 5-0 to achieve the gold medal sport on the Milan Cortina Olympics.
“Of all the games from him as a Cyclone, tonight stands out as the one that was most elite,” Iowa State coach TJ Otzelberger stated of Heise. “The confidence he’s playing with is awesome.”
The Cyclones (23-3, 10-3) closed with a 17-4 run to take down a second top-10 workforce in three days. Iowa State fell No. 8 Kansas 74-56 at house Saturday.
Houston (23-3, 11-2) had its six-game profitable streak ended, and the Cougars’ convention lead was lower to a half-game over No. 4 Arizona heading into their matchup Saturday in Houston. Iowa State is third within the Big 12, one sport behind Houston.
Heise hit the trey from the left nook with 1:17 to play to present the Cyclones a 69-67 lead. Houston had two possibilities to tie or take the lead, however the Cougars have been referred to as for a shot clock violation with 43 seconds left and Chris Cenac Jr. missed a shot with 4 seconds left.
“I really think it was one of the easier mindset things, because you really got no other choice. You’re not going to be able to pass the ball; there’s not enough time,” Heise stated of his preparation for the winner. “So, when you’ve got no other choice and it’s just kind of muscle memory, you just know how much is on the shot clock and what you’ve got to do.
“It actually was the one possibility.”
Heise was asked about his family’s text message chain, given his sister’s accomplishments in Team USA’s win.
“It’ll be enjoyable as a result of I believe they went to sleep earlier than the [Iowa State] sport began, so that they’ll get up to some enjoyable texts,” he said. “Obviously, it was cool earlier when she scored a objective and so they gained and so they’re on to the championship. So, fairly good day.”
Blake Buchanan was fouled after rebounding Cenac’s errant shot but missed the front end of a one-and-one. Lipsey managed to grab the offensive rebound and tapped the ball back to Joshua Jefferson, who 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 put up 11 points, and Buchanan had 10.
“Iowa State’s good,” Houston coach Kelvin Sampson said. “It’s not a straightforward place to return in and win. I’m dissatisfied we did not win. I’m not dissatisfied in our effort.”
Kingston Flemings topped Houston with 22 factors. Emanuel Sharp posted 16 factors, all within the first half. Milos Uzan had 11 factors.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
