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NCAA Division I Basketball Mens, round 32

Final
HomeKentucky82
Sunday, March 22, 2026Rupp ArenaAll Roanoke sports
FinalFinalCBSPlay by play
12T
UK303363
ISU315182
Final

Iowa State beats Kentucky 82-63

#2 Iowa State Cyclones beat #7 Kentucky Wildcats 82-63 on Sunday at Enterprise Center.

The second half made the difference: Iowa State outscored Kentucky 51-33.

Iowa State shot 46% to 47% and won the boards 31-30.

For Iowa State, Tamin Lipsey (G): 26. For Kentucky, Denzel Aberdeen (G): 20.

Iowa State improves to 29-7. Kentucky falls to 22-14.

Attendance: 16,348.

Full recap at ESPN: No. 2 seed Iowa State turns up the defense, shuts down No. 7 Kentucky in 82-63 NCAA tourney victory

Written automatically from the box score. Every number comes straight from the game feed.

Top performers

#1
UK · PointsDenzel Aberdeen G20
#24
UK · AssistsMalachi Moreno C3
#00
UK · ReboundsOtega Oweh G8
#3
ISU · PointsTamin Lipsey G26
#3
ISU · AssistsTamin Lipsey G10
#23
ISU · ReboundsBlake Buchanan F8
StatsMINPTSFG3PTFTREBASTTOSTLBLKOREBDREBPF
A. Jelavic F1421-20-10-051201051
M. Moreno C1840-00-04-663100152
C. Chandler G3062-52-50-010211013
O. Oweh G36188-151-51-280420174
D. Aberdeen G37206-144-94-511400013
M. Dioubate F1842-30-00-032111211
B. Garrison F2210-10-01-260200152
J. Johnson G631-31-30-002200002
K. Williams G1951-21-22-202100000
Team6321-459-2512-173011204352518

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