AMES, Iowa (AP) — Freshman Jamarion Batemon scored 17 points off the bench to lead six Iowa State players in double figures, and the No. 8 Cyclones took advantage of early chaos to build a huge lead on their way to a 97-67 victory over Colorado State on Thursday night.
Iowa State (19-2, 6-2 Big 12) won by 30 points for the second time in three games and defeated all but two opponents by double digits. Buffalo (12-9, 2-6) has lost six straight and eight of its last 10 games, suffering its most lopsided conference defeat since rejoining the Big 12 in 2024.
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Colorado’s Sebastian Rancik opened the scoring with a 3-pointer, then Iowa State outscored Buffalo 30-1 over the next 6 1/2 minutes to start the blowout victory.
Butmon, who had a scoreless start against Oklahoma State on Saturday, hit a 3-pointer and scored four straight points before Tamin Lipsey’s 3-pointer and Nate Hayes’ dunk gave the Cyclones a 26-point lead eight minutes into the game.
Milan Momchilovic scored 16 points for the Cyclones. Tamin Lipsey had 14 points and 5 assists, and Joshua Jefferson had 13 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists. Freshmen Dominykas Pleta and Killyan Toure each scored 12 points.
No. 9 Illinois 75, Washington 66
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Keaton Wagler had 22 points and eight assists and Illinois extended its winning streak to 10 games with a win over Washington.
David Mirkovic had 19 points and six rebounds and Ben Humrichous had 14 points for the Illini (18-3, 9-1 Big Ten), who have the longest winning streak in the league.
Illinois’ 10-game winning streak is the longest in Brad Underwood’s nine-year tenure as coach and the longest since Illinois started the 2012-13 season with 10 straight wins.
Wagler has scored in double figures in 13 consecutive games and has scored in double figures in a total of 18 games this season.
Freshman Hannes Steinbach had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Washington (11-10, 3-7), which has lost six of eight games.
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Wesley Yates III scored 13 points and Zoom Diallo had 12 points and 10 assists to score the Huskies’ first seven points of the game. The Illini responded with a 10-0 run that gave them the lead for good.