Tuesday, November 25
Las Vegas, Nev.
1:00 PM
Creighton University
3-3,0-0Big East
60
vs
78
Iowa State
6-0,0-0Big 12
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2
F
Creighton
26
34
60
Iowa St.
40
38
78
Photo by: Caleb Christensen
#15 Cyclones Win Sin City Rematch Over Men's Basketball
11/25/2025 2:51:00 PM | Men's Basketball
LAS VEGAS, Nev. -- A 14-point halftime deficit was too much for Creighton to overcome as the Bluejay men's basketball team lost to No. 15 Iowa State, 78-60, on Tuesday afternoon at the GEICO Players Era Men's Championship in Las Vegas.
Creighton fell to 3-3 overall and 0-2 at this week's GEICO Players Era Men's Championship with the loss.
Iowa State (6-0) broke open a tie game with a 10-0 run midway through the first half, getting dunks from Blake Buchanan and Killyan Toure in addition to a three-ball by Joshua Jefferson to take a 25-15 lead. ISU's largest lead of the half came at the break, as Milan Momcilovic buried a three-ball in the final seconds of the half to give the Cyclones a 40-26 lead.
Toure had 10 points for ISU in the first half, while Jasen Green added eight points for the Jays in the first half.
CU started the second half with inspired play for the second day in a row. Green scored the first five points and Josh Dix the next seven to force a ISU timeout with the Cyclone lead trimmed to 46-38 with 15:35 to play, but got no closer.
Green (15), Josh Dix (15), Hudson Greer (11) and Isaac Traudt (10) led Creighton in scoring, while Owen Freeman snared nine boards to lead CU on the glass.
Iowa State was paced by 18 points from  Toure, with Jefferson (17), Momcilovic (10) and Blake Buchanan (12) also in double-figures.
The opponent, time, day, site and broadcast coverage for Creighton's final game of the GEICO Players Era Men's Championship will be announced much later tonight.
NOTES:  Creighton has made five or more three-pointers in 77 straight games and six or more triples in 65 consecutive contests ... Today was Greg McDermott's birthday ... Creighton has made a three-pointer in 1,062 consecutive games ... Iowa State coach TJ Otzelberger is one of 11 former Greg McDermott assistant coaches who are now a Division I head coach ... Iowa State played without star point guard Tamin Lipsey, who was injured in Monday's win over St. John's ... Creighton fell to 62-178 all-time against ranked teams, including an 0-2 record this year ... Nik Graves streak of 63 straight games with a made free throw was snapped. It tied UC Davis' Ty Johnson (2023-25) for longest streak by any player nationally since 2005-06 ... Creighton's bench outscored ISU's, 24-10.
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Creighton fell to 3-3 overall and 0-2 at this week's GEICO Players Era Men's Championship with the loss.
Iowa State (6-0) broke open a tie game with a 10-0 run midway through the first half, getting dunks from Blake Buchanan and Killyan Toure in addition to a three-ball by Joshua Jefferson to take a 25-15 lead. ISU's largest lead of the half came at the break, as Milan Momcilovic buried a three-ball in the final seconds of the half to give the Cyclones a 40-26 lead.
Toure had 10 points for ISU in the first half, while Jasen Green added eight points for the Jays in the first half.
CU started the second half with inspired play for the second day in a row. Green scored the first five points and Josh Dix the next seven to force a ISU timeout with the Cyclone lead trimmed to 46-38 with 15:35 to play, but got no closer.
Green (15), Josh Dix (15), Hudson Greer (11) and Isaac Traudt (10) led Creighton in scoring, while Owen Freeman snared nine boards to lead CU on the glass.
Iowa State was paced by 18 points from  Toure, with Jefferson (17), Momcilovic (10) and Blake Buchanan (12) also in double-figures.
The opponent, time, day, site and broadcast coverage for Creighton's final game of the GEICO Players Era Men's Championship will be announced much later tonight.
NOTES:  Creighton has made five or more three-pointers in 77 straight games and six or more triples in 65 consecutive contests ... Today was Greg McDermott's birthday ... Creighton has made a three-pointer in 1,062 consecutive games ... Iowa State coach TJ Otzelberger is one of 11 former Greg McDermott assistant coaches who are now a Division I head coach ... Iowa State played without star point guard Tamin Lipsey, who was injured in Monday's win over St. John's ... Creighton fell to 62-178 all-time against ranked teams, including an 0-2 record this year ... Nik Graves streak of 63 straight games with a made free throw was snapped. It tied UC Davis' Ty Johnson (2023-25) for longest streak by any player nationally since 2005-06 ... Creighton's bench outscored ISU's, 24-10.
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Team Stats
CU
IowaSt
FG%
.379
.492
3FG%
.357
.357
FT%
.545
.643
RB
34
39
TO
17
8
STL
5
10
Game Leaders
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
12
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
1
Pts
10
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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