Houston vs. Iowa State score, takeaways: Cyclones upset No. 2 Cougars, the nation’s last undefeated team

Iowa State gave No. 2 Houston a not-so-friendly welcome to the Big 12 on Tuesday, upsetting the Cougars 57-53 inside Hilton Coliseum and handing a loss to the only team in college basketball that had yet to be defeated. Cyclones guard Tamin Lipsey led ISU with 14 points and ISU forced Houston into an uncharacteristic 16 turnovers to bounce back from its league-opening loss to Oklahoma over the weekend.

Cyclones freshman Milan Momcilovic finished with 11 points as he continued his stellar Year 1 campaign in Ames, marking his sixth-straight double-digit scoring performance. Momcilovic had a quiet second half after helping ISU to an early edge with a team-high three made buckets in the opening frame, but he made his only field goal in the second half count in a big way, draining a jumper with 31 seconds remaining to give ISU the lead for good.

Iowa State threw a haymaker out of the gate by scoring 14 of the game’s first points before Houston could even get on the board, putting the Cougars in position to play from behind virtually all game. Guards Jamal Shead and Emanuel Sharp turned in 34 combined points, but 17 team turnovers and a woeful 3-of-13 shooting performance from 3-point range helped ISU deliver Houston its first loss as a member of the Big 12.