WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Milan Momcilovic scored 20 points and Iowa State hit 11 3-pointers to lead No. 10 Iowa State to a dominant 81-58 victory over No. 1 Purdue on Saturday.
Momcilovic, Killian Toure and Joshua Jefferson each made three 3-pointers. Toure scored 13, Blake Buchanan 12 and Jefferson 11 for the Cyclones (9-0). Iowa State shot 59% in the second half.
Leading 35-31 at halftime, the Cyclones used an 11-0 run to take a 48-33 lead with 17:17 left. Taemin Lipsey, Momcilovic and Toure hit three straight 3-pointers to complete the run.
From there, Iowa State continued to build its lead, leading by as many as 27 points. The Cyclones shot 54% while the Boilermakers (8-1) shot 41%. Purdue had 15 turnovers, three more than the Cyclones.
Purdue made 4 of 18 3-pointers. The Boilermakers weren't helped at the free throw line either, hitting just 6 of 14.
Braden Smith led Purdue with 11 points, while Oscar Cluff and Daniel Jacobsen each scored 10 points.
The Cyclones shot 48% while holding the Boilermakers to 37% in the first half. Purdue's two leading scorers struggled in the first half, with Fletcher Loyer shooting 1 of 5 and Trey Kaufman-Wrenn 1 of 8. Kaufman-Wrenn missed his first six shots and finally scored with 1:21 left in the half.
Jacobsen went 4-of-6 from the field but was benched with two fouls with 4:22 left before halftime.
The loss snapped Purdue's streak of 36 straight non-conference home wins.
Iowa State: Hosts Iowa on Thursday night.
Purdue: Hosts Minnesota on Wednesday night.
