Iowa State loses star F Joshua Jefferson to an injury in first-round NCAA blowout of Tennessee State

— Nobody on the Iowa State bench knew how badly Joshua Jefferson was hurt when the All-American forward landed awkwardly on his left ankle in the opening minutes of their first-round game against Tennessee State on Friday.
Mar 20, 2026, 06:29 pm - AP

Probabilities & Game Flow

0%
--TNST
100%
--ISU

According to ESPN Analytics

Shot Chart

Shot Chart
  • Travis Harper II misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Travis Harper II makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Milan Momcilovic makes layup
  • Milan Momcilovic misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Blake Buchanan misses layup
  • Tamin Lipsey misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Tamin Lipsey makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Antoine Lorick III makes layup (Jalen Pitre assists)
  • Blake Buchanan misses 10-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Travis Harper II misses 25-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Joshua Jefferson makes driving layup
  • Jalen Pitre misses layup
  • Tamin Lipsey misses layup
  • Dominykas Pleta makes layup
  • Antoine Lorick III misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Nate Heise makes driving layup
  • Travis Harper II makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Travis Harper II makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Nate Heise misses driving layup
  • Dante Harris makes driving layup (Antoine Lorick III assists)
  • Milan Momcilovic makes 24-foot three point jumper
  • Nate Heise makes 1-foot dunk
  • Travis Harper II misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jamarion Batemon makes 25-foot three point jumper (Blake Buchanan assists)
  • Travis Harper II misses 13-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Nate Heise makes 24-foot three point jumper (Blake Buchanan assists)
  • Aaron Nkrumah misses 23-foot three point step back jumpshot
  • Milan Momcilovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Nate Heise assists)
  • Nate Heise makes 23-foot three point jumper (Blake Buchanan assists)
  • Antoine Lorick III misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Milan Momcilovic makes 15-foot turnaround jump shot (Killyan Toure assists)
  • Milan Momcilovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Killyan Toure makes layup
  • Dante Harris misses 18-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamarion Batemon makes driving layup
  • Travis Harper II makes 1-foot dunk
  • Killyan Toure makes 12-foot turnaround jump shot (Tamin Lipsey assists)
  • Jamarion Batemon misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Killyan Toure misses 9-foot jumper
  • Killyan Toure makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Killyan Toure makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamarion Batemon misses 24-foot three point pullup jump shot
  • Killyan Toure makes free throw 1 of 3
  • Killyan Toure misses free throw 2 of 3
  • Killyan Toure makes free throw 3 of 3
  • Aaron Nkrumah makes 0-foot dunk
  • Nate Heise misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Travis Harper II misses 20-foot pullup jump shot
  • Nate Heise misses driving layup
  • Aaron Nkrumah misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Nkrumah makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dominykas Pleta makes 1-foot dunk
  • Tamin Lipsey misses driving layup
  • Aaron Nkrumah makes 25-foot three pointer
  • Nate Heise misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Aaron Nkrumah misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Antoine Lorick III makes layup
  • Dominick Nelson misses driving layup
  • Milan Momcilovic makes 9-foot floating jump shot
  • Antoine Lorick III misses 12-foot floating jump shot
  • Nate Heise makes layup (Dominykas Pleta assists)
  • Aaron Nkrumah makes layup (Travis Harper II assists)
  • Dominykas Pleta makes driving layup
  • Aaron Nkrumah makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Nkrumah makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Travis Harper II misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Jamarion Batemon misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Dante Harris misses driving layup
  • Dominick Nelson makes driving layup (Blake Buchanan assists)
  • Dante Harris makes 12-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jamarion Batemon misses 22-foot three point jumper
  • Antoine Lorick III makes 25-foot three point jumper (Travis Harper II assists)
  • Dominick Nelson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dominick Nelson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aaron Nkrumah misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Killyan Toure makes layup
  • Killyan Toure makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Dante Harris misses 13-foot floating jump shot
  • Jamarion Batemon misses 20-foot floating jump shot
  • Killyan Toure makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Killyan Toure makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aaron Nkrumah makes 25-foot three point jumper
  • Blake Buchanan misses layup
  • Killyan Toure misses tip in layup
  • Dante Harris misses 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Milan Momcilovic misses driving layup
  • Tamin Lipsey misses driving layup
  • Blake Buchanan makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • Travis Harper II misses 17-foot jumper
  • Antoine Lorick III makes 0-foot dunk
  • Nate Heise makes driving layup
  • Killyan Toure makes 24-foot three point jumper (Milan Momcilovic assists)
  • Aaron Nkrumah makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Aaron Nkrumah makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Antoine Lorick III misses 7-foot pullup jump shot
  • Jalen Pitre makes 7-foot jumper
  • Antoine Lorick III makes 1-foot dunk
  • Nate Heise makes 23-foot three point jumper (Blake Buchanan assists)
  • Aaron Nkrumah misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Antoine Lorick III misses layup
  • Travis Harper II makes 1-foot dunk
  • Nate Heise makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Nate Heise makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dante Harris misses 11-foot floating jump shot
  • Aaron Nkrumah makes 1-foot dunk
  • Dominykas Pleta makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dominykas Pleta makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Jamarion Batemon makes 30-foot three point jumper
  • Dante Harris makes driving layup
  • Blake Buchanan makes 1-foot dunk
  • Killyan Toure makes 1-foot dunk
  • Travis Harper II misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Milan Momcilovic misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Dante Harris misses 26-foot three point jumper
  • Dante Harris misses 12-foot floating jump shot
  • Killyan Toure makes 22-foot three point jumper (Nate Heise assists)
  • Dante Harris makes 18-foot jumper
  • Dominick Nelson misses layup
  • Travis Harper II makes 1-foot dunk
  • Nate Heise makes 25-foot three point jumper (Killyan Toure assists)
  • Dante Harris misses 17-foot pullup jump shot
  • Blake Buchanan makes 0-foot dunk
  • Aaron Nkrumah misses driving layup
  • Aaron Nkrumah misses layup
  • Antoine Lorick III makes layup
  • Nate Heise misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Travis Harper II misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Blake Buchanan makes layup (Milan Momcilovic assists)
  • Aaron Nkrumah misses 10-foot pullup jump shot
  • Killyan Toure misses layup
  • Aaron Nkrumah makes 12-foot jumper (Dante Harris assists)
  • Killyan Toure misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Aaron Nkrumah makes 15-foot jumper
  • Aaron Nkrumah misses free throw 1 of 1
  • Dominick Nelson makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dominick Nelson makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Travis Harper II makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Travis Harper II makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Tamin Lipsey makes layup (Dominykas Pleta assists)
  • Dominykas Pleta makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Dominykas Pleta misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Tamin Lipsey misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Travis Harper II misses 19-foot turnaround jump shot
  • Antoine Lorick III makes 22-foot three point jumper (Dante Harris assists)
  • Milan Momcilovic makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Milan Momcilovic makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Antoine Lorick III makes layup (Travis Harper II assists)
  • Blake Buchanan makes 2-foot dunk (Killyan Toure assists)
  • Carlous Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Killyan Toure makes 11-foot pullup jump shot
  • Dante Harris makes 22-foot jumper
  • Milan Momcilovic misses 61-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Pitre makes free throw 1 of 2
  • Jalen Pitre misses free throw 2 of 2
  • Nate Heise misses 21-foot jumper
  • Blake Buchanan misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Blake Buchanan makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Aaron Nkrumah misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Nate Heise misses layup
  • Milan Momcilovic makes 23-foot three point jumper (Killyan Toure assists)
  • Dante Harris misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Jalen Pitre misses 10-foot jumper
  • Blake Buchanan misses layup
  • Travis Harper II makes layup (Damon Howard Jr. assists)
  • Tamin Lipsey misses 9-foot floating jump shot
  • Antoine Lorick III misses layup
  • Antoine Lorick III makes 0-foot tip in layup
  • Killyan Toure makes driving layup
  • Dante Harris misses free throw 1 of 2
  • Dante Harris makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dominick Nelson misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • Jabrion Spikes makes driving layup
  • Jamarion Batemon misses 23-foot three point jumper
  • JC Brooks misses free throw 1 of 2
  • JC Brooks makes free throw 2 of 2
  • Dominick Nelson makes driving layup
  • Dominick Nelson makes free throw 1 of 1
  • Jabrion Spikes misses 24-foot three point jumper
  • Dominick Nelson misses driving layup
  • Eric Mulder makes 0-foot tip in dunk
  • Damon Howard Jr. makes 27-foot three point jumper
  • Jamarion Batemon misses 25-foot three point jumper
  • Damon Howard Jr. misses 24-foot three point jumper
Shot Made
Shot Missed
Shot Made
Shot Missed
OpenSpreadTotalML
Tennessee State TigersTNSTTNST
(23-10)
(23-10, 10-7 Away)
o148.5
-110
+24.5
-105
o147.5
-110
+2200
Iowa State CyclonesISUISU
(28-7)
(28-7, 16-1 Home)
-23.5
-110
-24.5
-115
u147.5
-110
-8000
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