Heise hits late three to carry No. 6 Iowa State over No. 2 Houston

AMES, Iowa — Nate Heise hit a go-ahead 3-pointer and Tamin Lipsey got here up with an offensive rebound within the remaining seconds to cap No. 6 Iowa State’s rally in a 70-67 victory over Large 12 chief and second-ranked Houston on Monday night time.

Heise was 3 for 3 from 3-point vary hours after sister Taylor Heise scored to assist the U.S. Girls’s Olympic hockey staff beat Sweden 5-0 to succeed in the gold-medal sport in Milan.

The Cyclones (23-3, 10-3) closed with a 17-4 run to take down a second top-10 staff in three days. Iowa State topped No. 8 Kansas 74-56 on Saturday.

The Cougars (23-3, 11-2) had their six-game profitable streak snapped and their convention lead was minimize to a half-game over No. 4 Arizona heading into their matchup Saturday in Houston. Iowa State is third, a sport behind Houston.

Heise hit the 3-pointer from the left nook with 1:17 to play to offer the Cyclones a 69-67 lead. Houston had two probabilities to tie or take the lead, however was known as for a shot-clock violation with 43 seconds to play, then Chris Cenac Jr., missed a shot with 4 seconds left.

Blake Buchanan was fouled after rebounding Cenac’s miss, however missed the entrance finish of a one-and-one. Lipsey, although, received the offensive rebound, tapping the ball again to Joshua Jefferson, who was fouled with asecond left. Jefferson made his first free throw for the ultimate margin.

Jefferson led Iowa State with 12 factors. Heise had 11 and Buchanan had 10.

Kingston Flemings led Houston with 22 factors. Emanuel Sharp had 16 factors, all within the first half. Milos Uzan had 11 factors.

Houston: Hosts No. 4 Arizona on Saturday.

Iowa State: At No. 23 BYU on Saturday.