PREVIEW: #3/3 Men’s Basketball Faces #5/4 Iowa State on Monday

Monday, February 16

Ames, IA

8 p.m.

University of Houston

Iowa State

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Guard Mercy Miller high fives Coach Kelvin Sampson before game vs. Kansas State inside Fertitta Center

PREVIEW: #3/3 Men’s Basketball Faces #5/4 Iowa State on Monday

2/15/2026 5:57:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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Cougars tip off vs. Cyclones at 8 p.m., Monday, inside Hilton Coliseum

AMES, Iowa – The #3/3 University of Houston Men's Basketball program will play the first of three Top0-10 opponents over the next eight days when it faces #5/4 Iowa State at 8 p.m., Monday, inside Hilton Coliseum.

The Cougars enter Monday's showdown against the Cyclones following a 78-64 win over Kansas State inside Fertitta Center on Saturday afternoon. Senior guard Emanuel Sharp poured in a game-high 23 points, thanks to three 3-pointers, to extend his school career record total to 280 in the latter category for his second straight 20-point effort.

Freshman point guard Kingston Flemings added 12 points with four assists and snared a team-high seven rebounds. It was the 14^th consecutive game in which the San Antonio, Texas, native dished out 4+ assists and the 17^th time in the last 18 contests.

Senior point guard Milos Uzan posted 12 points of his own with a game-high eight assists and had no turnovers in nearly 33 minutes. With that performance, Uzan now has 101 assists in 2025-26 and became the 22^nd player in school history to record multiple triple-digit assist seasons as a Cougar.

Following Monday's game, the Cougars play host to #1/1 Arizona inside Fertitta Center at 2 p.m., Saturday, before facing #9/9 Kansas in Lawrence, Kan., on February 23.

NOTES
• With Saturday's win over Kansas State, the 2025-26 Cougars became the 22^nd team in school history to post 23+ victories in a season. Head Coach Kelvin Sampson recorded the 15^th 23-win season of his award-winning career.
• With Monday's rankings, Houston will be ranked in the last 121 Associated Press polls for the nation's longest active streak. The Cougars' 26 straight weeks in the AP Top 10 is the nation's second-longest current streak.

TUNE IN
• Fans can watch Monday's game on ESPN with Jon Sciambi (play-by-play) and Fran Fraschilla (analyst).
• Fans can hear Monday's game on 950 AM KPRC, the Varsity Network app and SiriusXM Ch. 106 or Ch. 198 with Jeremy Branham (play-by-play). The pregame show begins at 7:45 p.m., Monday.
• Fans can follow live stats from Monday's game on StatBroadcast.

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ABOUT IOWA STATE
• Iowa State enters Monday's game with a 22-3 overall record. The Cyclones are 9-3 in Big 12 Conference play to tie for third with Kansas.
• Iowa State won its most recent game and have won six of their last seven contests. Only a 62-55 loss at TCU on February 10 prevents a longer streak.
• The Cyclones are 14-0 in home games in Ames, Iowa, this season.
• In its most recent action, Iowa State took a 75-56 win over Kansas on Saturday afternoon.
• Against Kansas, junior forward Milan Momcilovic scored 18 points on 7-of-13 shooting, thanks to 4-of-9 shooting from the arc, and grabbed three rebounds with two steals. Senior forward Joshua Jefferson, junior forward Blake Buchanan and senior guard Tamin Lipsey tallied 11 points apiece with Buchanan's six rebounds and Jefferson's and Lipsey's four assists each leading the Cyclones.
• This season, Momcilovic leads Iowa State with 18.4 points and 3.9 3-point field goals per game. Jefferson stands second with 16.7 points per game but leads the Cyclones with 7.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists per contest. Lipseyis third on the team with 13.2 points per game and ranks second with 5.3 assists per contest.
• Head Coach T.J. Otzelberger is in his fifth season at Iowa State and his 10th as a collegiate head coach.
• Otzelberger has built a 117-48 record with Iowa State and is 216-111 during his career.
• He previous built a 29-30 record at UNLV (2019-21) and was 70-33 at South Dakota State (2016-19).
• Otzelberger has posted a 2-2 record against Houston during his career with both previous meetings coming during his Iowa State tenure.
• Otzelberger has compiled a 2-2 record against Houston Head Coach Kelvin Sampson during their Iowa State and Houston careers, respectively.
• Otzelberger is a 2001 graduate of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

SERIES HISTORY vs. IOWA STATE
• The series against Iowa State is tied at 5-5.
• Monday's game will be the lone regular-season meeting against Iowa State during the 2025-26 season.
• This marks the third straight season in which the two schools will square off as Big 12 Conference rivals.
• Houston won the most recent meeting and has won two of the last three. Only an Iowa State 69-41 win during the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship Title Game inside T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo., on March 16, prevents a longer streak.
• In the most recent meeting, #5/5 Houston took a 68-59 win over Iowa State inside Fertitta Center on February 22, 2025. The Cougars hosted ESPN College GameDay that weekend.
• In the series' first meeting, the Cougars dropped a 92-73 decision to the Cyclones in Ames, Iowa, on December 3, 1956.
on Road: The Cougars have posted a 1-3 record in road games played in Ames, Iowa, during the series history.
• Iowa State has won the last two meetings in Ames.
• In the most recent road meeting, the #2/2 Cougars dropped a 57-53 decision in Ames on January 9, 2024.
• In the first road encounter, the Cougars fell 92-73 in Ames in the series' meeting on December 3, 1956.

UP NEXT
• Following Monday's game, the Cougars play host to #1/1 Arizona at 2 p.m., Saturday, February 21, inside Fertitta Center. That game will air on ESPN.
• From there, the Cougars meet #9/9 Kansas at 8 p.m., Monday, February 23, inside Allen Fieldhouse in Lawrence, Kan. That game will air on ESPN.
• Houston returns to Fertitta Center to meet Colorado at 11 a.m., Saturday, February 28. That game will air on ESPN or ESPN2.
• All Houston Men's Basketball games can be heard on 950 AM KPRC, the Varsity Network app and Sirius XM Radio.

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