Rapid Reaction: Northwestern gets dominated by No. 18 Iowa State in final exhibition game, loses 94-59

No. 18 Iowa State took an early lead and never looked back in a one-sided 94-59 win over Northwestern on Sunday afternoon. The Wildcats’ home loss follows another preseason loss to Illinois State

In a rematch of NU’s 80-72 exhibition loss to the Cyclones last year, the Wildcats struggled to respond to ISU’s smothering defense and red-hot shooting. Northwestern never held a lead in the match and trailed by as much as 32 points late in the first half before piecing together a respectable second half.

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Jake West led Northwestern with 21 points on 7-for-16 shooting, along with four assists and two rebounds. Angelo Ciaravino (13 points) and Jack Karasinski (11 points) were the only other Wildcats to manage double-digit scoring. The Wildcats shot 32.8% from the field and 23.3% from beyond the arc.

Iowa State’s Ryan Prather Jr. led all scorers with 25 points, including six made triples. Tamin Lipsey added 14 points while Jaquan Johnson and former Wildcat Tre Singleton each scored 10 points. The ‘Cats surrendered a lot of open shots to the red and yellow throughout the game, allowing the Cyclones to shoot 53% from the field and 50% from three.

Chris Collins rolled out the same starting lineup that opened the game for Northwestern in its loss to Illinois State: sophomore guard West, graduate student guard LA Pratt, junior guard Ciaravino, graduate student wing Karasinski and redshirt junior forward Luke McEldon.

For Iowa State, Preseason All-Big 12 guard Lipsey started alongside Jamarion Batemon, Johnson, Singleton and Buchanan.

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Iowa State quickly jumped out to a 5-0 lead less than two minutes into the game, with Lipsey accounting for three early points. Ciaravino responded with a mid-range jumper to give Northwestern its first points of the day, but Iowa State quickly stretched its lead to 11-4 with under five minutes elapsed.

NU looked uncomfortable at times dealing with Iowa State’s gritty defense. The Wildcats couldn’t respond to the Cyclones’ quick defensive…

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Publish date : 2026-10-25 19:58:00

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