Three Cyclones Recognized by Big 12 Coaches

IRVING, Texas – Three Iowa State Cyclones were named to various All-Big 12 Men's Basketball Teams Monday by the league coaches.

Senior Tamin Lipsey was named the Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, while also earning a spot on the All-Big 12 Second Team and the Big 12 All-Defensive Team. Senior Joshua Jefferson was named to the All-Big 12 First Team, while junior Milan Momcilovic was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team.

Lipsey is the third different Cyclone to be named the Big 12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, joining Melvin Ejim (2013 & 2014) and Michael Jacobson (2019). This is the third year Lipsey has been named to an All-Big 12 Team, as he was a first team selection in 2024 and a third team selection last season. He is the eighth player in program history to be named to the first, second or third team three different times. This is the third-time Lipsey has been named to the Big 12 All-Defensive Team, marking just the sixth-time in league history someone has been named to the team three times. The senior averaged 13.3 points, 4.1 rebounds and 5.0 assists, helping his hometown school to a top 10 national ranking. The communications studies major holds a 3.73 GPA.

Jefferson is the 18^th player in program history to be named to the all-conference first or second team multiple times. He was Mr. Do-It-All once again for the Cyclones, as he became the first player in Big 12 history to turn in multiple triple-doubles in Big 12 play. He's averaging 16.6 points, 7.4 rebounds, 5. assists and 1.6 steals per game. He's the only Power Conference player in the country to average those numbers. Only five players have done so in an entire season in the country going back to 1974-75, with no one in the Big 12 having accomplished it. Jefferson has scored in double figures in all 31 games this season, while his streak of 37-straight games going back to last season ranks as the fourth-longest in the nation.

Momcilovic is regarded as the best shooter in the country and has proved it all season. He's 114-of-228 from 3-point range, setting the Iowa State single-season mark in 3-pointers that was previously held by Dedric Willoughby with 102. He's on pace to set the Cyclone single-season 3-point percentage record as well. He made 64 3-pointers in Big 12 play, tied for the third-most in a season in league history. At 6'8", he's the first power conference player at that height to shoot over 50 percent from 3-point range in college basketball history.

The Cyclones return to action Wednesday morning, as fifth-seeded Iowa State faces either 12th-seeded Arizona State or 13^th-seeded Baylor in the 2026 Phillips 66 Big 12 Tournament Second Round at the T Mobile Center in Kansas City. Tipoff is set for 11:30 a.m. on ESPN or ESPN2.

Player of the Year: Jaden Bradley, Arizona
Defensive Player of the Year: Flory Bidunga, Kansas
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Freshman of the Year: AJ Dybantsa, BYU
Newcomer of the Year: Melvin Council Jr., Kansas
Sixth Man Award: Tobe Awaka, Arizona*
Most Improved: Christian Anderson, Texas Tech
Coach of the Year: Tommy Lloyd, Arizona

All-Big 12 First Team
Jaden Bradley, Arizona
Brayden Burries, Arizona
Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
AJ Dybantsa, BYU*
Emanuel Sharp, Houston
Kingston Flemings, Houston*
Joshua Jefferson, Iowa State
Flory Bidunga, Kansas
Christian Anderson, Texas Tech
JT Toppin, Texas Tech*

All-Big 12 Second Team
Richie Saunders, BYU
Baba Miller, Cincinnati
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Milan Momcilovic, Iowa State
Darryn Peterson, Kansas

All-Big 12 Third Team
Koa Peat, Arizona
Cameron Carr, Baylor
Rob Wright, BYU
Themus Fulks, UCF
Xavier Edmonds, TCU

All-Big 12 Honorable Mention:
Tobe Awaka (Arizona), Tounde Yessoufou (Baylor), Moustapha Thiam (Cincinnati), Isaiah Johnson (Colorado), Joseph Tugler (Houston), Milos Uzan (Houston), Melvin Council Jr. (Kansas), PJ Haggerty (Kansas State), Parsa Fallah (Oklahoma State), David Punch (TCU), Donovan Atwell (Texas Tech), Honor Huff (West Virginia), Terrence Brown (Utah)

All-Defensive Team
Jaden Bradley, Arizona
Motiejus Krivas, Arizona
Emanuel Sharp, Houston
Joseph Tugler, Houston
Tamin Lipsey, Iowa State
Flory Bidunga, Kansas*

A tie resulted in an extra position on the team

All-Freshman Team
Brayden Burries, Arizona*
Koa Peat, Arizona
AJ Dybantsa, BYU*
Kingston Flemings, Houston*
Darryn Peterson, Kansas*

All-Newcomer Team
Cameron Carr, Baylor
Themus Fulks, UCF
Baba Miller, Cincinnati
Melvin Council Jr., Kansas
Donovan Atwell, Texas Tech

*- unanimous selection

Three Cyclones Recognized by Big 12 Coaches

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Milan Momcilovic

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