AMES — Milan Momcilovic and Dishon Jackson scored 13 points each as No. 8 Iowa State beat Colorado 79-65 on Tuesday night for the Cyclones’ third victory of the season against the Buffaloes.

The Cyclones (21-5, 11-4 Big 12) also beat the Buffs 99-71 at the Maui Invitational in November and 79-69 in Boulder in December.

Joshua Jefferson and Tamin Lipsey added 12 points each, and Nate Heise scored a season-high 11 points off the bench.

Bangot Dak scored a career-high 20 points to lead the Buffaloes (10-16, 1-14) and Harrison Carrington added 11.

The Buffaloes, who entered the game 12th in the conference in 3-point shooting at 33.1%, struggled to get going from deep early. They shot 1 for 9 on 3s in the first half and 4 of 17 for the game.

The Cyclones beat Colorado by double digits for the third time this season, but they committed 14 turnovers and made only 21 of their season-high 31 shots from the free-throw line.

A pair of 10-0 runs in the first half broke open the game for Iowa State.

The Cyclones shot 10 of 21 on 3-pointers (47.6%), matching their second-best performance of the season. Six players knocked down at least one shot from beyond the arc.

Iowa State visits No. 5 Houston on Saturday. Colorado hosts Baylor on the same day.

No. 8 Iowa St. 79, Colorado 65

COLORADO (10-16) — Dak 8-14 3-3 20, Jakimovski 4-8 2-5 10, Rancik 2-2 0-0 4, Malone 0-4 2-2 2, Hammond 3-9 2-2 9, Smith 0-2 0-0 0, Carrington 4-5 2-3 11, Ruffin 2-5 2-2 6, Kossaras 1-1 0-0 3, Diop 0-3 0-1 0, Baskin 0-0 0-4 0. TOTALS 24-53 13-22 65.

IOWA ST. (21-5) — Jefferson 4-6 2-3 12, Momcilovic 2-8 7-8 13, Jackson 3-4 7-10 13, Gilbert 1-3 2-4 5, Lipsey 4-7 2-2 12, Jones 3-9 0-2 7, Heise 4-6 1-2 11, Chatfield 3-3 0-0 6, Fish 0-0 0-0 0, Indrusaitis 0-0 0-0 0, Kelderman 0-0 0-0 0, Rock 0-1 0-0 0, Watson 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 24-47 21-31 79.

Halftime–Iowa St. 45-28. 3-Point Goals–Colorado 4-17 (Carrington 1-1, Kossaras 1-1, Dak 1-3, Hammond 1-4, Diop 0-1, Ruffin 0-2, Smith 0-2, Jakimovski 0-3), Iowa St. 10-21 (Jefferson 2-2, Heise 2-3, Lipsey 2-4, Momcilovic 2-6, Gilbert 1-2, Jones 1-4). Fouled Out–Rancik, Jackson. Rebounds–Colorado 28 (Kossaras 5), Iowa St. 29 (Jefferson 7). Assists–Colorado 10 (Hammond, Smith, Kossaras 2), Iowa St. 19 (Gilbert 5). Total Fouls–Colorado 25, Iowa St. 20.