Iowa State Starting Point Guard Tamin Lipsey will miss four to six weeks after suffering from a degree 2 Right MCL sprain during practice Tuesday, the school announced.
Tamin Lipsey could return for the season opener of Cyclones
Lipsey, 22, could return for the season opener of Iowa State against Fairleigh Dickinson on November 3. The Ames resident started with all 103 of his career competitions and is the leader of the Cyclons of all time with 237.
The 6-foot-1, 200 pound Lipsey starts its fourth year.
During his second year in the 2023-24 season, he had an average career heights of 12.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, 4.9 assists, 2.7 steals and 31.4 minutes per game in 36 games.
In the 68-64 victory of Iowa State on VCU on November 23, 2023, he also registered a career-high 22 points on 8-of-16 (50%) shoot from the floor and 2-from-5 (40%) from 3-point territory.
Last season on average Lipsey on average 10.6 points, 2.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.0 steals and 31 minutes per match while 48.4% shot out of the field, 33.1% of deep and 75.8% with the error line.
Lipsey impressed Iowa State Coach TJ Otzelberger
Iowa State head coach TJ Otzelberger had a lot of praise for Lipsey after the 82-59 victory of the cyclones on Utah on January 7. He posted 20 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals in 33 minutes of action.
“Tamin was especially amazing how he sustained to guard basketball, look for rebounds, drive the ball force, reach the error line, make plays,” he said.
“I felt that it was probably his best game this year, to be honest, because his mentality set the tone for the game and everyone else on both sides of the basketball. That is the resilient warrior that he has been for us.”
Lipsey, an All-American from 2024, wounded during his career.
He tore an ACL in high school and sustained a number of injuries at the university, including a shoulder problem that required surgery, a broken thumb and a Lies tribe that limited him last March.
The State of Iowa is expected to open the season in the top 25 with Lipsey and colleague starters Joshua Jefferson and Milan Momcilovic who all return from last year’s team.
The cyclones ended 25-10 (13-7 in Big 12) in the 2024-25 season.
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