AMES − This time, it was going to take more than a desperate half-court heave. A full-court miracle wouldn't have been good enough, either.

After Iowa State basketball lost in overtime to Arizona on Jan. 27 following a heave from well beyond mid-court by Caleb Love to tie the game at the buzzer, eventually claiming the win in OT, the Cyclones got revenge over the Wildcats on Saturday night.

The ninth-ranked Cyclones returned to full strength and defeated visiting No. 22 Arizona, 84-67, at Hilton Coliseum, with ex-Cyclones Tyrese Haliburton and Georges Niang showing their support. Haliburton was back in Ames for a banner ceremony to commemorate his 2024 Olympic gold medal with Team USA.

"The fans, I think, were more interested seeing them here tonight than maybe they were the game," guard Tamin Lipsey said. "And that's fine with me, because those guys sort of set the path for this program. They did great things here, and we'd love to have them back and I think it just brought more energy to us as a team, to Hilton Coliseum."

Iowa State pushed its lead into double figures midway through the first half, and the margin stayed there for a majority of the game until a late push by the Wildcats.

Milan Momcilovic had 17 points and shot 4-of-6 from deep. Tamin Lipsey added 15 points, eight assists and one turnover. Nate Heise finished with 12 points off the bench, including a couple of first-half 3s to help spur the Cyclones ahead. Brandton Chatfield helped jumpstart Iowa State, too, in the opening minutes of the contest and finished with 10 points and eight rebounds. Curtis Jones scored all 12 of his points in the second half.

Keshon Gilbert played in his first game since missing both of the Cyclones' games at Houston and Oklahoma State with a muscle strain. He had six points on 2-of-8 shooting, with three rebounds, two assists and seven turnovers.

Iowa State shot 27-of-54 (50.0%) as a team and 11-of-21 (52.4%) from beyond the arc.

The Cyclones missed their first four shots of the game, but once they got ahead with Chatfield and Dishon Jackson scoring inside, Iowa State caught fire from beyond the arc.

They made eight consecutive shots on the floor, a streak that included seven 3-pointers.

"When you drive the basketball against them, especially when we're 4-out, around one, as the ball gets driven in, they try to come in, rake, back tip, and really try to generate turnovers when you try to generate turnovers," Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger said. "So, if you're intentional about attacking that close-out, moving the ball quickly, they can get behind the play at times. I thought our guys, specifically in that first half, did a good job of keeping it on the move and find guys."

Momcilovic topped off the run with his fourth 3-pointer of the first half to give the Cyclones a 39-22 lead.

While the 3-point shot was going for the Cyclones, they were also impressive on the defensive end. Arizona struggled to gain any type of traction for the majority of the game.

The Cyclones took a 43-30 halftime lead and a new banner was unveiled for Haliburton, who became the eighth Olympic gold medalist in Iowa State athletics history and the first Cyclone for men's basketball.

"This place just means a lot to me, so the fact that I have something in this arena that's permanent in an amazing place like Hilton Coliseum, I wouldn't change that for the world," Haliburton said. "I'm really thankful for this opportunity and thankful for the people who let this happen."

In the second half, the Cyclones didn't attempt nearly as many 3s, but they were unrelenting on both ends of the court.

They forced turnovers and converted them into buckets on the other end.

Iowa State remained aggressive and intent on making hustle plays or winning those 50-50 balls.

The Cyclones led by as many as 24 points, with 12:38 remaining, when Lipsey got a steal and zipped a pass to Jones in transition for an easy basket to make it 62-38.

Iowa State hit an offensive lull late in the second half, when it went more than six minutes without a made shot and had six turnovers. It allowed Arizona to trim the deficit down to as low as nine, but a Heise dunk off a fast-break plus a series of free throws by Jones helped the Cyclones re-extend their lead to double digits.

"We've got pride, we're going to fight back, we're not a bunch of bums," Arizona coach Tommy Lloyd said. "Iowa State played good. Our guys have pride, they'll battle back, and we've got good players, too. It would've been awesome if we got off to a bit of a better start, it would have made that game go down to the wire. That was the goal, and we weren't able to do it."

For Arizona, Jaden Bradley paced the Wildcats with 18 points. K.J. Lewis chipped in 13 points off the bench. Love, who had 22 points when the Wildcats beat the Cyclones in Tucson in January, was held to 10 points on 2-of-15 shooting.

The Wildcats were limited to shooting 19-of-57 (33.3%) overall and 4-for-22 (18.2%) from deep.

Iowa State improved to 22-7 overall and 12-6 in Big 12 Conference play. The Cyclones are back in action on Tuesday, when they host BYU for Senior Night and the final home game at Hilton Coliseum for the season. Tip-off is scheduled for 8 p.m. CT.

Eugene Rapay covers Iowa State athletics for the Des Moines Register. Contact Eugene at . Follow him on Twitter at @erapay5 .