The Iowa State Cyclones have gotten off to a dominant 2-0 start in the 2025-26 men’s college basketball season. That was the expectation, hosting two buy games

As expected, Davis received a thunderous applause from the passionate Hawkeyes faithful during a first-quarter stoppage, with many fans sharing their appreciation for the role that the Midland, Mich., native played en route to the program's back-to-back national championship game appearances in 2023 and 2024.

Cyclones focused on themselves against Mississippi State, coached by Fairbank native and former Kirkwood coach Chris Jans

Defensively, Iowa State is holding teams to 45.2% from the field and just 25.6% from three-point range to flex some defensive muscles, and will have to do that once again against Mississippi State guard Josh Hubbard, who poured in 27 points in the Bulldogs' season-opening 86-62 win over North Alabama.

Here's what stood out from the Iowa women's basketball win over Evansville, which set new program records for points in a game and margin of victory.

Iowa stayed in the same spot as last week's ranking while Iowa State dropped despite both teams going unbeaten.

The Hawkeyes, favored by 30 points, improved to 2-0 in the young season with a 77-58 win over the Leathernecks.

Iowa women's basketball demolished Evansville on Sunday by a score of 119-43 from Carver-Hawkeye Arena, improving the Hawkeyes to 2-0 on the campaign.