Tamin Lipsey

Iowa State Men's Basketball Starting Lineup

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Position:
Guard
Height:
6-1
Weight:
200
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Ames, Iowa
High School:
Ames

Awards & Honors
CSC Academic All-America First Team (25)
Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist (25)
Nolan Richardson Award Finalist (25)
All-Big 12 Third Team (25)
Big 12 All-Defensive Team (24, 25)
Associated Press Honorable Mention All-American (24)
CSC Academic All-America Second Team (24)
CSC Academic All-District First Team (24, 25)
NABC All-District 8 First Team (24)
All-Big 12 First Team (24)
Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Finalist (24)
Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year Finalist (24)
Lute Olson National Player of the Year Finalist (24)
Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team (24)
ESPN Events Invitational All-Tournament Team (23)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (24)
Big 12 All-Freshman Team (23)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F22, S23, F23, S24, F24)
Kyle Macy Award Finalist (23)
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (23)

2024-25
Started all 34 games he appeared in, missing the Big 12 Quarterfinal with No. 17 BYU with an injury … averaged 10.6 points, 3.1 assists, 2.6 rebounds and 2.0 steals in 31 minutes per game … shot 48.4 percent from the field, 33.1 percent from deep and 75.8 percent at the free throw line … broke Monte Morris’ career steals record of 225 with two steals at No. 5 Houston … ranked 33^rd in the nation, and fourth in the Big 12, with 68 steals … was 39^th in the country, and fifth in the Big 12, with 2.0 steals per game … had a season-high 20 points against Morgan State, Utah and Kansas State … tallied a season-high seven rebounds against Utah … had a season-high nine assists against Jackson State … snatched a season-high five steals against IU Indianapolis … hit a season-high three 3-pointers five times … Iowa State went 15-5 in games he reached double figures, while going 7-3 if he hit multiple 3-pointers … ISU has 9-2 when he had four or more steals and 17-4 when tallying multiple steals … ISU was 21-4 when he had two or fewer turnovers … finished season ranked eighth in Big 12 history with 237 career steals … his 68 steals were the 11^th-most in program history and the fifth-most by a junior, while his 2.0 steals per game were the 14^th-most in a season … enters senior season with 1,049 points, 429 assists, 385 rebounds and 237 steals, one of just five players in Big 12 history to have reached those marks … has started 103 career games, tied for the 13^th-most in program history … ranks 10^th in program history with 429 career assists and sixth with a 2.03 assist-to-turnover ratio … became the 35^th player in school history to score 1,000 points and enters his senior season ranked 32^nd with 1,049 ... one of 16 Cyclones that has played in three different NCAA Tournaments ... his six NCAA Tournament games played ranks ninth in school history ... his 22 assists in the NCAA Tournament ranks fifth in school history, while his 10 steals ranks fourth in program history.

2023-24
Started all 36 games he appeared in, missing the victory at No. 19 TCU with an injury ... averaged 12.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game ... shot 42.8 percent from the field and 39.1 percent from deep, while shooting 70.5 percent at the free-throw line ... notched the seventh triple-double in school history at DePaul with 15 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists ... had his second career double-double against No. 12 Texas A&M with 10 points and a career-high 14 rebounds ... scored a career-high 22 points in a win over VCU ... scored in double-figures in 26 games, with ISU going 22-4 in those games ... had five or more assists in 20 games, as Iowa State went 18-2 in those games ... broke the school record with eight steals against Prairie View ... his 176 assists were the 13th-most in school history and the second-most by a sophomore ... ended sophomore season with 322 career assists, ranking 14th in program history ... his 2.08 assists per game in his career ranks sixth in school history ... tallied 96 steals, the second-most in program history and just the second player with 80 or more in a season ... his 96 steals were the most by a sophomore in program history ... has 169 career steals after two years, tied for the ninth-most in program history ... broke the school record for steals per game in a season with 2.67 ... led the Big 12 in steals while ranking fourth nationally ... his 16 assists in the Big 12 Tournament were the second-most in program history, while his 15 assists in the NCAA Tournament were the seventh-most in a single tournament in school history ... ranked fifth in the Big 12 and 67th in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.38 ... ranked fourth in the Big 12 and 38th in the country with 176 assists, while his 4.9 assists per game ranked fifth in the league and 58th nationally.

2022-23
One of two Cyclones to start all 33 games ... led the Cyclones with 146 assists and 73 steals ... his 73 steals were the most by a Cyclone freshman and the third-most in ISU history in a single-season, along with the fourth-most by a freshman in Big 12 history ... His 146 assists are the second-most by a Cyclone freshman and the ninth-most by a Big 12 freshman ... ranked 87th nationally in total assists and assists per game (4.4) ... ranked 14th in the nation in steals and 20th in steals per game (2.21) ... fifth on the team in scoring at 7.3 points per game ... third on the team in rebounds per game at 4.0 ... third on the team in free throw percentage at 75.9 percent (44-of-58) ... scored a season-high 16 points at West Virginia ... In his Big 12 Championship debut, he had 13 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and five steals in a victory over No. 10 Baylor ... became just the 11th player in Big 12 history with 10 assists, nine points and eight rebounds in ISU's victory over No. 8 Kansas ... one of two players in the country, and just the ninth in the last 10 years in NCAA Division I men's basketball, to average at least 7.3 points, 4.4 assists, 4.0 rebounds, 2.2 steals and 2.45 or fewer turnovers.

High School
Prepped at Ames High School ... named Iowa Mr. Basketball by the Iowa Print Sportswriters Association and Gatorade Player of the Year during his senior year ... tallied a triple-double with 11 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists in the 2022 Iowa State Championship game, as the Little Cyclones beat Johnston ... averaged 16.3 points, 5.3 assists, 4.2 rebounds and 2.2 steals per game while shooting 53.4 percent during his high school career ... finished high school career with 1,046 points and 340 assists despite missing sophomore season with an injury ... won a gold medal with USA Basketball at the 2019 FIBA Americas U16 Championship ... averaged 6.0 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.7 steals as the United States went 6-0 to win the gold medal in Brazil ... a three-star prospect by 247Sports and Rivals, Lipsey ranked 186th in the country and the No. 30 point guard by 247Sports ... chose Iowa State over Minnesota and Nebraska.

Personal
Son of Robert and Holly Lipsey ... has three sisters, Teagan, Amara and Phaedra ... mom played volleyball and dad played football at Southwest Minnesota State ... both parents work at Iowa State, as his mom is a professor of kinesiology, while his dad is the Director of TRIO - Student Support Services ... majoring in communications.