Updated at 6:02 p.m. CST Feb. 12

Jared Homan broke out of a shooting slump with 23 points and freshman Tasheed Carr added 17 in a solid all-around game, leading Iowa State to an 81-68 victory over No. 25 Texas Tech on Saturday.

The Cyclones (13-8, 5-5 Big 12) rallied from an early 14-point deficit to go up by 12 midway through the second half, then held off the Red Raiders several times to win their fifth straight game. The streak started after Iowa State had lost six in a row.

Texas Tech (15-6, 7-3) lost for just the third time in 13 games. The Red Raiders got 27 points from Ronald Ross but committed an uncharacteristic 18 turnovers. They had been averaging only 13.

Homan, a 6-foot-10 senior, had been shooting only 37 percent in conference play. But he was 8-of-12 in this one and scored 12 points in the first 7 1/2 minutes of the second half, when the Cyclones first started to pull away.

Carr was 7-for-13 from the field, including three 3-pointers, and added eight rebounds, five assists and three steals.

Will Blalock scored 15 points and Curtis Stinson added 13 for Iowa State, which beat a ranked team for the fourth time this season and delighted a sellout crowd that included former coach Johnny Orr and members of his 1985 NCAA tournament team.

Homan and Stinson converted three-point plays and Carr made a 3-pointer to lead an 11-2 run that took the lead to 56-44. Tech came back with 10 straight points to draw to 56-54 but never got the lead.

After Iowa State stretched the lead to 60-54, Tech four times got within four points. But Iowa State answered each time and finally the put the Red Raiders away after Joey Hawkins’ tip-in cut it to 66-62.

Rahshon Clark, who had entered the game only moments early, hit a 3-pointer from the left corner and Carr scored on a breakaway, starting an 11-3 burst that made it 79-68 with 1:03 remaining.

Iowa State’s ’84-85 team included future NBA players Jeff Hornacek and Jeff Grayer and high-scoring Barry Stevens. For awhile, it looked as though the current team would have to call on them because the Cyclones were wilting from Tech’s sizzling start.

Ross made four of his first five shots, including two 3-pointers, to lift the Red Raiders to a 13-4 lead. When Jarrius Jackson hit a 3, Tech led 24-10. Jackson finished with 19 points.

Iowa State then started forcing turnovers with its zone traps and scored in transition. Carr hit two 3-pointers and scored on a breakaway layup during a 14-2 run that cut the lead to 26-24, and Iowa State went up 32-30 on Blalock’s pull-up jumper.

Ross’ reverse layup made it 32-all at halftime and Tech led only once in the second half, 36-34 after four straight points by Ross.