Hilton Magic struck again.

With the final seconds ticking away and the ISU men’s basketball team clinging to an 81-79 lead, Virginia had one last chance to steal a win from the Cyclones.

Virginia guard Sean Singletary drove to the basket and put up a shot that hung on the rim before falling away, sealing the upset win for Iowa State (4-1) over the No. 19 Cavaliers (6-1), 81-79.

“Man, that crowd is the best,” ISU guard Curtis Stinson said. “I love playing out there. They’re like a sixth man out there with us. I wish we could play every game here. That’s the best crowd I’ve ever played with.”

Stinson led Iowa State with 30 points, six assists and three steals. He also connected on five 3-pointers, none of which were bigger than his last.

With 14 seconds to play, Stinson came around a Jared Homan screen and fired, sinking the shot to give Iowa State a 80-79 lead.

“There wasn’t any hesitation,” Stinson said of his final shot. “We have people on this team who can take big shots and I just felt like I’m going to take this shot. I did it and it went in.”

Stinson’s 30 points were just two off his career high, set last year in the National Invitation Tournament against Rutgers.

“I just think he has a tremendous amount of confidence in himself and I think he has a huge, huge heart,” ISU head coach Wayne Morgan said. “He has the heart of a great white shark.”

Homan scored 14 points and grabbed seven rebounds while Will Blalock and Robert Faulkner added 10 each. Blalock also handed out seven assists.

The Cyclones jumped out to big leads in both halves, with their second half lead reaching 11 with only six minutes to play.

Virginia came back, taking the lead by one with under two minutes to go.

The game went back and forth from there before Stinson put Iowa State up for good.

Virginia was led by Devin Smith who scored 40, just six shy of the most ever scored against the Cyclones.

Smith went 11 for 17 from the field while connecting on 14 of 15 free throws.

The Cyclones went to a box-and-one defense on Smith in the second half, putting John Neal on Virginia’s hot hand.

Smith scored his last points of the game on a foul and free throw with 12:51 to play.

“John was unbelievable on Smith,” Morgan said.

“If we didn’t do that, he might have had 60. If he can play that way every night, he’s going to be in the NBA.”

Both teams played with an intensity that is usually saved for late in the season, Morgan said.

“I thought this game was an NCAA Tournament-level game,” Morgan said. “It was that kind of game. It was almost like instead of being in December you were in March.”

“I was really happy to be a part of it and I’m overjoyed to have won the game.”