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The Iowa State men’s basketball team notched a dominant 77-62 Big 12-opening win over No. 12 Baylor before a sellout Hilton Coliseum crowd of 14,267.

Iowa State beat No. 12 Baylor 77-62 in a Big 12 men’s basketball game at Hilton Coliseum.

Winter break — in terms of basketball, at least — is over for Iowa State. Now it’s time to begin an 18-game round-robin grind that begins with another ranked foe, Baylor, before a sellout crowd at Hilton Coliseum.

Tre King, a 6-foot-7 senior transfer from Eastern Kentucky, waited more than a calendar year to debut for ISU — and he made an immediate above-the-rim impact in the Cyclones’ 73-57 win Sunday over Western Michigan at Hilton Coliseum.

Aljaz Kunc powers Cyclone men’s basketball team to 77-40 win over McNeese State at Hilton Coliseum

Iowa State’s Robert Jones honed his technique and toughness, and now provides a valuable and reliable spark off the bench. Jones has scored in double figures in five of the past six games — and will be looked to for more clutch production Thursday against Iowa.

Suddenly hot-shooting Caleb Grill drilled 4 of his 5 long-range shots to help the No. 23 Iowa State Cyclones overcame a sluggish start in a grinding 63-44 win over North Dakota.

Five. That’s how many different leading scorers No. 23 Iowa State has leaned on while starting the season 5-1.

Donovan Clingan had 15 points and 10 rebounds to power No. 20 UConn to a 71-53 win over Iowa State in the championship game of the Phil Knight Invitational on Sunday night.

If you’re couch-potatoeing and you like Iowa and/or Iowa State sports, you’ll have a smorgasbord this weekend with men’s and women’s basketball and football galore.

Iowa State takes on Villanova on Thursday in the Phil Knight Invitational in Portland, Ore. Other possible foes include top-ranked North Carolina, Portland No. 12 Michigan State, No. 18 Alabama, No. 20 Connecticut or Oregon.

The Iowa State men’s basketball team forced 15 turnovers in the first half and 27 overall in a 68-53 win over Milwaukee.

Iowa State has been solid on both ends of the floor in blowout wins over IUPUI and North Carolina A&T. But these are obviously not juggernaut programs. The Cyclones should get an opportunity to work on themselves against Milwaukee on Sunday.

Iowa State topples North Carolina A&T inside Hilton Coliseum as forward tries to be more aggressive