Big man Robert Jones deftly delivered three assists. Guard Keshon Gilbert dished out seven. And No. 14 Iowa State simply distributed the ball extremely efficiently Saturday against TCU, totaling 20 assists on 24 made field goals en route to a workmanlike 71-59 win over the Horned Frogs.
Iowa State ascended to 7-3 in the Big 12 with a defensive tour de force against offense-minded TCU.
Don’t expect much to change for Iowa State as it seeks its fourth straight win over TCU in the series before a soldout crowd at Hilton Coliseum. But it would be unwise to assume TCU will approach its second meeting with the Cyclones the same way, given it turned the ball over 27 times in the game Tamin Lipsey was forced to witness from the bench.
Iowa State sophomore point guard Tamin Lipsey made an array of big plays down the stretch, as the No. 14 Cyclones handled Texas, 70-65, Tuesday in Austin.
The duo of Curtis Jones and Keshon Gilbert has been key during the current Iowa State men’s basketball winning sreak. The Cyclones are at Baylor on Saturday.
Regional and national news reports that featured allegations leveled at Iowa State that it had spied on Kansas State’s coaches and players during timeouts in Wednesday’s 78-67 win over the Wildcats compelled coach T.J. Otzelberger to speak up after Saturday’s win over Kansas.
Keshon Gilbert drained a shot clock buzzer-beating 3-pointer with 41 seconds left to essentially seal No. 23 Iowa State’s 79-75 triumph over Kansas — and moments later, fans streamed onto the Hilton floor to celebrate.
Iowa State routed Kansas, 68-53, last season in Ames to end a seven-game skid in the series. The seventh-ranked Jayhawks visit Hilton on Saturday to face the 23rd-ranked Cyclones in another anticipated game broadcast nationally on CBS.
Forty-seven fouls were called. Elbows swung vigorously and occasionally maliciously. And in the waning moments of No. 23 Iowa State’s grinding 78-67 win Wednesday over Kansas State, even the head coaches got heated.
Iowa State not only survived, but thrived in its first game without standout point guard Tamin Lipsey. But can the No. 23 Cyclones do that again if the Ames native must also sit out Wednesday’s 8 p.m. home game against Kansas State because of a sprained shoulder?
Curtis Jones racked up seven steals to match an Iowa State men’s basketball record and then hit two crucial free throws to help the No. 24 Cyclones hold off No. 19, 73-72.
Diagnosing what precisely is causing Iowa State’s 3-point shooting woes early in Big 12 men’s basketball play didn’t prove to be difficult for Milan Momcilovic — and he started with a self-critique.
No. 20 BYU utterly dominated the 24th-ranked Cyclones in every facet of the game — including defense, which is what Iowa State Coach T.J. Otzelberger’s team “hangs its hat on.”
Iowa State dismantled Oklahoma State, 66-42, before a paid, but blizzard-affected crowd of 14,267 at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones trailed 15-10 early before springing a 12-0 run on the Cowboys to help build a 37-26 halftime lead.
Demarion Watson has taken zero shots in seven of the past nine games he’s logged minutes. Why? The versatile 6-foot-7 Iowa State sophomore guard’s too busy supplying his team with hustle plays
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