No. 9 iowa State in the Oklahoma State Primer

Who: No. 9 IOWA State (21-6, 11-5 Big 12) in the state of Oklahoma (13-14, 5-11 Big 12)

Where: Gallagher-IBA AREANA (13,611) -Tillwater, Okla.

When: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 – 7 p.m. CT

Regard: ESPN+ // Mark Neely (PXP), Bryndon Manzer (Analyst)

Hear: Cyclone -Radio -Network // John Walters (PXP) & Eric Issue (Analyst)

Sick: The state of Iowa is scheduled to recover this Tuesday from a weekly rippling when it goes to the penultimate street competition of the cyclones to Oklahoma State for the only meeting of the teams this season. It will mark the second year in a row in which the two teams met once in the regular season.

Last time, an exhausted ISU squad competed against the fifth Houston Cougars on the street. Despite the adversity not to have his two top scorers, the cyclone exertion was brave. After up to 16 points, ISU fought within reach of the last four minutes of the competition and was within reach.

Like ISU, the state of Oklahoma will also try to get back on the track, as the cowboys lost to Kansas No. 23 last time. KU would shoot 57.1% out of the ground, while the OSU kept OSU at only 36.7%, since the cowboys lost their eighth street Big 12 of the season.

Action lines:

• “Sixth starter” of the state of Iowa, State, ” Curtis Jonesbecame an actual starter for seven games, but has returned to the bench when returning to the bench Milan Momcilovic. Jones received a Big 12 Player of the Week Award, was included in the top 10 list of the Jerry West Award and included in the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 observation list together with teammates Keshon Gilbert. He missed the last game with illness.
• Speaking of Gilbert, he was the team’s “engine” in his second season as a cyclone that made the team in minutes and templates. He was appointed Big 12 player of the week twice this season, appointed the top 10 BOB Cousy Award and included in the top 20 observation list of the Wooden Award with teammates Curtis Jones. He missed the last game with an injury to the lower body.
• A pre-season all-Big 12 first team selection, Tamin Lipsey was the glue of the state of the state Iowa. Lipsey is a well -known defensive threat. He leads the team in steals and became the all -time thief of the school in Houston No. 5, the big Monté Morris for the top position in the Annals school.
• Saint Mary’s transfer Joshua Jefferson was a revelation for the cyclone this season. Jefferson heads the team in rebounding, has nine double double and has received five Big 12 newcomers from Week Awards.
• Sophomore wing Milan Momcilovic On average, a little more than 10 points per game and shoot the 3-ball with the highest clip in the team with 41.2 percent. After only missing the game campaign due to an injury, he returned to the starting line -up against TCU on February 8.

From the notes:

• As head coach, OTZ is a total of 190-104 and has led the cyclone to a 91-41 record in the past four years.

  • ISU is 59-9 in games in the Hilton Coliseum under OTZ. His 59 home wins during this time are bound nationwide for the fifth desider.

• Coach Otzelberger is the only basketball coach of men in Iowa State, who brings several teams to Sweet 16.

  • He was the 51st coach in the history of NCAA Division I to bring a team to Sweet 16 twice in his first three years.
  • OTZ will try to become the first coach in the program history to bring a team to the NCAA tournament as a coach in his first four years.

• The state of Iowa was classified for 24 weeks in the AP Top 10, the longest series in the country.
• The cyclones are classified in 8th place on the net. Iowa State Slots No. 8 in the Kenpom ranking and is No. 7 in the basketball power index of ESPN.

Change pages:

• This will be the 141st meeting between the state of Iowa and the state of Oklahoma.

  • OSU holds the all-time series speed of 72-68 and is 41-19 against ISU in Stillwater.
  • OSU has won seven of the last nine series games with ISU.

• Okie State was selected to occupy the 14th place in the BIG 12 survey before the season.
• The cowboys sit directly behind the cyclones in steals and sales that were forced per game, while the two teams lead the league.
• The cowboys are 10: 3 on Eddie Sutton Court with all three defeats currently in the top 10 of the NCAA network (No. 3 Houston, No. 7, Texas Tech, No. 9, Arizona).
• Steve Lutz, coach of Oklahoma State, is at the top of the Cowboy program in his first year, where he is 13-14 years old.

  • Overall, Lutz is 82-49 in his four-year head coaching career, which includes stations at Texas A & M-Corpus Christi and Western Kentucky.
  • Lutz comes from San Antonio and was a long -time assistant at Greg McDermott near Creighton and Matt Painter near Purdue, before ending up in Tuckcc in Tuccon in Tucca in 2021.

• The state of Oklahoma is in 101th place on the net. The cowboys are No. 103 in Kenpom and No. 106 in the basketball power index from ESPN.