(Kansas City, MO) — Hilton South will come alive again today as Iowa St. faces Cincinnati in the 2nd round of the Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament, coverage on KSOM.
ISU comes in a little rough around the edges having lost 3 of their last 5 regular season games. Senior Keshon Gilbert did play in the double OT loss to BYU but sat out the season finale against Kansas St. Head Coach TJ Otzelberger expects him to be in the line up for UC today
Junior Point Guard Tamin Lipsey has been up and down for Iowa St. lately — he only had 6 points against K-St but had 15 points and 8 assists against both BYU and Arizona. Otzelberger says he will need Lipsey to play at a high level
If ISU wants to win the Big 12 title, they will have to win four games in four days but Otzelberger believes his guys are prepared for the grind
Iowa St. beat Cincinnati 81-70 the only time they played on Feb 15 at Hilton. Cyclones 23-8, Bearcats 18-14 — the winner plays BYU in the Quarterfinals, Game time is 11:30, Cyclones Pre Game at 10:30 am on KSOM.
