On Saturday, with No. 3 Iowa State visiting new Big 12 member Arizona State for a men's basketball game in sunny Tempe, Arizona, it was a perfect storm for Cyclones fans to make t

Arizona State 11-7 Arizona State will be in front of their home fans on Saturday, but a look at the spread shows they might need that home-court advantage. They and the Iowa State Cyclones will face off in a Big 12 battle at 2:00 p.

Iowa State pulled away late for a 76-61 win over ASU in Big 12 matinee action Saturday at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe.

ASU men's basketball starters are averaging 154.1 minutes per game, by far the most of any of the Big 12 Conference's 16 schools.

Iowa State's Curtis Jones scored a career-high 33 points to help the Cyclones win at Arizona State. Iowa State basketball: TJ Otzelberger on Tamin Lipsey's toughness

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Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger on the huge contingent of Cyclone fans at the team's win over Arizona State

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Joson Sanon Will Return. The Sun Devils dug themselves a hole to start Big 12 play, largely because they've had to play without their leading scorer — five-star freshman shootin

No. 3 Iowa State will take on Arizona State for the first time as a Big 12 Conference foe when the teams tip off Saturday afternoon in Tempe, Ariz. Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger acknowledged that it felt a bit different as he prepared to face a program he had never coached against.

No. 3 Iowa State visits the Arizona State Sun Devils after Joshua Jefferson scored 30 points in the Cyclones' 108-83 win against the UCF Knights.