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No. 8 Texas hosts No. 23 Iowa State with a lot on the line

Gerry Hamiltonby:Gerry Hamilton•02/21/23•

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The No. 8 Texas Longhorns face a pressure packed week in Big 12 play.

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The Longhorns (21-6, 10-4) play host to No. 23 Iowa State tonight to begin the week with a trip to No. 9 Baylor looming Saturday. For the Longhorns, a win tonight is paramount to stay in the Big 12 race against now heavy favorite Kansas, and to stay in the conversation for a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

The Cyclones (17-9, 8-6) are coming off a 61-55 loss at Kansas State Saturday after beating TCU in Ames early last week.

This begins a final Big 12 game stretch against four teams that will be in the NCAA Tournament field – Iowa State, at Baylor, at TCU and Kansas.

Interim head coach Rodney Terry has coached the Longhorns to a 14-5 record, including three wins over ranked opponents. Texas is 10-1 at The Moody Center under Terry, including 6-1 in Big 12 play.

How to watch the game

Iowa State and Texas tipoff at 8 p.m. Central on the Longhorn Network with Lowell Galindo (play by play) and Lance Blanks (analyst) calling the action.

The game will be played at the Moody Center (10,763) – Austin, Texas

The Longhorns lead the series 27-20. Iowa State won the last meeting 78-67, January 17, 2023 in Ames.

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The Rodney Terry File

Rodney Terry enters Tuesday with a career record of 177-161. He has been a head coach at the Division I level for ten year prior to joining Chris Beard’s staff in Austin.

Terry built the Fresno State program up in his time in California. The Bulldogs won 20 or more games in four of Terry’s last five seasons. That included three times in postseason play. Terry has a 0-1 record in the NCAA Tournament.

The T.J. Otzelberger File

T.J. Otzelberger is in his second season as the head coach of Iowa State, and seventh as a head coach at the Division I level. He has a career record of 134-79, including 39-22 at Iowa State. He led the Cyclones to a 22-13 record and Sweet 16 appearance last season.

Otzelberger has an NCAA Tournament record of 2-3 in three appearances. He posted back-to-back appearances at South Dakota State in 2016-17 and 2017-18.

Iowa State Cyclones starters

PG Tamin Lipsey, 6-1, freshman (7.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 2.0 steals)

G Gabe Kalscheur, 6-4, senior (12.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists)

G Jaren Holmes, 6-4, sophomore (13.3 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists)

PF Aljaz Kunc, 6-8, senior (9.2 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.6 assists)

C Osun Osunniyi, 6-10, senior (8.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists)

Key reserves

G Demarion Watson, 6-6, freshman (1.8 points, 2.8 rebounds)

PF Robert Jones,  6-10, senior (5.6 points, 3.7 rebounds)

F Tre King, 6-7, senior (5.5 points, 3.9 rebounds)

G Caleb Grill, 6-3, senior (10.0 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.5 assists) – *Grill has been out with a lingering issue for a few games.

Texas starters

PG Tyrese Hunter, 6-1, sophomore (9.7 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.6 assists)

CG Marcus Carr, 6-2, super senior (17.1 points, 3.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 1.7 steals)

F Timmy Allen, 6-6, super senior (11.0 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists)

F Dillon Mitchell, 6-8, freshman (5.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 0.8 steals)

PF Dylan Disu, 6-9, senior (7.1 points, 3.7 rebounds, 1.5 blocks)

The reserves 

SG Sir’Jabari Rice, 6-4, super senior (12.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists)

PF Christian Bishop, 6-7, super senior (6.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 0.8 steals)

CG Arterio Morris, 6-3, freshman (5.0 points, 1.6 rebounds)

F Brock Cunningham, 6-6, senior (5.0 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.1 assists) 

PF Alex Anamekwe, 6-5.5, freshman (1.8 points, 0.7 rebounds)

SG Gavin Perryman, 6-1, redshirt freshman

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