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Big, really important win tonight for Iowa State as they knock off, knock off, they

beat DCU 70 to 59 in Iowa State after a little bit of a

sluggish stretch there is still within one game of first place in the big 12 conference.

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Listen I don't know how

Well, I was state played I don't know if this is a game where you just feel like you either

great energy from the start, improved body language, a lot to be happy about but it's a little bit ironic. I think this is ironic.

That we talk about free throws in that Oklahoma State game last week and it was free throws that

won this one for the Cyclons.

They go 15 of 17 from the line.

Meanwhile, their adversary, T.C. 6 of 18.

Man, you level out that stat and there were moments in that second half where

TC keeps making a run and you know would be a heck of a lot closer. But yeah the the free throws were really

the big difference in this one when you look at both of these basketball teams tonight.

We'll get to, you know, some of the struggles and whatnot that Iowa State had later on in that game.

But you still win it by 11 over a top 25 team of a

good talented team like TCU and you got to feel good about where you're at

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