The Iowa State men’s basketball team picked up a monster road win on Saturday 73-58 over the Baylor Bears. The Cyclones led by 11 at the break and held Baylor to their lowest point total in a half all season at 22. Baylor closed the gap to 6 in the second half but Iowa State responded and pushed the lead back out to double-digits quickly.

Jaren Holmes had 16 points, 7 rebounds, and 5 assists to lead the Cyclones. Tre King added 13 points and 7 boards and Gabe Kalscheur dropped in 12 points. The win assured that Iowa State would get an opening round bye at the Big 12 Tournament next week.

The Cyclones improved to 18-12 on the season and ended up with the 5-seed at the Big 12 Tourney. They will get an immediate rematch with Baylor  in the tournament on Thursday at 11:30am in the first game in Kanas City.