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No. 5 Iowa State faces Kansas City, aims to overcome 'sloppy' effort

No. 5 Iowa State won its season opener by 39 points, but that doesn't mean coach T.J. Otzelberger is fully satisfied. The group's mentality is to always find areas to improve, and that will be the case as Iowa State (1-0) tips off against Kansas City (2-0) on Monday night in Ames, Iowa. "Yeah, we have to do a better job of playing simple basketball," Otzelberger said. "I think, offensively, there are times the ball got stuck with one guy and we over-dribbled it," he said. "There are plays on the defensive end that we didn't finish with two hands.