MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A double-digit home loss to No. 10 West Virginia three weeks ago remains a sore spot and a turning point for No. 24 Iowa State.
Since that 85-72 defeat Jan. 31, the Cyclones won seven of eight games, climbing off the NCAA bubble and into second place in the Big 12.
Ahead of Friday night's rematch against the No. 10 Mountaineers, point guard Monte Morris sounds hungry to make amends.
"We played terrible, terrible. And when you play terrible in this league, you lose," he said.
Morris shot 4 for 14 and dished out only two assists during the first meeting, essentially neutered by the full-court traps of "Press Virginia.