BOTTOM LINE: Keyshawn Hall and UCF visit Curtis Jones and No. 3 Iowa State on Tuesday. The Cyclones are 10-0 on their home court. Iowa State leads the Big 12 averaging 83.8 points and is shooting 49.2%. The Knights are 3-3 in Big 12 play. UCF averages 78.9 points while outscoring opponents by 1.5 points per game.

UCF basketball had a chance to make a massive statement. A win over a top-10 program at home in late January would have gone far in helping make the case for the Knights to earn a possible spot in the NCAA tournament for the first time since the 2018-19 season.

After losing a game for the first time in nearly two months, No. 3 Iowa State looks to pick up the pieces in a return home Tuesday to face UCF in a Big 12 Conference game at Ames, Iowa.