Tuesday, March 3rd, 2020

Well, the 2019-2020 Iowa State men's home basketball season has come to an end.  Tonight I went over to Hilton to watch the Cyclone's Senior Night game against West Virginia, and the Mountaineers came out on top, 77-71.  West Virginia played well in the first half and took a 44-31 lead into the locker room, but the Cyclones managed to fight back in the second half and actually led by 4 points with about 9 minutes left to play.  Unfortunately, the Mountaineers made the key plays down the stretch and came out with the win.  Tonight's ISU seniors were Michael Jacobson and Prentiss Nixon.

Rasir Bolton led the Cyclones with 21 points.  He was joined in double figures scoring for Iowa State by Nixon (19) and Solomon Young (11).  Tonight marks the fifth time I have seen a game between ISU and WVU.  The Cyclones won in 2019, 2018, and 2013, while West Virginia won tonight and back in 2017.

Overall this season I saw 11 wins and 4 losses:

Wins:

• Mississippi Valley State
• Northern Illinois
• Southern Miss
• UMKC
• Seton Hall
• Purdue Fort Wayne
• Oklahoma
• Oklahoma State
• Kansas State
• Texas
• TCU

Losses:

• Iowa
• Florida A&M
• Kansas
• West Virginia