Fred Hoiberg may or may not have the ability to get visibly angry. 

Iowa State’s first-year coach keeps his composure on the sidelines, avoiding unnecessary attention that could take away from fans watching his up-tempo squad running the floor.

After the Cyclones’ (14-7, 1-5 Big 12) 92-83 loss Wednesday to Texas Tech at Hilton Coliseum, he was frustrated, and his voice kicked into another gear.

He might have been angry.

“What I’m looking for is for five guys to go out there and give us energy from the opening tip,” Hoiberg said. “It shouldn’t take you 30 minutes to find out that you’ve gotta be aggressive and try and get back in the game. We’re jogging into our spots, and we just couldn’t get anything going. It’s very disappointing.”

Iowa State welcomes in visiting Oklahoma on Saturday night and needs to a win to scrape out of the lonely last place position.

The Sooners (10-9, 2-3) have won their last two conference games and have had a week to prepare for the home team.

The squad doesn’t have any dominant players like they’ve had in recent years, but sophomore forward Andrew Fitzgerald leads the team with 14.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.

The Cyclones have had major struggles defensively with physical forwards, and at 6-foot-8-inch, 237 pounds, Fitzgerald might be next in line.

Texas Tech’s Mike Singletary tallied 33 points Wednesday against the Cyclones, dominating the paint.

“He just really took advantage of whoever was in front of him,” Anderson said.

The Red Raiders also took away the Cyclones’ outside shooting by switching all five defenders within a man-to-man scheme, something Iowa State hadn’t seen all year.

“We’ve got a lot of three-point shooters on our team, and just playing that way is kind of our offense, penetrating and kicking it out and they denied that,” said senior guard Diante Garrett. “We hit adversity big, and we’re … going to have to get after it.”

Just three days removed from giving up a season-high in points and nearly 63 percent shooting in the second half, the coaching staff is interested to see if the team has the ability to bounce back and play defense.

“I don’t care how many minutes these guys are playing, we can’t continue to have that kind of energy,” Hoiberg said. “These guys need to be held more accountable, and I put that on me.”

Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. at Hilton Coliseum. Saturday’s game is also part of the Coaches vs. Cancer series, and coaches will wear sneakers with suits to promote cancer awareness.