Iowa State’s 74-66 win over then-No. 13 Oklahoma on Saturday was a night-and-day turnaround for a team looking for its first conference win of the season.

After starting their conference slate with five losses, the Cyclones rebounded in style, knocking off the Sooners with hustle and a stifling defense.

“We had to make up our minds what we were going to do,” freshman Tasheed Carr said. “We went out and played hard all game. We made up our minds that we could do it.”

With renewed confidence, Iowa State welcomes Baylor to Hilton Coliseum, where the two teams will fight for the bottom of the Big 12 rankings. Both teams have just one win in conference play, with the Bears beating Colorado on Jan. 19.

“We’re young and we’re growing up,” ISU head coach Wayne Morgan said.

“Hopefully, we’re at a point where we know how hard we have to play, and when we get a lead, we have some idea of how to hang on to it.”

Three of the Cyclones’ next five games are at home, with only one of those games against a ranked opponent. Along with Baylor, Iowa State will host Texas Tech and Kansas State, and will travel to Nebraska and No. 20 Texas.

“We think it’s kind of a fresh start,” Carr said. “We have a team that can win eight or nine games.

“Our goal is to be a tournament team. It’s still a reachable goal. We have to understand there are a lot of games to play.”

Hustle won Saturday’s game for Iowa State, as the Cyclones scored 22 points off turnovers and 16 fastbreak points.

“A lot of teams are going to zone against us, and the best way to beat a zone is to get up and down the court,” Carr said. “Not many teams can run with us. It’s very important to play great defense and to get points on the fast break.”

Oklahoma committed 18 turnovers, with the Cyclones coming up with 13 steals. Rahshon Clark had four steals along with eight rebounds and two blocked shots.

“Guys like myself, Damion [Staple] and Rahshon have to step up every night,” Carr said. “When we don’t play our part, it puts pressure on [Jared Homan, Curtis Stinson and Will Blalock]. We will be better off when we don’t put all the pressure on them.”

The Cyclones’ Big Three are combining to average 43 points per game, with the team scoring just more than 67 points. Only once has someone other then Homan, Stinson or Blalock led the team in scoring.

Iowa State is also still looking for an outside shooter. For the second time this season, the Cyclones failed to make a three-pointer, going 0 for 6 against Oklahoma.

“I don’t think we’re a team of bad shooters,” Morgan said. “We don’t have a great shooter — we don’t have a Jake Sullivan. I’m just telling them, let’s take threes, let’s work at it and let’s take them in the game, because sometime they’re going to start going in.”

In their last three games, the Cyclones are 4 of 35 from downtown, with Stinson and John Neal combining to go 0 for 15. Blalock and Carr each nailed two shots in that span.

“We have good shooters, we’re just not shooting well,” Carr said. “We have to be confident and it will come along.

“We just have to keep our confidence up and continue to shoot.”