By james art 
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Jeff Borcello
Iowa will be without her best goal scorers for the top 10 on Saturday in Houston. The cyclones announced on Friday that Curtis Jones and Cashon Gilbert were inaccessible this weekend.
Jones is due to a disease, while Gilbert has a muscle strain.
According to ESPN Research, Iowa has only played 30 minutes this season with the two players off the court.
Iow State won four in a row after starting Milan Momovic returned from an injury, but the cyclones No. 8 will be short on the road against No. 5 Houston on Saturday (2 pm ET, ESPN).
Expect TJ Otzelberger coach to turn to the former North Iowa Nate Haze transfer in the background.
Haise made two 3s and finished with 11 points in the victory of Iow’s state over Colorado on Tuesday. Although it is only 3.8 points an average of this season, it scored 13.5 points in North Iowa in 2023-24.
The depth of the perimeter of the cyclones will be discouraged on Saturday to the point that Wade Kelderman could play. Kelderman has only played seven minutes to play on the big 12, but he will be one of the few available ball manipulators.
This is a critical development in the Big 12 title race. Victory for Houston will move the couges to 15-1 in the conference game, giving them at least two matches in front of Arizona for the first place coming out of the weekend.