Big 12 Basketball Championship: Iowa State V. Oklahoma Final Score

UPDATED: 8:20 p.m. March 14

Iowa State Cyclones won their first Big 12 Basketball Championship game in eight years Thursday defeating the Oklahoma Sooners 73-66.

The Cyclones tied up the game in the final minutes of the game. And both Tyrus McGee and Chris Babb sunk three-point baskets helping maintain a lead.

Iowa State now has a chance to payback the Kansas Jayhawks. Tip off is at 6:30p.m.

The Iowa State Alumni Association will meet for another pep rally 4 p.m. Friday before the 6:30 p.m. game.

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The Oklahoma Sooners currently lead the Iowa State Cyclones in the Big 12 Men's Basketball Championship. 

The score at the half was 37-29. 

If the Cyclones can turn it around it will be the first time in eight years that the Cyclones won a tournament game and could face another match up against the Kansas Jayhawks, the projected tournament winner and possible No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament, according to Sbnation.com.

Iowa State (21-10 ) fell to the Oklahoma Sooners (20-10) 86-69 in a March 2 game.

Fox News said Iowa State is hoping they won't have to head straight home after the opening game.

"We're going to go down there and focus on it like it's a very important game, which it is," Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg told Fox News. "We're going to go down there with the right mindset."

The game will be broadcast on ESPN 2. But if you plan on traveling to Kansas City to watch any tournament game, the Iowa State Alumni Association has posted the following championship pep rally schedule which you can find below:

Quarterfinals Thursday: 10 a.m. Pep-rally before the 11:30 a.m. game.

Semifinals Friday: 4 p.m. Pep-rally before the 6:30 p.m. game.

Finals Saturday: 3:15 p.m. Pep-rally before the 5 p.m. game.

A full Big 12 Men's Basketball championship schedule can be found on the official Big 12 Conference site.

Iowa State Women's Basketball came in second in their Big 12 Tournament in Dallas after a loss to Baylor Monday.

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