After losing a game for the first time in nearly two months, No. 3 Iowa State looks to pick up the pieces in a return home Tuesday to face UCF in a Big 12 Conference game at Ames, Iowa.

Ben Johnson’s basketball team took a big step in their last game, beating then-No. 20 Michigan in overtime, 84-81, last Wednesday at Williams Arena. It was the Gophers’ first Big Ten win and pulled ...