No. 8 Iowa State is in a funk, as coach T.J. Otzelberger is well aware.The Cyclones will have a chance to snap their three-game losing streak when they host TCU on Saturday afternoon in Ames, Iowa.Otzelberger knows it won’t be easy for Iowa State (17-5, 7-4 Big 12) against TCU (12-10, 5-6), a potentially dangerous underdog that has earned back-to-back victories.”Winning games is challenging in every conference,” Otzelberger said. “Winning games in the Big 12 when you get to late January and February especially, when everybody’s tired, everybody’s sore, everybody’s banged up, everybody’s mentally challenged, all of those things are going on — that’s where you’ve got to double down on your habits, your resiliency and the things that make you win. And then that puts you in the best position.”But winning in this league is hard. I know that. I had many years as an assistant and now four as a head coach.”TCU hopes to be the latest team to challenge Iowa State. The Horned Frogs are coming home off triumphs against Colorado on Sunday and West Virginia on Wednesday.After losing six of their first nine conference games, the Horned Frogs are one win away from climbing back to .500 in the Big 12 standings.”We’re getting better,” TCU coach Jamie Dixon said. “We’re finding ways. It’s been hard, it’s been a battle. We know that, (given) how young we were, but I like how we responded.”Noah Reynolds leads TCU with 12.7 points per game. Vasean Allette (11.6 points per game) also scores in double digits for the Horned Frogs, who lost Frankie Collins to a season-ending foot injury in December.