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Iowa State University Athletics
ISU Meets Iowa In Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series
12.06.2006 | Men's Basketball
Iowa State (6-2) at Iowa (4-5)
Dec. 8, 2006 ? 7 p.m. ? Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network; John Walters (pxp), Eric Heft (color)
Television: Iowa Television Network/ESPNU; Larry Morgan (pxp), Mac McCausland (color)
TV Affiliates: ESPNU, KDSM (Des Moines), KGAN (Cedar Rapids/Waterloo)
The game will be offered on the ESPN Fullcourt package
Gameday Quick Facts
Iowa State (6-2) faces Iowa (4-5) in the annual Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series showdown in Iowa City...it will be the third consecutive game against an instate opponent for Iowa State...the Cyclones lost to Northern Iowa (70-57) and Drake (80-78) last week...ISU is trying to avoid a three-game sweep from its instate opponents (Drake, Northern Iowa, Iowa)...only once in school history has ISU lost to all three intrastate rivals in the same season (1997-98)...ISU center Ross Marsden has missed the last two games because of the flu...his status is still day-to-day for Friday's game.
Cyclone-Hawkeye Quick Facts
Iowa leads the all-time Tall Corn State series vs. Iowa State, 40-19...Iowa leads the series in games played in Iowa City at 24-5...the series started off slow for Iowa State, losing 17 of the first 18 games in the intrastate rivalry by 1920...since then, the rivalry has been a little more even, with Iowa holding a 23-18 advantage...12 of ISU's 19 wins in the series have occurred since 1984...since ISU's watermark 76-72 double overtime win in 1984, the series is deadlocked at 12-12...Iowa head coach Steve Alford is 4-4 vs. the Cyclones in his head coaching career...Alford played against Iowa State twice in his career at Indiana, winning both games, 69-67 in 1984 and 86-65 in 1985...in the 1984 game, Alford scored 22 points in Hilton Coliseum while playing all 40 minutes...Alford has the sixth-best NCAA Division I free-throw shooting percentage in NCAA history at 89.8 percent...ISU head coach Greg McDermott is 3-2 as a head coach vs. Iowa and Steve Alford, all while coaching at Northern Iowa...he never faced Iowa when he was competing at UNI from 1984-88...Iowa senior Adam Haluska played his freshman season at Iowa State...he averaged 9.2 points and earned Big 12 all-freshman honors...ISU junior Alex Thompson is redshirting this season after transferring from Iowa...he played two years in Iowa City, averaging 2.0 points and 2.3 rebounds as a sophomore last year...Iowa State senior forward Jessan Gray and Iowa junior center Kurt Looby and junior guard Justin Johnson were teammates at Tyler C.C. in Texas in 2004-05...senior Mike Henderson orally committed to Iowa State after his sophomore season at Waterloo East, but he later signed with Iowa.
Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series
This is the third year of the Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series...the school that excels in competition- athletic and academic- will be crowned champion of the head-to-head series between the Cyclones and the Hawkeyes...Iowa has taken an early 7-4 lead, gaining wins in football (3 points), soccer (2 points) and wrestling (2 points)...Iowa State received points in volleyball (2 points) and women's basketball (2 points)...the women's swimming and diving meet is on Friday (2 points)...the all-time series is tied at 1-1, with Iowa winning the inaugural title and ISU winning last season.
Cyclone Update
Iowa State lost its second consecutive game to a Missouri Valley Conference team, falling 80-78 to Drake Sunday afternoon in Hilton Coliseum...the loss snapped ISU's 13-game home win streak against the Bulldogs...the last time Drake beat ISU in Hilton Coliseum was on Dec. 4, 1978 (86-77)...the game had a crazy finish...ISU was down by 16 points with 11:37 remaining in the game, but the Cyclones mounted a furious comeback, tying the game at 78-78 on a Dodie Dunson layup with :16 left in the game...Drake's Al Stewart answered with a lay-up on its next possession to give the Bulldogs an 80-78 lead with :04 left...ISU had one last chance, as Mike Taylor drove the court and passed to Dunson, who pumped faked and then drilled a trey, but it was a fraction of a second too late...Dunson, who was one of five Cyclones in double figures in scoring, had a phenomenal game for the Cyclones, scoring a career-high 16 points on 5-of-7 shooting from the floor and a 4-of-5 effort from 3-point range...he scored 13 of his 16 points in the second half...Dunson's four treys helped ISU register 10 for the game, the second double-digit 3-pointer made effort this season...ISU has made 38-of-91 3-pointers (41.7 percent) in its last four games...Wesley Johnson recorded his third double-double of the season with a career-high 16 points and 10 rebounds, going 5-for-10 from the floor and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line...Johnson also had two blocks, giving him a team-high 13 swats on the year...he is on pace to break the Cyclone freshman blocked shot record currently held by Jared Homan (40)...Rahshon Clark tallied 13 points and nine boards in the loss...Clark made three treys, increasing his career total to 72, moving past Julius Michalik to No. 14 on ISU career 3-pointer made chart...ISU struggled to stop the Bulldogs on offense, giving up a season-high 47.0 percent from the floor...it was only the second time this year where ISU allowed an opponent to shoot above 40 percent...it was also just the third time this season where an opponent outshot the Cyclones...Ross Marsden missed his second consecutive game because of the flu.
Iowa (4-5)
Iowa is 4-5 after a 57-55 loss at home to Northern Iowa on Tuesday...senior Adam Haluska, who played his freshman season at Iowa State, is the team leader, averaging 17.4 points and 4.4 rebounds...Haluska, a native of Carroll, Iowa, poured in a career-high 31 points against Coppin State last Saturday to help him earn MVP honors at the Hawkeye Challenge...Haluska, who drilled six treys against Coppin State, leads the team with 25 3-pointers...he is shooting 94.4 percent from the free-throw line, which ranks in the top-20 nationally...freshman Tyler Smith has had a good start to his career...the Pulaski, Tenn., native is averaging 14.2 points and 4.9 rebounds...he registered a career-high 28 points in the win vs. Toledo and led Iowa against UNI with 20 points...junior college transfer Justin Johnson has taken over some point guard duties with the injury to Mike Henderson...Johnson is averaging 6.9 points and is shooting 47.4 percent (18-38 3FG) from 3-point range...the Hawks are shooting 75.4 percent from the free-throw line this season, which ranks in the top-50 nationally.
Iowa State Team Quick Facts
? Iowa State has just four returning scholarship players from last season.
? 66.0 percent of ISU's points this season (358) are from players who did not play a minute last year.
? ISU's 6-0 start tied for the fifth-best start in school history...only nine teams in school history had won its first six games.
? ISU head coach Greg McDermott is one of two coaches in ISU history to win his first six games at the helm.
? ISU head coach Greg McDermott is the first native Iowan to coach the Cyclone men's basketball team since Clayton Sutherland (1948-54)...McDermott is from Cascade; Sutherland was from Nashua.
? McDermott entered the season with the 41st-best winning percentage among active Division I coaches.
? Wesley Johnson broke Will Blalock's school-record for standing vertical leap at 34 inches...Blalock's record was at 33 1/2 inches...Johnson also had a 41-inch step vertical leap to break the school record.
? ISU head coach Greg McDermott is in his first season with the Cyclones, but he is already the seventh-longest tenured coach in the league...of the six new coaches in the league (Mike Anderson, Missouri; Bob Huggins, Kansas State; Doc Sadler, Nebraska; Jeff Capel, Oklahoma; Sean Sutton, Oklahoma State; Greg McDermott, Iowa State), McDermott was the first to be hired.
? ESPN.com picked Hilton Coliseum as the "Hot Arena" in the Big 12...coaches in the league noted that, "regardless of talent, the Cyclones have a home court like no other."
? ISU junior college transfers Corey McIntosh and Mike Taylor have witnessed a ton of success in their collegiate playing career...McIntosh tallied a 59-9 record in his two seasons in JC ball, while Taylor recorded a 62-8 mark in his two seasons at Chipola JC...the pair posted a combined 121-17 record in their two years in junior college.
? ISU held Louisiana-Monroe to 27.3 percent from the field, the first time a Cyclone opponent was held under 30 percent shooting since Dec. 31, 2002 (Arkansas-Pine Bluff).
? ISU has made 38 treys in its four three games, going 38-of-91 from downtown (41.7 percent).
? ISU hit a season-high 11 treys vs. Lake Superior State, tying for the 15th-best single-game total in ISU history.
? ISU has recorded two games with 10 or more 3-pointers this year.
? ISU tallied a season-high nine blocks vs. Northern Iowa, the most since blocking 10 against Drake (11-23-04).
? ISU has made a 3-pointer in 40 consecutive games.
? ISU has shot more free-throws than its opponents in six of eight games this year.
? Only two teams (Eastern Illinois & Drake) has shot above 40 percent against the Cyclones this season...23 teams shot 40 percent or better against ISU last season.
? ISU is holding its opponents to 38.5 percent from the field, ranking 35th nationally.
? Only two teams (Northern Iowa & Drake) has scored 70 or more points against ISU this season...22 teams scored 70 or more points against the Cyclones last season.
? ISU ranks sixth nationally in least amount of fouls per game...only one team (Northern Iowa) has committed less fouls than ISU in a game this year.
Stressing Defense
Iowa State head coach Greg McDermott has always stressed defense in order to be successful...his teams have already bought into this concept in the early season...ISU's opponents are shooting 38.5 percent from the field with only two teams achieving above 40 percent in a game (Eastern Illinois & Drake)...ISU allowed 46.5 percent from the field last season...23 teams shot 40 percent or above against ISU last season, including 12 teams who made 50 percent or better.
Getting To The Line
In the preseason, Greg McDermott talked about the importance of getting to the free-throw line to increase your chances to win...so far, so good for ISU, as the Cyclones have been able to capitalize at the free-throw line...ISU has attempted more free-throw attempts than its opponent in six of eight games this season, holding a 150-112 (+4.8) advantage at the charity stripe...what a difference from last season when the Cyclones were outshot at the foul line, 735-548 (-6.2)...Minnesota and Northern Iowa - ISU's two road games - are the only two teams to shoot more free throws than ISU.
Don't Foul!
Keeping fouls at a minimum has allowed ISU to have an advantage at the free-throw line this season...the Cyclones currently rank sixth nationally in fewest fouls per game at 14.25...the Cyclones have not had a single player foul out of a game this season compared to last year when a Cyclone fouled out 22 times...in 16 halves this season, the Cyclones have allowed their opponents to have just four double-bonus situations (10 fouls) at the free-throw line...only one team this season (Northern Iowa) has tallied more fouls than ISU.
Clark Is The Leader
Junior Rahshon Clark is the undisputed leader of the Cyclone team...now in his third-year as a starter and first year as team captain, Clark is ISU's most experienced and most seasoned player...he brings to the table incredible athleticsm and jumping ability...the junior has drastically improved his rebounding, leading the team on the boards at 8.9 rpg, which ranks second in the Big 12...his long arms and quick jumping ability allows him to outrebound bigger and stronger opponents...Clark has tallied eight or more rebounds in seven of eight games this season, including three double-digit rebounding efforts (12-Eastern Illinois, 11-Minnesota, 10-Northern Iowa)...he has two double-doubles on the season.
Taylor Made
Mike Taylor's high-energy style of play and outstanding shooting has excited ISU fans so far in the young season...he can stretch the defense with his range and explode to the hoop with his quickness...he tallied one of the greatest second halves in ISU history vs. Minnesota, recording 25 of his career-high 33 points after intermission...he tallied a career-high six 3-pointers, all in the second half vs. the Gophers...he followed that game with 22 points in the first half vs. Lake Superior State, drilling his first six treys...dating back to the Minnesota game, he had a streak of nine consecutive 3-pointers made...he leads the team in scoring (16.4), 3-pointers (21) and assists (38).
Taylor's Incredible Run Earns Him Big 12 Co-Rookie Of The Week Honors
Mike Taylor posted arguably the greatest back-to-back half performances in school history against Minnesota and Lake Superior State, helping him earn Big 12 Co-Rookie of the Week honors...in the second half vs. Minnesota, Taylor had 25 points and six treys...he answered that performance in his next game, tallying 22 points and six treys in the first half vs. Lake Superior State...at one point, Taylor had a string of nine consecutive 3-pointers made...here is a closer look at his consecutive half performances:
Wesley Johnson- A Diamond In The Rough
True freshman Wesley Johnson has done a fantastic job early in his rookie season at ISU...Johnson has started all eight games, averaging 11.6 ppg and 7.0 rpg...Johnson had fallen through the recruiting cracks after his prep school shut down in his senior season, thus not playing basketball in his final year...ISU assistant coach Jean Prioleau had recruited him when he was an assistant at Wichita State...when Prioleau was hired at ISU and the Cyclones needed players late in the March 2006 signing period, Prioleau contacted Johnson and convinced him to come to ISU...Johnson leads the team with three double-doubles this season...he also leads ISU in blocks with 13, recording a career-high three vs. Norfolk State and Northern Iowa...he has recorded a block in seven of eight games this season...despite his lack of size, Wesley's incredible leaping ability allows him to be an effective offensive rebounder...22 of his 56 rebounds have come on the offensive end, averaging 2.7 offensive rebounds per game...he has scored in double figures in six of eight games this season...in his last three games, he is averaging 14.7 points and hitting 61.5 percent from the field (16-26 FG).
Jessan Gray Is Most Improved
Without a doubt, Jessan Gray has been the most improved player on the Cyclone roster...Gray averaged 4.3 ppg and 1.3 rpg last year in his first season with the Cyclones after transferring from Tyler Junior College in Texas...as ISU's only scholarship senior, Gray has given ISU a huge spark from the bench...he is averaging 7.9 points and 4.3 rebounds in 19.4 minutes of action...Gray has been extremely efficient as well, hitting 54.2 percent from the field (26-48 FG) and 45.5 percent from downtown (5-11 3FG)...Gray was 6-of-7 from the floor vs. Lake Superior State en route to a career-high 14 points...he followed that game with 11 points and a career-high nine boards vs. Northern Iowa...in ISU's win over Minnesota, Gray scored all nine of his points in the second half, including a 3-pointer that tied the game and a strong move to the hoop that give ISU a 5-point lead late in the game...in his last four games, Gray is averaging 9.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and is shooting 16-of-29 from the floor (55.1 percent) and 50 percent (4-8 3FG) from 3-point range.
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