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Iowa State University Athletics
ISU Shoots For 400th Win In Hilton vs. Minnesota
11.18.2007 | Men's Basketball
Iowa State (2-1, 0-0) vs. Minnesota (1-0, 0-0)
Nov. 20, 2007 ? 7 p.m. ? Ames, Iowa ? Hilton Coliseum (14,356)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (pxp); Eric Heft (color)
Television: Mediacom (Connections Channel)
Talent: B.J. Schaben (pxp); Kevin Lehman (color)
Clone Zone: The Iowa State-Minnesota game can be viewed live on the internet via a Clone Zone subscription on cyclones.com
Cyclone Notebook
- Iowa State (2-1) returns home to play host to Minnesota (1-0) on Tuesday in the first of an important two-game home stretch for the Cyclones...ISU will have a week off before playing host to Northern Iowa on Nov. 27.
- Minnesota is the first of three Big Ten opponents ISU will face this season...the Cyclones host Iowa (Dec. 8) and will battle Purdue in Las Vegas (Dec. 22)...ISU was 1-2 vs. Big Ten opponents a year ago...ISU is 46-92 all-time vs. Big Ten opponents.
- ISU head coach Greg McDermott is 4-5 all-time vs. Big Ten opponents (Minnesota, 1-0; Iowa 3-3; Wisconsin, 0-1; Ohio State, 0-1).
- The Cyclones are aiming to capture the 400th win in Hilton Coliseum on Tuesday...ISU holds a 399-137 (74.4 pct.) all-time record in its 37th season in the facility.
- ISU has not been at full strength the whole season with its top three players (Rahshon Clark, Jiri Hubalek and Wesley Johnson) missing time with various injuries.
- Hubalek missed both exhibition games with a broken foot but returned for the Cyclone Challenge...Clark sat out the second exhibition game (EA Sports) with a sore knee...Johnson suffered a bone bruise in his left foot on Nov. 7 and has missed all three games this season...his status is doubtful for the Minnesota game.
Last Time Out
- Iowa State lost its in its first road appearance of the season on Wednesday, falling at Bradley, 65-56...ISU played without its top player, Wesley Johnson, for the third-straight game...Johnson is nursing a bone bruise in his foot.
- A late 14-7 first-half run by the Cyclones gave ISU the lead at the break, 31-30...ISU has led at the half in all three games this season...however, Bradley opened the second half with nine-straight points to regain a lead it never relinquished.
- ISU cut the lead down to two points on a Jiri Hubalek putback with less than 10 minutes remaining, but Bradley continued to come up with big shots to answer the Cyclones.
- The Cyclones were led by Rahshon Clark and Diante Garrett, who both chipped in with 13 points...Clark was 5-of-6 from the field and made a trio of 3-pointers...Garrett came off the bench and nailed a career high in points (13) and steals (3)...Garrett went 5-of-9 from the field.
- Bryan Petersen added 12 points for the Cyclones, drilling four 3-pointers...Petersen is 8-of-14 from 3-point range in his last two games (57.1 percent).
- Hubalek finished with eight points and a team-high six boards.
- Clayton Vette tallied three points and five boards off the bench for Iowa State.
- The Cyclones continued to struggle to take care of the ball, committing 18 turnovers, registering 11 in the first half.
- ISU also lost the battle on the boards for the first time this season, getting outboarded, 27-25...ISU still has a +8.7 rebounding advantage over its opponents this season.
- The Cyclones shot 54.5 percent from the field in the first half, but cooled down to 39.1 percent in the second stanza to record a 46.7 percent shooting night...ISU gave up a 50 percent-shooting night by its opponent for the first time this season, as the Braves hit 50 percent of their shots from the floor.
- ISU's opponents are shooting just 37.0 percent from the floor this season (64-173 FG-FGA).
Cyclone-Gopher Quick Facts
- Minnesota leads the all-time series against Iowa State at 17-11...however, the Cyclones have won the last four game in the series, including last season's 68-63 win in Williams Arena...Rahshon Clark had 12 points and 11 rebounds in the win.
- ISU won 99-65 (Dec. 29, 1992) the last time the two teams met in Ames...ISU is 6-4 against the Gophers in games played in Ames.
- The two teams faced off in the 2005 NCAA Tournament with the Cyclones winning, 64-53 in Charlotte, N.C...Clark is the only player on the Cyclone roster to play in that game, recording 14 points, five boards and four steals to help ISU win its first NCAA Tournament game since 2000...Clark is averaging 13.0 points and 8.0 rebounds in his two games vs. the Gophers.
- Minnesota sophomore Lawrence Westbrook signed a letter of intent to play at Iowa State but was released from his letter of intent after former coach Wayne Morgan was relieved of his duties after the 2005-06 season.
- UM senior Lawrence McKenzie played two seasons at Oklahoma before transferring to the Gophers...McKenzie, who made four treys en route to 15 points vs. ISU last season, has had tremendous success vs. the Cyclones...he is averaging 15.3 points and is a combined 12-of-22 (54.5 percent) from 3-point range in three games vs. ISU.
- UM head coach Tubby Smith is in his first season coaching the Gophers...Smith won a national title while coaching the Kentucky Wildcats to the 1998 NCAA Championship...he will become one of 14 coaches who have won national titles to have coached a team against Iowa State in Ames.
- ISU men's basketball athletic trainer Vic Miller received his master's degree from Minnesota in 1995 and was the trainer for the Minnesota wrestling team.
A Closer Look At Minnesota (1-0)
- Minnesota has been impressive in its two exhibtion wins and its only regular-season game, an 84-52 win over Army...the Gophers returns four starters from last year's team.
- Minnesota held Army to 35.2 percent shooting from the floor and forced 25 turnovers.
- Dan Coleman, a senior from Minneapolis, paced the Gophers in the Army win with 16 points and seven boards...Coleman needs 61 points to join the 1,000-point club...Coleman had six points and 12 boards in last year's game vs. ISU in Minneapolis...Coleman is the only player on the Gopher roster who played against ISU in the 2005 NCAA Tournament, collecting five points and three rebounds.
- Guard Lawrence McKenzie, another local product from Minneapolis, is one of the top returning scorers in the Big Ten...McKenzie, who earned honorable mention all-Big Ten honors in 2006-07, averaged 14.9 points and hit 78 treys last season.
- Senior Spencer Tollackson at 6-9, 260 pounds is a force underneath...Tollackson averaged 12.0 points and 5.3 rebounds last season...he had 24 points and 13 boards vs. ISU last season.
- First-year coach Tubby Smith has a 388-145 all-time record as a head coach...he has never faced an ISU team or a Greg McDermott-coached team.
Minnesota Probable Starters
No-Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown Pts. Reb. Asst.
13-Dan Coleman F 6-9 220 Sr. Minneapolis, Minn. 16.0 7.0 0.0
50-Spencer Tollackson C 6-9 260 Sr. Chaska, Minn. 6.0 7.0 1.0
20-Lawrence Westbrook G 6-0 195 So. Chandler, Ariz. 9.0 2.0 3.0
1-Lawrence McKenzie G 6-2 180 Sr. Minneapolis, Minn. 2.0 3.0 2.0
3-Kevin Payton G 6-5 215 So. Camden, N.J. 4.0 2.0 3.0
HC: Tubby Smith (High Point, 1973) Record at UM: 1-0/1 Overall: 388-145/17
NBA Heritage
- Iowa State has a number of players on its roster with ties to the NBA.
- Freshman Charles Boozer and junior Sean Haluska have brothers who are on current NBA rosters. Boozer's brother, Carlos, is one of the top post players in the NBA, making the 2006-07 All-Star team. Boozer averaged 20.9 points and 11.7 rebounds in 2006-07, leading the Utah Jazz to the Western Conference Finals. He is also a member of the USA Basketball Select team that will compete for a Gold medal at the 2008 Olympics Beijing.
- Haluska's brother, Adam, who played one year at Iowa State (2002-03) before transferring to Iowa, is a rookie with the New Orleans Hornets. Haluska led the Big Ten in scoring last year, averaging 20.5 ppg while earning first-team all-Big Ten honors.
- Freshman Diante Garrett also has outstanding basketball roots. His father, Dick, played five seasons in the NBA for the Los Angeles Lakers, Buffalo Braves, New York Knicks and Milwaukee Bucks, averaging 10.3 ppg. Garrett played in the 1970 NBA Finals for the Lakers against the Knicks.
Adding Muscle
- The Iowa State basketball team hit the weights hard in the offseason, producing significant results...every player added weight and reduced their body fat...here is a look of ISU's returning letterwinners weights when they first arrived on campus compared to their current weights:
Not At Full Strength
- ISU as yet to play a game this season, including exhibitions, at full strength...ISU's top three players- Rahshon Clark, Jiri Hubalek and Wesley Johnson- have missed at least one of the five games this season...Clark sat out the second exhibition game (EA Sports) with a sore knee...Hubalek missed both exhibition games with a broken foot and is slowly getting back into playing shape...Johnson is the most recent Cyclone to go down...Johnson has not played in the first three regular-season games after suffering a bone bruise on his foot...his status for the Minnesota game is doubtful...the trio combined for 30.0 points and 20.6 rebounds last season.
- Another setback for the Cyclones was when freshman Lucca Staiger was declared ineligible for the season by the NCAA Amateur Certifaction process...Staiger was expected to play major minutes at the two-guard spot...ISU is appealing the decision.
70 Is The Magic Number
- Keeping the opposition from getting into a high-scoring game increases ISU's chances of winning...in the McDermott era, ISU is 16-7 when it opponents score under 70 points...ISU has given up 70 points 11 times to its opponents since McDermott took over, going 1-10 in those games.
Looking For No. 400
- ISU recorded its 399th win in Hilton Coliseum against Centenary on Nov. 10...the Cyclones will get their first chance at 400 wins against Minnesota on Nov. 20.
National Championship Coaches
- Minnesota head coach Tubby Smith will make his first appearance as a head coach in Hilton Coliseum...Smith, who won a national for Kentucky in 1998, will become the 14th coach who has won a national title to coach a team in Ames...here is the list of national championship coaches who have brought teams to Ames.
Coach Team/Year(s) with title Game(s) in Ames
+Branch McCracken Indiana/1940, 1953 Dec. 23, 1961
+Hank Iba Oklahoma State/1945, 1946 Several
+Forrest "Phog" Allen Kansas/1952 Several
+Fred Taylor Ohio State/1960 Dec. 3, 1966
+Don Haskins Texas Western (UTEP)/1966 Dec. 22, 1996
#+Bobby Knight Indiana/1976, 1981, 1987 Several
Al McGuire Marquette/1977 Dec. 22, 1964
+Jud Heathcote Michigan State/1979 Dec. 14, 1985
Larry Brown Kansas/1988 Several
+Steve Fisher Michigan/1989 Dec. 15, 1990
Jerry Tarkanian UNLV/1990 Jan. 10, 1976
#Lute Olson Arizona/1997 Several
^+Tubby Smith Kentucky/1998 Nov. 20, 2007
^Roy Williams North Carolina/2005 Several
+Had won the national title before the game(s) in Ames
^All 14 coaches won their national title with the same team they coached in Ames except for Tubby Smith and Roy Williams. Smith won it with Kentucky and coached Minnesota in Ames. Williams won the title with North Carolina, but coached Kansas in Ames.
#Lute Olson and Bobby Knight have coached two different teams in Ames. Olson coached at Iowa and Arizona. Knight coached at Indiana and Texas Tech.
Clark Finishing Up Outstanding Career
- Senior Rahshon Clark is in his fourth season as a starter for the Cyclones and is no question one of the team leaders...Clark has started 81 games and 35 consecutive games at forward.
- Clark is the only four-year player left on the Cyclone roster and stuck with Coach McDermott when most of his teammates left after former coach Wayne Morgan was relieved of his duties.
- Clark is one of the most athletic and dynamic players in the league...possessing a 39-inch vertical step jump, Clark's high-flying dunks have excited the Hilton crowd since 2004-05...Clark has 59 career dunks.
- Clark has jumped out to a fantastic start to 2007-08, averaging 9.7 points and 5.0 rebounds...he is shooting 65.0 percent from the floor (13-20 FG).
- Clark is closing in on an unique mark in Cyclone history...he needs 13 steals to become the first player in school history to rank in the career top-10 in steals (14th-122), blocks (8th-78) and 3-pointers (10th-83).
Freshman Starters In Season Openers
- Heralded rookie sensation Craig Brackins, a 6-10 freshman from Palmdale, Calif., got the starting nod against Winston-Salem State in the season-opener...it marked the sixth season in a row where the Cyclones inserted a freshman into the starting lineup in the season-opener...Brackins responded with a double-double, the first Cyclone freshman to record double-digits in both points and rebounds in their first game.
Iowa State Team Quick Facts
- Iowa State is celebrating 100 years of men's hoops this season...ISU announced a 15-player All-Century team in the summer and will play host to a centennial celebration on Feb. 15-16, inviting back all former letterwinners and coaches for a two-day celebration.
- ISU returns just one player in the backcourt that played over 100 minutes last season (walk-on Brock Jacobson played 154 minutes in 2006-07).
- ISU has 10 new members on its roster this season.
- Junior college transfers Sean Haluska and Bryan Petersen joined the team as recruited walk-ons but have been placed on scholarship for this season.
- ISU head coach Greg McDermott is the first native Iowan to coach the Cyclones since Clayton Sutherland
(1948-54)...McDermott is from Cascade; Sutherland was from Nashua.
- McDermott entered the 2007-08 season with the 55th-best winning percentage among Division I coaches.
- Iowa State failed to make a 3-pointer in its opening game vs. Winston-Salem State (0-for-12), ending a 63-game streak of consecutive games with a 3-pointer.
- ISU head coach Greg McDermott has never lost a November home game in his tenure with the Cyclones, going 7-0.
- ISU ended a 26-game streak of not reaching an above-50 percent outing from the field vs. Centenary...ISU shot 57.1 percent vs. the Gents.
- ISU held Winston-Salem State to a 25.4 percentage from the floor in the first game...that total ranks 12th on ISU's opponent field goal percentage game lows chart.
Hilton Magic
- Hilton Coliseum has long been considered one of the toughest places to play in college basketball...built in 1971 and playing in its 37th season, ISU has recorded a 74.4 percent winning mark, compiling a 399-137 record.
- ISU has recorded four undefeated seasons at home since Hilton was erected (1985-86, 1992-93, 1999-00, 2000-01).
- ISU ranked 25th nationally in attendance in 2006-07 (12,489).
- ISU broke the record for most season tickets sold this year with over 10,000 season tickets purchased.
- Fans voted Iowa State and Hilton Coliseum as the nation's No. 1 team in regards to school spirit in a pll during ESPN's "student spirit" week in 2006-07.
- ISU recorded its 399th win in Hilton Coliseum against Centenary on Nov. 10...the Cyclones will get their first chance at 400 wins against Minnesota on Nov. 20.
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