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Iowa State University Athletics
ISU Hosts Rematch With Mizzou
02.05.2007 | Men's Basketball
Iowa State (12-10, 3-5) vs. Missouri (13-8, 2-6)
Feb. 6, 2007 ? 7 p.m. ? Ames, Iowa ? Hilton Coliseum (14,356)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network; John Walters (pxp), Eric Heft (color)
Television: Cyclone Television Network; Dave Armstrong (pxp), Paul Splittorff (color)
Television Affiliates: WOI (Des Moines/Ames), KCRG (Cedar Rapids/Waterloo), KCAU (Sioux City), Mediacom (Mason City), Cox Cable (Omaha/Council Bluffs)
Gameday Quick Facts
Iowa State (12-10, 3-5) plays host to Missouri (13-8, 2-6) Tuesday night in Hilton Coliseum...the Cyclones will try and win the series sweep of the Tigers for the second season in a row...ISU has not swept the Tigers in back-to-back seasons since 1996 and 1997...ISU won the first outing between the two teams with a 66-65 come-from-behind win in Columbia...Dodie Dunson scored 16 of his career-high 19 points in the second half to help ISU overcome a 16-point second-half deficit...Wesley Johnson scored the winning basket with :01.6 on the clock.
Cyclone-Tiger Quick Facts
Missouri leads the all-time series against Iowa State at 139-83...ISU leads the series in games played in Ames at 57-43...ISU has won the last four meetings in the series and has won seven-straight games in Hilton Coliseum...ISU head coach Greg McDermott picked up his first Big 12 win and first league road win in the season-opening victory in Columbia, 66-65 (Jan. 6)...the Cyclones overcame a 16-point second-half deficit and won on a last-second tip-in by freshman Wesley Johnson...Dodie Dunson posted a career-high 19 points, including 16 in the second half, on his 20th birthday to aid the comeback...ISU junior guard Mike Taylor and Missouri junior guard Stefhon Hannah were backcourt teammates last season at Chipola JC in Florida...the pair helped Chipola record a 60-7 mark in their two seasons together...ISU assistant coach T.J. Otzelberger was an assistant at Chipola during the 2004-05 season, coaching both Hannah and Taylor...the Indians were 33-4 and advanced to the NJCAA national tournament that season (2004-05)...Oklahoma State star Mario Boggan was a sophomore on that team, while Taylor and Hannah were freshmen.
Cyclone Update
Iowa State ended its five-game losing streak by defeating Baylor, 71-58 Saturday evening in Hilton Coliseum...the Cyclones played well on both ends, shooting a Big 12-best 48.9 percent and holding Baylor to 33.9 percent from the floor...the Cyclones held Baylor sharphshooter Aaron Bruce scoreless on 0-for-7 shooting from the field...ISU broke open the game in the second half when it scored points on its first six possessions...Mike Taylor led ISU in scoring for the 13th time and notched his eighth 20-point game of the year with a team-high 21 points...Taylor also dished out a career-high eight assists in the victory...Taylor, who ranks eighth in the Big 12 in scoring at 16.6 ppg, has made a 3-pointer in 18-straight games, the second-longest streak in school history...Wesley Johnson scored 14 points and grabbed 10 boards to record his 11th double-double of the season, which ranks second in the Big 12 to Kevin Durant of Texas (13)...Johnson broke the ISU freshman record for double-doubles formerly held by Dean Uthoff (10, 1976-77)...Johnson is second in the Big 12 and second nationally among NCAA freshmen in rebounding (9.0 rpg), both behind Durant...Johnson has 197 boards on the season to rank fifth on ISU's freshman chart...center Jiri Hubalek tied a career-high with 19 points and grabbed nine rebounds in the win...Hubalek was perfect from the floor (4-of-4 FG) and scored 13 of his 19 points in the second half, helping ISU shoot 61.1 percent from the floor (11-of-18 FG) after intermission...Rahshon Clark and seldom-used walk-on Chris Ceaser traded off shutting down Bruce...Ceaser played a career-high 14 minutes in the game and hit his first 3-pointer of his career in the first half en route to a career-high three points...the Cyclones outrebounded the Bears, 34-30, the 12th time in the last 15 games where ISU owned the battle of the boards...ISU has been outrebounded just twice (Kansas, Colorado) in eight Big 12 games this season...ISU had a positive assist/turnover ratio for just the seventh time this season, tallying 17 assists to 16 turnovers...ISU is holding its opponents to 41.3 percent shooting in conference action, ranking third in the league...ISU has not allowed a Big 12 opponent to shoot above 46.0 percent from the field this season.
Missouri (13-8, 2-6)
Missouri (13-8, 2-6) has won two of its last four games in conference play after beginning the season 0-4 in the Big 12...the Tigers are fresh off a 66-61 loss to Nebraska, Saturday in Columbia...Keon Lawrence led the Tigers with 18 points...MU will try to avenge a 66-65 loss to Iowa State earlier in the season...Anderson has installed his fullcourt pressing, defensive-minded scheme to perfection, as the Tigers are averaging a Big 12-best 11.1 steals per game, which ranks in the top-10 nationally...junior college transfer Stefhon Hannah has been Missouri's team leader all season...Hannah, who was teammates with ISU's Mike Taylor last season at Chipola JC in Florida, had 27 points in the Tigers' loss to Kansas State Wednesday in Manhattan...Hannah was 10-of-16 from the floor, including a 6-of-8 effort from 3-point range...Hannah leads the team in scoring at 15.4 ppg and is hitting 40 percent from beyond the arc, ranking seventh in the league...Hannah leads the conference in steals (2.8 spg) and ranks fourth in the league in assists (4.7 apg)...sophomore Matt Lawrence has emerged as a star for the Tigers after playing sparingly as a freshman last season...Lawrence, a native of St. Louis, Mo., is averaging 11.1 ppg and currently ranks third in the Big 12 in 3-point field goal percentage at 45.8 percent (55-120 3FG)...junior forward Marshall Brown is having a successful season for MU, averaging 11.0 points...Brown, who had 19 points vs. ISU in the game in Columbia, is hitting 50 percent from the field...Brown has reached double figures in all but one Big 12 game, averaging 15.9 points vs. league competition...Kalen Grimes is MU's top post presence, leading the squad in rebounding (5.8) and blocks (1.1)...Missouri's fullcourt press has accumulated many turnovers against its opponents....the Tigers rank first in the Big 12 in turnover margin at +5.1...Mike Anderson spent four seasons at UAB as the head coach prior to taking over at Missouri, compiling an 89-41 mark and leading them to three NCAA Tournament appearances...he was an assistant at Arkansas for 17 seasons for Nolan Richardson, appearing in two NCAA Championship games.
Iowa State Team Quick Facts
? Iowa State has just four returning scholarship players from last season.
? Of the 13 players that were alloted scholarships and were scheduled to return after the 2005-06 season, only five are currently on the roster (Hubalek, Clark, Marsden, Gray, Cory Johnson).
? 64.1 percent of the minutes played (2835) this season are by newcomers on the roster.
? 65.6 percent of ISU's points this season (947) 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 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 Big 12...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."
? Iowa State's student spirit group for men's basketball is called "Cyclone Alley"...a record number of over 3,000 students are members of Cyclone Alley, where the students sit behind both ends of the baskets.
? 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).
? 11 different Cyclones have made a 3-pointer this season.
? ISU tied the school record by making 13 treys (13-25, 52.0 percent) vs. SEMO, including 11 in the first half.
? ISU has recorded five games with 10 or more 3-pointers this year.
? ISU ranks fifth in the Big 12 in 3-pointers per game (6.77 3FG).
? 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 54 consecutive games.
? ISU ranks sixth in the Big 12 in rebounding margin (+4.1).
? ISU has outrebounded 12 of its last 15 opponents, 564-490 a +4.9 average margin.
? ISU has been outrebounded just twice in Big 12 play (Kansas, Colorado).
? ISU has outshot its opponents from the free-throw line, 290-192 in home games...but is getting outshot at the charity stripe, 164-91 in away games.
? Only eight teams (Northern Iowa, Drake, Iowa, Bradley, Ohio State, Southeast Missouri State, Colorado, Texas A&M) have scored 70 or more points against ISU this season...22 teams scored 70 or more points against ISU last season.
? ISU ranks 22nd nationally in least amount of fouls per game (16.2)...only six teams (Northern Iowa, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado, Kansas State, Oklahoma State) have committed less fouls than ISU in a game this year.
? ISU has made seven or more 3-pointers in a game this year 10 times.
? ISU is 9-0 when outshooting its opponent.
? ISU has held its last nine opponents to 39.8 percent from the field (204-512).
? ISU ranks third in the Big 12 (league games only) in opponent field goal percentage (41.3 percent)...ISU has not allowed a Big 12 opponent to shoot above 46.0 percent in a game this season.
? In ISU's eight Big 12 games, the Cyclones are averaging 9.4 turnovers (75) in the first half and 5.6 turnovers (45) in the second half.
? ISU is 1-3 when having the lead at the half in Big 12 games...ISU is 2-2 when its opponents have the lead at the half in Big 12 games.
? ISU is last in the Big 12 in field goal percentage (league games only) at 38.7 percent.
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 22nd nationally in fewest fouls per game at 16.2...the Cyclones have had just four players foul out of a game this season compared to last year when a Cyclone fouled out 22 times...in 44 halves this season, the Cyclones have allowed their opponents to have just 14 double-bonus situations (10 fouls) at the free-throw line...only six teams this season (Northern Iowa, Iowa, Ohio State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma State) have tallied less fouls than ISU.
Locking Down
Iowa State's effort on the defensive end has been a bright spot this season...ISU's opponents are shooting 41.5 percent from the field on the year with just three teams (Bradley, Southeast Missouri State, Ohio State) achieving above-50 percent mark from the floor...in recent games, it has been even better...in ISU's last nine games, Cyclone opponents are shooting just 39.8 percent (204-512) from the field...in conference games only, ISU ranks third in the league in field goal percentage defense at 41.3 percent...ISU has not allowed a conference opponent to shoot above 46.0 percent from the field this season.
Hitting The Boards
Iowa State has made a vast improvement in rebounding compared to last year when the Cyclones were outrebounded 19 times...ISU currently has a +4.1 margin (37.8-33.7) over its opponents in rebounding to rank sixth in the league...the Cyclones have only been outrebounded six times this season (UC Riverside, Eastern Illinois, Northern Iowa, Ohio State, Kansas, Colorado) and just twice in league play (Kansas, Colorado)...ISU has outboarded 12 of its last 15 opponents for a +4.9 average margin...ISU has not finished a season with a positive rebounding margin since 2003-04.
3-Point Attack
Iowa State currently ranks fifth in the Big 12 in 3-pointers made per game at 6.8 3FG per game...five times this season the Cyclones have made 10 or more 3-pointers in a game, including a school-record-tying 13 against Southeast Missouri State...the Cyclones are on pace to break the school mark of 3-pointers made in a season set by last year's team with 201...ISU currently has 149...the 2005-06 squad tallied 10 or more 3-pointers in a game six times...ISU has made seven or more 3-pointers in a game 10 times this season.
Second Half Comebacks
Iowa State has won two road games this season (Minnesota and Missouri), both in dramatic fashion, rallying from double-digit second half deficits...in the Minnesota game, ISU rallied from a 10-point deficit at the 16:58 mark in the second period...Mike Taylor scored 25 points after intermission to aid the comeback...against Missouri, the Cyclones were down by 16 points (44-28 with 15:14 left in the game) before staging their second-best second-half comeback in school history...it ranks second to ISU's come-from-behind win against No. 2 Oklahoma State (84-83 ot) on Feb. 15, 1992...ISU was down by 18 points in the second half in that game...freshmen Dodie Dunson and Wesley Johnson were the keys to the comeback against Mizzou...Dunson scored 16 and Johnson tallied 12 points in the second half...Johnson scored four points in the final :11 seconds, including the game-winner with a putback with :01.6 left on the clock.
70 Is The Magic Number
Keeping the opposition from getting into a high-scoring game increases ISU's chances of winning...ISU is 11-3 this season when its opponents score under 70 points...ISU has given up 70 points eight times to its opponents this season, going 1-7 in those games.
Clark Is The Leader
Junior Rahshon Clark, now in his third-year as a starter and first year as team captain, is ISU's most experienced and most seasoned player...he brings to the table incredible athleticism and jumping ability...the junior has drastically improved his rebounding, ranking second on the team at 6.8 rpg, which ranks ninth 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 10 of 21 games this season, including four double-digit rebounding efforts (12-Eastern Illinois, 11-Minnesota, 10-Northern Iowa, 11-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 this 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 recorded 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 (16.6), 3-pointers (56), assists (97) and steals (25)...he also has a team-high eight 20-point games...Taylor ranks eighth in the Big 12 in scoring (16.6 ppg) and sixth in assists (4.40)...three times this season Taylor has made six 3-pointers in a game, all tying for eighth on ISU's single game record list...Taylor's 56 3-pointers ranks 13th in school history...he is currently riding a 18-game streak of making at least one 3-pointer...the streak ranks second all-time in school history.
Taylor Earns Big 12 Rookie Of The Week Honors Twice
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...he earned his second Big 12 ROW honor after averaging 21.0 points and drilling 10 treys as ISU split games vs. Nebraska and Kansas...Taylor was 6-of-10 from downtown vs. Nebraska to record his third 6-trey game of the season.
Taylor Ties Single-Game Scoring Mark For First-Year Cyclones
Mike Taylor had a career night vs. Minnesota, pouring in 33 points to help ISU down the Gophers...Taylor's 33 points vs. Minnesota ties the school record for most points in a game by a Cyclone in their first season on the team.
Taylor's 3-Point Streak
Mike Taylor has made a 3-pointer in an impressive 18 consecutive games...out of 22 games this season, Taylor has been shut out from beyond the arc just once...Taylor's mark of making a trey in 18 consecutive games is the second-best streak all-time in the Cyclone annals.
Wesley Johnson- One Of The Nation's Best Freshman
True freshman Wesley Johnson is quietly putting together one of the best rookie seasons in the nation...if it wasn't for the amazing play of Texas freshman Kevin Durant, he would be considered the frontrunner for Big 12 Freshman of the Year...Johnson has started all 22 games, averaging 12.4 ppg and 9.0 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 and ranks second in the Big 12 (behind Durant) with 11 double-doubles this season...he has recorded a double-double in nine of his last 15 games...he ranks second in the Big 12 (again behind Durant) in rebounding at 9.0 rpg...despite his lack of size, Wesley's incredible leaping ability allows him to be an effective offensive rebounder...84 of his 197 rebounds have come on the offensive end, averaging 3.81 offensive rebounds per game, which is tops in the league...none of his offensive rebounds was bigger than his putback on a miss in the last second to help ISU defeat Missouri, 66-65 in the Big 12 Conference opener...he posted a career-high 14 rebounds vs. Colorado, tying for the fourth-best single-game freshman rebounding effort in school history...he has scored in double figures in 17 of 22 games this season...he has recorded double-digits on the boards in 11 of his last 15 games...in Big 12 games only, he is averaging 12.8 ppg and 9.9 rpg.
Johnson Among Best Freshmen Rebounders
Wesley Johnson currently ranks second in the Big 12 and 27th nationally in rebounding at 8.9 rpg...his rebounding average ranks second among all NCAA Division I freshmen as of 1-28-07...here is a look at the top freshmen rebounders this season:
Johnson Racking Up Double-Doubles
Wesley Johnson already has 11 double-doubles in 22 games in his rookie season to rank second in the Big 12 Conference...Johnson passed Dean Uthoff for the most double-doubles by an ISU freshman when he recorded 14 points and 10 boards vs. Baylor...Uthoff had 10 double-doubles in his rookie season in 1976-77...Uthoff is ISU's and the Big Eight's all-time leading rebounder...here is a look at the most ISU freshman double-doubles in school history since freshmen became eligible by the NCAA in the mid-1970s:
Johnson Trying To Become Third Cyclone To Start Every Game As A Rookie
True freshman Wesley Johnson got the starting nod in ISU's season-opening game vs. UC-Riverside and has been in the Cyclones' top-five ever since...he is trying to become just the third Cyclone freshman in school history to start every game of their rookie campaign...Ron Harris, who started every game of his four-year Cyclone career (111 games), started all 27 games of ISU's 1980-81 season en route to Big Eight Freshman of the Year honors...Adam Haluska played just one season at Iowa State, but started all 31 games in his rookie season with the Cyclones in 2002-03...Haluska, who transferred to Iowa after the season ended, was named to the 2003 Big 12 all-Freshman team...Curtis Stinson was close to joining the list in his freshman year in 2003-04, but he missed one start in ISU's 33 games that year en route to Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors...his only missed start was on "senior night" in ISU's last home game that season.
Johnson Honored By Big 12 Twice
Iowa State freshman forward Wesley Johnson has earned two Big 12 awards this season, claiming Big 12 Player of the Week Honors (Dec. 18) and earning Big 12 Rookie of the Week accolades (Jan. 8)...he posted a pair of double-doubles to help him earn Big 12 Player of the Week honors for games played from Dec. 11-17...Johnson was just the third freshman in Big 12 history to win player of the week honors, following Mario Chalmers of Kansas (Feb. 13, 2006) and Oklahoma's Drew Lavender (Dec. 15, 2003)...Johnson averaged 16.5 points and 10.5 rebounds that week...Johnson tallied 14 points and 13 boards against Missouri to help him win Big 12 Rookie of the Week honors...he scored four points in the final :11 seconds, including the game-winner with :01.6 on the clock to secure ISU's 66-65 win over the Tigers.
Hubalek Breaks Out
Junior Center Jiri Hubalek's improved play has given ISU a much needed lift in the post...Hubalek got off to a slow start to the season, missing the first six games because of a NCAA rules violation...head coach Greg McDermott has asked Hubalek to be more of a presence in the post, and he has responded with outstanding efforts in the last 10 games...Hubalek has recorded a double-double in four of his last nine games...in his last 10 games, Hubalek is shooting 50-of-97 (51.5 percent) from the field and averaging 1.5 bpg...in conference games only, Hubalek is averaging 11.9 points and 8.6 rebounds...in conference games only, Hubalek ranks fifth in the Big 12 in rebounding (8.6) and is tied for sixth in blocks (1.38)...he is tied for fifth in the Big 12 with four double-doubles.
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