ISU Plays Host To No. 6 Kansas

Iowa State (14-13, 4-8) vs No. 6 Kansas (24-3, 9-3)
Feb. 27, 2008 ? 6 p.m.
Ames, Iowa ? Hilton Coliseum (14,376)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (pxp); Eric Heft (color)
Television: ESPN
Talent: Dave Barnett (pxp); Stephen Bardo (color)

Cyclone Notebook
-Iowa State (14-13, 4-8) returns home to face No. 6 Kansas (24-3, 9-3) in Hilton Coliseum...Kansas is the fourth ranked team ISU has faced this season, losing its previous three against ranked opponents (Kansas, Texas A&M, Texas).
-ISU has lost nine games in a row to ranked opponents and head coach Greg McDermott is 0-8 against rated foes as the Cyclone mentor.
-KU has won five games in a row vs. ISU and won the last three games played in Hilton Coliseum...ISU's last win over Kansas in Hilton was a 68-61 victory on Jan. 31, 2004.
-ISU is 12-4 at home this season and 1-8 on the road.
-The Cyclones fell at Texas Tech, 76-64 on Saturday to drop their Big 12 Conference road mark to 0-6...ISU is now 1-8 on the season when its opponent scores 70 points or more...ISU is 9-0 when scoring 70 points or more.
-ISU ranks 20th nationally in least amount of fouls per game (15.9 fpg).
-Rahshon Clark has started 105 games in his career to rank ninth all-time on the school's career games started chart (since 1979-80).
-ISU freshman Craig Brackins has started in all 27 games this season for ISU...only two other freshmen in school history have started every game of their rookie season (Ron Harris, 1980-81; Adam Haluska, 2002-03).

Last Time Out
-Iowa State was down one point (63-62) with less than four minutes left in the game, but Texas Tech closed the game with a 13-2 run to down the Cyclones, 76-64 on Saturday.
-ISU outshot TTU, 44.8-43.9 percent, but lost the battle of the boards, 37-34.
-The Cyclones have outshot five Big 12 teams this year, losing three of the five.
-The Cyclones held a 33-31 halftime lead, losing for the fourth time this season when leading at the break.
-ISU lost for the first time this year when four or more players score in double figures (6-1).
-ISU once again received a valiant effort from senior Jiri Hubalek, who registered his third double-double of the season and ninth of his career with 17 points and 15 boards, which ties his career high for rebounds.
-Hubalek has led or tied ISU in scoring in seven consecutive games.
-Hubalek, who scored ISU's first eight points and had 13 points and 11 boards at the break, is averaging 18.6 ppg in his last six games...he ranks sixth in the Big 12 in rebounding at 7.4 rpg.
-Sean Haluska came off the bench to tally a career-high 15 points on a 6-of-8 effort from the floor...Haluska is 11-of-17 from 3-point range in his last eight games (64.7 percent) after missing his first 26 shots from downtown to begin the season.
-Bryan Petersen tallied 14 points and drilled three treys in the loss...Petersen is 8-of-14 (57.1 percent) from 3-point range in his last three games.
-Freshman Craig Brackins broke out of his mini-slump by tallying 12 points, reaching double figures for the first time in four games.
-ISU, which is one of the best free-throw shooting teams in the Big 12, had one of its worst outings at the charity stripe...ISU made just 4-of-9 from the free-throw line and Texas Tech had a 27-9 advantage at the charity stripe...Hubalek, who is a 72.0 percent shooter on the year, made just 1-of-6 at the line.
-ISU still ranks fourth in the Big 12 in free-throw percentage (70.7 percent).

Cyclone-Jayhawk Quick Facts
-Kansas leads the all-time series against Iowa State at 163-58 and has a 61-36 edge over the Cyclones in games played in Ames.
-ISU leads the series in games played in Hilton Coliseum at 19-17...KU has won the last three games in Hilton Coliseum, including last season's 68-64 overtime win in Hilton...Brandon Rush hit a 3-pointer late in regulation to force overtime.
-KU won the first meeting between the two teams on Jan. 23, 82-57...ISU was down 10 at the half, but an early second-half run by the Jayhawks put the game out of reach...KU's Darnell Jackson was 9-of-14 from the floor en route to 21 points...Wesley Johnson led ISU with 21 points.
-KU head coach Bill Self is 7-2 against Iowa State.
-ISU head coach Greg McDermott is 0-3 vs. Kansas and Bill Self-coached teams.
-ISU senior Rahshon Clark and KU senior Russell Robinson are both from the New York area...Clark is from Queens and Robinson is from the Bronx.
-KU junior Brandon Rush had both of his older brothers compete against Iowa State in their respective collegiate careers...Jaron Rush played at UCLA and Kareem Rush competed at Missouri.
-ISU's Wesley Johnson is averaging 13.6 points and 5.6 rebounds in three games vs. KU...Johnson had 21 points in the 82-57 loss to KU in January.
-Freshman Craig Brackins had 13 points and made two treys against KU in January, going 5-of-14 from the floor and 2-of-7 from 3-point range.

A Closer Look At Kansas (24-3, 9-3)
-No. 6 Kansas (24-3, 9-3) is second in the Big 12 after a 61-60 loss at Oklahoma State on Saturday...KU's other two losses were to Kansas State and Texas.
-The Jayhawks were led by Darnell Jackson, who had 16 points and 10 boards.
-The Jayhawks have the nation's No. 1 scoring margin, defeating their opponents by an average of 20.4 points.
-The Jayhawks rank second nationally in field goal percentage (50.5 pct.) and rank second nationally in assists (18.6 apg) and 16th in steals (9.1 spg).
-KU is solid up front with Darrell Arthur and Darnell Jackson...Arthur is averaging 13.5 points and connecting on 53.2 percent of his shots from the floor...Jackson is the team's top rebounder (6.8) and is shooting 64.9 percent from the floor.
-KU's guards are just as good with Mario Chalmers, Brandon Rush, Sherron Collins and Russell Robinson.
-Chalmers, a junior from Anchorage, Alaska, is averaging 12.1 points, 4.9 assists and 2.4 steals...Chalmers leads the Big 12 and ranks 15th nationally in steals (2.4).
-Robinson averages only 7.3 points, but does everything else for the Jayhawks...Robinson ranks in the top-four in the Big 12 in steals (4th, 2.0), assists (3rd, 4.2) and assist/turnover ratio (4th, 2.09).
-Rush averages 12.1 points and ranks sixth on KU's career trey list with 172.
-Collins comes off the bench for KU and averages 8.7 points.
-KU is outrebounding its opponents by a +7.3 margin to rank third in the Big 12.

Players Mentioned

Craig Brackins

Craig Brackins

Rahshon Clark

Rahshon Clark

Sean Haluska

Sean Haluska

Jiri Hubalek

Jiri Hubalek

Wesley Johnson

Wesley Johnson

Bryan Petersen

Bryan Petersen

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