Missouri is ISU's Final Big 12 Road Test

Iowa State (14-15, 4-10) At Missouri (15-14, 5-9)
March 5, 2008 ? 7 p.m.
Columbia, Mo. ? Mizzou Arena (15,061)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (pxp); Kevin Lehman (color)
Television: ESPN Regional/Big 12 Network
Talent: Dave Armstrong (pxp); Stacey King (color)

The Iowa State-Missouri game will be broadcasted by the ESPN Regional/Big 12 Network...you can view the game on the following outlets in Iowa: WOI (Des Moines/Ames), KFXA (Cedar Rapids/Waterloo), KQEG (LaCrosse), Spencer Utilities/Cable One (Sioux City).

Cyclone Notebook
-Iowa State (14-15, 4-10) plays its final Big 12 road game of the season at Missouri (15-14, 5-9) on Wednesday...the Cyclones are still looking for their first conference road win of the season, going 0-7 to start the year.
-ISU has won the last two meetings against Missouri in Columbia...ISU is trying to win three-straight times in Columbia since garnering victories in 1965-67.
-Missouri is one game ahead of ISU in the Big 12 standings, sitting in 10th place with a 5-9 mark...ISU is in 11th place at 4-10.
-The Cyclones currently have four wins in the league...the least amount of wins ISU has had in Big 12 Conference play was four in 2001-02.
-ISU fell to Colorado on Saturday, 67-55...the Cyclones are one game ahead of the Buffs (3-11) in the Big 12 standings.
-Wesley Johnson led ISU in scoring for the second-straight game with 13 points...it was just the third time this season where ISU had just one player score in double figures.
-ISU senior Rahshon Clark missed his first game in his career against CU with a sore knee...Clark had played in 120 consecutive games and started in 60 in a row before the CU game...he is listed as questionable for the Missouri game.
-ISU senior Jiri Hubalek sprained an ankle in the CU game and is also questionable.

Last Time Out
-Iowa State lost for the seventh time in the last eight games with a 67-55 defeat at Colorado on Saturday.
-The Cyclones fell down by as much as 15 points early in the second half, but battled back to within four points before the Buffs put the game away.
-ISU shot just 32.7 percent from the floor, the third-lowest shooting effort on the season.
-ISU gave up a season-opponent-high 55.3 percent shooting effort from the Buffs.
-ISU played without the services of senior leader Rahshon Clark, who missed his first game of this career with a sore knee...Clark had played in 120 consecutive games and started in 60-straight games.
-Jiri Hubalek had his eight-game streak of scoring in double figures snapped...Hubalek tallied seven points and seven boards in the loss...Hubalek is sixth in the league in rebounding at 7.4 rpg.
-Wesley Johnson led ISU in scoring for the second consecutive game with 13 points...Johnson hit three-straight 3-pointers in the second half to rally a Cyclone comeback.
-Johnson's three treys gives him 44 on the season, which ranks 20th on the school's single-season charts...he also has 76 career 3-pointers, moving him into 14th all-time in school history.
-Craig Brackins, who is trying to become just the third freshman in school history to start every game of their rookie season, tallied eight points and seven boards...Brackins also registered one block to give him 28 on the season, the fourth-best block total by a rookie in school history.
-Bryan Petersen hit a trey for the fifth-straight game...the junior is 11-of-23 from 3-point range (47.8 percent) in his last five games...he has 40 treys on the season.
-ISU had 12 turnovers in the game, including just three in the second half...ISU is averaging only 10.0 turnovers per game in the last two games.
-ISU made 8-of-22 shots from downtown vs. CU...the Cyclones have made eight or more 3-pointers in four of the last five games.
-The Cyclones were 11-of-12 (91.7 percent) from the free-throw line...ISU is fourth in the Big 12 in free-throw shooting at 71.1 percent.

Cyclone-Tiger Quick Facts
-Missouri leads the all-time series against Iowa State at 140-84.
-MU leads the overall series in games played in Columbia at 80-21.
-ISU is 2-1 all-time in games played in the Mizzou Arena, including winning the last two seasons.
-In the last meeting in Columbia, ISU rallied from a 16-point second-half deficit to down the Tigers, 66-65 to earn ISU head coach Greg McDermott's first conference win...Wesley Johnson put-back a Mike Taylor miss in the closing seconds of the game.
-ISU won the earlier meeting this season in Ames, 72-67 on Jan. 16...ISU was led by Wesley Johnson, who had 20 points and 11 boards in the game.
-ISU also had solid efforts from Jiri Hubalek (17 points), Rahshon Clark (16 points) and Craig Brackins (14 points)...ISU did not get a point from its bench in the first game vs. MU, as the starters accumulated all 72 points in the contest.
-Wesley Johnson is averaging a double-double in three games played against Missouri (17.0 points, 10.3 rebounds)...Johnson tallied 17 points in the loss vs. Missouri last year, tying a career high with five 3-pointers.
-ISU head coach Greg McDermott is 2-1 against Missouri.
-MU head coach Mike Anderson is 1-2 all-time vs. Iowa State.
-Both McDermott and Anderson went to three-straight NCAA Tournaments (2004-06) at their previous head coaching stops; McDermott, Northern Iowa, Anderson, Alabama-Birmingham.

A Closer Look At Missouri (15-14, 5-9)
-Missouri (15-14, 5-9) lost to Baylor on Saturday, 100-89.
-The Tigers were led by Leo Lyons, who had 22 points and 15 boards.
-MU's leading scorer, Stefhon Hannah, was dismissed from the team a month ago.
-DeMarre Carroll, who is in his first season with the Tigers after transferring from Vanderbilt, is averaging 14.7 ppg...the 6-8 forward is shooting 53.4 percent from the field and is grabbing a team-high 6.6 rpg.
-Junior Leo Lyons, a 6-9 forward from Kansas City, Kan., is having an outstanding season, averaging 12.9 ppg...Lyons leads the Big 12 in field goal percentage (61.2)...Lyons has shot 50 percent or better in 11 of the last 14 games.
-Lyons was 12-of-13 from the floor en route to career highs in points (27) and rebounds (18) vs. Oklahoma State...he has 33 boards in the last two games.
-Matt Lawrence is one of the best shooters in the Big 12, connecting on 63-of-188 3-pointers this season...Lawrence is averaging 8.8 ppg.
-The Tigers are one of the top scoring offenses in the nation, ranking 30th nationally and fourth in the Big 12 at 78.1 ppg.
-MU's traps and full-court pressure have been a staple of head coach Mike Anderson's style...the Tigers rank 44th nationally and fourth in the Big 12 in steals (8.2 spg).
-The Tigers rank second in the league and 18th nationally in assists per game at 16.9...MU has five players with 40 or more assists this season.

Iowa State Team/Player Quickies
-Jiri Hubalek has led or tied for the team lead in scoring in seven of ISU's last nine games...he is averaging 16.7 points in his last eight games.
-Hubalek has been in double figures in the first half in six of the last eight games (Kansas-11, Texas Tech-13, Oklahoma-12, Texas-10, Texas A&M-11, Nebraska-13).
-Hubalek ranks sixth in the Big 12 in rebounding (7.4) and 14th in scoring (13.0).
-Rahshon Clark is averaging 9.8 rebounds in his last five games.
-Clark missed his first game of his career (120 consecutive games) with a sore knee vs. Colorado...it ended his streak of 60 consecutive starts.
-Clark now ranks 16th in career rebounding with 650 career caroms...he needs six boards to pass Klay Edwards (655) at No. 15 on the chart.
-Hubalek and Clark rank sixth and seventh, respectively, in the Big 12 in rebounding (Big 12 games only) at 7.3 and 7.0.
-Wesley Johnson ranks 14th on ISU's career 3-pointers made list with 76...he needs two to pass Mike Taylor at No. 13.
-Johnson has 44 treys on the season, which ranks 20th on ISU's single-season 3-pointers made list...he needs two treys to pass Rahshon Clark's total of 45 set in 2006 at No. 19.
-Sean Haluska has worked himself out of his shooting slump...Haluska began the season 8-of-44 from the field and 0-for-26 from 3-point range in his first 17 games...Haluska is 26-of-50 (52.0 pct.) from the field and 13-of-26 from 3-point range (50 pct.) in his last 10 games...Haluska is averaging 11.3 points in his last four games.
-Bryan Petersen is 11-of-23 from 3-point range (47.8 percent) in his last five games.
-Diante Garrett is tied for 12th in the Big 12 (league games only) in assists at 3.14 apg.
-ISU is fourth in the Big 12 in free-throw shooting at 71.1 percent.
-ISU's 13.0 turnovers per game average is the fourth lowest turnover figure in the Big 12...ISU is averaging 10.0 turnovers in its last two games.

Missouri is ISU's Final Big 12 Road Test

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