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Iowa State University Athletics
ISU Continues Home Stand With SIU-Edwardsville
01.02.2009 | Men's Basketball
AMES, Iowa--Iowa State (9-4), winners of its last two games, will play host to SIU-Edwardsville (4-11) in its first game of the New Year on Saturday. The ISU-SIUE game will be the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday. The ISU women will play host to nationally ranked Vanderbilt at 2 p.m. The men's game will start at 7 p.m. Both games will be televised locally on Mediacom.
Iowa State (9-4) vs. SIU-Edwardsville (4-11)
When: Sat., Jan. 3, 2009 - 7:00 p.m.
Where: Ames, Iowa; Hilton Coliseum (14,356)
Live Stats: cyclones.com
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network: John Walters (pxp) and Eric Heft (color)
Television: Mediacom; ESPN Full Court: B.J. Schaben (pxp) and Kevin Lehman (color)
Webcast: ESPN360
Complete Pre-Event Coverage
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Cyclone Notebook
-Iowa State (9-4), winners of its last two games, will play host to SIU-Edwardsville (4-11) in its first game of the New Year on Saturday.
-The ISU-SIUE game will be the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday...the ISU women will play host to nationally ranked Vanderbilt at 2 p.m...the men's game will start at 7 p.m...both games will be televised locally on Mediacom.
-The Cyclones will wrap up their non-conference season on Tuesday by playing host to Houston Baptist before beginning Big 12 play at nationally ranked Texas (Jan. 10).
-SIU-Edwardsville is in the process of switching from Division II to Division I...they are currently in the reclassifying period and will have full member Division I status in 2012-13.
-Iowa State is coming off one of its most complete games of the season with a 67-49 win over Mercer on Wednesday...the 49 points ISU allowed was a season opponent-low, as the Cyclones held the Bears to 34.6 percent from the field.
-ISU shot 46.2 percent from the floor against Mercer, as ISU improved to 9-0 this season when shooting better than its opponent.
-ISU is 22-0 in the McDermott era when holding an opponent to under 60 points.
Last Time Out
-Iowa State posted one of its most complete games of the season on Wednesday, defeating Mercer, 67-49 in Hilton Coliseum.
-ISU held the Bears to a season-low 49 points, holding an opponent to below 50 points for the first time since defeating Colorado 57-41 on Jan. 29, 2008.
-ISU is now 22-0 in the Greg McDermott era when holding an opponent to under 60 points.
-The Cyclones, who rank second in the Big 12 in field goal percentage defense (37.7 percent), held Mercer to 34.6 percent shooting from the floor...only two opponents this season have shot higher than 40 percent against the Cyclones (Iowa, South Dakota State).
-ISU, which shot 46.2 percent from the field vs. the Bears, is 9-0 this season when outshooting its opponent...ISU 0-4 when shooting worse than its opponent.
-Craig Brackins continued his incredible scoring exploits in recent games, tallying his sixth 20+ game of the season with 22 points behind an 8-of-14 effort from the floor...Brackins, who also led ISU with eight rebounds, is averaging 26.5 points, 11.0 rebounds and shooting 60.6 percent (40-66 FG) from the field in his last four games.
-Brackins currently ranks third in the Big 12 in scoring (19.1 ppg) and fifth in the league in rebounding (8.2 rpg).
-Lucca Staiger and Bryan Petersen each scored 11 points behind 3-of-8 efforts from beyond the arc...Staiger has made 24-of-49 shots (48.9 percent) from 3-point range in his last seven games.
-Petersen's three treys give him 68 3-pointers for his career to rank 18th all-time in school history...he needs four 3-pointers to pass Julius Michalik (71 3-pointers) at No. 17 on the all-time list...Petersen's 11 points tied a season-best.
-Alex Thompson came off the bench to tally six points (3-4 FG), four boards and one block in the win...Thompson ranks 11th in the Big 12 in blocks (1.0 bpg).
-ISU committed just eight turnovers and handed out 16 assists in the game...the eight turnovers tied for a season low for ISU...the Cyclones, who rank first in the league in fewest turnovers (11.7 tpg) and second in assist/turnover ratio (1.3), have registered more assists than turnovers in nine of 13 games this season.
-ISU is second in the Big 12 in scoring defense, giving up just 60.7 ppg.
Cyclone-Cougar Quick Facts
-Iowa State and SIU-Edwardsville will meet for the first time this weekend.
-u SIU-Edwardville is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference...ISU increased its overall record against OVC schools to 10-1 after a 66-60 win over Jacksonville State earlier this season.
-SIUE freshman Brandon Dunson is the younger brother of former Cyclone Dodie Dunson...Dodie played one season at ISU (2006-07) before transferring to Vincennes JC in Indiana...Dodie is now playing for Bradley.
-SIUE junior Stephen Jones played a semester at Northern Iowa (2006-07 season) before transferring to the Cougars...Jones was signed by UNI a month after ISU head coach Greg McDermott left UNI to take over the Cyclone program.
-SIUE head coach Lennox Forrester was an assistant coach at Bradley from 2003-07...Forrester's Bradley teams played against McDermott's UNI teams on a number of occassions...BU beat ISU, 76-66 at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines in Forrester's final season with the Braves.
-SIUE assistant coach Kevin Giese is a 1999 graduate of Northern Iowa...Giese, a native of Wilton, Iowa, was the head women's coach at Dubuque University.
-John Edwards, who was a Division II All-American for SIUE in 1987, was a teammate with ISU head coach Greg McDermott at UNI for one season.
-SIUE's first basketball coach was Harry “The Horse” Gallatin...The 7-time All-Star is a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame and was NBA Coach of the Year in 1962.
A Closer Look At SIU-Edwardsville (4-11)
-SIU-Edwardsville arrives in Ames with a 4-11 overall record...the Cougars are currently in the NCAA's Division I reclassifying period...the Illinois school will be eligible for full Division I status in the 2012-13 season.
-The Cougars ended their seven-game losing streak with a 77-71 victory at UMKC last Sunday...freshman guard Aaron Garriott posted a perfect game from the floor to lead SIUE...Garriott was 8-for-8 from the field, 3-of-3 from 3-point range and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line en route to a career-high 24 points.
-SIUE is led by another freshman Mark Yelovich, who is averaging 13.2 ppg and shooting 44.9 percent from 3-point range (22-49 3FG).
-Yelovich scored 21 points in the season-opener vs. College of Charleston.
-Junior guard Barry Wellington, a transfer from Mineral Area College, is averaging 10.6 points and leads the team in steals at 1.7 spg.
-Wellington is shooting 85.0 percent from the free-throw line this season, making 34-of-40 shots from the charity stripe.
-Sophomore center Nikola Bundalo is averaging 8.9 points and 4.7 rebounds...the Belgrade, Serbia native leads the team in blocks (18) and FG percentage (61.5 pct.).
-The Cougars are averaging 6.5 steals per game.
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