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Iowa State University Athletics
ISU Looking For Split Against Colorado
02.09.2009 | Men's Basketball
AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (12-11, 1-7) will play its second-straight game at home, playing host to Colorado (9-13, 1-7) on Wednesday. ISU is 16-1 vs. CU in the last 17 games played in Hilton Coliseum.
When: Wed., Feb. 11, 2009 - 6:30 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: CTN: B.J. Schaben (pxp) and Kevin Lehman (color)
Affiliates: Ames/Des Moines (WOI); Quad Cities (WHBF-DT; Mediacom), Sioux City (KCAU), Cedar Rapids (Mediacom); Waterloo (Mediacom); Cedar Falls (CFU)
Webcast: ESPN360
Complete Pre-Event Coverage
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Cyclone Notebook
- Iowa State (12-11, 1-7) will play its second-straight game at home, playing host to Colorado (9-13, 1-7) on Wednesday.
- The Cyclones are 1-7 in conference play for the first time since the 1993-94 season...ISU started the 1993-94 Big Eight slate with an 1-8 mark before finishing 4-10.
- ISU will try and avoid its first seven-game regular-season conference losing streak since the 1987-88 season.
- The Cyclones have split the series with Colorado every season since 2001...CU's lone conference win this season was against ISU on Jan. 27 (55-49).
- ISU is 16-1 vs. CU in the last 17 games played in Hilton Coliseum...its only loss occurred in 2005.
- Diante Garrett, who ranks third in the Big 12 and 28th nationally in assists (5.6), needs 10 dimes to crack ISU's career top-20 in assists...he currently has 220 career assists.
- Garrett tied his career high in assists vs. Missouri with 11, recording his fourth double-digit assist effort of the season and his second double-double in his last three games.Last Time Out
- Iowa State lost its sixth-straight game on Saturday, falling to Missouri 82-68 in Hilton Coliseum.
- The Tigers jumped out to an early lead and never really looked back, making 57.4 percent from the field, the highest opponent field goal percentage ISU has allowed this season.
- ISU shot 47.4 percent from the field, the second-highest percentage vs. a conference opponent this season...ISU is now 0-10 this season when shooting worse than its opponent.
- The 82 points ISU allowed also ties for the most points scored by a Cyclone opponent this season (Kansas).
- The Cyclones got a well-rounded effort offensively with five players scoring in double figures for the second time this year (UW-Milwaukee).
- Craig Brackins led ISU with 16 points and seven rebounds...Brackins, who ranks second in the Big 12 in scoring (19.1), has made 170 field goals this year, the 18th-best total nationally.
- Diante Garrett posted his second double-double in his last three games with 13 points and 11 assists...Garrett, who has four double-digit assist games this season, is averaging 9.0 assists in his last three games.
- Garrett ranks third in the Big 12 and 28th nationally in assists at 5.6 apg...he needs 10 dimes to crack ISU's career top-20 in assists.
- Jamie Vanderbeken continued his productive play from the bench for the Cyclones, tying a career high with 14 points (5-10 FG; 2-7 3FG)...Vanderbeken, who has scored in double figures in his last three games, is averaging 13.3 points and shooting 14-of-22 from the field (63.6 percent) in the last three games.
- Charles Boozer came off the bench to tally his career best in scoring with 11 points...Boozer was 3-for-5 from the field and 2-of-4 from 3-point range.
- Bryan Petersen scored 13 points behind a 3-of-9 effort from downtown...Petersen now has 82 treys in his career to rank 11th in school history.
- ISU had more assists (17) than turnovers (14) for the 15th time this season.
- ISU ranks 25th nationally and second in the Big 12 in fewest turnovers (12.1 tpg).
Cyclone-Buffalo Quick Facts
- Iowa State leads the all-time series vs. Colorado at 74-67.
- The series is extremely lopsided favoring the home team...the Cyclones have a 45-18 advantage in games played in Ames and a 32-5 edge in games in Hilton Coliseum.
- CU has a 46-16 advantage in games played in Boulder and a 22-8 lead in the series in games played in the Coors Events Center.
- ISU and CU have split the series every year since 2001 when the Cyclones captured a pair of victories.
- ISU is 16-1 vs. CU in Hilton Coliseum since 1992, suffering its only loss in 2005.
- The Buffs won the first meeting this year in Boulder, 55-49...ISU held a one-point lead with four minutes left, but were outscored 10-3 the rest of the way...Brackins paced ISU with 24 points and nine boards.
- ISU defeated CU, 57-41 in Ames last year...ISU was down 22-15 at the break, but outscored CU, 42-19 in the second half...Craig Brackins had 10 points in the game.
- CU assistant coach Steve McClain is a native of Orient, Iowa.
- CU head coach Jeff Bzdelik got his first head coaching job at Maryland-Baltimore County in 1986, coaching there for just two seasons.
- In his first season at UMBC, Bzdelik brought his squad to the UNI-Dome to face UNI, losing 72-54...McDermott was a junior for the Panthers that year, scoring 11 points, grabbing eight boards and fouling out in the Panther victory.
A Closer Look At Colorado (9-13, 1-7)
- Colorado (9-13, 1-7) lost a close game at No. 2 Oklahoma on Saturday, 77-72...Cory Higgins led the Buffs with 20 points.
- CU is paced by Higgins, a sophomore who is fourth in the Big 12 in scoring at 17.5 ppg...Higgins is second in the league in free-throw percentage (85.6) and has shot the second-most free-throws in the Big 12 this season with 146.
- Higgins, who is the son of former NBA player Rod Higgins, has made 94-of-his-last-101 free-throws (93.1 percent)...he broke the Big 12 record earlier this year by making 45 consecutive free-throws...Higgins also leads the team in rebounding (5.8 rpg) and steals (48), ranking second in the Big 12 in steals per game (2.2 spg).
- He had 19 points in the win vs. ISU earlier this season.
- Thorne II, a junior from Arlington, Texas, is averaging 13.3 points and shooting 52.3 percent from the field...he scored 30 points vs. Kansas State earlier this season.
- Freshman forward Austin Dufault is having a productive start to his career, averaging 8.9 points and 3.9 rebounds.
- CU is second the Big 12 in free-throw percentage, hitting 73.4 percent of its shots from the charity stripe...the Buffs also rank fourth in the league in field goal percentage (47.0).
- ISU and CU rank 12th and 11th, respectively, in scoring offense...the Buffs are averaging 65.5 ppg.
Streaks and Trends
- Bryan Petersen has started every game the last two seasons (55-straight games).
- Craig Brackins has led ISU in scoring in 12 of the last 14 games for ISU.
- Brackins has led ISU in rebounding in nine-straight games.
- Brackins ranks 16th in school history in career blocks with 54.
- Lucca Staiger already ranks in the top-20 on ISU's single-season 3-pointers made list with 54...he ranks 14th and needs three treys to tie with Tim Barnes, who made 57 treys in the 2002-03 season, at No. 13.
- Petersen ranks 11th all-time on ISU's career 3-pointers made list with 82 treys.
- Petersen is 7-of-16 from 3-point range (43.7 pct.) in his last four games.
- Diante Garrett is averaging 9.0 assists in his last three games, recording double-doubles in two of his last three games.
- Garrett needs 10 dimes to crack ISU's career top-20 in assists.
- Jamie Vanderbeken is averaging 13.3 points and shooting 63.6 pct. (14-22 FG) from the field and 46.7 pct. from 3-point range (7-15 3FG) in his last three games.
- Vanderbeken has scored in double figures in his last three games.
- ISU has seven players on the team with 10 or more 3-pointers made this year.
- ISU is 12-1 this season when shooting better than its opponent and 0-10 when getting outshot by its opponent.
- ISU has outrebounded eight opponents this season, going 7-1 in those games.
- ISU is 5-0 this year and 19-2 in the McDermott era when scoring 70 points.
- ISU is 8-1 this season and 25-1 in the McDermott era when holding its opponent to under 60 points.
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