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Iowa State University Athletics
ISU Faces Nebraska In Final Big 12 Road Test
03.02.2009 | Men's Basketball
AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (14-15, 3-11) will travel to Nebraska (16-11, 6-8) in its final Big 12 road game on Wednesday ISU has won four of the last five meetings against the Cornhuskers. ISU head coach Greg McDermott is 4-1 vs. NU.
When: Wed., March 4, 2009 - 6:30 p.m.
Where: Lincoln, Neb.; Devaney Center (13,595)
Live Stats: huskers.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
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Cyclone Notebook
- Iowa State (14-15, 3-11) will travel to Nebraska (16-11, 6-8) in its final Big 12 road game on Wednesday.
- ISU has lost 15 consecutive Big 12 Conference road games...ISU's last conference road win was a 69-63 victory over Nebraska in Lincoln on Feb. 28, 2007.
- ISU has won four of the last five meetings against the Cornhuskers...ISU head coach Greg McDermott is 4-1 vs. NU.
- Craig Brackins tallied his 16th 20-point game of the season in Saturday's 87-69 loss at Texas A&M...Brackins ranks 29th nationally in scoring (19.9) and 35th nationally in rebounding (9.1)...he is one of three players in the country to rank in the top-35 nationally in both scoring and rebounding - Blake Griffin, Oklahoma; Luke Harangody, Notre Dame are the others.
- Brackins has 220 field goals on the season, tying for 13th nationally...that total is tied for 16th on ISU's single season chart...nine field goals would move him all the way up to the No. 12 spot on the list.
Last Time Out
- With the game tied at 35-35 late in the first half, Texas A&M went on a 38-11 run to blow open the game en route to an 87-69 victory over Iowa State in College Station on Saturday.
- The 87 points ISU allowed was a season-opponent high and the Aggies shot 52.5 percent from the field, just the fifth team to shoot above 50 percent against the Cyclones all season.
- ISU shot 49.2 percent from the field, its highest clip against a Big 12 opponent this season...however, the Aggies outrebounded ISU, 38-24, including 11 on the offensive glass to tally 16 second chance points.
- ISU committed just 10 turnovers vs. A&M, the ninth time this season the Cyclones have recorded 10 or less turnovers in a game...ISU currently ranks 31st nationally and second in the Big 12 in fewest turnovers at 12.1 tpg...ISU is on pace to set its school mark for fewest turnover average...the current record is 12.9 tpg by the 1998-99 squad.
- ISU had 15 assists in the game, marking the 18th time this season when the Cyclones had more assists than turnovers...ISU ranks 40th nationally and second in the Big 12 in assist/turnover ratio (1.2 a/t).
- Craig Brackins led ISU with 20 points, notching his 16th 20-point game of the season...Brackins has scored 20 or more points in nine of 14 Big 12 games.
- Brackins tallied 18 of his 20 points in the first half, the eighth time the Cyclone big man has recorded 18 or more points in a half.
- Brackins is trying to become the first Cyclone to lead the conference in scoring (overall or league games) since Marcus Fizer was the top scorer in the Big 12 in 2000...Brackins is currently second behind Oklahoma's Blake Griffin in the conference games only scoring race...Griffin is averaging 21.8 ppg, while Brackins is at 21.6 ppg.
- Lucca Staiger added 10 points (4-8 FG; 2-5 3FG) vs. the Aggies...Staiger made a pair of 3-pointers to give him 66 on the season...that total ranks eighth on ISU's single-season chart and it already ranks 20th all-time in school history.
- Senior Bryan Petersen started his 61st consecutive game vs. the Aggies...Petersen made a first-half trey to keep his consecutive games streak with a trey alive at 10 games...Petersen's 91 career 3-pointers is ranks 10th all-time in school history.
- The Cyclones are 62-of-77 (80.5 percent) from the free-throw line in their last six games.
Cyclone-Husker Quick Facts
- Nebraska leads the all-time series at 129-100...it is the 100th anniversary season of the ISU-NU series...the two teams first met on Jan. 15, 1909, a 42-20 NU win.
- Nebraska leads the series in games played in Lincoln at 76-32...ISU has won three of the last four games played in Lincoln.
- ISU's last Big 12 road win was on Feb. 28, 2007 in a 69-63 victory over Nebraska in Lincoln.
- ISU head coach Greg McDermott owns his best winning percentage vs. a Big 12 school against NU...McDermott is 4-1 all-time vs. NU and Doc Sadler-coached teams...four of McDermott's 13 Big 12 wins are against Nebraska.
- ISU won the last meeting between the two teams, 65-53 on Jan. 14, 2009 in Hilton Coliseum...ISU outscored NU, 10-0 in the final 2:12 of the game to break open a tight game in the closing minutes...Craig Brackins led ISU with 21 points and 12 boards and Lucca Staiger drained six treys en route to 18 points to aid ISU to victory.
- Diante Garrett is averaging 6.0 points and 5.7 assists in three games vs. NU...Sean Haluska is averaging 6.3 points and has made 4-of-5 shots from 3-point range in his career vs. the Cornhuskers.
- ISU sophomore Craig Brackins and NU senior Ade Dagunduro are close friends...the two grew up in the same area in Los Angeles.
A Closer Look At Nebraska (16-11, 6-8)
- Nebraska lost its third-straight game on Saturday, 77-72 at Kansas State.
- The Cornhuskers were led by Ryan Anderson, who had 19 points (7-9 FG).
- NU is led by senior guard Steve Harley, who has a 10.3 ppg scoring average...Harley also has 53 assists and is the team leader in steals (1.6), ranking seventh in the Big 12.
- Ade Dagunduro, a senior forward, is an athletic wing who leads the team in scoring at 12.4...Dagunduro is making 53.1 percent of his shots from the floor.
- Dagundaro led NU with 13 points in its loss to ISU earlier in the season.
- Senior guard Paul Velander is having a breakout year in his final campaign...Velander is fourth in the Big 12 in 3-point percentage (43.6 pct.), connecting on 58-of-133 shots from beyond the arc.
- Sophomore Cookie Miller leads the team in assists, averaging 3.8 apg to rank eighth in the Big 12.
- Opponents have struggled scoring against the Huskers this year...NU ranks in the top-10 nationally and first in the Big 12 in scoring defense (59.3)...only five teams have scored 70 points or more vs. the Huskers this year.
- The Huskers lead the Big 12 in fewest turnovers (11.8) and the Cyclones are second in the conference in least amount of turnovers (12.1).
Streaks and Trends
- Bryan Petersen has started every game the last two seasons (61-straight games).
- Craig Brackins has led ISU in scoring in 18 of the last 20 games for ISU.
- Brackins has led ISU in rebounding in 15-straight games.
- Brackins is averaging 22.7 points in the last six games.
- Brackins has scored 20 or more points in nine of 14 league games this year.
- Brackins is in a heated race for the Big 12 scoring title (league games only)...OU's Blake Griffin is No. 1 in the Big 12 in league game scoring at 21.8 ppg, while Brackins is second, averaging 21.6 ppg in conference action.
- Brackins has scored 302 of ISU's 858 pts. in the Big 12, 35.2 pct of the scoring.
- Brackins ranks in ISU's single season top-20 in four different categories: field goals (T16th- 220), points (18th- 576), rebounds (20th- 264), double-doubles (13th-12).
- Brackins has made 15-straight free-throws.
- Lucca Staiger already ranks in the top-20 on ISU's single-season 3-pointers made list with 66...he ranks eighth and needs one trey to tie Jake Sullivan at No. 7 (67 treys in the 2002-03 season).
- Petersen ranks 10th all-time on ISU's career 3-pointers made list with 91 treys.
- Petersen has made a 3-pointer in 10-straight games.
- Diante Garrett ranks 20th on ISU's career assist chart with 240 dimes.
- Garrett's 149 assists this season ties for 19th on ISU's single-season assist list.
- Jamie Vanderbeken has scored in double figures in four of his last nine games and is 17-of-38 from 3-point range (44.7 percent) in that span.
- Vanderbeken has made 19 of his 31 treys this season in the last 11 games.
- ISU is 28-of-66 from 3-point range (42.4 percent) in its three Big 12 wins...ISU is 69-of-235 from downtown (29.4 percent) in its 11 league losses.
- ISU has already set the school record for most 3-pointers made in a season (215).
- ISU is 62-of-77 from the free-throw line (80.5 percent) in its last six games.
- ISU has seven players on the team with 10 or more 3-pointers made this year.
- ISU is 14-1 this season when shooting better than its opponent and 0-14 when getting outshot by its opponent.
- ISU has outrebounded 10 opponents this season, going 9-1 in those games.
- ISU is 7-0 this year and 21-2 in the McDermott era when scoring 70 points.
- ISU is 9-2 this season and 26-2 in the McDermott era when holding its opponent to under 60 points.
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