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Iowa State University Athletics
Iowa State Heads to Iowa For Annual Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series
12.08.2010 | Men's Basketball
AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (7-2) will travel to Iowa (5-4) on Friday in the annual Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series matchup. The Iowa game will be the final instate contest between the three other Division I schools for Iowa State. Iowa State defeated Drake (91-43) at home and lost at Northern Iowa (60-54). The Cyclones last won the mythical state championship in the 2005-06 season.
Who: Iowa State (7-2) at Iowa (5-4)
Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
When: Friday, Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m.
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (color)
Television: Big Ten Network
Talent: Wayne Larrivee (PxP), Kenyon Murray (color)
Live Stats: Live stats will be available at hawkeyesports.com
Live Blog: Mike Green, associate director of athletics communications, will be holding a live blog during the game at cyclones.com. Fans are encouraged to participate in the blog by asking questions.
Cyclone Notebook
- Iowa State (7-2) will travel to Iowa (5-4) on Friday in the annual Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series matchup...the Iowa game will be the final instate contest between the three other Division I schools for Iowa State.
- Iowa State defeated Drake (91-43) at home and lost at Northern Iowa (60-54)...the Cyclones last won the mythical state championship in the 2005-06 season.
- The Cyclones have lost three-straight games in Carver-Hawkeye Arena and the home team has won the last six games in the series.
- Iowa leads the 2010-11 Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series at 7-6...Iowa State and Iowa will play in women's hoops on Thursday and will also meet in swimming on Friday, as six points will be awarded starting on Thursday.
- Iowa State ended its two-game losing skid with an 85-58 win over Southeast Missouri on Monday...it was the fifth time the Cyclones have reached 80 or more points this season.
- Iowa State senior point guard Diante Garrett is closing in on 1,000 points for his career...he needs 36 points to become the 28th member of ISU's 1,000-point club.
Last Time Out
- Iowa State ended a two-game losing skid by defeating Southeast Missouri Monday night in Hilton Coliseum, 85-58.
- ISU held a 15-point halftime lead and scored the first nine points of the second half to put the game away.
- The Cyclones shot 52.5 percent from the field, the fourth time this season where ISU made over half of its shots in a game.
- The Cyclones held Southeast to just 32.2 percent shooting from the floor, the sixth time this season ISU has held an opponent to below 40 percent shooting from the field.
- ISU has outshot eight of its nine opponents this year.
- Iowa State had four players score in double figures in the game for the sixth time this season...ISU is 6-0 in those games.
- Diante Garrett recorded his fourth career 20-point game with 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting from the field and a 3-of-6 effort from 3-point range...Garrett also handed out six assists, his 51st career game with five or more assists.
- Garrett, who ranks second in the Big 12 in assists (6.0 apg), has led the Cyclones in assists in all nine games and ranks fifth all-time in school history with 470 career dimes.
- Melvin Ejim registered his second career double-double with 18 points (7-11 FG; 4-6 FT) and 10 rebounds, including a career-high six offensive caroms.
- Ejim is the Big 12's top freshman scorer (13.7) and has seven double-digit scoring games on the season, tying for third among all NCAA freshmen.
- Scott Christopherson added 13 points behind a 5-of-8 effort from the field...Christopherson made his only 3-point attempt in the game to increase his 3-pointers made streak to 12 games dating back to last season.
- Christopherson leads the Big 12 and ranks third nationally in 3-point percentage at 59.6 percent, making 28-of-47 shots from downtown.
- Christopherson has scored in double figures in the last eight games.
- Darion "Jake" Anderson posted 14 points and grabbed eight rebounds vs. SEMO...Anderson ranks sixth in the Big 12 in rebounding (8.4 rpg).
- It was Anderson's eighth game with 10 or more points this year.
- Bubu Palo recorded a career-high eight points from off the bench.
Cyclone-Hawkeye Quick Facts
- Iowa leads the all-time series vs. Iowa State at 42-21...14 of ISU's 21 wins in the series have occurred since 1984.
- Since 1984, the series is tied at 14-14.
- The home team has won the last six games in the series.
- Iowa leads the series in games played in Iowa City at 26-5...the Cyclones last won in Iowa City in 2002 (73-69).
- Iowa State defeated Iowa last year in Hilton Coliseum, 81-71...Craig Brackins had 28 points to lead ISU...Marquis Gilstrap tallied a double-double (13 pts./10 reb.)
- Diante Garrett is averaging 9.0 points, 2.7 assists and 2.0 steals in three career games vs. the Hawkeyes.
- Iowa State's Jamie Vanderbeken originally signed a letter of intent to play for Iowa out of high school (2006)...after a coaching change, Vanderbeken went to Tyler J.C. for two years before joining the Cyclones.
- Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg was 3-1 vs. Iowa during his career with the Cyclones...he averaged 11.5 pts., 5.8 reb., and 5.3 asst., in his four-game career vs. Iowa.
- Hoiberg had 19 pts. (6-12 FG, 4-7 3FG), 7 asst., and 6 reb., in ISU's 86-79 win over Iowa in Ames on Dec. 11, 1993.
A Closer Look At Iowa
- Iowa is 5-4 after a 51-39 against UNI on Tuesday.
- Iowa was led by Melsahn Basabe, who had 14 points and seven rebounds.
- Iowa, like Iowa State, has improved immensely in scoring from a season ago...the Hawkeyes are averaging 71.3 ppg compared to last year's 62.8 ppg average.
- Iowa is led in scoring by Eric May at 13.0 ppg...a sophomore from Dubuque, May is shooting 48.9 percent from the field and 54.5 percent from 3-point range.
- Bryce Cartwright, a junior college transfer from Paris JC, is averaging 10.2 points and leading the team in assists at 4.1 apg.
- Cartwright posted a career-high 20 points vs. Cal Poly.
- Junior Matt Gatens is the team's top returning scorer after averaging 12.3 points last season...Gatens missed the first two games with an injury...he is averaging 8.7 points and leads the team in free-throw shooting at 89.5 percent (17-19).
- Basabe, a true freshman, is shooting 59.6 percent from the field and averaging 8.2 points...Basabe is the team's top rebounder at 6.0...he grabbed a career-high 11 boards vs. Louisiana-Monroe.
- Iowa is a strong rebounding team, outboarding its opponents by a +6.8 margin (39.9-33.1).
Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series
- This is the seventh season of the Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series...the school that excels in competition- athletic and academic- will be crowned champion of the head-to-head series between the Cyclones and the Hawkeyes.
- Iowa has an early 7-6 lead, gaining points in football (3), soccer (2) and wrestling (2)...ISU received points in volleyball (2), men's cross country (2) and women's cross country (2)...the Cyclone women's basketball team will face Iowa in Iowa City on Thursday for two points...four more points will be given out on Friday with the men's basketball game and the women's swimming meet...both events are in Iowa City.
- The overall season series is tied at 3-3.
Iowa State Team Season Quick Facts
- Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg won in his coaching debut with a 78-64 victory over Northern Arizona...ISU coaches are now 16-3 all-time in their coaching debuts.
- Hoiberg is just the third coach in school history to start his Cyclone career at 6-0: Wayne Morgan (7-0, 2003-04); Greg McDermott (6-0, 2006-07).
- Iowa State's 6-0 start ties for the fifth-best start in school history.
- Iowa State won the five-team Global Sports Hy-Vee Challenge at 4-0.
- Iowa State's loss to California drops ISU's all-time record in the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood Series to 2-2.
- The Cyclones held back-to-back opponents to below 30 percent shooting (Alabama State, 27.1%; Drake, 22.4%) for the first time in the modern era (1950-present).
- When ISU held Drake to just 22.4 percent from the floor it marked the third-lowest opponent field goal percentage by a Cyclone team in the modern era (1950-present).
- Iowa State's 48-point win over Drake (91-43) is the largest margin of victory by an ISU team since defeating Illinois-Chicago by 51 points (95-44) on Jan. 2, 2001.
- Cyclone freshman Melvin Ejim became the 19th freshman in school history to start in the season-opener...he posted 10 second-half points.
- ISU scored 90 points in three-straight games: 91 vs Drake, 91 vs. Creighton, 91 vs. Kennesaw State for the first time since the 2000-01 season.
- ISU is 2nd in the Big 12 and ranks 27th nationally in 3-point pct. (40.8 pct.).
- ISU has shot 40 percent or above from beyond the arc in five games.
- At 8.7 3FG made per game, ISU leads the Big 12 and ranks 22nd nationally in 3-pointers made per game.
- ISU has made 10 or more treys in four games.
- ISU ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 39th nationally in field goal percentage at 47.8 percent...ISU has outshot eight of nine opponents this season.
- All five starters are averaging over 10.0 points per game and have accounted for 86.5 percent of the scoring.
- The Cyclones have had at least three players score in double figures in all 9 games and have had four players score in double figures in six games...ISU is 6-0 in those contests.
- Iowa State has posted more assists than turnovers in seven games this season...ISU ranks second in the Big 12 in a/t ratio (1.4) and third in assists (15.8 apg)...the Cyclones rank 46th in the nation in assists per game (15.8 apg).
- Iowa State ranks third in the Big 12 in opponent field goal percentage (36.4 percent)...ISU has held six opponents to below 40 percent shooting from the field.
- ISU has won two Big 12 Rookie of the Week Awards this year: Jake Anderson (11-15); Melvin Ejim (11-22).
Close Losses
- The Cyclones have surprised many by opening the season at 7-2 and have been in position to be undefeated.
- Iowa State's two lossess have been games that went down to the final minute.
- In both losses, the score was tied with less than a minute remaining in the game.
- In the UNI game, Jake Anderson tied the game at 52-52 with 1:18 left in the game with a 3-pointer from the corner.
- In the California game, Scott Christopherson tied the game at 69-69 with :47 seconds left in the game on a 3-pointer.
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