Iowa State Plays Host To Baylor

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AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (13-4, 0-2) is looking for its first Big 12 win of the season this weekend, as the Cyclones will play host to Baylor (12-3, 2-0) Saturday night. Baylor is the only Big 12 Conference school that has yet to win a game in Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones own an 8-0 all-time mark vs. the Bears in Ames.

Who: Iowa State (13-4, 0-2) vs. Baylor (12-3, 2-0)
Where: Hilton Coliseum (14,356)
When: Saturday, Jan. 15, 5 p.m.
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (color)
Television: CTN/ESPN3/ESPN Full Court
Talent: B.J. Schaben (PxP), Kevin Lehman (color)
Affiliates: WOI-DT1 (Des Moines/Ames), KCRG-DT2 (Cedar Rapids/Waterloo), KCAU-DT1 (Sioux City), WHBF-DT2 (Quad Cities), Mediacom (Mason City, Ottumwa, Keokuk)
Live Stats: Live stats will be available at cyclones.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 (13-4, 0-2) is looking for its first Big 12 win of the season this weekend, as the Cyclones will play host to Baylor (12-3, 2-0) Saturday night.
- Baylor is the only Big 12 Conference school that has yet to win a game in Hilton Coliseum...the Cyclones own an 8-0 all-time mark vs. the Bears in Ames.
- In Iowa State's four losses, all have been by six points or less...the Cyclones had the game tied with under a minute left in three of the four losses.
- Iowa State currently has five players averaging double figures in scoring, one of seven teams nationally to achieve this feat (Iowa State, VMI, Missouri, Ohio State, Troy, Long Beach State, Wake Forest).
- The Cyclones lead the Big 12 and rank 16th nationally in 3-pointers made per game at 8.8...Iowa State has made nine or more 3-pointers in a game nine times...ISU has three players with 30 or more treys (Christopherson-49, Vanderbeken-40, Garrett-30).

Last Time Out
- Iowa State kept it close, but eventually lost to No. 3 Kansas, 84-79 Wednesday night.
- Kansas held a 13-point lead in the first half, but ISU whittled the lead down to one point early in the second half.
- The Cyclones kept the lead between 3-7 points in the final eight minutes of the game, but could not come up with the key stop or clutch basket to put them over the hump.
- KU's Marcus Morris was too much to handle for the smaller Cyclones, recording a career-high 33 points and 13 boards.
- Iowa State was outshot at the free-throw line, 31-10.
- The Cyclones made all of their 10 free-throw attempts, marking the first time ISU was perfect at the free-throw line in a game since going 9-for-9 vs. Alabama on Dec. 23, 2007...ISU has made its last 12 free-throw attempts.
- The 10 free-throw attempts was a season low for the Cyclones.
- The Cyclone starters played 185 of the 200 minutes in the game, including complete games from Diante Garrett and Scott Christopherson.
- Iowa State received a heroic effort from Garrett, who scored 27 points behind a career-high 11 field goals made (11-25 FG)...it was Garrett's fifth 20-point game of the year and his seventh of his career...it was Garrett's third 40-minute game of the season.
- Garrett also handed out a team-high five assists, his 56th game with five or more assists in his career.
- Garrett has scored in double figures in 16 games this year and has led the Cyclones in scoring 10 times.
- Jamie Vanderbeken continued to have the hot hand from long-range, scoring 19 points on four 3-pointers.
- Vanderbeken, who has made a 3-pointer in 10-straight games, is averaging 3.5 3-pointers made in his last four games (14-33, 42.4 pct.).
- Darion "Jake" Anderson added 16 points in the loss.
- Scott Christopherson scored nine points and made one 3-pointer in the game, increasing his streak of consecutive games with a 3-pointer to 19, the third-best streak in school history.
- Iowa State committed 12 turnovers in the game, but just two in the second half...with its 16 assists, the Cyclones had equal or more assists than turnovers for the 14th time this season.
- Kansas shot 46.9 percent from the field, ending ISU's six-game streak of keeping its opponent to below 40 percent shooting...the Cyclones rank third in the Big 12 in opponent field goal percentage defense at 36.8 percent.

Cyclone-Bear Quick Facts
- Iowa State leads the all-time series vs. Baylor at 11-8.
- Iowa State has never lost to Baylor at home, going 8-0 vs. the Bears in Ames with all the games played in Hilton Coliseum.
- Baylor is the only Big 12 Conference school that has never won a game in Hilton Coliseum.
- Baylor is one of two Big 12 opponents ISU owns the series lead over (Colorado).
- The Bears won the last meeting between the two schools last season in Waco, 84-63...LaceDarius Dunn led all players with 21 points.
- Diante Garrett is averaging 7.7 points, 2.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists in three games vs. Baylor...Scott Christopherson had six points on 2-of-3 shooting from 3-point range in last year's game.
- In the last game Iowa State played Baylor in Ames, the Cyclones won 71-62 (Feb. 24, 2009)...Garrett had 10 points in the win.

A Closer Look At Baylor
- Baylor enters Hilton Coliseum this weekend with a 12-3 overall record and a 2-0 mark in Big 12 play.
- The Bears are receiving votes in both polls, narrowly falling short of the top-25.
- BU is 2-0 in the league after a 74-61 win over Oklahoma on Tuesday...the Bears were led by freshman Perry Jones III, who posted a career-high 25 points (10-13 FG).
- LaceDarius Dunn is one of the nation's best scorers, ranking first in the Big 12 and ninth nationally in scoring at 22.5 ppg.
- Dunn has scored 20 or more points in eight of 12 games this year, including a career-high 43 points vs. Morgan State.
- Junior Quincy Acy is averaging 13.9 points and leads the team in rebounding at 7.9 rpg, the fourth-best average in the Big 12.
- Jones III is one of the Big 12's best freshmen...Jones is averaging 13.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and leads the team in field goal percentage at 56.7 percent.
- Jones III has scored in double figures in 12 of 15 games this year.
- Baylor is one of the top rebounding teams in the country, ranking second in the Big 12 in rebounding margin (+9.5).
- The Bears rank third in the Big 12 in steals per game at 8.3.

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