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Iowa State University Athletics
Iowa State Entertains No. 20 Missouri on Saturday
02.17.2011 | Men's Basketball
AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (14-12, 1-10) returns home to face No. 20/21 Missouri (20-6, 6-5) on Saturday to battle its third-straight ranked opponent. Iowa State has 233 3-pointers on the season, just three 3-pointers shy of the school record of 236 set in the 2008-09 season.
Who: Iowa State (14-12, 1-10) vs. No. 20 Missouri (20-6, 6-5)
Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,356)
When: Saturday, Feb. 19, 12:45 p.m. CST
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (color)
Television: Big 12 Network/ESPN3
Talent: Brad Sham (PxP), Stephen Howard (color)
Affiliates: WOI (Ames/Des Moines), KFXA (Cedar Rapids/Waterloo), WBQD (Quad Cities), KPTH (Sioux City), Mediacom (Ottumwa, Mason City)
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 (14-12, 1-10) returns home to face No. 20/21 Missouri (20-6, 6-5) on Saturday to battle its third-straight ranked opponent...ISU has played four-straight ranked opponents just two other times in school history (1994-95; 2002-03).
- Senior Jamie Vanderbeken sprained his left ankle in the Kansas game and missed the Texas A&M game on Wednesday...he is listed as questionable against Missouri.
- If Vanderbeken is unable to go, ISU will have just seven scholarship players available.
- Iowa State has 233 3-pointers on the season, just three 3-pointers shy of the school record of 236 set in the 2008-09 season.
- Scott Christopherson broke the school record for most consecutive games with a 3-pointer at 28 on Wednesday at No. 21 Texas A&M.
- Diante Garrett jumped to fourth on Iowa State's career assist chart with eight dimes against Texas A&M...Garrett has 570 career assists, which ranks fifth in Big 12 history.
Last Time Out
- Iowa State hung close with No. 21 Texas A&M Wednesday night in College Station, falling 71-66.
- Iowa State was down by 11 points with under six minutes left in the first half before the Cyclones started to chip away at the lead.
- An 11-2 run gave the Cyclones a brief 48-47 lead with just over 14 minutes remaining in the game.
- Texas A&M made the plays down the stretch to come out on top, as the Cyclones dressed just seven scholarship players.
- Senior Jamie Vanderbeken did not play in the game after spraining his left ankle in the Kansas game...he had started the first 25 games of the season.
- Freshman Calvin Godfrey returned from a three-game suspension to earn the starting nod in place of Vanderbeken...he responded by grabbing six boards and tying a career high with 11 points.
- Jake Anderson led the Cyclones with 18 points, making 4-of-8 shots from downtown...Anderson is 8-of-17 (47.1 pct.) from 3-point range in his last two games.
- Scott Christopherson established a new school record in the loss...the junior went 3-for-6 from 3-point range to increase his streak of making a 3-pointer in a game to 28-straight contests...the old mark was 27 by Mike Taylor in 2006-07.
- Christopherson now has 72 3-pointers this year, just the eighth player in school history to tally 70 or more 3-pointers in a season.
- Diante Garrett dished out eight assists and scored 13 points vs. the Aggies...Garrett now ranks fourth all-time in school history in assists with 570.
- Garrett leaped to No. 18 on Iowa State's career scoring list with 1,266 points.
- Melvin Ejim recorded nine points and nine boards, including five on the offensive glass...Ejim leads the Big 12 in offensive rebounding at 3.2 orpg.
- The Cyclones managed to outrebound Texas A&M, the best rebounding team in the Big 12, 33-32...it marks just the second Big 12 opponent ISU has outboarded this year.
- Iowa State was 11-of-22 from 3-point range (50 percent), the 12th time this season the Cyclones have made 10 or more treys in a game.
- ISU has shot 40 percent or better from 3-point range in its last four games.
- ISU was 3-of-6 from the free-throw line...the Cyclones have attempted just eight free-throws in their last two games.
Cyclone-Tiger Quick Facts
- Missouri leads the all-time series at 146-84 and has won six-straight games in the series, including the last two in Ames.
- Iowa State has a 58-46 record vs. Missouri in games played in Ames.
- MU won the first meeting this season, 87-54 in Columbia...ISU was down 48-26 at the half...Jake Anderson led Iowa State with 20 points, his only 20-point game of his Cyclone career.
- MU had five players in double figure scoring, led by Michael Dixon's 15 points.
- MU won the last game in Ames a year ago when Zaire Taylor made a shot at the buzzer to down Iowa State, 69-67 in overtime.
- Diante Garrett is averaging 10.3 points and 4.3 assists in seven games vs. MU.
- MU junior Marcus Denmon is the nephew of former ISU star Martinez Denmon...Martinez scored 872 points (16.8 ppg) in his two-year career at ISU (1972-73).
- MU assistant coach Melvin Watkins was the head coach at UNC-Charlotte...ISU assistant coach Bobby Lutz was an assistant for Watkins at Charlotte...both attended Charlotte, as Lutz was a freshman when Watkins was a senior on the Charlotte 1977 Final Four team.
- Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg was 3-8 vs. Missouri in his four-year career with the Cyclones from 1992-95.
- Hoiberg averaged 12.8 points and 5.8 rebounds in 11 games vs. the Tigers.
- Hoiberg scored 29 points and had eight 3-pointers vs. Missouri on Jan. 30, 1995.
A Closer Look At Missouri
- No. 20/21 Missouri (20-6, 6-5) is one of the highest scoring teams in the nation, ranking first in the Big 12 and fourth nationally at 83.8 ppg.
- The Tigers are looking for their first conference road win, owning a 6-0 record in league home games and a 0-5 mark in Big 12 road contests.
- Tigers are fresh off a 92-84 win against Texas Tech in Columbia on Tuesday...the Tigers were led by Marcus Denmon, who had 20 points.
- Iowa State and Missouri are two of seven teams nationally with five players averaging double figures in scoring (VMI, Long Island, Long Beach State, Detroit, UCLA are the others).
- Denmon is the leader in scoring, averaging 16.3 points...Denmon ranks sixth in the Big 12 in 3-pointers made (2.3) and third in 3-point accuracy (45.1 percent).
- Junior Laurence Bowers is averaging 10.9 points and 5.7 rebounds...Bowers ranks second in the Big 12 in blocked shots at 2.0 bpg.
- Junior college transfer Ricardo Ratliffe is averaging 11.5 points and leads the team in rebounding at 6.3 rpg...he ranks second in the Big 12 in field goal percentage (59.3 pct.).
- The Tigers have scored 80 or more points in 17 games, including the last four.
- Missouri leads the Big 12 in steals (9.7) and blocked shots (5.3).
Iowa State Team Trends And Stats
- ISU ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 42nd nationally in 3-point pct. (37.9 pct.).
- ISU has shot 40 pct. or above from beyond the arc in 12 games and in four-straight.
- At 9.0 3FG made per game, ISU leads the Big 12 and ranks 10th nationally in 3-pointers made per game.
- ISU needs three 3-pointers to break the school mark for most 3-pointers made in a season...ISU currently has 233 treys this year.
- ISU is 43-of-94 from 3-point range (45.7 percent, 10.8 3pt pg) in the last 4 games.
- ISU is 121-of-145 from the free-throw line in its last 10 games (83.4 percent).
- The Cyclones lead the Big 12 in free-throw percentage in conference games only at 82.3 percent (130-158 FT).
- ISU is averaging 75.5 ppg to rank fifth in the Big 12 and 40th nationally...on pace to be the highest scoring average for ISU since averaging 77.3 ppg in 2005-06.
- ISU ranks second in the Big 12 and 50th nationally in free-throw percentage at 73.4 percent.
- In six of ISU's 12 losses, the Cyclones had the lead or were tied with under a minute to play in regulation, including in four Big 12 losses.
- In the losses vs. Oklahoma State (six-point lead), Kansas State (four-point lead) and Oklahoma (three-point lead) the Cyclones had the lead with under a minute remaining.
- ISU has made 10 or more treys in 12 games.
- ISU has outshot 16 of 26 opponents this season, going 13-3 in those games.
- ISU is 8-2 when outrebounding its opponent and 6-1 when shooting 50 percent.
- ISU is 9-0 when holding an opponent to under 60 points.
- The Cyclones have held 12 teams to below 40 percent shooting, including three below 30 percent (Alabama State, Drake, Dartmouth).
- All five starters are averaging over 10.8 points per game and have accounted for 86.0 percent of the scoring.
- ISU has had at least three players score in double figures in 23 games and have had four players score in double figures in 15 games...ISU is 9-6 in those contests.
- ISU has three players ranked in the top-10 in the league in minutes played (1st- Diante Garrett, 36.0; 2nd-Scott Christopherson, 35.4; 9th-Jake Anderson, 33.1).
- Garrett (38.4) and Christopherson (38.1) rank first and second in the Big 12 (league games only) in minutes played.
- ISU has had equal or more assists than turnovers in 20 games this season, ranking third in the Big 12 in assist/turnover ratio at 1.2 a/t.
- ISU has won three Big 12 Rookie of the Week Awards this year: Jake Anderson (11-15); Melvin Ejim (11-22, 12-13).
Success On The Line
- Iowa State has improved its free-throw shooting dramatically in recent games.
- Iowa State is shooting an incredible 83.4 percent clip (121-145) from the free-throw line in its last 10 games.
- Iowa State ranks second in the Big 12 and 50th nationally in free-throw percentage (73.4 percent) and has made a league-best 82.3 percent from the charity stripe in conference games only.
- The Cyclones have shot above 90 percent from the line in five league games.
- Jake Anderson is shooting 90.0 percent from the line in Big 12 games (27-30 FT).
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