Iowa State Faces Maryland Eastern Shore Before Break

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AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (8-2, 0-0 Big 12) hosts Maryland Eastern Shore (3-9, 0-0 MEAC) Wednesday night in its final Big 12 tuneup. The game will be televised by Cyclones.tv with tipoff scheduled for 6 p.m.

Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,384)
When: Wednesday, Dec. 20, 6 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Analyst)
TV: Cyclones.tv
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Analyst)
Webcast: Cyclones.tv
Sirius/XM/Internet: 132/383/965 (internet)
Live Stats: Cyclonestats.com

Tickets: Tickets are still available for the game, click here to purchase.

Game #11 - Maryland Eastern Shore
• Iowa State faces one last test before its players head home for the holidays as it hosts Maryland Eastern Shore Wednesday evening at Hilton Coliseum with hopes of running its winning streak to nine games...a win would match the longest winning streak of the Steve Prohm era...the Cyclones won nine consecutive games to start his first season at ISU (2015-16)...it would be the eighth time in school history that ISU had a nine-game winning streak.
• After playing four of its first five games on the road, Iowa State is in the midst of playing eight consecutive games spanning 46 days inside Iowa's borders, including seven of the games at Hilton Coliseum.
#CycloneNotes
• Iowa State looks to head into the holiday break with two or fewer losses for the fourth time in the last five seasons...the Cyclones are 14-3 in December games under Prohm's leadership.
• ISU ranks among the nation's top-25 teams in turnovers per game, committing just 11.2 per game...that number is even better at 10.1 during the recent eight-game winning streak and 9.3 per game the last four outings.
• Iowa State has leaned on its guard trio of Nick Weiler-Babb, Donovan Jackson and Lindell Wigginton to turn around its early season struggles...the trio is averaging a combined 46.2 points per game, which is 59.5 percent of ISU's total points...they've posted all 11 of ISU's 20-point games and Wigginton and Weiler-Babb have five of the team's seven double-doubles this season.
• Wigginton continues to be one of the nation's top freshmen...he is averaging 16.6 points, which would break Curtis Stinson's freshman record of 16.2 points in 2003-04...he has posted four 20-point games, matching Barry Stevens' total and leaving him just one shy of Craig Brackins and Ron Harris for the third-most by any Cyclone rookie...Wigginton is currently shooting 47.9 percent behind the arc, which would top Jake Sullivan's freshman record (20 made threes) of 44.9 percent in 2000-01...Wigginton played his first career complete game against UNI and led the Cyclones with 20 points, seven rebounds, two assists and no turnovers.
• Weiler-Babb continues his strong play from the point guard position...he is the only player in the nation averaging 13.0 points, 7.0 assists and 7.0 rebounds...he is one of the best rebounding guards in the nation, having pulled down at least five rebounds in nine consecutive games...Weiler-Babb scored 15 points to go along with nine rebounds and four assists against UNI, joining DeAndre Kane as the only Cyclones in the last five meetings to have a 15-9-4 line against the Panthers...he is seventh nationally dishing out 7.5 assists per game.
• Jackson has scored in double figures in seven of the last eight games, connecting on 31 three-pointers during ISU's winning streak...he is currently riding a career-best eight-game streak with a three-pointer...Jackson has made 29-of-31 free throws, the best mark in the Big 12 Conference and 12th-best nationally.
• Cameron Lard has scored in double figures in four of the last five games and five times overall...he is third in the Big 12 shooting 68.6 percent from the field this season...the last five games Lard is shooting 72.5 percent from the field.
• Solomon Young played a key role in holding Iowa's Tyler Cook (2 pts, 1-5 FG) and UNI's Bennett Koch (4 pts, 2-7 FG) to 6 total pts on 3-12 FG.

Iowa State Quick Hitters
• Iowa State has sold out 32 of the last 40 games at Hilton Coliseum...ISU is 30-6 at Hilton Coliseum under Prohm.
• ISU has been to a school-record six consecutive NCAA Tournaments...the Cyclones have made two Sweet 16 appearances in the last three seasons...ISU is the first school from the state of Iowa to reach six consecutive NCAA Tournaments.
• Iowa State has won three regular season tournaments in the last five seasons.
• The Cyclones have won three of the last four Big 12 Tournament titles.
• Wins By Big 12 Teams Since 2012-13: Kansas 155, Iowa State 131, Baylor 130.
• Iowa State is one of 25 teams nationally and one of just two Big 12 schools with 100 wins since 2013-14 entering the season.
• ISU has won 20+ games the last six seasons...Steve Prohm has won at least 20 games in each of his six seasons as a head coach.
• Iowa State is one of 23 schools to win 20+ games the last six seasons...only 13 teams in the nation's top-six conferences (Big East, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC) have won 20+ games six consecutive seasons.
• The Cyclones have won at least 10 league games in each of the last six seasons, which is a school record.
• The Cyclones have won 48 of their last 55 games at home, including 25 of 30 league games.
• The Cyclones are 39-14 under Prohm when committing fewer turnovers than their opponent.
• ISU is 45-3 when leading at the half under Prohm, including an active 31-game win streak in such games.
• ISU is averaging 9.8 made 3-pointers per game over the last eight contests...the Cyclones made nine total the first two games of the season...since Prohm arrived at Iowa State, among the nation's top-6 leagues only Michigan (45) has had more games with 10 or more 3-pointers made than ISU (36).
• ISU has outrebounded six of its last eight opponents after being outrebounded the first two games.
• Dating back to last season, ISU has won nine of its last 10 games decided by 10 points or less.
• ISU shot below 40 percent the first two games but has topped 43 percent from the field in seven of the last eight games.
• ISU has had a positive assist-to-turnover ratio the last seven games after having a negative ratio the first two games...15.3 assists per game and 10.1 turnovers per game during eight-game winning streak...in four of the last six games, ISU has had single-digit turnovers.
• Weiler-Babb has made 28-of-his-last-32 free throw attempts...Jackson has made 18 of his last 19 attempts at the line.
• Weiler-Babb, who already has 20 more assists than he had all last season, is just nine points shy of his total tally (139) from his sophomore season.
• Jackson and Wigginton have both hit a 3-pointer in their last eight games and are shooting a combined 45.2 percent in that stretch.
• Steve Prohm won his 50th game as head coach of the Cyclones when ISU beat Boise State...only Tim Floyd & Larry Eustachy reached 50 wins faster.
• According to KenPom.com, ISU owns the third-best homecourt advantage in Division I when playing at Hilton Coliseum.
• Hans Brase is just 105 points away from 1,000 in his collegiate career.
• Through 10 games, the 2017-18 Cyclones have made 87 three-pointers at a 37.3 percent clip...the 2016-17 team, which finished with 344 made 3-pointers (2nd most in school history) made 86 3-pointers at a 35.2 percent clip through 10 games.
• The Cyclones are 8-0 with Brase and Lard in the lineup.
• Saturday's win against UNI was the 80th for Iowa State since the 2014-15 season.

Iowa State-Maryland Eastern Shore Series Notes
• Iowa State and Maryland Eastern Shore are meeting for the fifth time since 1991, but the first since 2001...ISU owns a 4-0 edge in the all-time series, with all the meetings coming at Hilton Coliseum...the 2001 meeting was also the game before the holiday break, with the Cyclones winning 77-54 behind 23 points from Tyray Pearson and 20 from Jake Sullivan.
• In 1991, ISU scored 114 points against the Hawks, including the second-best scoring half in school history (71, 2nd half).
• ISU is 20-1 all-time against teams currently in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
• Hawk head coach Bobby Collins was an assistant coach for Hampton in an upset of Iowa State in the 2001 NCAA Tournament, which was the Cyclones' lone loss to a MEAC school...he was also the head coach for Winston-Salem State when it traveled to Hilton Coliseum in 2007, a 58-44 Cyclone win...Collins was the 2015 MEAC Coach of the Year.
• This is head coach Steve Prohm's first time coaching against Collins and Maryland Eastern Shore.

Last Time Out: Second-Half Surge Lifts ISU Past UNI
• Iowa State shot 58.3 percent from the field and outscored UNI, 46-32, in the second half to defeat the Panthers, 76-65, Saturday afternoon at Wells Fargo Arena...UNI shot just 33.3 percent in the second half as ISU won for the ninth time in the last 11 meetings against instate foes.
• Wigginton (20 points) led ISU in scoring for the fourth time this season, tallying at least 20 points for the fourth time this season...he was 7-for-12 from the field...he was joined in double figures by four others: Weiler-Babb (15), Beverly (10), Jackson (10) and Lard (10).
• The Cyclones outrebounded the Panthers, 42-35...it was the third consecutive game they've outrebouned UNI.
• ISU was 19-for-24, including a stretch of 14 consecutive makes after starting the game 0-for-2.
• Iowa State has won the last three times it has trailed at the half.

Up Next: Kansas State
• Iowa State and Kansas State will meet for the 225th time in series history in the earliest conference game in ISU history on Dec. 29...the Cyclones have won six of the last seven meetings overall and six straight in Ames against the Wildcats.

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