Iowa State Faces No. 24 TCU In Road Showdown

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AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (10-6, 1-4 Big 12) returns to the road Wednesday night when it faces No. 24 TCU (13-4, 1-4) in Fort Worth, Texas.

Where: Fort Worth, Texas - Schollmaier Arena (6,800)
When: Wednesday, Jan. 17, 8 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Analyst)
TV: ESPNU
Talent: Clay Matvick (PxP), Tim Welsh (Analyst)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM/Internet: 83/83/83 (internet)
Live Stats: Cyclonestats.com

Game #17 - TCU
• Iowa State hits the road for the third time in a four-game stretch when it travels to face TCU Wednesday night.
• The Cyclones are in the midst of playing three of four games, including both this week, against teams ranked in the top-25...of ISU's 14 regular season games remaining, 10 are against the AP top-25...according to NCAAsports.com, ISU's remaining opponents have the best winning percentage in the nation (.790)...since 2013-14, ISU is tied for the fifth-most wins (25) against the top-25.
#CycloneNotes
• Iowa State earned its first Big 12 victory of the season last weekend in defeating Baylor, 75-65...the other four Big 12 games Saturday were decided by a total of eight points...of ISU's four losses, two came in overtime and another was a five-point loss at Kansas.
• Lindell Wigginton, this week's Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, averaged 28.5 points last week in games against Baylor and Kansas...he scored a career-high 30 points against Baylor after going for 27 points at Kansas...he is just the fourth Cyclone rookie to score 30 points in a game and his seven 20-point efforts trail only Marcus Fizer and Curtis Stinson's freshman record of eight 20-point games...he currently has the top scoring average by any ISU freshman (16.5)...his scoring average is seventh among freshmen from the top-6 conferences.
• Junior Nick Weiler-Babb is one of college basketball's most well-rounded players...a stat-sheet stuffer, Weiler-Babb is the only player nationally averaging at least 12 points to go along with seven rebounds and seven assists...he has seven double-doubles this season after recording his third-straight last weekend against Baylor (15 points, 10 assists)...he is one of just two players nationally with multiple double-doubles of both points-assists and points-rebounds...the only player in Big 12 history to record a 200 point-200 rebound-200 assist season as Weiler-Babb is on pace to do was former Cyclone All-American DeAndre Kane (2013-14).
• Weiler-Babb ranks fifth nationally averaging 7.7 assists per game, posting six double-digit assist games...with three complete games already this season, Weiler-Babb ranks fourth nationally and leads all Big 12 players averaging 38.1 minutes per game.
• Donovan Jackson has hit six three-pointers in three of the last four games and enters Wednesday's game with 98 career 3-pointers...he will become the 19th player in ISU history to make 100 career threes when he reaches that mark...Jackson has eight 20-point games this season, seven of which have seen him score at least 24 points...among Big 12 players, only OU's Trae Young has more games with at least 24 points...he has connected on 54 three-pointers this season...the Milwaukee native is 39-of-42 from the free-throw line, topping the Big 12 at 92.9 percent.
• Redshirt freshman Cameron Lard is averaging 11.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 3.3 blocks in three starts...for the season, Lard is averaging 11.4 points, 6.9 blocks and 2.1 blocks, making him one of just two freshmen nationally averaging 11-6.5-2 (Mo Bamba, Texas)...he has posted four double-doubles, which is the most by a Cyclone freshman since Melvin Ejim in 2010-11...Lard had five blocks against Baylor, the first Cyclone to reach that mark since 2015.
• Solomon Young has been in double figures three times since Big 12 play began after not scoring 10 points in any nonconference game...he is averaging 9.6 points against league foes and posted his first double-double of the season (11 pts-12 rbs) vs. Baylor.
• ISU is one of seven programs in the nation's top-6 leagues to have two freshmen averaging at least 11 points (10 games played minimum)...Alabama, Oklahoma, Duke, Kentucky, UCLA and California are the others.

Iowa State Quick Hitters
• Iowa State has sold out 33 of the last 44 games at Hilton Coliseum...ISU is 32-8 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.
• ISU has won three regular season tournaments in the last five seasons, including the Puerto Rico Tip-Off At Myrtle Beach in 2017-18.
• The Cyclones have won three of the last four Big 12 Tournament titles.
• Wins By Big 12 Teams Since 2012-13: Kansas 161, Baylor 133, Iowa State 133.
• Entering the season, Iowa State is one of 25 teams nationally and one of just two Big 12 schools with 100 wins since 2013-14.
• 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 50 of their last 59 games at home, including 26 of 33 league games.
• The Cyclones are 40-15 under Prohm when committing fewer turnovers than their opponent.
• ISU is 47-4 when leading at the half under Prohm, including 33 of the last 34 games.
• ISU is 7-2 when outrebounding its opponents this season.
• ISU is 5-1 this season when it makes 10 or more 3-pointers.
• ISU is shooting just 40.7 percent from the field and 30.6 percent behind the arc in losses...in wins, 45.5 percent FG and 37.3 percent 3FG.
• Jackson is leading the Big 12 shooting 92.9 percent from the free-throw line.
• In the last four games, Jackson has averaged 19.3 points and is 19-for-42 (45.2 percent) behind the arc.
• Weiler-Babb's three consecutive double-doubles is a career-best streak...his next 10-assist game will match Monte Morris' season record of seven games.
• Wigginton has attempted 12 and 15 free throws in two of his five Big 12 games...ISU didn't have a player attempt double-digit FTs last season in conference play.
• Jeff Beverly is 14-for-19 at the line this season...he has missed just one free throw outside the Tulsa game (0-4).
• Lard is one of two freshmen nationally averaging 11 points, 2.0 blocks and shooting 63 percent from the field (at least 100 FGA)...he's got four double-doubles, including two in the last four games...his per 40 minute average for blocks is 3.8.
• The Cyclones are 9-2 with Brase in the lineup and just 1-4 without him... Brase is just 98 points away from 1,000 in his collegiate career.
• Last season, ISU scholarship players missed five total games due to injury...the total this season is at 17 games missed...they've played the last three games with a full roster of 10 players.
• 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.
• A win would also move Prohm into ISU's top-10 for conference wins, tying him with Clayton Sutherland (1948-54) and Lynn Nance (1977-90)...Prohm currently has a 22-14 record in Big 12 play.

Iowa State-TCU Series Notes
• Iowa State and TCU are meeting for the 18th time in the series...the Cyclones own an 11-6 edge in the series, including 10-1 in games since TCU joined the Big 12...the Cyclones are 6-1 against the Frogs at Hilton Coliseum.
• In 2014, Iowa State's Melvin Ejim set the Big 12 scoring record against TCU, scoring 48 points in a Cyclone win.
• Donovan Jackson is averaging 11.7 points in three career games against TCU...he scored 16 points, all of which came in the first half, in last season's game in Fort Worth.
• Weiler-Babb and TCU's Kenrich Williams are two of the five Big 12 players with at least seven double-doubles...they are also the top-two rebounding guards in the Big 12.
• Steve Prohm is 4-1 against TCU and he owns a 2-1 record against Jamie Dixon.
• Iowa State is 370-557 against teams currently in the Big 12 Conference.

Last Time Out: Cyclones Beat Bears For First Big 12 Win
• ISU, led by Wigginton's 30 points, earned its first Big 12 win Saturday afternoon in Ames, beating Baylor 75-65...Wigginton had 17 first-half points and finished the game 5-for-10 from behind the arc and 9-of-12 at the free-throw line...he is the first player to score 30 points against Baylor since WVU's Eron Harris in February of 2014.
• Weiler-Babb had 15 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds to post his seventh double-double this season...Young finished with his second career double-double, and first this season, finishing with 11 points and a career-high matching 12 rebounds...Lard added 11 points, nine rebounds and five blocks, becoming the first Cyclone to have a five block game since Jameel McKay in 2015.
• ISU held Baylor to just 34.3 percent shooting, the second-lowest percentage by a Big 12 opponent in the Prohm era.
• Wigginton spent the majority of the game defending Baylor leading scorer Manu Lecomte and held him to 2-for-12 shooting and nine points.

Up Next: Texas Tech
• Iowa State and Texas Tech meet for the 32nd time on Saturday at Hilton Coliseum...the Cyclones have won six in a row against the Red Raiders at Hilton Coliseum, but last season had to erase a 14-point second half deficit to do so...ISU owns an 18-13 edge in the all-time series.

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