Cyclones Host No. 8 Texas Tech Saturday

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AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (10-7, 1-5 Big 12) hosts No. 8 Texas Tech (15-3, 4-2 Big 12) Saturday afternoon in a Big 12 showdown at Hilton Coliseum. The game will tip at 1 p.m.

Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,384)
When: Saturday, Jan. 20, 1 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Analyst)
TV: ESPNU
Talent: Lowell Galindo (PxP), Lance Blanks (Analyst)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM/Internet: 132/200/954 (internet)
Live Stats: Cyclonestats.com

Game #18 - Texas Tech
• Iowa State returns to Hilton Coliseum to host No. 8 Texas Tech Saturday afternoon as it plays the second of three games in six days.
• 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 13 regular season games remaining, nine are against the AP top-25...according to NCAAsports.com, ISU's remaining opponents have the best winning percentage in the nation (.768)...since 2013-14, ISU is tied for the fifth-most wins (25) against the top-25.
#CycloneNotes
• Iowa State looks to bounce back after a 96-73 loss Wednesday night at No. 24 TCU when it plays host to No. 8 Texas Tech...ISU has defeated at least one top-10 team in each of the last four seasons...under Steve Prohm, ISU has played back-to-back games against ranked teams five times, earning a split three times.
• Lindell Wigginton, this week's Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, is averaging 24.3 points in the last three outings (27 at KU, 30 vs. BU, 16 at TCU)...he's hit 54.2 percent behind the arc (13-24) during that stretch...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 sixth 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 three straight prior to the TCU game...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)...he has 16 assists and just two turnovers in the last two games.
• Weiler-Babb ranks sixth nationally averaging 7.6 assists per game and leads the Big 12 with a 2.9 a/to ratio, posting six double-digit assist games...with three complete games already this season, Weiler-Babb ranks fifth nationally and leads all Big 12 players averaging 37.4 minutes.
• Donovan Jackson is averaging 4.6 threes per game over the last five Cyclone outings....he became the 19th player in school history to make 100 three-pointers and currently has 102...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 58 three-pointers this season...the Milwaukee native is 40-of-43 from the free-throw line, topping the Big 12 at 93 percent.
• Redshirt freshman Cameron Lard is averaging 12.8 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.3 blocks in four starts...for the season, Lard is averaging 11.7 points, 7.1 rebounds and 2.1 blocks, making him one of just three freshmen nationally averaging 11-7-2 (Mo Bamba, Texas; Abdul Ado, Miss. State)...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.
• 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 162, Baylor 134, 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 42.1percent from the field and 32.8 percent behind the arc in losses...in wins, 45.5 percent FG and 37.3 percent 3FG.
• Jackson is leading the Big 12 shooting 93 percent from the free-throw line.
• In the last five games, Jackson has averaged 19.2 points and is 23-for-49 (46.9 percent) behind the arc.
• Weiler-Babb's 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 six Big 12 games...ISU didn't have a player attempt double-digit FTs last season in conference play...in conference action, he is 17-for-20 at the line.
• 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 the only freshman nationally averaging 11 points, 2.0 blocks and shooting 63 percent from the field (at least 100 FGA)...he's got four double-doubles...his per 40 minute average for blocks is 3.8...he's been in double figures in eight of the last nine games.
• Lard is fourth in the league in rebounding in conference games, pulling down 9.0 boards per contest.
• The Cyclones are 9-3 with Brase in the lineup and just 1-4 without him... Brase is just 92 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 four 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.
• Prohm is tied with Clayton Sutherland (1948-54) and Lynn Nance (1977-90) for 10th-most conference wins in school history...Prohm currently has a 23-19 record in Big 12 play.

Iowa State-Texas Tech Series Notes
• Iowa State and Texas Tech are meeting for the 32nd time...ISU holds an 18-13 edge in the series, including 12-3 in games played in Ames (11-3 at Hilton Coliseum)...ISU is 1-1 when playing a ranked Texas Tech team, having beat the Red Raiders, 81-68, at Hilton Coliseum when they were ranked No. 25 in February of 2005...the Cyclones lost a 2001-02 game at No. 20 Texas Tech (69-43).
• Jeff Beverly had a 10-point game against Texas Tech last season when he was playing at UTSA.
• Last season, ISU went 2-0 against Texas Tech...the Cyclones rallied from 14 points down in the second half to beat the Red Raiders, 63-56, at Hilton Coliseum in the Big 12 opener...it was ISU's sixth consecutive win against TTU at Hilton Coliseum, with the last loss coming in 2011.
• Steve Prohm is 3-1 against Texas Tech and he owns a 3-0 record against Chris Beard...ISU and Prohm defeated Beard's Little Rock team to advance to the Sweet 16 of the 2016 NCAA Tournament.
• Iowa State is 370-558 against teams currently in the Big 12 Conference.

Last Time Out: Cyclones Fall At No. 24 TCU
• Not much went right for the Cyclones Wednesday night against TCU...the Cyclones allowed the Horned Frogs to shoot 60.3 percent from the field. while connecting on 12 three-pointers, in a 96-73 loss in Fort Worth.
• Jackson (19) led the Cyclones in scoring, while Lard (16) and Wigginton (16) were also in double figures...14 of Wigginton's 16 points came in the second half as he battle doul trouble in the first.
• Jackson (4-7) and Wigginton (4-6) combined to make all of ISU's three-pointers (8-16 overall).
• Lard had three blocks, his fourth time in the last five games with three or more blocks.

Up Next: Texas
• Iowa State and Texas meet for the second time this season on Monday...Texas holds a 20-16 edge in the series as the teams meet for the 37th time...earlier this season, UT defeated the Cyclones, 74-70 in OT, at Hilton Coliseum...leading scorers in that game were UT's Dylan Osetkowski (25) and ISU's Donovan Jackson (24).

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