Iowa State Faces Kansas Tuesday Night

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AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (9-5, 0-3 Big 12) goes back on the road Tuesday night to face Kansas (12-3, 2-1) in another Big 12 showdown.

Where: Lawrence, Kan. - Allen Fieldhouse (16,300)
When: Tuesday, Jan. 9, 8 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Analyst)
TV: ESPN2
Talent: Bob Wischusen (PxP), Fran Fraschilla (Analyst), Holly Rowe (Reporter)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM/Internet: 84/84/84 (internet)
Live Stats: Cyclonestats.com

Game #15 - Kansas
• Iowa State heads to Allen Fieldhouse for a showdown with Kansas Tuesday evening...ISU is looking to win consecutive games in Lawrence for the third time in school history (1962-63, 2000-01).
• ISU is in the midst of playing three of four games away from Hilton Coliseum...ISU is averaging 84.4 points and owns a 4-2 record in games played away from home.
#CycloneNotes
• Iowa State is trying to avoid a four-game losing streak as it heads to Kansas...this is the first time under third-year head coach Steve Prohm that ISU has suffered a three-game losing streak...the last three-game losing streak for the Cyclones came during one of their best seasons in 2013-14, when ISU finished 28-8 and advanced to the Sweet 16.
• Donovan Jackson recorded his seventh game with 24-plus points after hitting 6-of-8 three-pointers and fishing with a career-high 30 points at Oklahoma State...among Big 12 players, only OU's Trae Young has more games with at least 24 points...it was was his fourth game this season with at least six threes as he has connected on 47 three-pointers this season...the Milwaukee native is 39-of-42 from the free-throw line, topping the Big 12 and ranking ninth nationally at 92.9 percent...he has averaged 23.2 points in games played away from Hilton Coliseum.
• Redshirt freshman Cameron Lard made his first start for the Cyclones against Oklahoma State...Lard is averaging 11.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.9 blocks...he has scored in double figures in five of the last six games...he posted career highs of 21 points and 16 rebounds against Texas...Lard is third among Big 12 players and among the top-20 nationally shooting 63.8 percent from the field...Duke's Marvin Bagley is the only other freshman among the top-20 nationally in FG%...Lard has seven multi-block games...he had four blocks in 23 minutes against OSU.
• 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 and TCU's Kenrich Williams are the only Big 12 players among the league's top-10 in both rebounds and assists...he has five double-doubles this season after just missing a triple-double against OSU (12 points, 11 assists, 9 rebounds).
• Weiler-Babb ranks sixth nationally averaging 7.5 assists per game, posting five double-digit assist games...with three complete games already this season, Weiler-Babb ranks third nationally and leads all Big 12 players averaging 38.3 minutes per game...he played all 45 minutes against Texas and followed with 41 against Oklahoma State.
• Lindell Wigginton continues to be one of the nation's top freshmen...he has posted five 20-point games, matching Craig Brackins and Ron Harris for the third-most by any Cyclone rookie...he is 15th in the Big 12, including second among freshmen, averaging 14.8 points.
• Solomon Young is averaging 12.0 points and 4.7 rebounds in conference play...he has scored in double figures in two of three Big 12 games after not doing so during nonconference play.
• Iowa State is back to full strength for the first time since before Thanksgiving...ISU has played three games with its full roster available.

Iowa State Quick Hitters
• Iowa State has sold out 33 of the last 43 games at Hilton Coliseum...ISU is 31-8 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 158, Baylor 133, Iowa State 132.
• 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 49 of their last 58 games at home, including 25 of 32 league games.
• The Cyclones are 39-15 under Prohm when committing fewer turnovers than their opponent.
• ISU is 46-4 when leading at the half under Prohm, including 32 of the last 33 games.
• ISU has outrebounded eight of its last 12 opponents after being outrebounded the first two games...ISU is 7-1 when outrebounding its opponents this season.
• ISU is 5-0 this season when it makes 10 or more 3-pointers.
• Dating back to last season, ISU has won 10 of its last 13 games decided by 10 points or less.
• ISU is shooting just 39.8 percent from the field and 27.7 percent behind the arc in losses...in wins, 46 percent FG and 38 percent 3FG.
• Jackson is leading the Big 12 shooting 92.9 percent from the free-throw line.
• Jackson averaged 27 points and was 12-for-20 from behind the arc last week in two losses...averaged 41.0 minutes in those two games.
• Weiler-Babb, who already has 50 more assists than he had all last season, has also scored 33 more points than he did all last season.
• 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.
• 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 five freshmen nationally averaging 10 points and shooting 65 percent from the field...he was the first Cyclone since Melvin Ejim to post a 20-15 game when he had 21 points-16 rebounds vs. UT.
• The Cyclones are 8-1 with Brase in the lineup and just 1-4 without him... Brase is just 100 points away from 1,000 in his collegiate career.
• Last season, ISU players missed five total games due to injury...the total this season is at 17 games missed...they've played just four games with a full compliment of players and enter the week having had just three practices with every player available.
• ISU's +2.5 rebound margin is its best as a team since the 2012-13 season...its 50 rebounds against Texas were its most against a conference opponent since having 52 against Colorado in 2010.
• 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-Kansas Series Notes
• Iowa State and Kansas are meeting for the 244th time in series history...it is the longest running series for ISU, dating back to 1908...KU holds a 179-64 edge in the all-time series, including 92-16 in Lawrence.
• ISU has four wins at Allen Fieldhouse since the Big 12 was formed...the rest of the league has seven combined and no other school has more than one...ISU won back-to-back games in Lawrence in 2000 and 2001.
• ISU has won five of the last eight meetings in the series after winning last season in Lawrence for the first time since 2005...in that game, ISU stormed back from a 14-point halftime deficit to defeat the Jayhawks, 92-89, in overtime behind a school-record 18 three-pointers...Deonte Burton (25), Monté Morris (25) and Naz Mitrou-Long (22) combined for 72 points...ISU returns just 14 of the 92 points scored that day, including 10 from Jackson, who hit a three late in overtime to put the Cyclones up four and clinch the victory.
• Steve Prohm is 2-2 coaching against Kansas and Bill Self.
• Iowa State is 369-556 against teams currently in the Big 12 Conference.

Last Time Out: Cyclones Fall In OT To Cowboys
• Iowa State dropped a second-straight overtime Saturday, falling 96-87 to Oklahoma State in Stillwater...the Cyclones held an eight-point lead with 3:32 left but were unable to fend off the late rally.
• ISU lost despite holding a 34-32 edge at the half, snapping a streak of 32 consecutive wins when holding a lead at the break.
• The Cyclones got a career-best 30 points from Jackson...Weiler-Babb and Young were also in double figures with 12 points each...Weiler-Babb narrowly missed a triple-double, finishing with 12 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds.
• ISU was 25-for-30 at the line...Jackson was 8-for-9 as he, Wigginton (5-5) and Weiler-Babb (4-4) combined to go 17-for-18 at the charity stripe in the losing effort.

Up Next: Baylor
• Iowa State returns home to host Baylor in a Saturday afternoon affair at Hilton Coliseum...it will be the 34th meeting between the schools, including the 16th at Hilton Coliseum...ISU owns a 13-2 series lead over the Bears in Ames.

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