ISU Faces K-State In Search Of Third-Straight Win In Manhattan

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AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (13-12, 4-9 Big 12) heads to Manhattan, Kansas to face Kansas State (18-8, 7-6) in search of its third-straight win at Bramlage Coliseum.

Where: Manhattan, Kan. - Bramlage Coliseum (12,528)
When: Saturday, Feb. 17, 12 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Analyst)
TV: ESPNU
Talent: Doug Sherman (PxP), Bryndon Manzer (Analyst)
Webcast: WatchESPN
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Live Stats: Cyclonestats.com

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Game #26 - Kansas State
• Iowa State continues its search for its first road win of the season Saturday when it travels to Kansas State...the Cyclones are 0-7 in true road games this season.
• Iowa State is coming off a stretch in which it played seven of nine games against teams ranked in the top-25 at tipoff.
#CycloneNotes
• Iowa State fell to No. 13 Kansas Tuesday evening at Hilton Coliseum, snapping a four-game win streak against Big 12 foes at home.
• Iowa State boasts one of the top freshman duos in the nation in Lindell Wigginton and Cameron Lard...the pair makes ISU one of just two teams nationally, the other being Duke, to have two freshmen averaging at least 15 points per game in conference action...Wigginton is averaging 17.2 points and Lard 15.9 points against Big 12 foes, ranking them both among the top-10 in scoring in conference games only...with 707 points combined, they are already the third-highest scoring freshman duo in school history.
• Wigginton, a two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honoree, is second among Big 12 freshmen in scoring average (16.2), just off the pace to set the ISU freshman scoring average record held by Curtis Stinson (16.2)...his nine 20-point games is an ISU rookie record and his 55 three-pointers made are second-most on ISU's freshman chart, just seven behind Jake Sullivan's record...he needs to average 15.2 points over the final five conference games to become the first Cyclone rookie and only the eighth Big 12 rookie to score 300 points in league games.
• Lard, a redshirt freshman and this week's USBWA National Freshman of the Week, has perhaps been ISU's most consistent player in Big 12 play...he is averaging 15.9 points, 9.8 rebounds and 2.8 blocks in Big 12 games, while scoring in double figures in 12 of 13...Lard has posted back-to-back double-doubles after having 19 points and 11 boards against Kansas...in his last three games, he is averaging 20.0 points and 11.0 rebounds while making 73 percent of his shots (24-for-33)...he is one of three freshman nationally and one of just six players overall averaging 13-8-2...Lard has posted eight double-doubles, which is the third most by a freshman in school history...he has already set the ISU freshman record with 50 blocks...he is 11th nationally shooting 64.3 percent from the field, which would break David Harrison's Big 12 freshman record of 63.8 percent.
• Donovan Jackson is second on the team averaging 15.0 points...he is 54-of-59 from the free-throw line, topping the Big 12 at 91.5 percent...he's the 11th Cyclone in school history to connect on 80 threes in a season and with 124 made in his career he ranks 14th all-time at ISU...he'll move into a 13th place tie with Justus Thigpen with his next make from long distance.
• Solomon Young has been in double figures in back-to-back games after scoring 12 points against Kansas...he is averaging 9.7 points and 6.7 rebounds while shooting 60 percent from the field the last six games...Young has averaged 17 points in his last two games against Kansas State.
• ISU's Nick Weiler-Babb (left knee tendinitis) returned to the lineup Tuesday night and came off the bench to post 14 points, eight rebounds and five assists in 22 minutes, which was his first action since Jan. 27...a stat-sheet stuffer, Weiler-Babb has seven double-doubles this season...Weiler-Babb ranks 10th nationally averaging 6.9 assists per game and leads the Big 12 with a 2.7 a/to ratio, posting six double-digit assist games.

Iowa State Quick Hitters
• Iowa State has sold out 37 of the last 49 games at Hilton Coliseum...ISU is 35-10 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 167, Baylor 138, Iowa State 136.
• Entering the season, Iowa State was 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 53 of their last 64 games at home, including 29 of 37 league games.
• The Cyclones are 43-17 under Prohm when committing fewer turnovers than their opponent.
• ISU is 50-5 when leading at the half under Prohm, including wins in 36 of the last 38 occurences.
• ISU is 7-4 when outrebounding its opponents this season.
• ISU is 6-1 this season when it makes 10 or more 3-pointers.
• ISU is shooting just 40.8 percent from the field and 32.1 percent behind the arc in losses...in wins, 46.9 percent FG and 38.7 percent 3FG.
• Jackson is leading the Big 12 shooting 91.5 percent from the free-throw line...the last Cyclone to shoot 90 percent from the line was Scott Christopherson in 2012.
• Weiler-Babb's next 10-assist game will match Monte Morris' season record of seven games.
• Wigginton has attempted 136 free throws this season, fourth-most all-time among ISU freshmen...Marcus Fizer set the ISU record with 164 trips to the charity stripe.
• Lard has eight double-doubles...his per 40 minute average for blocks is 3.5...he has at least two blocks in 11 of 13 Big 12 games.
• Lard is second in the league in rebounding in conference games, pulling down 9.8 boards per contest...he ranks in the nation's top-25 pulling down 3.6 offensive boards per game...he is eighth nationally in offensive rebounding percentage (15.6).
• Last season, ISU scholarship players missed five total games due to injury...the total this season is at 25 games missed...they've played just 10 of 25 games this season with all 10 players available.
• Wigginton and Jackson have combined to make 72.2 percent (135 of 187) of Iowa State's three-pointers this season...Jackson has made a 3-pointer in 13-straight games, the best streak of his career, and Wigginton has made one in 11 consecutive games.
• In ISU's four Big 12 wins it is shooting 49 percent from field, 40.5 percent on threes and averaging 81.5 points...defensively opponents are shooting just 38.7 percent from field, 25.8 percent on threes and averaging 68.5 points in those games.
• Wigginton needs seven points to pass Fred Hoiberg (410) and move into the ISU freshman top five for scoring...he is the seventh Cyclone freshman to score 400 points.
• ISU is one of four schools nationally with two freshman averaging at least 13 points per game for the season.
• Zoran Talley Jr. is averaging 10.8 points the last five games.
• Weiler-Babb's next assist will be the 200th of his Cyclone career.
• Iowa State is among the nation's top-60 in turnovers per game (11.8)...in its Big 12 wins, ISU is averaging just 9.5 turnovers.

Iowa State-Kansas State Series Notes
• Iowa State and Kansas State are meeting for the 226th time in series history with the Wildcats holding a 138-87 edge in the all-time series...K-State leads 80-24 in Manhattan, but the Cyclones have won two straight at Bramlage Coliseum...overall, ISU has won four of the last five games and six of the last eight.
• The teams met in the Big 12 opener on Dec. 29 with K-State dominating en route to a 91-75 win at Hilton Coliseum...the Wildcats held a 53-50 edge at the break and never looked back as Dean Wade (34), Kamau Stokes (23) and Barry Brown (21) combined for 78 points...the Cyclones got 23 points from Wigginton and 16 from Young in the loss...KSU shot 55.2 percent from the floor.
• Young averages 11.3 points and 5.7 rebounds in three career meetings with the Wildcats.
• Steve Prohm is 4-1 against Kansas State and Bruce Weber.
• ISU is 373-562 against teams currently in the Big 12 Conference.

Last Time Out: Cyclones Drop Season Series To Jayhawks
• Iowa State fell, 83-77, to Kansas Tuesday night to drop the season series...the Cyclones had five players in double figures, but KU shot 61.5 percent in the second half to pull away in the win...Lard led the Cyclones with 19 points and 11 boards for his eighth double-double of the season...Talley Jr. scored his most points as a Cyclone, finishing with 15...Weiler-Babb returned to the lineup, scoring 14 points, eight rebounds and five assists in 22 minutes off the bench.

Up Next: TCU
• Iowa State returns home to face TCU as it hopes to avenge an earlier loss to the Horned Frogs...the Cyclones lost to TCU, 96-73, on Jan. 17 in Fort Worth...ISU owns an 11-7 lead in the all-time series as the teams will meet for the 19th time...the Cyclones are 6-1 at home against TCU and have not lost to it in Ames since the Horned Frogs joined the Big 12 in 2012-13.

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