Iowa State Travels To No. 21 West Virginia

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AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (13-14, 4-11 Big 12) faces a Saturday evening test at No. 21 West Virginia (20-8, 9-6).

Where: Morgantown, W.Va. - WVU Coliseum (14,000)
When: Saturday, Feb. 24, 5 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Analyst)
TV: ESPNU
Talent: Mark Neely (PxP), Robbie Hummel (Analyst)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM/Internet: 83/83/83 (internet)
Live Stats: Cyclonestats.com

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Game #28 - West Virginia
• Iowa State returns to the court Saturday at No. 21 West Virginia in its second to last road game of the regular season...the Cyclones are looking to win in Morgantown for the first time since 2015.
• ISU will be without Donovan Jackson (funeral), Nick Weiler-Babb (knee) and Solomon Young (knee)...reserve Hans Brase (knee) remains questionable heading into the game...if Brase is unavailable, Steve Prohm will have six players at his disposal.
#CycloneNotes
• The shorthanded Cyclones fell to TCU, 89-83, Wednesday night in Ames despite 27 points from Donovan Jackson, just days after the death of his father Donald.
• Without Jackson, Weiler-Babb and Young in the lineup, ISU is missing 42.7 percent of its scoring, 35.8 percent of its rebounding and an average of 32.1 minutes per game per player...the three were the only returning regular contributors from last season's Sweet 16 squad.
• 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 16.6 points and Lard 15.7 points against Big 12 foes, ranking them both among the top-eight in scoring in conference games only...with 761 total 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 (15.9), 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 58 three-pointers made are second-most on ISU's freshman chart, just three behind Jake Sullivan's record...he needs to average 17 points over the final three 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 last week's USBWA National Freshman of the Week, has perhaps been ISU's most consistent player in Big 12 play...he is averaging 15.7 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks in Big 12 games, while scoring in double figures in 14 of 15...Lard has posted double-doubles eight times overall, which is the third most by a freshman in school history...in the last five games, he's leading the Cyclones with 17.8 points and 9.8 rebounds...he is one of three freshman nationally and one of just seven players overall averaging 13-8-2...he has already set the ISU freshman record with 52 blocks...he is 11th nationally shooting 63 percent from the field, which would be second all-time by a freshman in the Big 12.
• Zoran Talley Jr. has been in the Cyclone starting lineup the previous seven games and is averaging 9.9 points...his first start as a Cyclone came in a 93-77 win against WVU at Hilton Coliseum...in that game he had seven points, five assists and four boards...he has scored in double figures in four of his starts, including 15 points against Kansas...Talley Jr. has made 4-of-9 threes as a starter...he missed seven games in the middle of the season with a stress fracture in his foot.
• ISU has had a rash of injuries this season, with five of 10 eligible players missing a total of 30 games entering Saturday's tilt...ISU has played just 10 of 27 games with all players available.

Iowa State Quick Hitters
• Iowa State has sold out 37 of the last 50 games at Hilton Coliseum...ISU is 35-11 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 169, Baylor 139, 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 65 games at home, including 29 of 38 league games.
• The Cyclones are 43-18 under Prohm when committing fewer turnovers than their opponent.
• ISU is 50-6 when leading at the half under Prohm, including wins in 36 of the last 39 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 41.5 percent from the field and 32.8 percent behind the arc in losses...in wins, 46.9 percent FG and 38.7 percent 3FG.
• Jackson is leading the Big 12 shooting 90.5 percent from the free-throw line...the last Cyclone to shoot 90 percent from the line was Scott Christopherson in 2012.
• Wigginton has attempted 140 free throws this season, fourth-most all-time among ISU freshmen...with six more attempts he'll pass Dean Uthoff on the list...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 3.2...he has at least two blocks in 11 of 15 Big 12 games.
• Lard is second in the league in rebounding in conference games, pulling down 9.5 boards per contest...he ranks in the nation's top-20 pulling down 3.5 offensive boards per game...he is 14th nationally in offensive rebounding percentage (15.0).
• Last season, ISU scholarship players missed five total games due to injury...the total this season is at 30 games missed.
• Wigginton and Jackson have combined to make 71.4 percent (145 of 203) of Iowa State's three-pointers this season...Jackson has made a 3-pointer in 15-straight games, the best streak of his career, and Wigginton has made one in 13 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 is third in points scored by ISU freshmen...he needs19 points to pass Marcus Fizer for second...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.
• In its Big 12 wins, ISU is averaging just 9.5 turnovers.

Iowa State-West Virginia Series Notes
• Iowa State and West Virginia will meet for the 13th time, with each meeting coming since the Mountaineers joined the Big 12 in 2012-13...the Cyclones own a 7-5 edge in the all-time series...ISU has won the last two meetings in the series, including an 80-74 win in the championship game of the Big 12 Tournament last season...WVU leads 3-2 in games played in Morgantown.
• In the season's first meeting, ISU upset the then-No. 15 Mountaineers, 93-77, at Hilton Coliseum...it matched the third-largest margin of victory for a Cyclone team against a top-15 team...in that game, Jackson had 25 points and Wigginton added 22 points, while Lard (18 pts-13 rbs) and Young (14 pts-10 rbs) chipped in with double-doubles...the Cyclones had just eight turnovers and dished out 20 assists.
• ISU shot 62.1 percent from the floor and made 10-of-18 three-pointers in the initial meeting.
• Steve Prohm is 2-4 all-time against Bob Huggins and West Virginia.
• ISU is 373-564 against teams currently in the Big 12 Conference.

Last Time Out: Second-Half Run Lifts TCU Past Cyclones
• Iowa State held a 47-41 lead against TCU at the half but the Horned Frogs shot 66.7 percent...the Cyclones, playing with just seven players, got 27 points from Jackson to lead four players in double figures...Lard and Wigginton scored 14 points, while Talley Jr. chipped in 12 points...the Cyclones had just nine turnovers.

Up Next: Oklahoma State
• Iowa State celebrates Senior Night next Tuesday when the Cyclones play host to Oklahoma State...ISU will recognize the careers of Donovan Jackson, Jeff Beverly and Hans Brase...the meeting will be the 128th between the schools, with OSU leading 64-63...the Cyclones lead 39-14 in games played in Ames, including wins in the last six games at Hilton Coliseum...in the first meeting this season in Stillwater, Oklahoma State rallied late to force overtime and defeat the Cyclones, 96-87.

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