Iowa State Hosts No. 17 Oklahoma Saturday Afternoon

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AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (12-11, 3-8 Big 12) looks for its third home win against a ranked opponent this weekend when it hosts No. 17 Oklahoma (16-7, 6-5) Saturday afternoon at Hilton Coliseum.

Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,384)
When: Saturday, Feb. 10, 1 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Analyst)
TV: ESPN
Talent: Doug Sherman (PxP), Robbie Hummel (Analyst)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM/Internet: 145/202/962 (internet)
Live Stats: Cyclonestats.com

Game #24 - Oklahoma
• Iowa State plays the second of three consecutive ranked opponents Saturday when it hosts No. 17 Oklahoma at Hilton Coliseum...the Cyclones have won two of three home games against ranked foes this season and have won 21 of their last 28 games against ranked opponents at Hilton Coliseum.
• Overall, ISU is in a stretch of playing seven of nine games against teams ranked at tip-off with the two non-ranked foes being on the road.
#CycloneNotes
• Iowa State dropped its second straight game Wednesday when it fell at No. 7 Texas Tech as the Red Raiders avenged an 18-point loss at Hilton Coliseum.
• Under Steve Prohm, ISU has nine top-25 wins, tied for the fourth-most in school history...the next win for Prohm will be his 60th at ISU.
• Saturday's game will feature the two Big 12 players with the most games with at least 24 points...Donovan Jackson (8) and OU's Trae Young (18) lead the league in 24-point games...Jackson is second on the team averaging 15.4 points...Jackson is 48-of-52 from the free-throw line, topping the Big 12 at 92.3 percent...he's among the nation's top-25 this season in 3-pointers made (76) and with 120 made in his career he ranks 15th all-time at ISU.
• Lindell Wigginton, a two-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honoree, is second among Big 12 freshmen in scoring average (15.9), trailing only OU's Young...he has matched the ISU freshman record with eight 20-point games (Curtis Stinson, Marcus Fizer)...his 51 three-pointers made are second-most on ISU's freshman chart, just 11 behind Jake Sullivan's record.
• Redshirt freshman Cameron Lard has perhaps been ISU's most consistent player in Big 12 play...he is averaging 15.4 points, 9.0 rebounds and 2.9 blocks while scoring in double figures in 10 of 11 Big 12 games...he is averaging 15.0 points, 8.2 rebounds and 3.0 blocks in nine career starts...Lard had a career-high 22 points against Texas Tech, making 10-of-11 shots from the field in just 20 minutes...he is one of three freshman nationally and one of just 11 players overall averaging 12-7-2...Lard has posted six double-doubles, which ties Fizer for the third most by a freshman in school history...he has already set the ISU freshman record with 46 blocks...he is 11th nationally shooting 64.4 percent from the field, which would break David Harrison's Big 12 freshman record of 63.8 percent.
• ISU will be without Nick Weiler-Babb (left knee tendinitis), who is one of college basketball's most well-rounded players, for a fourth game...a stat-sheet stuffer, Weiler-Babb is the only player nationally averaging at least 11 points to go along with seven rebounds and seven assists...he has seven double-doubles this season...Weiler-Babb ranks 10th nationally averaging 7.0 assists per game and is fourth in the Big 12 with a 2.6 a/to ratio, posting six double-digit assist games...he was averaging a team-high 37.3 minutes per game.
• Zoran Talley Jr. is again expected to start in Weiler-Babb's place, making his fourth start as a Cyclone...Talley, who missed seven games earlier this season with a stress fracture in his foot, is averaging 8.0 points in the last seven games.
• In conference play, ISU, Duke and Kentucky are the only teams in the nation's top six leagues to have two rookies averaging 14 ppg.

Iowa State Quick Hitters
• Iowa State has sold out 35 of the last 47 games at Hilton Coliseum...ISU is 34-9 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 166, Baylor 136, Iowa State 135.
• 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 52 of their last 62 games at home, including 28 of 35 league games.
• The Cyclones are 42-17 under Prohm when committing fewer turnovers than their opponent.
• ISU is 49-5 when leading at the half under Prohm, including 35 of the last 37 games.
• ISU is 7-3 when outrebounding its opponents this season.
• ISU is 6-1 this season when it makes 10 or more 3-pointers.
• ISU is shooting just 40.1 percent from the field and 33.2 percent behind the arc in losses...in wins, 46.9 percent FG and 38.5 percent 3FG.
• Jackson is leading the Big 12 shooting 92.3 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 123 free throws this season, fourth-most all-time among ISU freshmen...Marcus Fizer set the ISU record with 164 trips to the charity stripe.
• Talley Jr. has averaged 27.0 minutes per game since having a DNP (Coaches Decision) against Baylor.
• Lard has six double-doubles...his per 40 minute average for blocks is 3.7...he has at least two blocks in nine of 11 Big 12 games.
• Lard is fourth in the league in rebounding in conference games, pulling down 9.0 boards per contest...he ranks in the nation's top-25 pulling down 3.4 offensive boards per game...Lard is one of five freshmen nationally with 260 points, 160 rebounds and 40 blocks.
• Last season, ISU scholarship players missed five total games due to injury...the total this season is at 22 games missed...they've played just 10 of 23 games this season with all 10 players available.
• 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.
• Wigginton and Jackson have combined to make 71.8 percent (127 of 177) of Iowa State's three-pointers this season...Jackson has made a 3-pointer in 11-straight games, the best streak of his career.
• In ISU's three Big 12 wins it is shooting 50 percent from field, 40.3 percent on threes and averaging 79.3 points...defensively opponents are shooting just 37.3 percent from field, 27.1 percent on threes and averaging 64.7 points in those games.
• Wigginton has made 8-of-16 threes the last four games...in the last three games at point guard, he's averaging 6.0 assists per game.

Iowa State-Oklahoma Series Notes
• Iowa State and Oklahoma are set to meet for the 203rd time...OU is the last Big 12 team the Cyclones have yet to face this season...OU owns a 115-87 lead in the all-time series, but ISU has a 51-37 edge in games played in Ames (22-17 at Hilton Coliseum.
• ISU has won six consecutive games in Ames, with OU's last win at Hilton Coliseum coming in 2011...overall, ISU has won five of the last seven meetings.
• Donovan Jackson has scored in double figures in both career meetings with the Sooners...he is averaging 10.0 points vs. OU.
• Steve Prohm is 3-2 all-time against Oklahoma and Lon Kruger.
• ISU is 372-561 against teams currently in the Big 12 Conference.

Last Time Out: ISU Falls To Texas Tech
• Iowa State hung with No. 7 Texas Tech for about 33 minutes, trailing by just four with seven minutes left, before the Red Raiders closed the game with a 19-5 run...Lard posted a career-high 22 points, while Wigginton was the only other Cyclone in double figures with 13 points.
• The Cyclones were just 4-14 from behind the arc, while shooting 38.6 percent from the floor...ISU outrebounded the Red Raiders, 38-32.
• ISU was just 10-17 at the line.

Up Next: Kansas
• Iowa State meets Kansas Tuesday for the 245th installment of the series...KU owns a 280-64 edge in the all-time series, but the lead is just 25-21 at Hilton Coliseum...ISU has won five of the last eight games against the Jayhawks.

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