No. 20 Iowa State vs. Iowa Gameday Primer

Who: Iowa State (7-1, 0-0 Big 12) at Iowa (6-2, 0-0 Big Ten)
Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) – Iowa City, Iowa
When: Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022 – 7:00 p.m.

The Lead: After handing St. John's its first loss of the season, the Iowa State men's basketball team will turn its attention toward in-state rival Iowa in the annual Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series on Thursday evening. Tipoff against the Hawkeyes is set for 7:00 p.m. and will be televised on FS1.

Storylines:

The Cyclones moved up in both the Associated Press and the USA Today Coaches Polls this week, going from 23rd up to 20th.
Entering Wednesday night's women's game, Iowa State owns an 11-2 lead in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series this year. The next win by an Iowa State team will clinch the trophy for the second-straight year.
Iowa State improved to 3-0 all-time in the Big 12/BIG EAST Battle on Sunday with a 71-60 victory over St. John's. The game was the final game of the challenge, with the two league splitting games 5-5. Overall, Iowa State is 9-7 in challenge games.
Tamin Lipsey is averaging 6.3 points, 3.8 assists, 2.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game in the first eight games. Lipsey and Kentucky's Cason Wallace are the only two true freshmen in the country averaging those numbers.

From the Notes:
Iowa State has won nine-straight games when leading at halftime.

Switching Sides:

Iowa has won four of the last six meetings against the Cyclones, including three straight inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Kris Murray amassed 31 points, 20 rebounds, four assists, four 3-pointers, and two blocks in Iowa's game against Georgia Tech. He is the first Hawkeye to amass 30 points and 20 rebounds in the same game since Bruce King in 1977. He is also the only NBA, WNBA, or Division I men's or women's player in the last 20 years to total 30+ points, 20+ rebounds, 4+ assists, 4+ 3-pointers, and 2+ blocks in the same game.
Fran McCaffery is in his 27th season as a head coach and is one victory from 500. He has amassed 248 wins at Iowa; 112 at Siena; 90 at UNC Greensboro; and 49 at Lehigh.
Iowa is tops in the country in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.93) and second in fewest turnovers per game (9.0), 12th in fewest fouls per game (13.2), 20th in turnover margin (+5.1), and 21st in assists per game (17.4), fastbreak points (16.6), and scoring offense (83.4).
Four Hawkeyes are shooting 50 percent or better from the field: Connor McCaffery (.565), Dasonte Bowen (.563), Filip Rebraca (.509), and Kris Murray (.500).

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