Iowa State (4-0) at Minnesota (2-0) Media Relations
Nov. 21, 2006 • 7 p.m. • Williams Arena (14,625)
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Gameday Quick Facts
Iowa State (4-0) travels to Minnesota (2-0) in its first road game of the season...it will be
ISU’s first visit to Minnesota since a 76-73 win in Williams Arena on Jan. 4, 1992...
ISU has won eight consecutive games vs. non-conference opponents...
ISU head coach Greg McDermott has never faced Minnesota in his career and is 3-3 lifetime as a head coach vs. Big Ten opponents (Iowa, 3-2; Wisconsin, 0-1)...Jiri Hubalek will miss the Minnesota game serving his fifth of a six-game suspension for an NCAA rules violation...the Cyclones are still undefeated on the season after a 57-49 win against Norfolk State Sunday afternoon...McDermott is only the third coach in school history to win his first four games (Wayne Morgan- 7; Louis Menze- 4).
Cyclone-Gopher Quick Facts
Minnesota leads the all-time series vs. Iowa State at 17-10...the Cyclones have won three-straight in the series, including the last game played in Williams Arena, a 76-73 win on Jan. 4, 1992...Justus Thigpen putback his own missed shot in the final seconds to secure the victory after the Cyclones were awarded the ball underneath their own basket when a Gopher inbound pass hit the Williams Arena scoreboard...the two teams met last in the 2005 NCAA Tournament...
ISU downed UM, 64-53 in Charlotte, N.C., in first round NCAA Tournament action...
ISU junior Rahshon Clark is the only player on the current Cyclone roster who played in that game...as a true freshman, Clark was outstanding vs. the Gophers, tallying 14 points (5-8 FG, 1-2 3FG, 3-4 FT), five boards and four steals to help
ISU register its first NCAA Tournament win since 2000...Minnesota freshman guard Lawrence Westbrook originally signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Iowa State...when former
ISU head coach Wayne Morgan was relieved of his duties in March of 2006, Westbrook was released from his letter of intent and signed with the Gophers...UM junior guard Lawrence McKenzie is in his first season competing with the Gophers, sitting out last season after transferring from Oklahoma...McKenzie played against Iowa State twice while at Oklahoma, scoring 16 and 15 points, respectively...McKenzie is a combined 8-of-16 from 3-point range in his two games vs.
ISU...
ISU freshman Cory Johnson is from Duluth, Minn...Johnson was a first-team all-state selection last year alongside Minnesota freshman Bryce Webster...Johnson and Webster were teammates and roommates while playing on the same AAU teams...
ISU graduate manager Erik Crawford is from the Minneapolis area...Crawford, who was an all-MVC performer at Northern Iowa, was a key member of Tartan High School’s 2000 Minnesota State Championship squad...
ISU men’s basketball athletic trainer Vic Miller received his master’s degree from Minnesota in 1995...he worked with the Gopher wrestling squad during his tenure in Minneapolis.
Cyclone Update
Iowa State is fresh off a 57-49 win over Norfolk State Sunday afternoon to remain perfect on the season at 4-0...the Cyclones could never really pull away from the Spartans, committing 19 turnovers, including 11 in the first half...
ISU also struggled from the field, shooting a season-low 37.7 percent...it marked the first time this season where
ISU did not shoot better than its opponent...the Cyclones received another strong effort from true freshman Wesley Johnson, who posted his second double-double of the young season with a career-high 15 points and 10 boards...Johnson also swatted away a career-high three shots, increasing his team-leading block total to seven...he has recorded a block in all four games this season...Corey McIntosh tallied eight points and handed out a career-high five dimes without a turnover in the win...Mike Taylor was held in check for the first time this season, scoring a season-low eight points...it was the first time this year where Taylor did not lead
ISU in scoring...however, Taylor had five assists and a career-high four steals...the Cyclones continued to play good enough defense to compensate for their shooting woes...
ISU forced 21 turnovers and held NSU to under 40 percent shooting (39.1 percent)...only one team this season has shot above 40 percent against
ISU (Eastern Illinois).
Minnesota (2-0)
Minnesota boasts a 2-0 record after a pair of wins at home against North Dakota State (63-49) and Long Island (70-54)...the Gophers have received an immediate boost from Lawrence McKenzie, who transferred to UM from Oklahoma...McKenzie, a 6-2, 175-pound junior guard from Minneapolis, leads UM in scoring (22.0 ppg), reaching the 20-point mark in both games...he posted a double-double vs. North Dakota State (20 points, 10 rebounds) and tallied 24 against Long Island, drilling 5-of-8 shots from downtown...on the season, McKenzie is shooting 57.1 percent (8-14 3FG) from 3-point range...junior forward Dan Coleman is averaging 18.0 ppg and 5.5 rpg...Coleman had 23 points against Long Island...center Spencer Tollackson is the team’s top rebounder, averaging 7.0 rpg...he grabbed 10 boards and recorded four blocks in the win over Long Island...in its two games, UM is holding its opponents to just 29.8 percent shooting, including a 18.6 percent from 3-point range...the Gophers have already blocked 21 shots (10.5 bpg) this season...Gopher head coach Don Monson is 0-1 lifetime vs. Iowa State, falling to the Cyclones, 63-54 in the first round of the 2005 NCAA Tournament (Charlotte, N.C.)...Monson is 3-10 lifetime as a head coach vs. Big 12 teams (
ISU, 0-1; NU, 3-3;
KU, 0-1; OU, 0-1; TT, 0-4).
Iowa State (4-0) at Minnesota (2-0) 
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