PREVIEW: No. 14 Tech, ISU to meet in Big 12 quarterfinals

LUBBOCK, Texas – No. 14 Texas Tech opens the 2022 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship against Iowa State at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday in a quarterfinal matchup at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Red Raiders (23-8, 12-6 Big 12) are making their 25th Big 12 Championship appearance in program history and are 14-24 all-time in the tournament. Tech is coming off a 52-51 loss at Oklahoma State last Saturday in the regular-season finale and will look to avoid back-to-back losses for the first time this season. The Cyclones (20-11, 7-11 Big 12) had won four in a row before final-week losses to OSU and No. 3 Baylor last week. TTU and ISU split their regular-season matchups with the home team winning each game.

Tech has never won the Big 12 Championship but has made the finals of the Big 12 Championship one time and the semifinals five times. TTU has lost its opening round game the past two tournaments, including a 67-66 loss in the quarterfinals to Texas last season. The Longhorns are the No. 4 seed this season and reigning tournament champion. A win over ISU would set up a semifinal matchup against the winner of the Baylor-Oklahoma quarterfinal matchup.

QUICK FACTS
Matchup: No. 14 Texas Tech (23-8, 12-6) vs. Iowa State (20-11, 7-11)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Venue: T-Mobile Arena
Tip: 8:30 p.m., Thursday
TV: ESPN2
TV Talent: Jon Sciambi (play-by-play), Fran Fraschilla (analyst), Kris Budden (reporter)
Radio (Texas Tech Sports Network): 97.3 Double T FM
Radio Talent: Geoff Haxton (play-by-play), Chris Level (analyst)
SIRIUS/XM Radio Channels: Ch. 199
Series History: ISU leads 21-20; At Big 12 Championship: Even at 1-1

2022 PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
T-Mobile Center - Kansas City
Wednesday, March 9
G1: No. 8 K-State vs. No. 9 West Virginia | 6 p.m.
Thursday, March 10
G2: No. 4 Texas vs. No. 5 TCU | 11:30 a.m.
G3: No. 1 Kansas vs. Game 1 Winner | 2 p.m.
G4: No. 2 Baylor vs. No. 7 Oklahoma | 6 p.m.
G5: No. 3 Texas Tech vs. No. 6 Iowa State | 8:30 p.m.
Friday, March 11
G6: Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner | 6 p.m.
G7: Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner | 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 12
Game 6 Winner vs. Game 7 Winner | 5 p.m.

2021-22 AWARDS / WATCH LISTS
Mark Adams: Associated Press Big 12 Coach of the Year; Werner Ladder Naismith Coach of the Year Late Season Watch List
Bryson Williams: All-Big 12 1st Team; Big 12 All-Newcomer Team; Associated Press All-Big 12 1st Team; Big 12 Newcomer of Week (1/31, 2/21)
Kevin McCullar: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention; Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist; Academic All-Big 12 (1st Team)
Kevin Obanor: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention; Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (1/24)
Adonis Arms: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
Terrence Shannon: Academic All-Big 12 (1st Team)
Marcus Santos-Silva: All-Big 12 Honorable Mention; Academic All-Big 12 (2nd Team)
Clarence Nadolny: Academic All-Big 12 (2nd Team)

Along with the polls, Tech is at No. 12 in the NCAA NET Rankings and No. 11 on Kenpom.com. The Red Raiders are coming off a 52-51 loss at Oklahoma State in their regular season finale despite holding the Cowboys to 32.8 percent shooting from the field and 5-for-23 on 3-pointers. The defensive effort didn't result in a win, but it did move Tech back to No. 1 in the Kenpom.com adjusted defensive efficiency ratings. The Red Raiders are ninth nationally by limiting teams to only 38.5 percent shooting and are 13th with teams being limited to an average of 60.7 points through 31 games. Gonzaga (24-3) remains at No. 1 nationally followed by No. 2 Arizona (28-3), No. 3 Baylor (26-5), No. 4 Auburn (27-4) and No. 5 Kentucky (25-6). The Big 12 is also represented by No. 6 Kansas (25-6) and No. 22 Texas (21-10). The Red Raiders are 6-3 against teams that are currently in the top 25 this season, including sweeping Baylor and Texas this season. Tech has entered the top-10 of the rankings in four of the past five seasons and has accomplished it this year by working their way up from beginning as an unranked team. Tech was not ranked for the first five weeks of the season before entering at No. 25 on December 13 following a win over Tennessee in the Jimmy V Classic. TTU spent four straight weeks at No. 25 before moving to No. 19, No. 18, No. 13, No. 14 and No. 9 in the national poll. A loss at OU bumped the Red Raiders back to No. 11 before wins over TCU, Baylor and Texas slid them back into the top-10. TTU was at No. 12 last week after a loss at TCU and moves to No. 14 this week after splitting in the final two games of the regular season.
Tech's highest AP ranking in program history came at No. 6 in February of 2018 (16th Week Poll) and the program spent one week at No. 7 last season before dipping back. The 2018-19 team was No. 8 in the final week of the regular season and No. 7 throughout the postseason that led to the 2019 National Championship Final.

Mark Adams has matched Bob Knight for the best record through 31 games for a first-year Tech head coach with both starting with a 23-8 record. Knight finished with a 23-9 in his first season (2001-02) for the best record by a coach leading the program in his first season. Adams and the Red Raiders have already surpassed their win total from the past two seasons after going 18-11 (2020-21) and 18-13 (2019-20). The program record for wins came in the historic 2018-19 season where the team went 31-7 and advanced to the NCAA Championship Final. The win over Baylor at home gave the program its 16th season with 20 or more wins.

RED RAIDER ROSTER REPORT
The Tech roster of 14 is made up of five returners, six NCAA Division I transfers, one junior college transfer, a walk-on who joined at midterm and one high school signee. An experienced team, the Red Raiders have four super seniors in Davion Warren, Bryson Williams, Marcus Santos-Silva and Adonis Arms and five players who are currently in graduate school in Kevin Obanor, Warren, Williams, Santos-Silva and Arms. The program has five players who have played over 100 games in their career in Obanor (117), Warren (150), Williams (152), Santos-Silva (157) and Arms (134).

Williams leads Tech with 14.1 points per game this season (16.1 in Big 12 play) and was named to the All-Big 12 First Team and Big 12 All-Newcomer Team. He is coming off scoring 13 points at Oklahoma State after going for 19 points the win over K-State. A fifth-year senior who has started all 31 games in his first season at Tech, Williams has now scored 2,062 points in his career with 435 coming this year in a Red Raider uniform. He had 10 points in the first meeting against Iowa State in Ames and then scored 16 in the home win over the Cyclones in the previous two games. Williams had a season-high 33 points in the double-overtime loss at Kansas where he was 14-for-19 from the field and 4 of 4 on 3-pointers and dropped 17 points in the most recent wins over Texas and Baylor. He leads Tech by shooting 42.7 percent on 3-pointers (32-for-75), including going 22-for-52 (42.3 percent) in Big 12 games. Williams began his career with two seasons at Fresno State in his hometown before playing the past two at UTEP. He has played in 152 games in his career and has made 818 shots and come down with 878 career rebounds.

Obanor led Tech at Oklahoma State by recording a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds in the regular-season finale. It was his second double-double of the season and 32nd of his career. He has started all 31 games this season and is averaging 9.8 points and leads the team with 154 rebounds (5.0 per). He also led Tech with 23 points and 13 rebounds in the home win over Baylor to record his first double-double of the season on Feb. 16. A senior from Houston, Obanor is in his first season at Tech after playing three years at Oral Roberts where he was a two-time All-Summit League selection and was named to the NABC All-District team. He averaged 18.7 points and 9.6 points last season as a junior and recorded three double-doubles in the 2021 NCAA Tournament. Obanor has recorded 14 double-figure scoring performances this season with his 23 against the Bears and 20 against Lamar being his season-highs. Obanor had 10 rebounds and three points at Iowa State in the Big 12 opener on Jan. 5 and then went for 15 points and eight rebounds in the home win over the Cyclones. He leads Tech with 41 made 3-pointers this season after going 3-for-5 at Oklahoma State and now has seven games with three or more and a season-best five 3-pointers in the home win over Texas. Against BU in the double-double, Obanor was 4-for-7 on 3-pointers and is now 163-for-411 (39.7 percent) on 3-pointers through 117 career games. He comes into the postseason with 1,609 points and 838 career rebounds.

Warren scored a season-high 23 points in the win over K-State in the home finale last Monday and then turned 23-years-old on Tuesday. He would finish the season with six points and four rebounds at Oklahoma State. His 23 points against the Wildcats came with him going 9-for-11 from the field with two 3-pointers. He also led Tech in scoring after going for 16 points in the win over Oklahoma on Feb. 22 where he was 7-for-9 from the field. He also led Tech with four steals against K-State and now has a team-high 43 steals this season. A starter in all 31 games this season, Warren is averaging 10.1 points per game has scored in double figures in 17 games. He scored a previous season-high 19 points in the second game of the season against Grambling and finished Big 12 play averaging 9.6 points per game. A fifth-year season from Buffalo, Warren is in his first year at Tech after playing two seasons at Olney Central College and the past two at Hampton. He was the nation's 13th best scorer last season after averaging 21.2 points per game at Hampton. Warren is currently at 1,909 career points when combining junior college, Hampton and 314 points through 31 starts as a Red Raider this season. He comes into the Big 12 tournament third on Tech's roster with 51 assists, including a season-high five assists at Kansas and in the opener against North Florida. Warren is currently 112-for-240 from the field this season with 25 3-pointers.

Arms earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection in his first season with the Red Raiders where he is averaging 8.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game. His 79 assists leads the team. Arms matched his Big 12-high by scoring 15 points at TCU and is coming off going scoring seven points and contributing six rebounds and three assists in the regular-season finale at OSU. A fifth-year senior in his first and final season at Tech, Arms also scored 15 points and had seven rebounds in the home win over Baylor three weeks ago. Arms 14 double-figure scoring performances and has now scored 1,630 points in a career that includes two seasons at Mesa Community College (Arizona), one at Northwest Nazarene (Idaho) and last season at Winthrop. Arms is a Milwaukee native who moved to Arizona as a 12-year-old and has made his way up from junior college, NCAA DII to the Big 12. He had a season-high 16 points in the win over Mississippi State by going 3-for-5 on 3-pointers in the Big 12/SEC Challenge and has 10 games with three or more assists – including a season-high seven assists against MSU in that same 16-point performance. Arms has started the last 11 games and in 19 of 31 this season.

Santos-Silva earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection and comes into the postseason with a team-high 157 games of experience. He also led Tech with six rebounds and scored nine points in the win over OU three games ago. Santos-Silva led Tech with nine rebounds and added 10 points in the 2021 Big 12 Championship quarterfinal loss to Texas last season. This season, he provided eight rebounds and six points at Texas in the win over the Longhorns and is now averaging 4.7 points and 4.1 rebounds per game and leads the Red Raiders with 20 blocked shots. He recorded his first double-double of the season and 13th of his career by going for 10 points and 10 rebounds in the first win over Oklahoma State on Jan. 13 in Lubbock. A super senior from Taunton, Massachusetts who played three seasons at VCU, he has produced 1,215 points, 144 blocks and 934 rebounds through his team-high 157 games in his collegiate career. Santos-Silva had a season-high of 12 rebounds coming in the win over Lamar and 13 points in the opener against North Florida. Santos-Silva has 27 games in his career with double-digit rebounds after his 10 against OSU and has 11 games with four or more rebounds this season. He currently has 371 offensive rebounds in his career. Santos-Silva started all 29 games for Tech last season and had played a reserve role in all 29 this season before making his first start on senior night against K-State. He has 13 double-doubles in his career, including going for 26 points and 22 rebounds in a win over Rhode Island while playing at VCU. He is currently 61-for-108 (58.7 percent) from the field this season and 499-for-882 (56.6 percent). Santos-Silva, who has a bachelor's degree in Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness from VCU, was named to the 2022 Academic All-Big 12 Second Team as a graduate student at Tech. He was also an Atlantic 10 All-Academic selection before transferring.

Shannon contributed six points, four rebounds and a team-high four assists in the loss at Oklahoma State in the regular season finale and is now averaging 10.4 points and 2.1 assists per game. A junior from Chicago, Shannon is in his third season playing at Tech and has scored 851 points through 77 games in his career. Shannon explored the NBA Draft process last summer before electing to return to Lubbock for his junior season. He has nine games in double figure scoring through 20 games played this season, including a season-high 23 points in the home win over West Virginia where he hit three 3-pointers and was 6-for-7 at the free-throw line. Shannon scored 20 points in the home win over TCU in the first matchup between the two teams this season by going 7-for-9 from the field with two 3-pointers. For his career, Shannon has made 283 shots including 63 3-pointers after going 2-for-5 from beyond the arc in Stillwater. He was named to the All-Big 12 Third Team last season as a sophomore and was an All-Big 12 Preseason selection. Shannon has one double-double this season with 18 points and 11 rebounds in the win over Tennessee in the Jimmy V Classic after recording his first double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds last season at LSU in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Shannon was named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team. He led the Red Raiders with 18 points in the 2021 Big 12 Championship quarterfinal loss to Texas last season.

McCullar was unable to play in last week's games against Kansas State and at Oklahoma State due to injury. An All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection, he will be a game-time decision on Thursday against Iowa State. Last season, he set a new Tech record with six steals in the Big 12 Championship quarterfinal loss to Texas where he also went for 11 points and four rebounds. McCullar was limited to four points and two rebounds against TCU in 21 minutes as he continues to work his way back from an ankle injury for the past three weeks. He had seven points, six rebounds, three assists and three steals in the home win over Iowa State after not playing in Ames due to injury. McCullar has now scored 612 points and has 334 rebounds through 72 games in his career. A junior from San Antonio who was a 2021 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention selection and is a Naismith Defensive Player of the Year Semifinalist (1 of 10), he's led Tech in scoring six times this season and 11 times in his career after his 13th double-figure scoring performance of the season. He had three straight games in double figures after leading Tech with 19 points in the 13-point win over Texas and then going for 10 points and nine rebounds in the road win at West Virginia. Against the Longhorns in Lubbock, McCullar had a career-high 12 made free throws in a 12 of 15 display from the stripe. He leads the Red Raiders with 72 assists, including having three or more assists in 14 of 23 games played this season. McCullar scored a career-high 24 points in the non-conference portion of the season against Grambling and also went for 21 points against Arkansas State. He is currently averaging 10.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.4 steals per game in his third season playing for the program. McCullar is the only current player who was on the 2019 NCAA Final Four team where he was a redshirt freshman who had enrolled at midterm after graduating high school early. Along with his 612 points, McCullar has 334 rebounds, 134 assists, 102 steals and three double-doubles through 72 games played.

Tech's bench is strong with talent in Mylik Wilson, Daniel Batcho, Clarence Nadolny, Chibuzo Agbo and KJ Allen who are poised to make impacts whenever they get on the court. Nadolny scored 14 points off the bench in the win at Texas in 20 minutes of play two weeks ago and is coming off a game at OSU where he was held scoreless in 13 minutes. Nadolny is averaging 3.9 points, 1.0 assists and 1.0 steals per game. Nadolny had made three straight starts to open Big 12 before playing the past 14 back as a reserve and finished Big 12 play with 4.6 points and was second on the team with 20 steals in conference play. He had a team-leading three steals against BU and two at Texas. He scored in double figures for the second time in his career against Baylor in Waco where he went for 11 points on 5-for-6 shooting. A junior from France, Nadolny is in his third season at Tech and has played in 76 games – getting his first start of his career in the conference opener at Iowa State. He scored a career-high 17 points in the win over No. 6 Kansas in Lawrence by going 6 of 13 from the field in 34 minutes of play. He had a career-high four steals in the loss at Iowa State where he also had nine points. Nadolny missed the first three games of the season due to off-season hip surgery but has played in all 28 since.

Wilson matched a season-high with three blocked shots against K-State in the home finale, including rejecting a 3-point attempt by Nijel Pack with 13 seconds remaining to try and tie the game. A transfer from Louisiana, he currently has 215 assists, 748 points and 361 rebounds through 81 games played in his collegiate career. He scored a season-high 12 points against Mississippi State where he was 6 of 6 from the free-throw line. Wilson, who had a season-high four steals against UT in Lubbock and had five rebounds against the Longhorns in Austin, missed five games after minor knee surgery but has now played 18 in a row – returning to lead Tech with five assists in the win over Kansas on January 8 in his first game back. He is at 3.0 points and 2.0 rebounds in 26 games played. Wilson started five of the first six games of the season and had a season-high seven assists in the opener against North Florida. Wilson scored a career-high 30 points two seasons ago while at Louisiana in a game at Appalachian State on January 6, 2020.

Batcho is a freshman from Paris France who transferred from Arizona where he redshirted last season before deciding to transfer while Agbo is a sophomore who has played in 42 games as a Red Raider. Batcho had not played in the past three games before returning to play seven minutes at Oklahoma State in the finale. He recorded a career-high four blocks at WVU where he also had six points and three rebounds in 13 minutes of play and secured a career-high 11 rebounds in the win over Tennessee where he also scored four points and had two blocked shots. Batcho had 10 rebounds and scored six points in the win over Omaha after producing eight rebounds and eight points against Incarnate Word in his breakout game at Tech. The tallest Red Raider at 6-foot-11, Batcho is averaging 3.0 rebounds and 2.6 points per game. Agbo scored a career-high seven points against Omaha this season and had six points in the 2021 NCAA Tournament against Arkansas where he hit two second-half 3-pointers in the second-round matchup. Agbo scored two points and had two rebounds at OSU to close out the regular season. Allen is in his first season at Tech after transferring from East Los Angeles College where he averaged 18.5 points and 9.3 rebounds, had 11 double-doubles and starred in the Netflix series Last Chance U: Basketball during his freshman season of 2019-20. Allen recorded career-high eight rebounds and matched a season-best with six points against K-State in the home finale before only playing 1:17 at OSU. Three of his eight rebounds against KSU were on the offensive end of the court to give him 12 offensive rebounds this season. He is averaging 2.2 points and 1.9 rebounds per game this season in 17 games played.

A true freshman from Lubbock, Ethan Duncan is redshirting this season after suffering an off-season shoulder injury that required surgery. Austin Timperman made his debut against EWU after becoming eligible at midterm. A walk-on from The Woodlands, Timperman transferred to Tech as a student last year after being in UTSA's team during the 2019-20 season where he played in six games. Sardaar Calhoun entered the transfer portal on Jan. 11 and is no longer with the team. At midyear, Tech added Jaylon Tyson to the roster after he decided to transfer from the University of Texas. Tyson will be able to practice with the team, but is not eligible to play until the 2022-23 season.

TECH VS. RANKED OPPONENTS
Tech is now 7-3 against ranked opponents and 3-2 against top-10 teams this season after knocking off No. 20 Texas, No. 7 Baylor, No. 23 Texas, No. 15 Iowa State, No. 1 Baylor, No. 6 Kansas in conference play and a 57-52 overtime win over then-No. 13 Tennessee at the Jimmy V Classic. The losses came at No. 11 Iowa State to open Big 12 play, a 94-91 double-overtime loss at No. 5 Kansas on Jan. 24 and a 69-55 loss to No. 5 Gonzaga in the Jerry Colangelo Classic. As a program, Tech is 68-217 all-time against ranked opponents. The Red Raiders were 3-8 in the 2020-21 season against ranked teams with two wins over Texas (No. 4 and No. 14) and a home win over Oklahoma which was at No. 9.

RED RAIDERS vs. TOP-10 OPPONENTS
Tech has now beat a top-10 opponent in eight straight seasons, a top-5 opponent in seven straight seasons and has 27 wins over top-10 teams in program history after beating Baylor when the Bears were at No. 1 (Jan. 11) and No. 7 (Feb. 16). The Red Raiders have 13 wins over top-10 teams since the 2015 season. Tech went 2-4 against top-10 opponents last season with a 79-77 road win over Texas in Austin on Jan. 13, 2021 before knocking off No. 9 Oklahoma with a 57-52 win in Lubbock on Feb. 1, 2021. The Red Raiders dropped their conference opener last season to No. 5 Kansas at home and fell twice to Baylor before No. 10 Arkansas topped them in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Tech is now 2-7 all-time against No. 1-ranked opponents with a 70-57 win over Louisville on Dec. 10, 2019 in the Jimmy V Classic before the win at Baylor on Jan. 11, 2022.

POINTS IN THE PAINT
Texas Tech has outscored all 30 of 31 opponents inside the paint this season and own a combined 1,048-548 scoring advantage. Oklahoma State outscored Tech by a 26-22 margin in the paint to break up a 30-game streak. Game-by-game points from the paint are listed below.
TTU 54 - UNF 20; TTU 30 - GRM 16; TTU 38 – PVAMU 20; TTU 40 – UIW 24; TTU 54 – UNO 10; TTU 26 – LMR 20; TTU 30 – PC 22; TTU 28 – TENN 26; TTU 40 – ARK ST. 12; TTU 26 – GONZ 16; TTU 40 – EWU 4; TTU 36 – ALB ST. 8; TTU 28 – ISU 6; TTU 44 – KU 18; TTU 36 – BU 22; TTU 30 – OSU 20; TTU 30 – ISU 26; TTU 30 – WVU 16; TTU 46 – KU 40; TTU 44 – MISS ST. 16; TTU 30 – UT 24; TTU 34 – WVU 10; TTU 30 – OU 18; TTU 38 – TCU 20; TTU 28 – BU 22; TTU 26 – UT 10; TTU 34 – OU 16; TTU 40 - TCU 30; TTU 36 – KSU 10; TTU 22 – OSU 26.

HOME DOMINANCE
The Red Raiders completed a perfect home season where they were 18-0 overall and 9-0 by sweeping conference games. Tech outscored its opponents by a 79.7 to 58.8 scoring margin (1,434-1,058) in games at the United Supermarkets Arena. Tech's 18-0 record at home this season was matched only by No. 4 Kentucky nationally. No. 2 Arizona ran off a 17-0 home record, while No. 1 Gonzaga finished its regular season with a 16-0 record in Spokane. The Red Raiders were the only Big 12 team without a loss at home this season. Tech is currently on a 21-game home winning streak dating back to last season where it finished the year with home wins over Texas, TCU and Iowa State and have the second longest streak behind a 67-game run from Gonzaga. Tech has had 14,000-plus fans in 11 of 18 games this season and has recorded sellouts against Mississippi State, Iowa State, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas State. The program set a new attendance record with 15,300 fans at the February 1 game against the Longhorns.

AN ALL-TIME LOW
Tech limited Oklahoma to only 42 points in the 66-42 win on Feb. 22 by holding the Sooners to only 37.8 percent and only one offensive rebound. The 42 points matched a Tech record in Big 12 play. The other low came by holding TCU to 42 points in an 88-42 win on Feb. 10, 2020 in Lubbock.

PROGRAM CONSISTENCY
Texas Tech has advanced to three straight NCAA Tournaments for first time in program history. The Red Raiders are 8-3 with trips to the 2018 Elite 8, 2019 Final and to the 2021 Second Round after a win over Utah State to open last year's tournament in Bloomington, Indiana before falling to Arkansas. TTU has the third most NCAA Tournament wins over the past three tournaments with Gonzaga and Michigan tied for the most with 10. Baylor, Houston and Duke each have seven and Virginia has six.

IOWA STATE REPORT
The Cyclones enter the Big 12 Tournament as the sixth seed despite being picked to finish the Big 12 last in the preseason polls. Senior guard Izaiah Brockington leads the Cyclones in scoring posting 17.5 points per game, which ranks third in the Big 12, while shooting 46.9 percent from the field. A transfer from Penn State, Brockington was awarded Big 12 Newcomer of the Year as well as named to the All-Big 12 First Team and All-Big 12 Newcomer Team voted on by the coaches. Brockington also leads the team in rebounds per game with 7.2, which also ranks third in the Big 12, and is second on the team in steals with 40. The Cyclone's second-leading scorer Tyrese Hunter is posting 10.8 points per game while also dishing out 5 assists per game. Hunter leads the team in assists with 155 as well as steals with 59 and is third in the Big 12 in assists and steals per game. The freshman guard was also awarded Big 12 Freshman of the Year and named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team. Gabe Kalscheur is third on the Cyclones in scoring posting 9.4 points per game while dishing out 49 assists. A senior transfer from Minnesota, Kalscheur has started all 31 games for the Cyclones and has played the third-most minutes on the team. Tristan Enaruna and George Conditt IV round out the rest of the starting line-up for Iowa State. Conditt IV is in his fourth year with the Cyclones and averaging 5.1 points per game and grabbing 3.5 rebounds per game. Conditt IV is also second on the team in assists with 61 and leads the team with 27 blocked shots. A Kansas transfer, Enaruna is posting 4.8 points per game, 3.1 rebounds per game and has blocked 14 shots on the season. Caleb Grill and Aljaz Kunc have been the first guys off the bench for the Cyclones averaging 6.5 and 6.2 points per game respectively. Kunc leads the team in three-point percentage shooting 39.5 percent on the year and is second on the team in rebounds grabbing 3.8 per game. Grill, who led the team with 17 points in its most recent matchup against the Red Raiders, also shoots threes at an efficient rate hitting 37 percent of his shots from beyond the arc. The Cyclones as a team rank second in the Big 12 in turnover margin with a 3.06 and opponent's three-point percentage holding teams to just 29.5 percent from behind the arc.

The Cyclones began the season 12-0 and ranked as high as eighth in the country before dropping 11 of their 18 conference games. T.J. Otzelberger is in his first year as head coach of the Cyclones, taking over following a 2-22 season last year where they lost all 18 conference games.

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Chibuzo Agbo

KJ Allen

Adonis Arms

Daniel Batcho

Ethan Duncan

Kevin McCullar

Clarence Nadolny

Kevin Obanor

Marcus Santos-Silva

Austin Timperman

Davion Warren

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Mylik Wilson

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