Jack Jones Free Play Iowa State Cyclones -8 The 17th-ranked Iowa State Cyclones enter Big 12 play highly motivated for a victory. They are coming off a 64-60 loss to South Carolina at Barclays Center in Brooklyn and will be even more hungry for their Big 12 opener as a result. Theres no place quite like Hilton Coliseum in all of college basketball. Iowa State is now a combined 39-3 at home over the past three seasons. That includes a 22-game winning streak, and a 14-game conference winning streak over this span. The Cyclones are outscoring teams by an average of 23.7 points per game at home this year. Oklahoma State has played OK up to this point with an 11-2 record, but it has feasted on mostly a soft schedule. Its 11 wins have come against the likes of SE Louisiana, Prairie View A&M, NW Oklahoma State, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Oregon State, Tulsa, North Texas, Memphis, Middle Tennessee, Missouri and Kansas State. The Cowboys have lost to arguably the two toughest teams they have faced this season. They lost 64-73 at home to Maryland, and 49-75 at South Carolina. That gives Iowa State and Oklahoma State a pair of common opponents as the Cyclones only lost 60-64 to the Gamecocks and 63-72 to the Terrapins on a neutral court. The home team has won six of the last seven meetings in this series with the only exception being Iowa States 98-97 (OT) victory in Stillwater last year. The home team is 9-4-1 ATS in the last 14 meetings. The favorite is 10-3-1 ATS in the last 14 meetings. The Cowboys are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 trips to Ames. The Cyclones are 15-7 ATS in their last 22 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of greater than .600. Iowa State is 10-3 ATS in its last 13 games vs. a team with a winning percentage above .600. The Cyclones are 4-0 ATS in their last four vs. Big 12 foes. Oklahoma State is 4-16-1 ATS in its last 21 road games. The Cowboys are 12-27-1 ATS in their last 40 games vs. a team with a winning % above .600.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 20:14:27 +0000