Baylor @ Iowa State preview

Last Meeting ( Jan 15, 2020 ) Iowa State 55, Baylor 68

No. 1 Baylor takes a 16-game winning streak into Wednesday night's Big 12 game at Iowa State. The Bears will be trying for their first 7-0 start to league play since 1958 when they began 10-0 in the old Southwest Conference.

Baylor, which is 5-0 in road games this season, also is trying to cap off its first undefeated month of January since going 6-0 in 1948. The Bears matched their best start in school history with a 17-1 record on Saturday when they cruised to a 72-61 victory at Florida in the Big 12/SEC Challenge, leading by as many as 19 points in the second half. "Credit the players for always wanting to represent the Big 12," said Bears coach Scott Drew on his postgame radio show. "We knew we had to come through. This is a difficult place to play. They had students camping out and tons of energy and excitement. They came out on fire but we responded like a veteran team." Iowa State has dropped three of its last four games, including a 80-76 loss at No. 16 Auburn on Saturday, trailing by as many as 18 points in the second half before going on a late 9-0 run to make it a two-possession game in the final minute.

TIME: 9 p.m. ET. TV: ESPNU

ABOUT BAYLOR (17-1, 6-0 Big 12): Sophomore guard Jared Butler leads a well-balanced Bears attack in scoring with an average of 15.8 points per game which ranks third in the Big 12, and he has led Baylor in scoring in 11 of its 18 games. Junior guard MaCio Teague is second in scoring (13.8) and is averaging 4.8 rebounds per game, and tied for the team lead with 16 points in the win over the Gators. Three other players average between eight and 9.9 points per game -- forward Freddie Gillespie (9.9), who also leads the team in rebounding (9.2), and guards Davion Mitchell (9.8) and Devonte Bandoo (8.0).

ABOUT IOWA STATE (9-10, 2-4): Sophomore guard Rasir Bolton, a transfer from Penn State, scored 15 of his game-high 23 points in the second half at Auburn to spark the comeback for the Cyclones but was 6-of-19 from the field as Iowa State shot just 36.2 percent, including 7-of-27 from 3-point range. Sophomore guard Tyrese Haliburton leads the team in scoring (15.7) and rebounding (5.9) and also leads the Big 12 in assists (7.1) and steals (2.6); he has connected on a 3-pointer in 15 consecutive games. Junior forward Solomon Young is averaging 18.5 points and 9.0 rebounds over the last two games off the bench, including a career-high 27 points in the Cyclones' last win, an 89-82 victory over Oklahoma State on Jan. 21.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. Iowa State leads the all-time series, 20-19, including 14-3 in games played in Ames, but Baylor has won three of the last five meetings at Hilton Coliseum.

2. Baylor's 16-game win streak is the second-longest in program history. The record is 17 straight wins to start the 2011-12 season.

3. Iowa State is 9-0 when outshooting its opponents this season and 0-10 when shooting worse than its opponent.

PREDICTION: Baylor 64, Iowa State 57