Iowa State @ Oklahoma preview

Last Meeting ( Mar 2, 2018 ) Iowa State 60, Oklahoma 81

No. 20 Iowa State aims to extend its winning streak to four games on Monday when it travels to Oklahoma to play a struggling Sooners team that has lost two straight and four of their last five Big 12 games. The Cyclones saw a 13-point first half lead evaporate Saturday against Texas, but used some clutch shooting late to hold on for a 65-60 victory.

Marial Shayok, the Big 12’s second-leading scorer (19.2 points per game), had his worst shooting performance of the season Saturday (3-for-14) but scored the last four points for the Cyclones including a jumper with 23 seconds left that made it a two-possession game. “(My teammates and coaches) told me to keep shooting it and not to worry about it,” Shayok told the media after netting 12 points Saturday. “It was just one of those days for me. Obviously, I was frustrated but I had to try to keep (calm) to win the game.” Oklahoma’s leading scorer, senior Christian James (16 points per game), struggled in two losses last week combining to go 3-for-19 from the floor, including a 1-for-10 showing in Saturday’s 79-71 setback at West Virginia. The Sooners lost their spot as the top rebounding team in the conference Saturday, as they were outrebounded 46-30 and gave up 18 offensive rebounds that led to 27 second-chance points for the Mountaineers.

TV: 9 p.m. ET, ESPN2

ABOUT IOWA STATE (17-5, 6-3 Big 12): Freshman Tyrese Haliburton sits second in the country with a 5.53 assist-to-turnover ratio and has 34 assists to just three giveaways over his last seven contests. Head coach Steve Prohm is putting more trust in forward Cameron Lard as the sophomore scored 11 points off the bench Saturday in a season-high 21 minutes. With a five-point showing against the Longhorns, Lindell Wigginton's scoring average dropped to 12.4 points per game but the sophomore combined for 46 in two contests against the Sooners last season.

ABOUT OKLAHOMA (15-7, 3-6): After scoring three points in a loss to Baylor Monday, Brady Manek tallied the first seven for the Sooners Saturday and finished 4-for-6 from behind the arc en route to a team-high 18 points. Aaron Calixte added 17 points against West Virginia - his highest output since the Sooners’ second game of the season and his first time hitting double-figures since scoring 12 against TCU on Jan. 12. Freshman Jamal Bieniemy led the squad with five assists Saturday and enters the week sitting fifth nationally with a 3.83 assist-to-turnover ratio.

TIP-INS

1. Shayok surpassed 1,000 career points on Saturday - 423 of which have come this season, the senior’s first with Iowa State after spending three years at Virginia.

2. James is 19 3-pointers shy of tying Mookie Blaylock for 10th place on Oklahoma’s career list in the category.

3. Iowa State leads the Big 12 in field goal percentage (48.4), free throw percentage (73.3) and scoring offense (79.0).

PREDICTION: Iowa State 85, Oklahoma 75