It has been an up and down season for the Cyclones thus far, with Iowa State sitting at 5-4 in Big 12 play, with no winning nor losing streak lasting more than two games. The Cyclones are perfectly mediocre statistically as well, sitting 5th in the league in offense and 4th in defense.
Offensively, Iowa State tries to maximize its good qualities as best it can by committing turnovers on just 15.1 percent of its possessions and attempting threes on 40.3 percent of its field goal attempts in Big 12 play. Considering Iowa State is shooting 37.6 percent from three and just 49.