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Waco, TX (SportsNetwork. Adidas Superstar Discount .com) - The 22nd-ranked Baylor Bears will try to secure their first winning streak of 2015, as they play host to the 11th-ranked Iowa State Cyclones for a Big 12 Conference clash at the Ferrell Center on Wednesday night. Both teams come in having won 12 games on the season, and Iowa State is 2-0 in Big 12 action as well, having narrowly gotten past Oklahoma State (63-61) and West Virginia (74-72), the latter of which took place on the road this past Saturday. The Cyclones have yet to lose a true road game (2-0), although they sit at 4-2 away from Ames this season when you factor in their 2-2 mark in neutral-site affairs. Baylor opened the conference portion of its schedule with a pair of losses to ranked rivals Oklahoma (73-63) and Kansas (56-55), but bounced back to win at TCU in overtime last Saturday, 66-59. The Bears have won eight of their nine home games this season, with the lone blemish coming just last week to the Jayhawks. Iowa State owns a 17-10 series advantage over Baylor, but the Bears have won nine of the 11 meetings in Waco. Iowa State knocked down 50 percent of its field goal attempts at West Virginia over the weekend, while allowing the Mountaineers just 32.4 percent success. The Cyclones drained six 3-pointers, while WVU hit seven, although it needed 29 tries in order to do so. Abdel Nader came off bench to score 19 points to lead ISU, which also got double-digit efforts from George Niang and Dustin Hogue with 16 and 11 points, respectively. WVU shot just 32.4 percent from the floor, but hung around thanks to the fact that it committed half the number of turnovers as Iowa State (9-1 . Niang is averaging 15.2 ppg to lead all five starters in double figures for the Cyclones, who put up 80.4 ppg in hitting 49 percent of their total shots, which includes a 34.5 percent showing from beyond the arc. Conversely, the teams enemies are netting 65.4 ppg in dropping 40.6 percent of their total shots, which encompasses their 31 percent performance from downtown. Iowa State owns favorable margins in both rebounding (+4.0) and turnovers (+2.1), with Bryce Dejean-Jones (12.8 ppg, 6.1 rpg) spearheading the effort on the glass, and Monte Morris (10.0 ppg, 5.4 apg) serving as the clubs primary playmaker. Baylor put forth one of its worst shooting performances in recent memory against TCU, as the team made good on only 29.8 percent of its field goal attempts, which included a 1-of-12 showing from 3-point range. Fortunately, the Horned Frogs shot a mere 37.5 percent from the floor, while missing the mark on 11 of their 13 long-range launches. A resounding 31-15 edge in points from the foul line helped the Bears to victory, as Rico Gathers (17 points, 18 rebounds) and Taurean Prince (17 points. 10 rebounds) both logged double- doubles, and Kenny Chery chipped in with 13 points and six boards. Prince sits atop a list of four double-digit scorers for Baylor, as he nets 12.1 ppg, while Gathers is one of a handful of players nationally averaging a double-double with his 10.1 points and 11.3 caroms per contest. The Bears are generating 68.7 ppg, but allow only 56.3 ppg. Opponents have found it particularly tough to get the 3-point shot to fall, as it does so only 27.2 percent of the time. Baylor owns a massive +10.2 rebounding margin, but it is nearly even in terms of turnover differential (+0.5). Wholesale Adidas Superstar . Thats 14 consecutive losses to the two-time defending champs, and most of them were over before they even began. Result notwithstanding, Sundays game had a very different feel to it. Cheap Superstar Trainers .J. Barea during a three-game shooting slump that was getting him booed off his home court with regularity. http://www.superstarukdiscount.com/ . - Young and old. NASHVILLE -- Artem Anisimov just keeps scoring for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Anisimov had the only goal of the game with 6:25 remaining in the third period and Sergei Bobrovsky made 28 saves to lead the Blue Jackets to a 1-0 victory over the Nashville Predators on Saturday night. It was the sixth goal in the last six games for Anisimov, who also has scored the last four game-winners for Columbus. With the game still scoreless, James Wisniewski sent a pass from the left circle to Anisimov at the left faceoff dot. Anisimov carried the puck to the goal line before cutting toward the Nashville net and sliding a backhander by Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne just inside the far post. "He skated down the ice and he actually made the drop to me," Wisniewski said of Anisimov. "I love when the D-man just stays there because then the forward just skates right around them, make a quick pass, and hes all alone with the goalie. He made a great move and scored." The Predators have lost four in a row and seven of their last eight. They have scored just three goals in their last four games, and it was Bobrovskys third shutout of the season for Columbus, which has won four of five. "Weve been shooting enough pucks, were just not finding the back of the net," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. "There are a lot of dry players." Making his third consecutive start after being sidelined since late October with an infection in his hip, Rinne made 35 saves. "I felt confident and I felt comfortable out there tonight," Rinne said. "Hopefully, myself too, I can improve all the time." Rinnne faced just five shots in the first, but with 5:45 remaining in the opening frame, he denied Ryan Johansens wrist shot attempt from the right side off of a 2-on-1 break. Adidas Superstar Wholesale Uk. Midway through the second, Rinne got his blocker on Boone Jenners shot from the right circle. Nashville dominated the shots on goal in the first period, outshooting the Blue Jackets 14-5. "I though guys did a great job in front of me," Bobrovsky said of his defencemen. "They shot from mostly outside, so they boxed them out. They were great." The tables turned in the middle frame when Columbus put 15 shots on Rinne, and the Predators managed just four on Bobrovsky. The Blue Jackets had the shot advantage in the third as well, 16-10. The Predators had a chance to tie late in the third, but Mike Fishers shot from the slot rang off the far post with less than 30 seconds remaining and then Bobrovsky got his glove on an attempt from Colin Wilson. "It is one of those games where you are wondering is anybody going to be able to beat either one of those guys," Columbus coach Todd Richards said. "Bob came up big at the end when the game was on the line." NOTES: Columbus made their only visit to Nashville for the 2013-14 season. The Blue Jackets and Predators were both members of the Central Division before Columbus moved to the Eastern Conference before the start of this season. ... Nashville was just 1-4-0 on its five-game homestand coming out of the Olympic break. The Predators are on the road for their next three. ... The Predators have not scored a power-play goal in their last four games. ' ' ' |
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