December 13, 2025 - 7:44 PM
Eastern Illinois Panthers (2-7, 0-1 OVC) at Iowa State Cyclones (10-0)
Ames, Iowa; Sunday, 1 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: No. 4 Iowa State hosts Eastern Illinois after Joshua Jefferson scored 24 points in Iowa State's 66-62 win against the Iowa Hawkeyes.
The Cyclones have gone 5-0 in home games. Iowa State ranks third in the Big 12 with 18.3 assists per game led by Jefferson averaging 5.0.
The Panthers are 0-5 on the road. Eastern Illinois is 1-4 in games decided by 10 or more points.
Iowa State scores 91.7 points, 15.0 more per game than the 76.7 Eastern Illinois gives up. Eastern Illinois has shot at a 40.9% rate from the field this season, 1.9 percentage points less than the 42.8% shooting opponents of Iowa State have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jefferson is scoring 18.2 points per game and averaging 6.5 rebounds for the Cyclones. Milan Momcilovic is averaging 3.9 made 3-pointers.
Kooper Jacobi is scoring 10.2 points per game and averaging 5.3 rebounds for the Panthers. Zion Fruster is averaging 16.5 points and 3.8 rebounds.
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