Game Thread: Bears Hope to Shock No. 7 Cyclones on the Road

AMES, Iowa – Baylor (13-9; 3-7) travels to take on No. 7 Iowa State (20-2; 7-2) on Saturday, Feb. 7, at 1 p.m. CT, at Hilton Coliseum. The game will be televised on ESPN. 

Computer Models

• Torvik: Baylor (51), Iowa State (5)
  • Prediction: Iowa State 86, Baylor 69
• KenPom: Baylor (47), Iowa State (4)
  • Prediction: Iowa State 85, Baylor 69
• Haslametrics: Baylor (47), Iowa State (4)
  • Prediction: Iowa State 82, Baylor 66
• Evan Miyakawa: Baylor (45), Iowa State (7)
  • Prediction: Iowa State 86, Baylor 68

Projected Lineups

Baylor Starters

• Guard: Obi Agbim (5Sr.) 6-3, 185 (12 ppg; 3 asst)
• Guard: Isaac Williams IV (So.) 6-1, 190 (10 ppg; 3 asst)
• Guard: Tounde Yessoufou (Fr.) 6-5, 215 (18 ppg; 6 reb; 2 steals)
• Guard: Cameron Carr (RSo.) 6-5, 175 (19 ppg; 6 reb; 3 asst)
• Center: Caden Powell (Sr.) 6-9, 225 (6 ppg; 7 reb)

Baylor Bench

• Forward: Michael Rataj (Sr.) 6-8, 230 (9 ppg; 6 reb; 2 asst)
• *Forward: Dan Skillings (Sr.) 6-7, 200 (10 ppg; 7 reb; 2 asst) 
• Center: James Nnaji (Fr.) 7-0 250 (1 ppg; 3 reb)

*questionable with knee injury*

Projected Lineups

Iowa State Starters

• Guard: Tamin Lipsey (Sr.) 6-1, 200 (13 ppg; 6 asst; 2 steals)
• Guard: Killyan Toure (Fr.) 6-3, 205 (10 ppg; 3 asst)
• Forward: Milan Momcilovic (Jr.) 6-8, 225 (19 ppg; 3 reb)
• Forward: Joshua Jefferson (Sr.) 6-9, 240 (17 ppg; 8 reb; 5 asst)
• Forward: Blake Buchanan (Jr.) 6-10, 235 (9 ppg; 6 reb)

Iowa State Bench

• Guard: Nate Heise (Sr.) 6-5, 210 (5 ppg; 4 reb)
• Guard: Jamarion Bateman (Fr.) 6-3, 195 (6 ppg)
• Forward: Dominykas Pleta (Fr.) 6-11, 240 (5 ppg)