PRIMER: No. 12 Iowa State at No. 25 Missouri

AMES, Iowa - No. 12 Iowa State closes its regular season on the road against No. 25 Missouri Saturday at noon. It will be the Cyclones' 11th top-25 matchup of the season and their sixth in the last seven duals.

Who: No. 12 Iowa State (11-5, 5-2 Big 12) at No. 25 Missouri (5-9, 4-3 Big 12)
Where: Columbia, Mo. - The Hearnes Center (13,611)
When: Saturday, Feb. 22 - Noon

The Links
WATCH: UFC Fight Pass
PxP: Shane Sparks; Analyst: John Morgan
LISTEN: Varsity App // Cyclones.com
PxP: Joe Sinclair
LIVE STATS
ISU MATCH NOTES

PROBABLE MATCHUPS
No. 12 Iowa State (11-5, 5-2 Big 12) vs. No. 25 Missouri (5-9, 4-3 Big 12)
125: Ethan Perryman (18-11) vs. #32 Gage Walker (10-8)
133: #4 Evan Frost (16-2) vs. Kade Moore (9-14)
141: #11 Jacob Frost (25-5) vs. #16 Josh Edmond (13-7)
149: #7 Paniro Johnson (20-4) vs. Logan Gioffre (8-7) -or- Nate Pulliam (9-4)
157: #11 Cody Chittum (15-2) vs. James Conway (13-13)
165: Aiden Riggins (11-14) vs. #15 Cam Steed (10-4) -or- Joel Mylin (5-12)
174: #19 MJ Gaitan (12-8) vs. #1 Keegan O'Toole (11-0) -or- Jeremy Jakowitsch (0-7)
184: #10 Evan Bockman (11-6) vs. #9 Colton Hawks (8-3)
197: Nate Schon (13-9) vs. Jesse Cassatt (7-15)
285: #26 Daniel Herrera (21-10) vs. #24 Jarrett Stoner (20-7) -or- Seth Nitzel (10-6)
*InterMat Rankings (2/18/2025)

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SERIES HISTORY
Overall: 46-12
Home: 25-5
Road: 20-6
Neutral: 1-1
Streak: ISU W1
Series Notes

Iowa State has won two of the last three duals against Missouri but the Tigers have taken seven of the last nine.
The Cyclones travel to Columbia for the third time in the last four seasons.
This will mark the seventh-consecutive meeting between the Cyclones and Tigers as ranked foes.
No. 3 ISU suffered a 23-12 defeat to No. 10 Mizzou in the Cyclones' last trip to Columbia in 2022-23. Only two Cyclones who wrestled in that dual are in the probable lineup this weekend - Ethan Perryman (125) and Paniro Johnson (149). Both Perryman and Johnson were pinned in their only visits to The Hearns Center.

KEY STORYLINES

Iowa State split a pair of top-15 road duals last weekend against No. 11 South Dakota State and No. 4 UNI. The Cyclones defeated SDSU, 20-15, in a thriller which came down to the last match before falling, 26-10, to UNI two days later.
Cody Chittum was named the Big 12 Wrestler of the Week after a 2-0 weekend against a pair of top-20 opponents, which included a win over UNI's No. 5 Ryder Downey in a rematch of last year's 157-pound Big 12 title match. Chittum has won 12 of his last 13 matches.
Evan Frost owns a team-best and career-long 12-match winning streak, and has won three-consecutive matches by bonus-point margin. With a 16-2 record on the season, Frost's last loss came on Dec. 7 to Cal Poly's No. 12 Zeth Romney in the CKLV finals.
The Cyclones have been bit by the injury bug this season. ISU has lost four starters, including three past All-Americans, to season ending injuries: Casey Swiderski (141/149), Anthony Echemendia (141/149), Connor Euton (165) and Yonger Bastida (285). Kysen Terukina (125) remains sidelined due to a knee sprain suffered at the Cyclone Open.
Iowa State has used 14 unique lineup combinations in 16 duals this season and 25 different wrestlers have appeared in a dual.
Heavyweight Daniel Herrera notched two ranked wins last weekend and delivered the dual clinching victory over SDSU on Friday. The freshman is 21-10 on the season with 13 bonus-point victories. Herrera owns narrow wins this season over both heavyweights in Mizzou's probable lineup: Seth Nitzel and Jarrett Stoner.

WEEKLY MEDIA AVAILABILITY
Head coach Kevin Dresser, Cody Chittum and Jacob Frost met with the media on Tuesday. Watch their interviews below.

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Players Mentioned

Yonger Bastida

Evan Bockman

Cody Chittum

Anthony Echemendia

Connor Euton

Evan Frost

Jacob Frost

MJ Gaitan

Daniel Herrera

Paniro Johnson

Ethan Perryman

Aiden Riggins

Nate Schon

Casey Swiderski

Kysen Terukina

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