Inside iowa info for iowa state game tonight you might not know

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STARTER LUCCA STAIGER QUIT THE TEAM TODAY....THIS TEAM IS GOIN THRU TURMOIL...





Lubbock, Texas --- Scott Christopherson will replace departed Lucca Staiger in Iowa State’s starting against Texas Tech tonight, coach Greg McDermott said at practice today.

“He’s earned it,” McDermott said of the sophomore who averages 6.8 points a game, but had a key assist and crucial basket late in Saturday’s 56-53 win at Nebraska.



And don’t be surprised if Chris Colvin’s suspension is over.

“He will be in uniform,” McDermott said. “Whether he plays or not, I’m still not sure. We will have him available to play if we need him.”

McDermott suspended Colvin, a freshman guard, until February after he walked out of a meeting after a loss against Duke.

“So far, he’s been fabulous,” McDermott said this week. “His actions on the bench, his interactions with his teammates, his attitude, and approach in practice is almost as if the weight of the world has been lifted off his shoulders.”

Counting Colvin, McDermott has eight scholarship players available tonight in the wake of Staiger’s announcement that he plans to immediately play professionally in his native Germany.

McDermott said he will not consider pulling redshirts from Antwon Oliver and Bubu Palo.

“That wouldn’t be fair to those guys,” McDermott said. “I didn’t even ask, because I’m afraid one of them probably would have agreed to do it, and that’s an 18-year-old making a decision that an 18-year-old shouldn’t make