Iowa State will get a rare chance to complete a season sweep against Nebraska on Wednesday night, taking on the Cornhuskers in their last conference road game of the season.

Iowa State’s first Big 12 win this season was over the Huskers, 65-53 on January 14. Since that conference win, Iowa State has gone 2-10, but remain confident for their match-up with the undersized but tough Cornhuskers that have the top ranked scoring defense (59 ppg) in the Big 12.

Senior guard Bryan Petersen smiled and shook his head when asked about the Husker defense that has given up 70 points only five times this season.

“I’d rather just win, I don’t care if we score 40 points you know?,” Petersen said.

Both Iowa State and Nebraska have been Big 12 anomalies, with strong defensive play to complement low scoring, long possession offenses. The two squads lead the Big 12 in fewest turnovers, scoring defense, but the Cyclones and the Huskers rank 10th and 11th respectively in scoring per game.

“Mainly, we just want to go in there and get back to the way we’ve played defense pretty much the whole year, and if we score some points, we score some points,” Petersen said.