Lucca Staiger’s shooting woes are befuddling the ISU coaching staff.

“Staiger didn’t miss a shot in practice yesterday,” coach Greg McDermott said during Monday’s press conference.

Staiger went 1-of-7 from the arc against Kansas State on Saturday, with a majority of the misses coming on wide-open looks.

“That’s a strage deal,” McDermott said. “I’ve had guys go into shooting slumps before but usually it carries over on to the practice floor and you’re trying to get him out of it. But Lucca’s continued to shoot it well in practice, and its my belief that he’s going to come out of this.”

Staiger is tied for ninth on Iowa State’s single-season 3-pointers made list, but has struggled to a .313 shooting percentage from 3-point land in Big 12 play. McDermott said he doesn’t think it is a mental issue.

He had a couple that rattled in and popped out, and I think he needs one of those to go his way,” McDermott said. “And for the most part he continues to take good shots. Obviously when you are making shots at a consistent basis in practice, as a coaching staff you are going to try and get those guys shots on game night.”