Iowa State’s offensive struggles resurfaced Tuesday night against Missouri, effectively killing the momentum from last Saturday’s 13-point win over Baylor.

The Cyclones struggled out of the gate scoring just nine points in the first 10:53 of the game, setting the tone for the 77-55 loss to the Tigers.

Iowa State made just four of its first 12 shots and would be just 8-26 from the field in the first half.

“We missed a lot of easy shots,” ISU coach Greg McDermott said. “We missed a lot of shots inside, we missed a lot of layups and dunks.”

Things didn’t get much better in the second half. Although Iowa State managed to warm up a little on 11-28 shooting after intermission, the Cyclones still shot just 35 percent for the game.

This was the seventh time this season Iowa State has been held under 40 percent from the field. Iowa State is 1-6 in such games, with the only win against Norfolk State.

“It’s frustrating not hitting shots, but when you’re not hitting your shots you have to play good defense,” Rashon Clark said. “We didn’t play good defensively all game either though.”

The Cyclones’ defense hurt them in the second half. After trailing by only five at halftime, the Cyclones allowed Missouri to shoot 67 percent from the field in the second half that made the final margin 22 points in favor of the Tigers.

“We’d played them earlier,” McDermott said.

“We knew what to expect, yet we weren’t sharp in our preparation and we weren’t sharp to start the game or the second half.”

The most notable part of Iowa State’s sputtering offense was another disappearing act by Jiri Hubalek. After scoring 19 points against Baylor, Hubalek only managed to score five points against Missouri.

“Jiri was never able to get it going,” McDermott said.

“They doubled him a lot early so he was looking out of the corner of his eye the rest of the way.”

It was the seventh game this season that Hubalek has been held to under 10 points.

Iowa State is 1-6 in those contests, with the lone win against Southeast Missouri State, but the statistics don’t stop there.

Hubalek’s ineffectiveness has handcuffed Iowa State’s offense, with Mike Taylor and Wesley Johnson as the only other two consistent scorers. They were the only two Cyclones to reach double digits, with 15 and 17 points, respectively.