Iowa State coach Steve Prohm brought up some big news in Monday’s press conference about the next week or two as well as previewing the West Virginia game.

Here are a few takeaways from today’s presser.

Nick Weiler-Babb is out

Prohm started off the press conference addressing the state of Nick Weiler-Babb. The redshirt junior guard will miss at least the next two games due to tendonitis in his knee.

The injury has been there since before the season began, but Prohm and Weiler-Babb have addressed that it’s an injury that doesn’t require surgery. It’s an injury that can be played through but does involve a lot of pain.

That pain was shown on Saturday night as Weiler-Babb had to stretch his knee out early in the game on the bench and then was taken out of the game late in the second half. He was limping back to the bench and stayed there the rest of the game.

After the game, Prohm said that Weiler-Babb has good days and bad days and the Tennessee game was a bad day for the knee.

“Nick will be out at least the next week, possibly two weeks,” Prohm said. “After visiting with the trainer and him, I just really feel like he needs to get away, rest and see if that can help him get healthy.”

Jevon Carter leads the Mountaineers

During Big 12 Media Day last October, West Virginia coach Bob Huggins was happy to have senior guard Jevon Carter back for this season as the leader of the Mountaineers.

Carter is leading the team with 17.3 points per game along with 70 total steals and 136 assists. He’s scoring about 21.4 percent of West Virginia’s points this season and is a 40.5 percent 3-point shooter.

Prohm had nothing but high praise for Carter and his leadership on the West Virginia team.

“As a college basketball player, a player in this league and a guy that embodies everything that his head coach wants, he’s bringing that to the table,” Prohm said. “He’s been a max out guy… and you want that from your leader.”

If Iowa State wants to win this game against the Mountaineers, the Cyclones will need to contain Carter from his usual performance.

Donovan Jackson needs to continue his leadership

Senior guard Donovan Jackson came to Iowa State last season and was able to watch a group of seniors lead the Cyclones to a Big 12 Championship and a bid into the NCAA Tournament.

He also contributed to the team with 6.5 points per game and 1.2 assists per game, while shooting 45.4 percent from behind the arc. Now that all the seniors are gone, Jackson is one of the only players that understands what it takes to reach a Big 12 Championship and a NCAA appearance.

Prohm said he’s liked the leadership he’s seen from Jackson, but Prohm needs that to continue in the second half of the Big 12 season. With Weiler-Babb gone, Jackson will be leaned on more to run the offense and make sure the younger players are continuing to improve their games.

“What I want to see is a consistent leadership,” Prohm said. “That’s what we need him to do, whether he’s playing well or not is to just be engaged and lead.”

Currently, Jackson is shooting 41.1 percent from the 3-point line and is averaging 15.4 points per game along with 10 total steals. He’s averaging 33.1 minutes per game and will need to display those leadership skills within the next week or two, while Weiler-Babb is on the bench.