Iowa State's Joshua Jefferson makes college basketball history not done since Andre Iguodala

Billy Heyen

Iowa State's Joshua Jefferson makes college basketball history not done since Andre Iguodala image

Joshua Jefferson is having a special season, and he's been a big reason why Iowa State has been one of the country's best teams.

The Cyclones ranked as high as No. 2 in the country before falling off just a bit, but they're still a top-15 team and showed it Tuesday night in an 87-57 win over a UCF team that has 14 wins already.

Jefferson, as he often is, was the star of the show.

The 6-foot-9 senior put up 17 points, 10 rebounds, 12 assists, 4 steals and a block.

In the process, he made college basketball history that hasn't been done since the 2003-04 season.

The feat, according to OptaStats, is to have two games in the same season that feature double-digit points, double-digit rebounds, double-digit assists and at least five combined steals and blocks.

The last guy to do it, before Jefferson has done it twice this season, was Andre Iguodala in 2003-04 for the Arizona Wildcats.

Iguodala went on to have a fantastic NBA career.

Jefferson isn't quite the same player as Iggy, who was an athletic wing. Iowa State's star is more of a natural frontcourt player, but he still has quite the playmaking ability, too.

He'll worry about a possible NBA future later. First, he's trying to lead the Cyclones to a deep run in March. If he keeps putting up games like this, they'll have a chance to make noise.

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