Iowa State forward Dustin Hogue (22) puts up a three against Kansas forward Cliff Alexander (2) during the first half on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 at Hilton Coliseum.

Dustin Hogue, who has been part of two victories and two losses against Kansas University in his two seasons at Iowa State, knows what to expect when the Cyclones take on the Jayhawks.

“You know they are coming with flair, and you know they are coming with fire. You know they want to win,” Hogue, ISU’s 6-foot-6, 220-pound senior forward out of Indian Hills Community College, said, speaking to the Journal-World at Big 12 Media Days.

Hogue had 14 points and six rebounds while playing 30 minutes in the Cyclones’ 86-81 victory over KU on Jan. 17 at Hilton Coliseum in Ames. He’ll be in the starting lineup again at 8 p.m. Monday, when the No. 9-ranked Jayhawks (18-3, 7-1) take on his No. 15-rated Cyclones (16-4, 6-2) in Allen Fieldhouse.

“The games are always close. There’s never really a landslide game,” Hogue said.

Last year, ISU defeated KU, 94-83, in the Big 12 championship semifinals in Sprint Center. That game followed a pair of KU victories — 92-81 in Allen, and 77-70 in Hilton.

“It’s tough because their team is really good,” Hogue said. “Playing against them, they are always going to bring their A game. It’s hard to match that intensity sometimes when their crowd gets into it as much as they do, their sixth man.”

Hogue, who averages 11.1 points and 5.1 rebounds after marks of 11.6 points and 8.4 boards his first year out of juco, came up with a unique answer when asked to identify the Jayhawk player he respects most.

“Somewhere between (Jamari) Traylor and (Perry) Ellis,” Hogue said. “Their games are pretty unique. Perry Ellis has a good game against us all the time (19 points, 11 rebounds in KU’s most recent loss in Hilton). Traylor, like myself, is a big energy guy. He’s always going to play pretty hard, do little things on the court that nobody really recognizes. Watching a guy play hard like that is pretty humbling.”

Hogue scored 12 points and grabbed seven boards in Saturday’s 83-66 victory over TCU in Hilton Coliseum.

The Cyclones are 3-1 since the first meeting versus KU, with wins over TCU, Kansas State and Texas and a loss at Texas Tech. KU is 4-0 after Saturday’s 68-57 victory against Kansas State.

ISU’s leading scorer, Georges Niang, a 6-8 junior from Methuen, Massachusetts, had 23 points and eight boards Saturday. For the year, he averages a team-leading 15.2 ppg off 46.5 percent shooting (38.8 from three, 77.6 at line) and 5.4 boards with 69 assists, 49 turnovers.

“His ability to do anything on the court is kind of special,” Hogue said. “He can be outside, take you inside. The fact he can play various positions is a nightmare for anybody else. He can be point guard for the whole game or on the block for the whole game. You never know. The fact he is able to come out and attack anybody from any spot on the floor is big for us.”

KU coach Bill Self says Niang, “is terrific and one of my favorite players in the league without question.”

A key today for KU will be trying to slow ISU’s high-powered offense. ISU had 21 points in transition in the first meeting to KU’s 10.

“We could start by running,” Self said of the key to stopping ISU from scoring layup after layup. “We’ll do something to make sure we give ourselves an opportunity for them to play five against five as opposed to three against two and two against one.

“We’ve got to pressure them out and take away threes and take away drives. They are a hard guard. They and Oklahoma are ridiculously hard guards, I think.”

Self said he will not mention the league implications to his players tonight. KU leads ISU and West Virginia by a game in the Big 12 standings.

“I’ll mention they beat us two weeks ago. That’s probably enough of a (thing to) stress,” Self said. “I’ll not say anything about that.

“Our guys will be jacked and ready. They made us look foolish many possessions in Ames. Even though it was a two-possession game late, we didn’t feel we put our best foot forward there. To be honest, they probably can play better, too. They can score from all five spots. Certainly we’ll have to play better. Then again, I like our chances if we play with great energy. That’s something we have to do.”

KU freshman Kelly Oubre Jr. insisted the Jayhawks will be motivated. “We owe them,” he said after Saturday’s home win over Kansas State.

Noted Traylor: “I’d say it’s like a redemption game for us. We didn’t play as well as we wanted to (in Ames). We’ve got to go out and execute and defend a lot better. They have bigs who can shoot it and guards who can stretch the floor, pretty much a tough match-up for everybody.”

Fred says: ISU coach Fred Hoiberg on the game, as quoted by the Des Moines Register: “It’s my fifth time (playing at KU) as a coach,” said fifth-year coach Hoiberg, 0-4 in Allen and 3-8 overall versus KU. “It’s a heck of a challenge. We’re chasing them right now.”

Hoiberg averaged 17.4 points and 6.1 rebounds in nine games versus KU in his Cyclone career (1992-95), going 4-5 vs. the Jayhawks as a Cyclone player. One of Hoiberg’s best games came against Kansas on Jan. 14, 1995, in Ames. Hoiberg scored 32 points, including 17 straight ISU points in the second half, to help ISU beat No. 3 KU, 69-65. He was 6-for-12 from three in that game.

This, that: ISU’s players and coaches, who flew charter out of Des Moines instead of Ames because of snow, arrived in Lawrence about 8 p.m. Sunday. … KU leads the all-time series, 176-61, dating to 1908. KU has won five of the last seven meetings and 18 of the last 21. However, ISU has won the last two meetings. … The two straight Cyclone wins are the first consecutive wins in the series for ISU since it won five in a row versus KU from 1999 to 2001. … KU is 90-15 versus ISU in games played in Lawrence, including 49-9 in Allen. … KU has won nine in a row vs. ISU in Allen. … ISU is one of five conference schools to have won in Allen in the Self era. … Self is 21-5 all-time versus Iowa State, including 20-5 while at KU.