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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.
Tonight marked the second time this season Joshua Jefferson of @CycloneMBB had a game with:
10+ points
10+ rebounds
10+ assists
5+ stocks (steals + blocks)
He's the first Division I player to do that twice in one season since Arizona's Andre Iguodala in 2003-04. pic.twitter.com/fOByrrpldf
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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