Hoiberg Earns 100th Victory In Cyclone Rout

Wednesday, December 31

Ames, Iowa

6:00 PM

Iowa State

10-1

Mississippi Valley State

1-12

Team	1	2	F
Mississippi Valley St.	18	15	33
Iowa State	47	36	83

Hoiberg Earns 100th Victory In Cyclone Rout

12.31.2014 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: cyclones.com

AMES, Iowa – No. 9 Iowa State (10-1) routed Mississippi Valley State (1-12), 83-33 Wednesday night in Hilton Coliseum to give head coach Fred Hoiberg his 100th career victory.

Iowa State shot 66.7 percent from the field in the first half, as the Cyclones recorded their 500th career win in Hilton Coliseum.

Naz Long tallied his third 20-point game of his career with a team-high 24 points to lead the Cyclones. Long lit it up from outside, going 7-of-10 from long range, tying for the eighth-best single-game 3-pointers made total in school history.

Jameel McKay came off the bench to tally 10 points, six rebounds and three blocks in the Cyclone victory. Bryce Dejean-Jones had eight points and a team-high six assists.

The Cyclones ended their home non-conference portion part of their schedule with a perfect mark (7-0) for the third consecutive year. ISU has won 27-straight non-conference games in Hilton Coliseum.

How it happened…
Iowa State had no ill effects from an 11-day layoff. Naz Long hit four 3-pointers in the first eight minutes of the contest to put the Cyclones ahead 21-7. Long's last two treys were a part of a 13-0 Cyclone run.

The lead grew even larger late in the first half when the Cyclones made eight consecutive field goals to go into the break with a 47-18 lead. ISU shot 66.7 percent from the floor in the opening period. Long led the way with 12 points.

The 33 points allowed by the Cyclones is the lowest by an opponent since beating Colorado 40-31 on Jan. 24, 1949.

The #cyclONEgameball goes to…
Naz Long. The junior sharpshooter was feeling it, making 7-of-his-10 shots from 3-point point range en route to a team-high 24 points.

Long, who made all of his three 3-point attempts in the second half, now has two of the top-16 single-game 3-pointers made efforts in school history. Long was one shy from his career high of eight he set last season vs. UNC-Wilmington.

Next Up
The Cyclones travel to Brooklyn, N.Y. to face South Carolina on Saturday (Jan. 3) at the Barclays Center. Tipoff is at 5 p.m. on CBS Sports Network.

Game Notes
*Fred Hoiberg won his 100th game as the Cyclone head coach, the fastest to reach 100 victories by any head men's hoops coach in school history.
*Iowa State won its 500th career game in Hilton Coliseum. ISU is 500-166 all-time in Hilton Coliseum (44 years).
*ISU ended its non-conference portion of its home schedule at 7-0. The Cyclones have won 27-straight non-conference games at home.
*ISU is 54-4 at home in the last four seasons.
*ISU shot 50.8 percent from the field, hitting above 50 percent for the sixth time in its last seven games and the eighth time this season.
*Naz Long tallied his third 20-point game of his career with 24 points.
*Long made seven 3-pointers, tying for the eighth-best single-game total in school history, to put him over the century mark for career treys. Long has 105 3-pointers to rank 13th on ISU's career list.
*Long has hit a 3-pointer in 19 games in a row, the sixth-longest streak in school history.
*Bryce Dejean-Jones had a team-high six assists, his fourth 5+ assist game of the year.
*ISU had a streak of eight consecutive made field goals in the first half.