No. 11 Cyclones Face No. 22 Baylor Wednesday Night

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AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (12-2, 2-0) takes its No. 11 ranking on the road to face No. 22 Baylor (12-3, 1-2) Wednesday night. The game will tip off at 8 p.m. on ESPNU.

Where: Waco, Texas - Ferrell Center (10,284)
When: Wednesday, Jan. 14, 8 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
TV: ESPNU
Talent: Clay Matvick (PxP), Tim Welsh (Analyst)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM: 91/91 (BU Broadcast)
Live Stats: Available at Cyclones.com.
Live Blog: Available at Cyclones.com.

@CycloneMBB Notebook
- Iowa State looks to improve to 3-0 in true road games when it travels to Baylor for a Wednesday night showdown. The Bears enter the game ranked No. 22 in the AP poll. ISU has won 10 road games against top-25 foes in school history, but the last two meetings resulted in Cyclone wins (at WVU, at OSU (2014)).
- ISU is looking to win its first three road games of the season for the first time since 1987-88.
- The Cyclones are ranked No. 11 in the AP poll, their school-record 28th week in a row in the top-25.
- Iowa State, the Big 12's top scoring team at 80.4 points per game, got its offense back on track against West Virginia. The Cyclones' 74 points matched the most allowed by the Mountaineers this season. ISU is the only team to score 40+ points in a half against WVU and the Cyclones shot 50 percent from the field.
- The Cyclones, who are also the top shooting team in the league at 49 percent, have shot better in the last game and a half. The Cyclones shot just 35.7 percent in the first half of the game against OSU, but have since connected on 50.6 percent of their shots and 39.3 percent of 3-pointers.
- Iowa State has three of the top-13 scorers in the Big 12. Georges Niang (15.2) is fifth, Bryce Dejean-Jones is eighth with 12.8 points per contest and Naz Long is 12th with 12.1 points. Another starter, Dustin Hogue, is also in the top-15 averaging 11.7 points per game.
- Hogue has increased his production the last three games, averaging a team-high 14.3 points and shooting 75 percent (15-20) from the field. Hogue dominated the second half against OSU, going 7-for-7 from the field and scoring all 17 of his points. Hogue scored ISU's last seven points in the game and blocked a 3-pointer with 0.9 seconds left to preserve the win. He followed with 11 points against WVU.
- Long has been ISU's top 3-point threat connecting on 38 3-pointers. Long is shooting 39.6 percent from long distance. Long is third in the Big 12 with 2.7 threes per game. Only Dedric Willoughby (3.78, 1997) has averaged more than 3.0 threes in a season at ISU.
- The Cyclones have reaped the benefits of the addition of Jameel McKay. McKay became eligible on Dec. 20 and has fit right in, averaging 8.8 points, 6.0 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game. He's shooting 66.7 percent from the field. McKay has 12 blocks in the last four games after swatting five shots at WVU.
- Monté Morris continues his stellar play at point guard. The Cousy Award watch list member is leading the Big 12 with 5.4 assists (37th nationally) and a 5.8 assist-to-turnover ratio (1st). He's got 74 assists and just 13 turnovers. Morris has also shown his defensive prowess with a team-high 22 steals.
- ISU is second nationally in assists (18.4 per game). The Cyclones have a Big 12-best team assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.5 (5th nationally). ISU, which is averaging just 12 turnovers per game, have assisted on 64.7 percent of their field goals.

Iowa State Trends
- In the Fred Hoiberg era, the Cyclones have made 10 or more 3-pointers in a game 64 times.
- ISU is 86-10 when leading at the half under Hoiberg...including 11-0 this season.
- Iowa State is 24-1 under Hoiberg when scoring 90+ points.
- Iowa State has won six games in a row against Big 12 opponents dating back to last season, the longest such streak of the Hoiberg era....ISU has 15 wins in a row at home and a conference home winning streak of 8 games...ISU has won 27 regular season home games in a row against nonconference opponents.
- Morris has 155 assists and 30 turnovers in 31 career starts... ISU is 19-2 when Morris has at least five assists.
- ISU is 12-0 in the last two seasons when Morris and Niang combine for 10 or more assists.
- Long has 11 career games with 4+ threes made...ISU is 11-0 when Long makes four or more 3s.
- Hogue has made a team-high 50 consecutive starts...is averaging 6.7 rpg last seven games after grabbing one rebound in three games prior to that.
- Hogue has scored in double figures in three games in a row.
- Niang leads the Cyclones with 63 career double-figure scoring games.
- Iowa State has had at least 15 assists in all but three game this season.
- Iowa State is 20th nationally averaging 15.2 fouls per game.
- ISU has outrebounded 10 of 14 opponents.
- ISU has shot as many or more free throws as all but two opponent this season (Drake & W. Virginia)...the Cyclones own a 22.4-14.0 edge in free throw attempts per game.
- Eight different Cyclones have led the team in scoring this season...eight different players have led the team in rebounding.
- Despite leading the Cyclones and Big 12 in assists per game, Morris has led ISU in assists just five times in 14 games.
- Iowa State is shooting 58.5 percent on 2-point field goals, which ranks third nationally.
- Morris has at least one steal in 10 games in a row...20 steals in those 10 games.
- McKay has 12 blocks in the last four games.
- ISU's last four opponents are shooting 20 percent (17-of-85) from 3-point range...its opponents are shooting 31.0 percent from long range this season.
- ISU's shooting has been better in the second half of games this season, both at the line and behind the arc: 1st half- 31.3 3FG%, 65.9 FT%. 2nd half- 37.8 3FG%, 74.2 FT%.

Last Time Out - Cyclones Earn Road Win At West Virginia
- Iowa State led for all but 1:16 en route to a 74-72 win at West Virginia Saturday night.
- ISU shot 50 percent from the field and held the Mountaineers to just 32.4 percent shooting...ISU scored 42 points in the second half, the only team to tally 40 in a half against West Virginia this season.
- Abdel Nader became the eighth different Cyclone to lead the team in scoring this season, finishing with 19 points to go along with seven boards...Georges Niang (16) and Dustin Hogue (11) were also in double figures for the Cyclones.
- ISU outrebounded West Virginia, 40-38...ISU was just the fourth team to outrebound WVU...McKay and Nader had a team--high seven boards.
- McKay blocked five shots...he is the first Cyclone to block five shots in a game since Jamie Vanderbeken in 2011.

Series Notes vs. Baylor
- Iowa State holds a 17-10 edge in the all-time series with Baylor as the teams meet for the 28th time.
- ISU is 2-9 against Baylor in Waco. ISU last beat Baylor in Waco in 2013. ISU's only other win in Waco was on March 4, 2000 (75-54) when it wrapped up the Big 12 title. It was the first league title for Iowa State since 1945.
- Baylor is one of three Big 12 schools that Iowa State has a series edge with: Texas Tech (14-11) and West Virginia (4-1).
- ISU beat Baylor 74-65 last season to win the Big 12 Tournament in Kansas City. The Cyclones trailed by five at the half but went on to win. Five players scored in double figures, led by 17 from DeAndre Kane, the tournament's MVP.
- Fred Hoiberg is 6-2 against Baylor as a coach.

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No. 11 Cyclones Face No. 22 Baylor Wednesday Night

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