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Iowa State University Athletics
No. 4 ISU Faces Virginia Tech At Emerald Coast Classic
11.25.2015 | Men's Basketball
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AMES, Iowa - No. 4 Iowa State heads to Florida to face Virginia Tech in the Emerald Coast Classic. The Cyclones and Hokies tip off at 6 p.m. (CST) on Friday.
Where: Niceville, Fla. - The Arena (2,222)
When: Friday, Nov. 27, 6 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Brent Blum (PxP), Brett Cooper (Color)
TV: CBS Sports Net
Talent: Brad Johansen (PxP), Doug Gottlieb (Color)
Webcast: None
Sirius/XM: 81/81
Live Stats: Available at cyclones.com > Click Here
@CycloneMBB Notebook
- Iowa State heads to the Emerald Coast Classic with a 3-0 record after a 20-point win against previously unbeaten Chattanooga on Monday night in Ames...first-year head coach Steve Prohm will try to become the fifth ISU coach to lead the Cyclones to a 4-0 mark in their initial season.
- The Cyclones had a number of impressive individual performances against the Mocs...for the third time in as many games this season, ISU had a different leading scorer... Nazareth Mitrou-Long scorched the nets with a 6-for-9 performance from 3-point range to lead the way with 24 points... Georges Niang had 19 points and Monté Morris recorded his second career double-double with 14 points and 10 assists.
- One game after scoring a career-high 25 points, senior Jameel McKay crashed the glass and posted a career-best 17-rebound performance against the Mocs...McKay is now averaging 13.7 points and 12.7 rebounds and has grabbed double-figure boards in seven of his last 10 games dating back to last season.
- Mitrou-Long helped the Cyclones get going from long distance after a slow start to the season behind the arc...ISU had hit just 10 threes in its first two games, but hit 14-of-29 threes against Chattanooga...the Cyclones are shooting 37.5 percent on threes this season.
- ISU, which went 5-3 in neutral site games in 2014-15, is 1-0 this season after beating Colorado in Sioux Falls, S.D. in the season opener.
- The Cyclones are ranked No. 4 in this week's Associated Press preseason poll...it is ISU's highest ranking since climbing to the same slot in 1996-97...the Cyclones have been ranked in a school-record 40 consecutive polls...the only time ISU has ever been ranked higher was in 1956-57 (No. 3).
- Iowa State has continued to deploy a balanced attack on the offensive end with five players averaging at least 12 ppg...the Cyclones are the only top 25 team with five players averaging 12 points or more.
- ISU's defense has held its first three opponents to just 63.0 points (third in Big 12) and 35 percent from the field...after allowing opponents to shoot 34.7 percent on threes last season, ISU opponents are shooting 30 percent from long distance in 2015-16...ISU's last two opponents are 15-57 (26.3 percent) from 3-point range...Chattanooga entered the game shooting 41.9 percent on threes and making 12 per contest...ISU held them to five threes on 25 percent shooting.
- ISU is forcing 16.7 turnovers a game after forcing 12.9 in 2014-15...the 16.7 TOs forced is second in Big 12 behind only West Virginia...Morris is leading the Big 12 with 3.3 steals per game...Morris is the Big 12's active leader with 120 steals.
- Mitrou-Long has now hit 155 career three-pointers, ranking fifth in school history...Mitrou-Long is 28 threes behind his former coach Fred Hoiberg...Mitrou-Long is shooting 42.9 percent on threes this season...the senior is one of the great transformations in ISU history after being recruited as a point guard and hitting just 5-of-18 threes as a freshman.
- The Cyclones have 47 assists in the last two games...ISU is assisting on 57.3 percent of its field goals, including 63.5 percent in the last two games.
- Through three games, ISU has an +8.7 rebounding edge on its opponents...McKay is grabbing more than 28 percent of ISU's rebounds...Matt Thomas entered his junior season averaging 2.0 rebounds in his career, but is averaging 7.3 boards this season.
Iowa State Trends
- ISU has been to a school-record four consecutive NCAA Tournaments.
- The Cyclones have won back-to-back Big 12 Tournament titles, just the fourth school to win consecutive titles.
- ISU has bettered its preseason Big 12 prediction four consecutive seasons...ISU was picked third in this season's preseason poll.
- The Cyclones have won at least 11 league games in each of the last four seasons, which is a school record.
- ISU has won 29 regular season home games in a row against nonconference opponents...the Cyclones have won 24 of their last 25 games at home, including 15 of 16 league games.
- ISU is 3-0 this season, the first under Steve Prohm...Prohm's first season at Murray State started with wins in his first 23 games.
- ISU is 11-1 in November in the last three seasons.
- ISU has attempted more free throws than two of its three opponents this season.
- The Cyclones have outrebounded their opponents by an average of 8.7 boards per game.
- Morris has 278 assists and 61 turnovers in 54 career starts... ISU is 31-5 when Morris has at least five assists.
- ISU is 16-2 in the last three seasons when Morris and Niang combine for 10 or more assists.
- Nazareth Mitrou-Long has 14 career games with 4+ threes made...ISU is 12-2 when Mitrou-Long makes four or more 3s.
- Niang leads the Cyclones with 83 career double-figure scoring games...Niang has 12 consecutive games with 10 or more points.
- Morris has at least one steal in 31 of the last 32 games.
- Morris has scored in double figures in nine consecutive games dating back to last season.
- Morris has five career games with 10 or more assists...his assist-to-turnover ratio in those games is 13.5 (54 assists/four turnovers).
- McKay has 63 blocks in 28 career games, which includes 18 games with at least two blocks.
- McKay has grabbed double-digit rebounds in his last four games and seven times in his last 10 games.
- McKay has shot 50 percent or better from the field in 23 of 28 career games...he is a 59.3 percent field goal shooter in his career, which would rank second in ISU history if he met the minimum attempts mark (400 FGA).
Last Time Out - Cyclones Beat Chattanooga To Move To 3-0
- Iowa State turned things up on the defensive end, holding Chattanooga well below its season totals, to defeat the Mocs, 83-63, at Hilton Coliseum Monday night.
- Chattanooga came into the game averaging 89 points, making 12 threes a game and shooting 41.9 percent from behind the arc...against ISU, UTC scored 26 points below their season average and made just five 3-pointers at a 25 percent clip.
- The night belonged to Mitrou-Long, who connected on 6-of-9 three-pointers to score a season-high 24 points...Niang was also in double figures with 19 points, while Morris added his second career double-double with 14 points and 10 assists...McKay dominated on the glass, grabbing a career-best 17 rebounds.
- The Cyclones had assists on 21 of 33 field goals.
Series Notes vs. Virginia Tech...
- Iowa State and ACC foe Virginia Tech will meet for just the second time...Virginia Tech won the only other meeting, an 80-53 romp in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1984...Jeff Hornacek led the Cyclones with 14 points in that game...Perry Young, who went on to play one NBA season, led Virginia Tech with 28 points.
- The Cyclones are 4-16 all-time against ACC schools, with the last meeting coming in 2014 when the Cyclones beat North Carolina in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
- Virginia Tech is coached by Buzz Williams, who is in his second season with the Hokies...Williams coached at Marquette previously, spending time coaching current Cyclones Jameel McKay and Deonte Burton.
- Prohm has never coached a game against Virginia Tech, but this will be the second meeting between ISU's head coach and Buzz Williams...Williams got the win in that meeting, ending Prohm's first season as a head coach with a 31-2 record in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
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