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Iowa State University Athletics
Cyclones Host West Virginia Saturday
02.12.2015 | Men's Basketball
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AMES, Iowa - No. 14 Iowa State (17-6, 7-4) hosts No. 21 West Virginia (19-5, 7-4) Saturday in a battle for third place in the Big 12. The game is set to tip at 3 p.m.
Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,384)
When: Saturday, Feb. 14, 3 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
TV: ESPN2
Talent: Clay Matvick (PxP), Fran Fraschilla (Analyst)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM: 91/91
Live Stats: Available at Cyclones.com.
Live Blog: Available at Cyclones.com.
@CycloneMBB Notebook
- Iowa State owns a 20-game home winning streak heading into Saturday's game against West Virginia. ISU has beat 13 consecutive Big 12 opponents at Hilton Coliseum.
- The Cyclones are ranked No. 14 in the AP poll, their school-record 32nd week in a row in the top-25.
- The Cyclones play four of their final seven games against top-25 opponents.
- Iowa State is one of the top offensive teams in the nation. The Cyclones are the Big 12's top scoring team and 10th nationally at 80.0 points per game. ISU's 48.8 percent field goal shooting also leads the conference and is 11th nationally. Their field-goal percentage is the best by a Cyclone team since the 1993-94 team shot 49.4 percent.
- Georges Niang (14.9) leads ISU and is fourth in the Big 12 in scoring. Bryce Dejean-Jones is 10th with 12.6 points per contest and another starter, Naz Long, is 13th with 11.9 points. ISU is the only team in the nation with six players scoring in double figures.
- On Wednesday, Niang earned a spot on the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 list.
- Jameel McKay has been a difference maker for the Cyclones, bringing energy on both ends of the floor. McKay broke into the starting lineup against Texas Tech and hasn't looked back. He's averaged a team-high 16.5 points and 8.5 rebounds since joining the starting lineup. He's hit 15-of-18 field goals (83.3 percent) in the two games. McKay has 29 blocks in 14 games. Before McKay entered the lineup, ISU had 26 blocks as a team in nine games.
- Long has been the top 3-point threat connecting for the Cyclones, who hit 14 threes in Monday's loss to OU. Long has hit 61 3-pointers, just three shy of his total from last year and the 19th-most in a single season for Iowa State. He is shooting 42.1 percent from long distance and is second in the Big 12 with 2.7 threes per game. Long has 130 career threes, 125 of which have come in the last two seasons. He shoots 44.6% on threes at home.
- Monté Morris, a Cousy Award watch list member, is leading the Big 12 with 5.5 assists (31st nationally) and a 4.7 assist-to-turnover ratio (1st). He's posted 126 assists and just 27 turnovers. Since the start of last season, Morris leads all active Big 12 players with 86 steals.
- ISU is second nationally in assists (17.8 per game). The Cyclones have a Big 12-best team assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.5 (7th nationally). ISU, which is averaging just 11.4 turnovers per game, has assisted on 61.3 percent of its field goals.
- Four ISU players rank among the Big 12's top field-goal shooters. Dustin Hogue is second at 59 percent shooting. Dejean-Jones (4th, 51.3), Morris (6th, 49.0) and Niang (8th, 46.5) are also in the top eight.
Iowa State Trends
- In the Fred Hoiberg era, the Cyclones have made 10 or more 3-pointers in a game 66 times.
- ISU is 91-10 when leading at the half under Hoiberg...including 16-0 this season.
- Iowa State is 24-1 under Hoiberg when scoring 90+ points...ISU has scored 45 points in a half 15 times this season.
- ISU has 20 wins in a row at home and a conference home winning streak of 13 games...ISU has won 27 regular season home games in a row against nonconference opponents.
- Of ISU's five 20-game home winning streaks, Fred Hoiberg has been a part of three of them (two as coach, one as player).
- The Cyclones are shooting 51.5 percent from the field at home...ISU has shot 50 percent or better from the field in four of six Big 12 home games.
- Morris has 206 assists and 44 turnovers in 40 career starts... ISU is 23-4 when Morris has at least five assists.
- ISU is 13-2 in the last two seasons when Morris and Niang combine for 10 or more assists.
- Long has 13 career games with 4+ threes made...ISU is 11-2 when Long makes four or more 3s.
- Hogue has made a team-high 59 consecutive starts... has shot 50 percent or better from the field in 18 games this season and seven of last eight.
- Niang leads the Cyclones with 70 career double-figure scoring games...Niang has hit 18 of his last 32 threes...he's averaging 16 ppg in the last five games.
- After shooting 34.2 percent from 3-point range in non-conference play, Niang is shooting 48.6 percent since conference play started...since going 0-5 in conference opener he's at 56.3%
- Iowa State has had at least 15 assists in all but six games this season.
- Iowa State is 18th nationally averaging 15.3 fouls per game.
- ISU has shot as many or more free throws as all but four opponents this season...the Cyclones own a 21.9-13.6 edge in free throw attempts per game...ISU has shot 20 free throws in a game 11 times this season...opponents have attempted 20 free throws just six times...ISU averaged 15.0 free throw makes, more than its opponents attempt in games.
- Eight different Cyclones have led the team in scoring this season...nine players have led the team in rebounding.
- Iowa State is shooting 56.7 percent on 2-point field goals, which ranks fourth nationally.
- Morris has at least one steal in 19 games in a row...38 steals in those 19 games.
- Dejean-Jones is averaging 13.4 points and shooting 54.1 percent in the last five games...Dejean-Jones has made his last 13 free throws.
- McKay has 29 blocks in the last 13 games.
- ISU's shooting has been better in the second half of games this season, both at the line and behind the arc: 1st half- 34.0 3FG%, 64.0 FT%. 2nd half- 37.8 3FG%, 71.7 FT%.
- ISU's top six players shoot 54.8 percent from the field at home.
- Morris is third in Big 12 conference games playing 33.2 minutes per game...he has played 35 minutes or more in seven of the last nine games and 14 times this season.
- Iowa State has outrebounded three of its last four opponents.
- Two of Abdel Nader's three double figure scoring games have come on the road.
Last Time Out - Cyclones Falter At Oklahoma
- Iowa State got off to a blistering start at Oklahoma but couldn't hold off the Sooners, falling 94-83 in Norman...ISU hit 9-of-12 threes in the first half and a season-high 14-of-29 in the game...Dejean-Jones, Hogue and Long hit four threes each for the Cyclones.
- McKay made his second start of the season and finished with 16 points and nine boards...Hogue had a season-high 19 points behind his career-best four 3-pointers...Long and Dejean-Jones both scored 14 points in the game.
Series Notes vs. West Virginia
- The Cyclones and Mountaineers had never met prior to West Virginia joining the Big 12 in 2012-13. The Cyclones lead the all-time series 4-1.
- The Cyclones won the first meeting this season in Morgantown (74-72)...Abdel Nader came off the bench to score a team-high 19 points...Niang added 16 and Hogue 11 in the important road win...Morris had six assists and just one turnover against the tough Mountaineer defensive pressure.
- West Virginia head coach Bob Huggins is 5-5 all-time against Iowa State: 2-1 at Cincinnati; 2-0 at Kansas State; 1-4 at West Virginia. Fred Hoiberg is 4-1 against the Mountaineers.
- Morris has 24 assists and just one turnover in three career games against WVU...Niang has averaged 15.8 points in five career meetings with the Mountaineers.
- West Virginia's Juwan Staten played one season at Dayton (2010-11). Iowa State assistant coach Cornell Mann was an assistant coach at Dayton in Staten's one season there.
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