Cyclones Face Another Ranked Foe In Oklahoma State

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AMES, Iowa - No. 14 Iowa State (18-6, 8-4) faces its ninth top-25 foe Wednesday when it travels to Oklahoma State (17-8, 7-6).

Where: Stillwater, Okla. - Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
When: Wednesday, Feb. 18, 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: 108/200 (OSU Broadcast)
Live Stats: Available at Cyclones.com.
Live Blog: Available at Cyclones.com.

@CycloneMBB Notebook
- Iowa State looks to correct its road woes when it travels to Oklahoma State for a Wednesday showdown. Since winning its Big 12 road opener, ISU has dropped four road games in a row, three of which came to nationally ranked teams. ISU is in the midst of four of its final six games coming on the road.
- The Cyclones are ranked No. 14 in the AP poll, their school-record 33rd week in a row in the top-25.
- The Cyclones' triple-OT win in Stillwater last season was its first there since 1988.
- As has been the case since Fred Hoiberg took over the program, Iowa State is one of the top offensive teams in the nation. The Cyclones are the Big 12's top scoring team and ninth nationally at 80.0 points per game. ISU's 49.1 percent field goal shooting also leads the conference and is ninth nationally. Their field-goal percentage is the best by a Cyclone team since the 1993-94 team shot 49.4 percent.
- Georges Niang (14.7) leads ISU and is fourth in the Big 12 in scoring. Bryce Dejean-Jones is 10th with 12.5 points per contest and Naz Long is 16th with 11.4 points. Long battled a hip pointer and played just 12 minutes against WVU and was held scoreless for the first time in 32 games. ISU is the only team in the nation with six players scoring in double figures.
- 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 15 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.7 blocks since joining the starting lineup. He's hit 17-of-22 field goals (77.3 percent) in the three games. McKay has 34 blocks in 15 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 last Monday at 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 41.5 percent from long distance and is second in the Big 12 with 2.5 threes per game. Long has 130 career threes, 125 of which have come in the last two seasons. Long hit a pair of huge threes against OSU last season. The first came in Stillwater when he drilled a three to send it to triple-OT and the second came at home when he hit another to send it to overtime.
- Monté Morris, a Cousy Award watch list member, is leading the Big 12 with 5.5 assists (30th nationally) and a 4.7 assist-to-turnover ratio (1st). He's posted 131 assists and just 28 turnovers. Since the start of last season, Morris leads all active Big 12 players with 89 steals after having three Saturday against WVU.
- ISU is fourth nationally in assists (17.4 per game). The Cyclones have a Big 12-best team assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.5 (seventh nationally). ISU, which is averaging just 11.6 turnovers per game, has assisted on 61.2 percent of its field goals.
- Three ISU players rank among the Big 12's top-six field-goal shooters: Dejean-Jones (3rd, 52.4), Morris (4th, 50.0) and Niang (6th, 46.3). Dustin Hogue is shooting 59.1 percent but doesn't meet FG minimums.

Iowa State Trends
- ISU is 8-4 in the Big 12 for the first time since 2011-12...a 9-4 mark would be best by an ISU team since 2000-01 Big 12 Champions started 11-2.
- In the Fred Hoiberg era, the Cyclones have made 10 or more 3-pointers in a game 66 times.
- ISU is 92-10 when leading at the half under Hoiberg...including 17-0 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 21 wins in a row at home and a conference home winning streak of 14 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 51.8 percent from the field at home...ISU has shot 50 percent or better from the field in five of seven Big 12 home games.
- Morris has 211 assists and 45 turnovers in 41 career starts... ISU is 24-4 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 60 consecutive starts... has shot 50 percent or better from the field in 18 games this season and eight of last nine.
- Niang leads the Cyclones with 71 career double-figure scoring games...Niang has hit 18 of his last 35 threes.
- After shooting 34.2 percent from 3-point range in non-conference play, Niang is shooting 45 percent since conference play started...since going 0-5 in conference opener he's at 51.4%
- Iowa State has had at least 15 assists in all but seven games this season.
- Iowa State is 19th nationally averaging 15.5 fouls per game.
- ISU has shot as many or more free throws as all but four opponents this season...the Cyclones own a 22.2-13.5 edge in free throw attempts per game...ISU has shot 20 free throws in a game 12 times this season...opponents have attempted 20 free throws just six times...ISU averages 15.3 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 57 percent on 2-point field goals, which ranks third nationally.
- Morris has at least one steal in 20 games in a row...41 steals in those 20 games.
- Dejean-Jones is averaging 12.8 points and shooting 58.5 percent in the last six games...Dejean-Jones is shooting 66.7 percent in the last three games.
McKay has 34 blocks in the last 14 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- 33.8 3FG%, 63.5 FT%. 2nd half- 38.0 3FG%, 72.1 FT%.
- ISU's top six players shoot 54.9 percent from the field at home.
- Morris is second in Big 12 conference games playing 33.4 minutes per game...he has played 35 minutes or more in eight of the last 10 games and 15 times this season.
- Iowa State has outrebounded four of its last five opponents.
- Abdel Nader is second on the team in scoring in the last three games (10.0).

Last Time Out - Cyclones Dominate West Virginia
- Iowa State matched its largest margin of victory ever over a ranked team with a 20-point win against West Virginia Saturday to earn the season sweep...it was the Cyclones' 21st consecutive win at home and 14th consecutive win against a conference foe at home...the Cyclones shot 56.5 percent from the field, their sixth game over 50 percent in conference play.
- Morris was terrific for the Cyclones, scoring a team-high 19 points and connecting on 6-of-8 field goals and a career-high four 3-pointers...Abdel Nader scored 16 points off the bench...ISU had five players in double figures.

Series Notes vs. Oklahoma State
- Oklahoma State leads the all-time series vs. Iowa State at 63-57...OSU leads the series in Stillwater, 37-14...Fred Hoiberg is 5-3 as a head coach against the Cowboys with the eight games being decided by 4.3 points per game...three of the games have went to overtime...last three games at OSU have been decided by a total of five points.
- The Cyclones won the first meeting this season, 63-61...Hogue dominated the second half going 7-for-7 and scoring all 17 of his points...he also blocked a three with 0.9 seconds left to preserve the win.
- ISU swept the season series last season with a triple OT (98-97) win in Stillwater, ISU's first victory at OSU since 1988, and a 85-81 OT win in Ames...Naz Long was the hero of both games, hitting a three in the second OT in Stillwater to send it to a third OT and then hitting another to send the game at Hilton Coliseum to OT.
- OSU head coach Travis Ford played against ISU for two different teams in his collegiate career. As a freshman at Missouri in 1989-90, Ford scored 10 and nine points, respectively, in his two games vs. ISU. He later transferred to Kentucky, where he played against ISU in the 1992 NCAA Tournament. He played four minutes in the game, but did not score.
- Niang has averaged 16.6 points per game in five career contests against the Cowboys...Hogue has averaged 10.6 points and 11.0 rebounds in three games against OSU.
- Iowa State head coach Fred Hoiberg was 2-9 vs. Oklahoma State in his ISU playing career from 1992-95. Hoiberg averaged 14.3 points and 5.8 rebounds in his career vs. the Cowboys. His top scoring game vs. OSU was 20 points on Feb. 15, 1995.

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Cyclones Face Another Ranked Foe In Oklahoma State

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