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Iowa State University Athletics
Cyclones Face Kansas State Saturday
02.26.2015 | Men's Basketball
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AMES, Iowa - No. 12 Iowa State (20-7, 10-5) goes back on the road to face Kansas State (14-15, 7-9) Saturday at Bramlage Coliseum. Tip is slated for 3 p.m.
Where: Manhattan, Kan. - Bramlage Coliseum (12,528)
When: Saturday, Feb. 28, 3 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
TV: ESPN2
Talent: Mark Neely (PxP), Stephen Howard (Analyst)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM: 135/199 (KSU Broadcast)
Live Stats: Available at Cyclones.com.
Live Blog: Available at Cyclones.com.
@CycloneMBB Notebook
- Iowa State looks to rebound from a loss to Baylor Monday night at home when it travels to Kansas Saturday. The Cyclones have won their last two road games and are looking to win three consecutive Big 12 road games for the first time since 2005.
- The Cyclones have won 20 games and 10 conference games for the fourth consecutive season for the first time in school history. A win against KSU would match ISU's Big 12 win total from last season with two games remaining.
- The Cyclones are ranked No. 12 in the AP poll, their school-record 34th consecutive week in the top-25. ISU's 15 wins against top-25 teams in the last two seasons are the most in the nation.
- As has been the case since Fred Hoiberg took over the program, Iowa State is one of the top offensive teams in the nation. ISU is the only team nationally with six players averaging double figures. The Cyclones are the Big 12's top scoring team and 11th nationally at 79.4 points per game. ISU's 48.4 percent field goal shooting also leads the conference and is 15th nationally. Their field-goal percentage is the best by a Cyclone team since the 1993-94 team shot 49.4 percent.
- Despite a 6-for-24 3-point performance against Baylor, ISU is shooting 40 percent behind the arc the last five games.
- Matt Thomas has been ISU's hottest player the last two games, averaging 15 points and shooting 66.7 percent from the field. Thomas has made 7-of-11 threes in those two games. He scored a career-high 17 points at Texas and followed with 13 against Kansas State. Thomas has been in double figures eight times this season off the bench.
- Jameel McKay, who is this week's Big 12 Newcomer of the Week, has been a difference maker for the Cyclones, bringing energy on both ends of the floor. ISU is 4-2 since he broke into the starting lineup against Texas Tech. He's leading the team with 14.3 points, 9.3 rebounds and 3.2 blocks as a starter. McKay scored a career-high 21 points against Baylor. Before McKay (45 blocks) entered the lineup, ISU had 26 blocks as a team in nine games.
- Georges Niang (14.6) leads ISU and is fourth in the Big 12 in scoring. Bryce Dejean-Jones is 11th with 12.1 points per contest and Naz Long is 20th with 10.9 points. On Thursday, Niang was named a finalist for the Oscar Robertson Trophy.
- Long has been the top 3-point threat connecting for the Cyclones, who are averaging 8.8 made threes the last five games. Long has hit 65 3-pointers, the 14th-most in a single season for Iowa State. He is shooting 41.7 percent from long distance and is second in the Big 12 with 2.4 threes per game. Long has 134 career threes, 129 of which have come the last two seasons.
- Monté Morris, a Cousy Award finalist, is leading the Big 12 with 5.4 assists (27th nationally) and a 4.6 assist-to-turnover ratio (1st). He's posted 147 assists and just 32 turnovers. Since the start of last season, Morris leads all Big 12 players with 91 steals.
- ISU is sixth nationally in assists (17.0 per game). The Cyclones have a Big 12-best team assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.5 (sixth nationally). ISU, which is averaging just 11.4 turnovers per game, has assisted on 60.7 percent of its field goals.
Iowa State Trends
- ISU is 10-5 in the Big 12...the Cyclones are looking to win at least 11 Big 12 games for the fourth consecutive season, which would be a school record.
- In the Fred Hoiberg era, the Cyclones have made 10 or more 3-pointers in a game 67 times.
- ISU is 93-10 when leading at the half under Hoiberg...including 18-0 this season.
- Iowa State is 24-1 under Hoiberg when scoring 90+ points...ISU has scored 45 points in a half 16 times this season.
- ISU has won 27 regular season home games in a row against nonconference opponents...the Cyclones have won 21 of their last 22 games at home, including 14 of 15 league games.
- The Cyclones are shooting 51.3 percent from the field at home...ISU has shot 50 percent or better from the field in five of eight Big 12 home games.
- Morris has 227 assists and 49 turnovers in 44 career starts... ISU is 26-5 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 63 consecutive starts... has shot 50 percent or better from the field in 20 games this season.
- Niang leads the Cyclones with 73 career double-figure scoring games...he has hit 21 of his last 46 threes.
- After shooting 34.2 percent from 3-point range in non-conference play, Niang is shooting 41.2 percent since conference play started.
- Iowa State has had at least 15 assists in all but nine games this season.
- Iowa State is 23rd 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 22.6-13.9 edge in free throw attempts per game...ISU has shot 20 free throws in a game 15 times this season...opponents have attempted 20 free throws just seven times...ISU averages 15.6 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 55.9 percent on 2-point field goals, which ranks eighth nationally.
- Morris has at least one steal in 22 of the last 23 games.
- McKay has 45 blocks in the last 17 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- 34.1 3FG%, 64.3 FT%. 2nd half- 37.9 3FG%, 72.1 FT%.
- ISU's top six players shoot 54.9 percent from the field at home.
- Morris is third in Big 12 conference games playing 34.5 minutes per game...he has played 35 minutes or more 16 times this season.
- Iowa State has outrebounded six of its last eight opponents (+4.1 rebounding margin).
Last Time Out - Cyclones Drop First Home Game
- Iowa State lost its first home game this season to No. 19 Baylor Wednesday night...ISU held a 64-57 edge with 7:47 left but Baylor hit threes on its next five possessions and went on to the 79-70 win...Baylor was 14-of-26 from long distance in the game.
- The Cyclones were led by McKay's career-high 21 points...he hit 9-of-10 free throws and had dunks on five of his six field goals...Thomas came off the bench and hit 3-of-5 threes to finish with 13 points...Niang had 14 points in the loss.
- The Cyclones held a 32-31 edge on the glass, with McKay leading all rebounders with nine boards...he also had four blocks.
Series Notes vs. Kansas State
- Kansas State leads the all-time series at 136-83 with the teams meeting for the 220th time. The Wildcats lead the series 79-22 in games played in Manhattan.
- ISU has won the last two meetings and six of the last eight overall. The Cyclones beat KSU, 77-71, earlier this season in Ames behind five players in double figures. McKay scored 15 and Nader added 11, both off the bench.
- ISU head coach Fred Hoiberg is 6-4 vs. KSU as a head coach and was 5-3 vs. KSU in his playing career at ISU (1992-95). Hoiberg averaged 19.5 points and 5.9 rebounds vs. the Wildcats in his career.
- Hoiberg scored 20 or more points vs. the Wildcats in his last four games.
- KSU head coach Bruce Weber is 3-4 vs. ISU as a head coach. Weber's Southern Illinois team defeated Iowa State, 66-57 on Nov. 22, 2001 in Las Vegas, Nev.
- As an assistant at Purdue (1981-98), Weber faced Iowa State three times, going 2-1. One of those victories came against Hoiberg when he was playing at ISU, as the Boilermakers defeated the Cyclones, 88-87 in overtime (Nov. 27, 1994) in Hilo, Hawaii. Current California coach Counzo Martin made two free-throws in the closing seconds to seal the victory. Hoiberg scored 23 points.
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