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Iowa State University Athletics
Cyclones Host Texas Tech Saturday Afternoon
02.05.2015 | Men's Basketball
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AMES, Iowa - No. 11 Iowa State (16-5, 6-3) hosts Texas Tech (12-11, 2-8) Saturday at Hilton Coliseum. Tipoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. ISU's coaches will be wearing pins to support Autism Speaks.
Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,384)
When: Saturday, Feb. 7, 1 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
TV: ESPNU
Talent: Mitch Holthus (PxP), Bryndon Manzer (Analyst)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM: 119/199
Live Stats: Available at Cyclones.com.
Live Blog: Available at Cyclones.com.
@CycloneMBB Notebook
- Iowa State returns home for its sixth conference home game when it hosts Texas Tech. The Cyclones have won 19 consecutive home games, including 12 against Big 12 opponents. A win Saturday would give ISU its fifth 20-game home win streak in school history, three of which Fred Hoiberg would have been a part of.
- The Cyclones are ranked No. 11 in the AP poll, their school-record 31st week in a row in the top-25.
- The Cyclones follow Texas Tech with five of their final eight games, including the next two, 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 13th nationally at 80.1 points per game. ISU's 48.6 percent field goal shooting also leads the conference and is 17th nationally. Their field-goal percentage is the best by a Cyclone team since the 1993-94 team shot 49.4 percent.
- Georges Niang (15.6) leads ISU and is fourth in the Big 12 in scoring. Bryce Dejean-Jones is ninth with 12.9 points per contest and another starter, Naz Long, is 14th with 11.7 points. Monté Morris is in the top-20 averaging 11.1 points per game. ISU is one of five teams nationally with five players averaging double figures.
- In Iowa State's nine conference games the team has had six different leading scorers. Only Long and Niang have led the Cyclones in scoring in multiple games in conference play. Niang has led the Cyclones in scoring in each of the last three games, averaging 22.0 points per game in that stretch.
- Long has been ISU's top 3-point threat connecting on 54 3-pointers. He is shooting 41.2 percent from long distance and is second in the Big 12 with 2.6 threes per game. Long has 123 career threes, 118 of which have come in the last two seasons.
- Morris, a Cousy Award watch list member, is leading the Big 12 with 5.6 assists (26th nationally) and a 4.5 assist-to-turnover ratio (1st). He's got 118 assists and just 26 turnovers. Morris has also shown his defensive prowess with a team-high 34 steals.
- Morris has 80 steals in his career. Only 10 Cyclones have recorded more steals than Morris in their first two seasons at Iowa State.
- Jameel McKay has been a difference maker for the Cyclones, bringing energy on both ends of the floor. He's averaging 9.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game. McKay has 26 blocks in 12 games. Before McKay entered the lineup, ISU had 26 blocks as a team in nine games.
- ISU is first nationally in assists (17.8 per game). The Cyclones have a Big 12-best team assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.6 (6th nationally). ISU, which is averaging just 11.4 turnovers per game, has assisted on 62.4 percent of its field goals.
Iowa State Trends
- In the Fred Hoiberg era, the Cyclones have made 10 or more 3-pointers in a game 65 times.
- ISU is 90-10 when leading at the half under Hoiberg...including 15-0 this season.
- Iowa State is 24-1 under Hoiberg when scoring 90+ points...ISU has averaged 49 points in the second half of the last four games (31 ppg/first half).
- ISU has 19 wins in a row at home and a conference home winning streak of 12 games...ISU has won 27 regular season home games in a row against nonconference opponents.
- The Cyclones are shooting 51.2 percent from the field at home...ISU has shot 50 percent or better from the field in three of five Big 12 home games.
- Morris has 198 assists and 43 turnovers in 38 career starts... ISU is 22-4 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 12 career games with 4+ threes made...ISU is 11-1 when Long makes four or more 3s.
- Hogue has made a team-high 57 consecutive starts... has shot 50 percent or better from the field in 17 games this season and six in a row.
- Niang leads the Cyclones with 70 career double-figure scoring games, including 10 straight...Niang has hit 16 of his last 29 threes...he's averaging 23.5 ppg in the last two games.
- After shooting 34.2 percent from 3-point range in non-conference play, Niang is shooting 47.1 percent since conference play started.
- Iowa State has had at least 15 assists in all but five 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 22.5-14.3 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 15.6free 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 56.6 percent on 2-point field goals, which ranks third nationally.
- Morris has at least one steal in 17 games in a row...32 steals in those 17 games.
- Dejean-Jones is averaging 16.0 points and shooting 53.8 percent in the last three games...also averaging 6.7 boards in that stretch...Dejean-Jones has made his last 11 free throws.
- McKay has 26 blocks in the last 11 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- 32.0 3FG%, 64.2 FT%. 2nd half- 38.1 3FG%, 72.7 FT%.
- Morris is second in the Big 12 playing 33.6 minutes per game...he has played 35 minutes or more in seven games in a row and 14 times this season.
- Iowa State has outrebounded its last two opponents.
- Hogue has five blocks in the last three games after having three in the first 17 games.
- Three of Abdel Nader's double figure scoring games have come on the road.
Last Time Out - Cyclones Fall To Kansas
- Iowa State dropped an 89-76 decision to Kansas Monday night in Lawrence...the Jayhawks shot 50.8 percent from the field and connected on 10-of-21 threes, including five from Wayne Selden.
- The Cyclones were led by 24 points from Niang and 14 from Dejean-Jones...Morris was in double figures for the seventh consecutive game with 12 points and Long chipped in 11.
- Dejean-Jones had a team-high nine boards as ISU outrebounded its second-straight opponent.
Series Notes vs. Texas Tech
- The Cyclones and Texas Tech will meet for the 27th time in series history. Iowa State has won five of the last seven meetings and own a 14-12 edge in the all-time series.
- The Cyclones hold a 9-3 edge in games played in Ames, including wins in the last three meetings. The last home loss to Tech came in 2011.
- Texas Tech is one of four Big 12 schools that Iowa State has a series edge with: Baylor (17-11), TCU (6-5) and West Virginia (4-1).
- Texas Tech stunned the Cyclones with a 78-73 win in the first meeting this season in Lubbock...the Red Raiders hit 11-of-24 threes and the Cyclones were 6-for-31 behind the arc...Toddrick Gotcher hit five threes off the bench in the game and Devaugntah Williams scored 22 points...the Cyclones were led by Morris' 20 points while Niang had 10 points and Thomas added 12 off the bench.
- Fred Hoiberg owns a 5-3 edge against Texas Tech. The Cyclones are 2-2 against Tubby Smith (2-1 TTU, 0-1 Minnesota).
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