Cyclones Host Another Top-5 Foe In No. 3 Kansas

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AMES, Iowa - No. 19 Iowa State (15-4, 4-3 Big 12) hosts No. 3 Kansas (16-3, 5-2) in another Big Monday showdown at Hilton Coliseum.

Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,384)
When: Monday, Jan. 25, 8 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
TV: ESPN
Talent: Brent Musburger (PxP), Jay Bilas (Color); Holly Rowe (Reporter)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM: 84/84
Live Stats: Available at cyclonestats.com.

@CycloneMBB Notebook
- Iowa State looks for its fourth consecutive win as it starts a daunting stretch of three-straight opponents ranked in the top-10...the Cyclones have won three of the last four meetings against KU...ISU is coming off a 13-point road win at TCU, giving it back-to-back conference road wins by double-digits for the first time since 2006.
- Monday's game is part of the annual Coaches vs. Cancer Suits and Sneakers week...this year, coaches will also be wearing specially-designed “Princess Lacey's Laces,” remembering Lacey Holsworth and the need to continue raising funds for pediatric cancer.
- ISU has won 20 games against ranked opponents in the last three seasons, tied with Kansas for the most nationally in that time...ISU has 21 total losses in that span...six of ISU's final 12 games are against currently ranked teams.
- The Cyclones are ranked No. 19 in this week's Associated Press poll...the Cyclones have been ranked in a school-record 47 consecutive polls...ISU is No. 21 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
- Iowa State has had six different players score 20 or more points in a game this season...the Cyclones are sixth nationally and lead the Big 12 shooting 50.2 percent from the field...three players (McKay, Morris, Niang) rank among the top-80 players nationally in field-goal percentage...KU is second in the league at 48.5 percent.
- The Cyclones are 11th nationally and second in the Big 12 averaging 84.4 points...ISU is 13-0 when holding opponents under 80 points.
- Georges Niang, who is on the Wooden Award Midseason Top-25 list, is leading the Cyclones in scoring with 19.3 points per game, which is second among Big 12 players and 44th nationally....he's been even better in Big 12 play, averaging 20 points...Niang is the leading active scorer in the Big 12 (1,876), which also ranks fifth in ISU history and 13th in Big 12 history...he needs 13 points to pass Sherron Collins (KU) on the Big 12 list... he has scored in double figures in 28 consecutive games, including 20 or more points in six of the last 10 games....Niang is the winningest player in school history (90 wins).
- Monté Morris is averaging 19.4 points in the last five games...Morris has hit 62.7 percent of his FG attempts and 8-of-14 threes in that stretch...he continues to be a rock for the Cyclones, sitting second in the Big 12 in assists (6.8) and steals (2.1), and leading in assist-to-turnover ratio (4.5)...Morris is shooting 52.9 percent on 3-point attempts in Big 12 play.
- Jameel McKay is averaging just under a double-double with 13.2 points and 9.3 rebounds...he is third in the Big 12 in rebounding and has 17 and 19-rebound performances this season...McKay has five double-doubles this season.
- Matt Thomas has been solid since Naz Mitrou-Long was shut down for the season...since moving into the starting five, Thomas is averaging 12.1 points and shooting 41.7 percent from 3-point range...he's hit his last 13 free throws and is shooting 88.2 percent from the line (15-17).
- Abdel Nader recorded his fourth 20-point game of the season against Oklahoma (20 points on 5-10 shooting)...he has been in double figures in 13 of 19 games this season and is posting 12.7 points and 5.6 rebounds...in the last three games, Nader is averaging 14 points and shooting 53.8 percent from the field...Nader needs four points to reach 1,000 in his collegiate career.
- Deonte Burton, who captured back-to-back Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honors after becoming eligible, was in double figures for the fifth time in 10 games, scoring 10 points at TCU...Burton is shooting 52.5 percent from the field.

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 34 regular season home games in a row against nonconference opponents...the Cyclones have won 31 of their last 33 games at home, including 17 of 19 league games...only Baylor has beat the Cyclones at home during this stretch.
- Morris (36.8) leads the Big 12 and is among the nation's top-25 in minutes played...in the 10 games without Naz Mitrou-Long, Thomas has seen the biggest increase in minutes played going from 24.6 minutes to 35.3 minutes...Mitrou-Long's minutes have laregely been picked up by Thomas, Nader and Burton.
- ISU has topped the 100-point plateau twice this season...it is the first time the Cyclones have done it twice in a season since the 2000-01 season...ISU had a streak earlier this season of seven games in a row with 83 or more points, the second-longest run in school history.
The Cyclones have shot better than their opponent in 15 of 19 games...the Cyclones are 13-2 in those games...ISU has been at or above 50 percent in 11 games.
- ISU is 13-0 this season when holding opponents under 80 points.
- ISU is 14-2 when leading at halftime.
- ISU has made 39 of its last 50 free-throw attempts in the last three games.
- ISU has done a great job in the first half of league games, allowing opponents to shoot just 40.2 percent from the field, 27.3 percent on threes and averaging just 33.7 points...but the second half has been the opposite: 47.4 percent from field, 46.5 percent on threes and 43.0 points...however, the last three opponents have been under marks on FG% and points in the second half.
- Iowa State's 50.2 field goal percentage is tied for the third-best in school history.
- ISU has had less turnovers than its opponent in all but five games...the Cyclones have a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- The Cyclones have outrebounded their opponents by an average of 2.9 boards per game...Niang ranks ninth in the Big 12 in rebounding this season (6.4 rpg)...he had only ranked among the Big 12's top-20 rebounders his junior season (17th).
- ISU is shooting 57.4 percent on 2-point field goals, which is sixth nationally.
- ISU is second nationally averaging just 14.7 personal fouls per game. (SMU)
- Morris has 386 assists and 79 turnovers in 70 career starts... ISU is 41-8 when Morris has at least five assists...Baylor has been four of those eight losses.
- ISU is 22-4 in the last three seasons when Morris and Niang combine for 10 or more assists.
- Niang leads the Cyclones with 99 career double-figure scoring games...Niang has career-best 28 consecutive games with 10 or more points...his last game with fewer than 10 points was Feb. 18, 2015 against Oklahoma State (9 points).
- Niang has made 53-of-63 free throws this season...since the start of his junior season, Niang has been an 82.0 percent free-throw shooter...he's a career 76.3 percent shooter.
- Niang has hit a three in 17 of 19 games this season...he had a streak of 17 consecutive games with a three come to an end against TCU.
- Niang is the only player in the Big 12 to rank in the top-15 in scoring, rebounding and assists.
- In 13 games against Power-5 schools, UNI and Cincinnati, Niang is averaging 20.3 points and shooting 52.6 percent from the field.
- Burton has hit more threes this season (9) than he hit his freshman (4) and sophomore (4) seasons combined at Marquette.
- Morris has at least one steal in 46 of the last 48 games, including 18 of 19 this season...he's second in the Big 12 this season with 2.2 steals per game.
- Morris has scored in double figures in 24 of the last 25 games dating back to last season.
- Morris has eight career games with 10 or more assists...his assist-to-turnover ratio in those games is 9.5 (86 assists/nine turnovers).
- McKay has 91 blocks in 44 career games, which includes 27 games with at least two blocks.
- McKay has grabbed double-digit rebounds in 10 games this season.
- McKay has shot 50 percent or better from the field in 34 of 44 career games...he is a 58.6 percent field goal shooter in his career, which would rank second in ISU history if he meets the minimum attempts mark (400 FGA)...last season McKay averaged 6.7 field goal attempts per game...this season he is averaging 9.3 FGA per game.
- McKay has hit 36-of-54 free throws (66.7 percent) in the last 11 games after starting the season 7-of-22 (31.8 percent).
- ISU shot just 58.2 percent from the line in the first four games this season...in the last 15 games, ISU has shot 73.9 percent as a team.
- Thomas has six or more rebounds in seven games this season after having six or more boards just three times in his first two seasons.
- Thomas has hit 36-of-81 3-pointers in the last 12 games, a 44.4 percent clip...he's got three or more 3-pointers in eight of those 12 games...he's fourth on the team in scoring since the Iowa game with 12.7 points.
- Thomas has made his last 13 free-throw attempts.
- Nader is averaging 6.3 rebounds in conference play, which is second on team behind McKay.
- ISU is 6-1 when Nader scores 15 or more points.
- In the last five games, Morris is averaging 19.0 points and shooting 62.7 percent from the field...he's hit 8-of-14 threes (57.1 percent) during that stretch.

Last Time Out - Cyclones Down TCU To Win Third In A Row
- Iowa State overcame a slow start to shoot 54 percent from the field, including 53.3 percent (8-15) from long distance, in defeating TCU, 73-60, Saturday in Fort Worth...the Cyclones turned it over a season-high 23 times, but held the Horned Frogs to 39.1 percent shooting.
- Morris led four Cyclones in double figures with 18 points...Morris was 7-for-11 from the field despite missing his first two shots...Thomas (15), Niang (11) and Burton (10) were also in double figures for ISU...McKay had 10 boards and three blocks for the Cyclones.
- The win was ISU's seventh in a row over TCU.

Series Notes vs. Kansas...
- Kansas leads the all-time series against Iowa State at 177-62 as the team's meet for the 240th time...the Jayhawks lead 69-38, including 23-21 at Hilton Coliseum.
- The Cyclones have won three of the last four meetings with KU...no Big 12 team has ever beat a Bill Self-coached Kansas team four times in five meetings...ISU won five games in a row against KU from 1999-2001, the longest win streak by a Big 12 foe against KU.
- Niang has averaged 18.3 points in nine career meetings with the Jayhawks.
- This is Steve Prohm's first game against Kansas and his first time coaching against Bill Self.
- Niang and KU's Wayne Selden, Jr. both attended Tilton School in New Hampshire.
- ISU is 348-541 all-time against current Big 12 teams.