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Iowa State University Athletics
No. 14 ISU Faces No. 5 Texas A&M In Big 12/SEC Challenge
01.28.2016 | Men's Basketball
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AMES, Iowa - No. 14 Iowa State (16-4, 5-3 Big 12) takes a break from Big 12 play when it faces former conference foe and fifth-ranked Texas A&M (17-3, 7-1 SEC) in the Big 12/SEC Challenge Saturday in College Station, Texas.
Where: College Station, Texas - Reed Arena (12,989)
When: Saturday, Jan. 30, 1 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
TV: ESPN
Talent: Dave Flemming (PxP), Miles Simon (Color); Jeff Goodman (Reporter)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM: 84/84
Live Stats: Available at cyclonestats.com.
@CycloneMBB Notebook
- Iowa State looks to extend its four game winning streak Saturday when it faces No. 5 Texas A&M in the Big 12/SEC Challenge in College Station...it will be the first meeting since 2011-12 between the former Big 12 foes.
- ISU is in the midst of a span of games in which they will play three of four games against teams currently ranked in the top-5 of the AP poll...in total, ISU is playing four of five games against teams ranked in the top-10.
- The Cyclones have beat the teams currently ranked No. 1 (Oklahoma), No. 3 (Iowa) and No. 4 (Kansas) in the AP top-5...no other team has more than one win against the top-5...ISU has won 21 games against ranked opponents in the last three seasons, which is the most nationally in that time...ISU has 21 total losses in that span.
- The Cyclones are ranked No. 14 in this week's Associated Press poll...the Cyclones have been ranked in a school-record 48 consecutive polls...ISU is No. 16 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
- Iowa State has had six different players score 20 or more points in a game this season and is one of six teams in the top-25 with five active players averaging 10 or more points...the Cyclones are fifth nationally and lead the Big 12 shooting 50.3 percent from the field...three players (McKay, Morris, Niang) rank among the top-80 players nationally in field-goal percentage.
- The Cyclones are 12th nationally and second in the Big 12 averaging 84.4 points...ISU is 14-0 when holding opponents under 80 points.
- During its four game winning streak, ISU's opponents are averaging just 68 points per game.
- Georges Niang is leading the Cyclones in scoring with 19.3 points per game, which is second among Big 12 players and 44th nationally....he is the leading active scorer in the Big 12 (1,895), which also ranks fourth in ISU history and 12th in Big 12 history...he has scored in double figures in 29 consecutive games, including 20 or more points in six of the last 11 games....Niang is the winningest player in school history (91 wins).
- Monté Morris, this week's Naismith Trophy Player of the Week, is averaging 19.3 points in the last six games...Morris has hit 60.3 percent of his FG attempts and 10-of-18 threes (55.6 percent) in that stretch...he continues to be a rock for the Cyclones, sitting second in the Big 12 in assists (7.0) and steals (2.1), and leading in assist-to-turnover ratio (4.8)...Morris is shooting 52.4 percent on 3-point attempts in Big 12 play.
- Jameel McKay is averaging just under a double-double with 12.9 points and 9.1 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 is averaging 12.2 points and shooting 42.3 percent from 3-point range since moving into the starting lineup...he's hit his last 13 free throws and is shooting 88.2 percent from the line (15-17)...he's hit at least three 3-pointers in nine of the last 13 games.
- Abdel Nader is averaging 15.0 points while connecting on 53.8 percent of his field goals the last three games...he topped 1,000 collegiate points in the win against Kansas...he has been in double figures in 14 of 20 games this season and is posting 12.9 points and 5.5 rebounds.
- Deonte Burton, who captured back-to-back Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honors after becoming eligible, came off the bench to score nine points against KU...he is averaging 9.5 points the last two games and has hit 7-of-10 field goals.
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 32 of their last 34 games at home, including 18 of 20 league games...only Baylor has beat the Cyclones at home during this stretch.
- Morris (37.0) leads the Big 12 and is among the nation's top-25 in minutes played...in the 12 games without Naz Mitrou-Long, Thomas has seen the biggest increase in minutes played going from 24.6 minutes to 35.4 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 16 of 20 games...the Cyclones are 14-2 in those games...ISU has been at or above 50 percent in 12 games.
- ISU is 14-0 this season when holding opponents under 80 points.
- ISU is 14-2 when leading at halftime.
- ISU has made 51 of its last 65 free-throw attempts in the last four games (78.5 percent).
- The Cyclones have hit 47.2 percent of their 3-pointers the last two games (17-36)...the trio of Thomas (6-10), Nader (4-6), Morris (4-6) are shooting 63.6 percent during that stretch.
- ISU has done a great job in the first half of league games, allowing opponents to shoot just 42.3 percent from the field, 29.3 percent on threes and averaging just 34.9 points...but the second half has been the opposite: 46.7 percent from field, 42.9 percent on threes and 41.2 points...however, the last four opponents have been under marks on FG% and points in the second half.
- During Iowa State's four-game win streak the Cyclones have allowed opponents to average just 68.0 points per game, compared to 94.0 points in the two-game losing streak that preceded it.
- Iowa State's 50.3 field goal percentage is the third-best in school history...ISU actually shoots slightly better in true road games (50.5%).
- 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 2.5 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 57.3 percent on 2-point field goals, which is fifth nationally.
- ISU is first nationally averaging just 14.6 personal fouls per game.
- Morris has 395 assists and 79 turnovers in 71 career starts... ISU is 42-8 when Morris has at least five assists...Baylor has been four of those eight losses.
- ISU is 23-4 in the last three seasons when Morris and Niang combine for 10 or more assists.
- Niang leads the Cyclones with 100 career double-figure scoring games...Niang has career-best 29 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 57-of-67 free throws this season...since the start of his junior season, Niang has been an 82.3 percent free-throw shooter...he's a career 76.5 percent shooter.
- Niang has hit a three in 17 of 20 games this season...he had a streak of 17 consecutive games with a three come to an end against TCU and hasn't hit a three in the last two games (0-8).
- Niang is the only player in the Big 12 to rank in the top-15 in scoring, rebounding and assists.
- Burton has hit more threes this season (10) than he hit his freshman (4) and sophomore (4) seasons combined at Marquette.
- Morris has at least one steal in 47 of the last 49 games, including 19 of 20 this season...he's second in the Big 12 this season with 2.1 steals per game.
- Morris has scored in double figures in 25 of the last 26 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 92 blocks in 45 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 35 of 45 career games...he is a 58.5 percent field goal shooter in his career, which would rank second in ISU history if he meets the minimum attempts mark (400 FGA).
- McKay has hit 36-of-54 free throws (66.7 percent) in the last 12 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 16 games, ISU has shot 74.2 percent as a team.
- Thomas has six or more rebounds in eight games this season after having six or more boards just three times in his first two seasons.
- Thomas has hit 39-of-87 3-pointers in the last 13 games, a 44.8 percent clip...he's got three or more 3-pointers in nine of those 13 games...he's third on the team in scoring since the Iowa game with 12.7 points.
- Thomas has made his last 13 free-throw attempts.
- ISU is 7-1 when Nader scores 15 or more points.
- In the last six games, Morris is averaging 19.3 points and shooting 60.3 percent from the field...he's hit 10-of-18 threes (55.6 percent) during that stretch.
Last Time Out - Cyclones Beat Kansas By 13
- Iowa State dominated the second half, out-scoring KU 49-29, en route to a 85-72 win against Kansas Monday night in Ames...the 13-point win was the largest by the Cyclones in the series since 1985...the win gave ISU four wins in the last five meetings with Kansas, making it the first school to beat KU four times in five tries under Bill Self.
- Morris led the Cyclones in scoring for the second game in a row, tallying 21 points to go along with nine assists (no turnovers)...Niang chipped in 19 points, 15 of which came in the second half...Nader (17) and Thomas (13) were also in double figures.
- Nader and Thomas had four steals in the game...ISU had 10 as a team.
Series Notes vs. Texas A&M...
- Texas A&M holds a 10-9 edge in the all-time series against Iowa State, with all the previous meetings coming when A&M was a member of the Big 12...the Aggies lead 5-4 in games played in College Station.
- The Cyclones won the last two meetings, played during the 2011-12 season...in the last meeting in College Station, Royce White recorded the fourth, and most recent, triple-double in school history...White finished with 10 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists in ISU's 74-50 win.
- ISU is 108-174 all-time against teams currently in the SEC.
- The Cyclones are 2-0 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge (beat Auburn (2013) & Arkansas (2014))...ISU is 4-2 all-time in conference challenges (2-2 Big 12/Pac-10 Challenge; 2-0 Big 12/SEC Challenge).
- Iowa State head coach Steve Prohm was an assistant coach for Texas A&M coach Billy Kennedy for 12 seasons (one at Centenary, six at Southeastern Louisiana, five at Murray State) before taking over at Murray State when Kennedy left for Texas A&M.
- ISU Special Assistant to the Head Coach Neill Berry played for Kennedy at Southeastern Louisiana...Berry and A&M assistant Amir Abdur-Rahim were teammates at SELU.
- This is ISU's latest non-conference game since losing to Saint Louis (90-75) on Feb. 9, 1994.
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