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Iowa State University Athletics
Top-25 Showdown Looms As No.14 ISU Faces No. 24 UT
02.11.2016 | Men's Basketball
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AMES, Iowa - No. 14 Iowa State (17-7, 6-5 Big 12) returns to Hilton Coliseum to face No. 24 Texas (16-8, 7-4) Saturday evening.
Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,384)
When: Saturday, Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
TV: ESPN
Talent: Jon Sciambi (PxP), Fran Fraschilla (Color)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM: 84/84
Live Stats: Available at cyclonestats.com.
@CycloneMBB Notebook
- Iowa State hosts Texas Saturday as it looks to beat the Longhorns at Hilton Coliseum for the fifth consecutive game...UT's last win in Ames came in 2010...ISU is a game back of the Longhorns in the Big 12 standings.
- The Cyclones have wins against the teams currently ranked No. 3 (Oklahoma), No. 4 (Iowa) and No. 6 (Kansas) in the AP top-10...no other team has more wins against the top-10...ISU has won 21 games against ranked opponents in the last three seasons, which is second nationally in that time...no team has played more top-50 RPI teams this season than Iowa State (12).
- The Cyclones are ranked No. 14 in this week's Associated Press poll...the Cyclones have been ranked in a school-record 51 consecutive polls, the third-longest streak in the nation (Kansas, Arizona)...ISU is No. 15 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.
- Iowa State has had seven different players score 20 or more points in a game this season and is one of four teams in the top-25 with five active players averaging 10 or more points...the Cyclones are sixth nationally and lead the Big 12 shooting 50 percent from the field...three players (McKay, Morris, Niang) rank among the top-100 players nationally in field-goal percentage.
- Georges Niang, who is on the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20, is leading the Cyclones with 19.0 points per game, which is second among Big 12 players...his 1,966 career points rank fourth in ISU history and 10th in Big 12 history...against Texas Tech, Niang became just the eighth player in Big 12 history to score 1,000 points in conference play...he has scored in double figures in 33 consecutive games, including 20 or more points nine times this season....Niang is the winningest player in school history (92 wins)...Niang is one of five active players nationally to score 400 points in all four college seasons.
- Monté Morris, a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, continues to be a rock for the Cyclones, leading the Big 12 in assists (7.2), steals (2.0) and assist-to-turnover ratio (5.4)...no player has ever led the league in all three stat categories in a season...Morris already owns two of the top-three assist-to-turnover ratios in NCAA history and is second nationally this season...against Tech, Morris eclipsed 1,000 career points.
- Morris has a 12.0 assist-to-turnover ratio in the last six games (48 assists-4 turnovers), while playing 242 of 245 possible minutes...he has 27 assists and one turnover the last three games.
- Iowa State has been without the services of Jameel McKay for the last two games as he served a suspension for violation of team rules...his status for Saturday's game is to be determined...McKay is averaging 12.4 points and 9.0 rebounds.
- Deonte Burton, who stepped into the starting lineup in place of McKay, had his best game as a Cyclone Wednesday night, leading the team in scoring with 20 points on 9-for-15 shooting...Burton is averaging 15.5 points and shooting 56.5 percent from the field the last two games.
- Matt Thomas is shooting 44.1 percent behind the arc (5th) and averaging 2.7 made threes a game (2nd) in Big 12 play...Thomas has made at least three 3-pointers in six of the last seven games...in the last six games, Thomas has hit 17-of-32 3-pointers (53.1 percent)...Thomas is averaging a career-best 10.2 points and 5.1 rebounds.
- Abdel Nader followed up his first scoreless game of the season with one of his most efficient games...Nader was 8-for-11 from the field, scoring 19 points in the loss to Texas Tech.
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 35 games at home, including 18 of 21 league games.
- Morris (37.6) leads the Big 12 and is among the nation's top-25 in minutes played...the last Cyclone to average more than 37 minutes per game was Shane Power (37.5) during the 2001-02 season...Morris is on pace to lead the Big 12 in minutes played in back-to-back seasons...he'd be the first player to do that since Jarius Jackson (Texas Tech, 2006 & 2007)...in Big 12 play he's averaging 40.1 minutes per game.
- In the 16 games without Naz Mitrou-Long, Thomas has seen the biggest increase in minutes played going from 24.6 minutes to 36.3 minutes...Thomas is second in the Big 12 in conference games averaging 37.5 minutes, trailing only his teammate Morris.
- 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 19 of 24 games...the Cyclones are 15-4 in those games...ISU has been at or above 50 percent in 13 games.
- ISU is 15-1 this season when holding opponents under 80 points and just 2-6 when allowing 80 or more points.
- ISU is 14-3 when leading at halftime.
- The Cyclones are shooting 41.2 percent behind the arc in conference play, which is second in the league....ISU shot 34.7 percent behind the arc in non-league games.
- The Cyclones have made 10 or more threes in two of the last three games...ISU has hit 27-of-59 threes (45.8 percent) in the last three games.
- Iowa State's 50.0 field goal percentage is the fifth-best in school history.
- ISU has had less turnovers than its opponent in all but eight games...the Cyclones have a 1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- Niang ranks eighth 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).
- Iowa State hasn't outrebounded an opponent in the last six games.
- ISU is shooting 56.7 percent on 2-point field goals, which is sixth nationally.
- ISU is first nationally averaging just 15.1 personal fouls per game.
- Morris has 482 assists and 98 turnovers in 94 career games... ISU is 43-11 when Morris has at least five assists.
- Morris is averaging 8.4 assists in the last five games...he's got 48 assists and four turnovers in the last six games, while playing 242 of 245 possible minutes during that stretch...he's played back-to-back complete games and six this season.
- ISU is 24-6 in the last three seasons when Morris and Niang combine for 10 or more assists.
- Niang leads the Cyclones with 104 career double-figure scoring games...Niang has career-best 33 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 63-of-77 free throws this season...since the start of his junior season, Niang has been an 81.2 percent free-throw shooter...he's a career 76.1 percent shooter.
- Niang has hit a three in 20 of 24 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.
- Burton has hit more threes this season (12) than he hit his freshman (4) and sophomore (4) seasons combined at Marquette.
- Morris has at least one steal in 51 of the last 53 games, including 23 of 24 this season...he's leading the Big 12 this season with 2.0 steals per game.
- Morris has scored in double figures in 27 of the last 30 games dating back to last season.
- Morris has nine career games with 10 or more assists...his assist-to-turnover ratio in those games is 10.7 (96 assists/nine turnovers).
- McKay has 96 blocks in 47 career games, which includes 30 games with at least two blocks.
- McKay has grabbed double-digit rebounds in 11 games this season.
- McKay has shot 50 percent or better from the field in 37 of 47 career games...he is a 58.4 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 40-of-65 free throws (61.5 percent) in the last 13 games after starting the season 7-of-22 (31.8 percent).
- Thomas has six or more rebounds in 11 games this season after having six or more boards just three times in his first two seasons.
- Thomas has hit 50-of-109 3-pointers in the last 16 games, a 45.9 percent clip...he's got three or more 3-pointers in 11 of those 16 games, including six of the last seven...in the first seven games of the season he was 9-for-26 (34.6 percent).
- In the last six games, Thomas has hit 17-of-32 threes (53.1 percent).
- Thomas has hit a three in 14 consecutive games...Thomas has made his last 17 free-throw attempts.
- Since Thomas moved into the starting lineup, ISU is 8-0 when he scores 12 or more points and 1-8 when he scores 11 or fewer points.
- ISU is 7-3 when Nader scores 15 or more points.
Last Time Out - Cyclones Lose In OT At Texas Tech
- Iowa State's drought late in regulation allowed Texas Tech to force overtime and eventually down the 14th-ranked Cyclones, 85-82, in Lubbock...it was the Cyclones' third loss in the last four tries in Lubbock.
- Burton scored his Cyclone career-high, finishing with 20 points, while Nader added 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting...Niang finished with 18 points, nine rebounds and six assists and Morris chipped in 12 points and nine assists.
- The Cyclones shot 54.7 percent from the field, but Tech hit 10 3-pointers and had an 11-point edge at the free-throw line...the Red Raiders (17-of-23) made more free throws than the Cyclones attempted (6-of-10) despite the Cyclones entering the game as the least penalized team in college basketball.
- The Cyclones matched a season-low with just seven turnovers in the game.
Series Notes vs. Texas...
- Texas leads the all-time series 18-14 as the teams meet for the 33rd time...ISU has won four of the last five meetings in the series, but Texas won the last meeting 94-91 in overtime in Austin on Jan. 12...the Cyclones lead 9-4 in games played in Ames...UT's last win in Ames came in 2010.
- In this season's first meeting, ISU battled from 13 points down to force overtime but the Longhorns held off the Cyclones, 94-91...Niang led six Cyclones in double figures with 27 points, while Nader posted a double-double with 10 points and a career-high 16 rebounds...Isaiah Taylor led Texas with 28 points.
- Steve Prohm is 0-1 all-time against Texas and Shaka Smart.
- In eight career meetings against Texas, Niang has averaged 18.5 points, while shooting 55.3 percent from the field and 51.5 percent (17-for-33) from behind the arc.
- ISU is 350-543 all-time against current Big 12 teams.
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