No. 13 Cyclones Host TCU Saturday

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AMES, Iowa - No. 13 Iowa State (18-8, 7-6 Big 12) hosts TCU (11-15, 2-11) Saturday evening at Hilton Coliseum.

Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,384)
When: Saturday, Feb. 20, 6:30 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
TV: ESPNU
Talent: Jason Benetti (PxP), Reid Gettys (Color)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM: 113/199
Live Stats: Available at cyclonestats.com.

@CycloneMBB Notebook
- Iowa State returns home to face TCU Saturday night...the Cyclones fell to No. 25 Baylor on Tuesday night in Waco and will look to improve on their 11-2 home record this season...A win would give ISU at least 12 home wins for the sixth consecutive season.
- ISU's final three home games will come against the bottom three teams in the Big 12 standings, but its two road games are against the top-two teams.
- The Cyclones have wins against the teams currently ranked No. 2 (Kansas), No. 3 (Oklahoma) and No. 4 (Iowa) in the AP top-10...ISU has won 22 games against ranked opponents in the last three seasons, which is second nationally in that time...ISU owns seven wins against the RPI top-50.
- The Cyclones are ranked No. 13 in this week's Associated Press poll...the Cyclones have been ranked in a school-record 52 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 seven teams in the top-25 with five active players averaging 10 or more points...the Cyclones are third nationally and lead the Big 12 shooting 50.3 percent from the field...two players (Morris, Niang) rank among the top-80 players in FG percentage.
- Georges Niang, who is on the Wooden Award Late Season Top 20, is leading the Cyclones with 19.4 points per game, which is second among Big 12 players...his 2,014 career points rank third in ISU history and sixth in Big 12 history...Niang passed his former coach Fred Hoiberg and went over 2,000 career points at Baylor...he has scored in double figures in 35 consecutive games, including 20 or more points 11 times this season....Niang is the winningest player in school history (93 wins)...Niang is one of 12 active players nationally to score 500 points in each of the last three 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) and assist-to-turnover ratio (4.9)...he is also second in steals (1.8)...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 leading the nation this season as well...in Big 12 play, Morris has hit 20-of-42 three-pointers, with his 47.6 percent shooting ranking second in the league behind Devonte' Graham (KU, 48.2) and just ahead of Buddy Hield (OU, 46.1).
- Morris needs just four assists to become the third player in ISU history to record 1,000 points, 500 assists and 150 steals...only Jeff Hornacek and Diante Garrett have accomplished the feat.
- Jameel McKay has 103 career blocked shots, including seven in the last two games...McKay needs just six blocks to move into sixth all-time at Iowa State...he is averaging 11.7 points and leads the team with 8.7 rebounds.
- Deonte Burton is averaging 13.8 points and shooting 51.1 percent from the field in the last four games, all of which he started...Burton scored 14 points against Baylor, his fourth consecutive game scoring in double figures.
- Matt Thomas has hit a three-pointer in 16 consecutive games...he is second in the Big 12 averaging 2.3 threes made per game and is shooting 42.7 percent from behind the arc (sixth in Big 12)...the Cyclones are 9-0 when Thomas scores at least 12 points.
- Abdel Nader matched his career high with 26 points on 9-of-14 shooting at Baylor...he hit 5-of-9 threes in the game...Nader is averaging 17 points and shooting 54.5 percent from the field in the last three games...he's been in double figures 17 times this season.

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 (37.8) 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 40.2 minutes per game.
- In the 18 games without Naz Mitrou-Long, Thomas has seen the biggest increase in minutes played going from 24.6 minutes to 36.6 minutes...Thomas is second in the Big 12 in conference games averaging 37.8 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 20 of 26 games...the Cyclones are 16-4 in those games...ISU has been at or above 50 percent in 15 games.
- ISU is 16-1 this season when holding opponents under 80 points and just 2-7 when allowing 80 or more points.
- ISU is 15-3 when leading at halftime.
- The Cyclones are shooting 41.4 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 three of the last five games...ISU has hit 44-of-99 threes (44.1 percent) in the last four games.
- Iowa State's 50.3 field goal percentage is the third-best in school history.
- ISU has had less turnovers than its opponent in all but nine games...the Cyclones have a 1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- Niang ranks seventh 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 eight games.
- ISU is shooting 56.8 percent on 2-point field goals, which is fifth nationally.
- ISU is second nationally averaging just 15.3 personal fouls per game.
- Morris has 496 assists and 104 turnovers in 96 career games... ISU is 43-12 when Morris has at least five assists.
- Morris has 62 assists and 10 turnovers in the last seven games, while playing 323 of 330 possible minutes during that stretch...he's played seven complete games this season.
- ISU is 24-7 in the last three seasons when Morris and Niang combine for 10 or more assists.
- Niang leads the Cyclones with 106 career double-figure scoring games...Niang has career-best 35 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 69-of-83 free throws this season...since the start of his junior season, Niang has been an 81.7 percent free-throw shooter...he's a career 76.5 percent shooter.
- Niang has hit a three in 22 of 26 games this season...he had a streak of 17 consecutive games with a three come to an end against TCU.
- Niang has hit 8-of-17 threes in the last five games.
- 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 (13) than he hit his freshman (4) and sophomore (4) seasons combined at Marquette.
- Morris has at least one steal in 51 of the last 55 games, including 23 of 26 this season...he's third in the Big 12 this season with 1.8 steals per game.
- Morris has scored in double figures in 29 of the last 32 games dating back to last season.
- Morris has 10 career games with 10 or more assists...his assist-to-turnover ratio in those games is 8.2 (107 assists/13 turnovers).
- McKay has 103 blocks in 49 career games, which includes 32 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 38 of 49 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).
- 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 46-of-108 3-pointers in the last 18 games, a 42.9 percent clip...he's got three or more 3-pointers in 11 of those 18 games, including six of the last nine...in the first seven games of the season he was 9-for-26 (34.6 percent).
- In the last eight games, Thomas has hit 19-of-37 threes (51.3 percent).
- Thomas has hit a three in 16 consecutive games...Thomas has made 19 of his last 20 free-throw attempts.
- Since Thomas moved into the starting lineup, ISU is 9-0 when he scores 12 or more points and 1-9 when he scores 11 or fewer points.
- ISU is 7-4 when Nader scores 15 or more points.

Last Time Out - Cyclones Drop Third OT Game
- On a night when Niang passed Fred Hoiberg and became the third player in school history to score 2,000 career points, the Cyclones were unable to pick up a road win at Baylor, falling in overtime, 100-91...it was the third Big 12 road overtime loss this season for the Cyclones.
- Nader had the best night for the Cyclones, hitting 9-of-14 shots and matching his career high with 26 points...Niang (24) and Morris (20) also hit the 20-point mark, while Burton finished with 14 points...Thomas added seven points, hitting a three for the 16th consecutive game, but the Cyclone bench didn't score.
- Morris posted his fifth double-double of the season, adding 11 assists to his 20-point night.
- Iowa State has struggled since beating Baylor in the 2014 Big 12 Championship final...it was ISU's fourth consecutive loss to the Bears.

Series Notes vs. TCU...
- Iowa State and TCU are meeting for the 14th time with the Cyclones holding an 8-5 edge in the all-time series...ISU is 4-1 against the Horned Frogs in Ames...the Cyclones are 7-0 against TCU since it joined the Big 12...the Cyclones last loss to TCU came in 1997.
- Steve Prohm is 1-0 against TCU and Trent Johnson.
- TCU is one of four Big 12 schools that Iowa State has a series edge with: Baylor (17-14), Texas Tech (16-13) and West Virginia (5-2).
- In seven career meetings against TCU, Niang is averaging 16 points and 5.6 rebounds.
- ISU is 351-544 all-time against current Big 12 teams.

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Georges Niang

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