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Iowa State University Athletics
Cyclones Back In Action Monday At West Virginia
02.21.2016 | Men's Basketball
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AMES, Iowa - No. 13 Iowa State (19-8, 8-6 Big 12) faces a quick turnaround when it faces No. 10 West Virginia (20-7, 9-5) on Big Monday in Morgantown, W.V.
Where: Morgantown, W.V. - WVU Coliseum (14,000)
When: Monday, Feb. 22, 8 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
TV: ESPN
Talent: Brent Musburger (PxP), Fran Fraschilla (Color)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM: 84/84 (WVU Broadcast)
Live Stats: Available at cyclonestats.com.
@CycloneMBB Notebook
- ISU hits the road to face West Virginia in its third Big Monday game of the season...the Cyclones are looking to win their 20th game for the fifth season in a row...it would also be the fifth time in five years as head coach that Steve Prohm coached his team to 20 wins...the only other active Big 12 coach to win 20 games in their first five years as a head coach is Shaka Smart.
- ISU has had three players score 20 or more points in the last two games...Monté Morris has dished out 11 assists in back-to-back games and the Cyclones' have hit 11 threes in the last two games.
- 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 six 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.
- ISU has had seven different players score 20 or more points and is only top-25 team with six active players averaging 10 or more points...ISU is now the Big 12's top scoring team (83.0)...the Cyclones are second nationally and lead the Big 12 shooting 50.4 percent from the field...two players (Morris, Niang) rank among the top-90 players in FG percentage.
- Georges Niang is leading the Cyclones with 19.7 points per game, which is second among Big 12 players...his 2,041 career points rank third in ISU history and is sixth in Big 12 history...he is averaging 25 points in the last three games and shooting 63.8 percent from the field and 54.5 percent on threes...he has scored in double figures in 36 consecutive games, including 20 or more points 12 times this season....Niang is the winningest player in school history (94 wins)...Niang is one of 12 active players nationally to score 500 points in each of the last three seasons.
- Morris, a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, continues to be a rock for the Cyclones, leading the Big 12 in assists (7.3) and assist-to-turnover ratio (4.8)...he is also third in steals (1.9)...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 third nationally this season...Morris has 52 assists and 10 turnovers in the last six games...he is on pace to break Jeff Hornacek's single-season assist per game mark of 6.8.
- Against TCU, Morris joined Hornacek and Diante Garrett as the only players in school history to record 1,000 points, 500 assists and 150 steals.
- Deonte Burton is averaging 15.6 points and shooting 55.2 percent from the field since moving into the starting lineup five games ago...Burton grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds and matched his high with 23 points against TCU, recording the first double-double of his three-year career.
- Matt Thomas has hit a three-pointer in 17 consecutive games...he is second in the Big 12 averaging 2.4 threes made per game and is shooting 42.8 percent from behind the arc (sixth in Big 12)...ISU is 10-0 when Thomas scores at least 12 points as a starter.
- Abdel Nader has been one of ISU's top players the last two games, averaging 25.5 points and shooting 67.7 percent from the field...he's hit 10-of-17 threes (58.8 percent) during that stretch...he followed a career-high tying 26 points at Baylor with 24 points against TCU.
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 (37.9) 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 40.1minutes per game.
- In the 19 games without Naz Mitrou-Long, Thomas has seen the biggest increase in minutes played going from 24.6 minutes to 36.1 minutes...Thomas is third in the Big 12 in conference games averaging 37.0 minutes, trailing only his teammate Morris and Buddy Hield.
- 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 21 of 27 games...the Cyclones are 17-4 in those games...ISU has been at or above 50 percent in 16 games.
- In the second half of the last five games ISU is shooting 62 percent from the field and 48.8 percent behind the arc.
- ISU is 16-1 this season when holding opponents under 80 points and just 3-7 when allowing 80 or more points.
- ISU is 16-3 when leading at halftime.
- The Cyclones are shooting 41.2 percent behind the arc in conference play, which leads the league....ISU shot 34.7 percent behind the arc in non-league games.
- The Cyclones have made 10 or more threes in four of the last six games...ISU has hit 55-of-127 threes (43.3 percent) in the last six games.
- Iowa State's 50.4 field goal percentage is tied for the second-best in school history.
- ISU has had less turnovers than its opponent in all but nine games...the Cyclones have a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- Niang ranks seventh in the Big 12 in rebounding this season (6.3 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 nine games.
- ISU is shooting 57.1 percent on 2-point field goals, which is third nationally.
- ISU is second nationally averaging just 15.3 personal fouls per game.
- In the last two games, Nader and Niang are combining for 50.5 points and shooting 65.5 percent from the floor...they are 13-25 on threes (52 percent).
- Morris has 507 assists and 107 turnovers in 97 career games... ISU is 44-12 when Morris has at least five assists.
- Morris has 73 assists and 13 turnovers in the last eight games, while playing 363 of 370 possible minutes during that stretch...he's played eight complete games this season.
- ISU is 25-7 in the last three seasons when Morris and Niang combine for 10 or more assists.
- Niang leads the Cyclones with 107 career double-figure scoring games...Niang has career-best 36 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 72-of-88 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 76.3 percent shooter.
- Niang has hit a three in 23 of 27 games this season...he had a streak of 17 consecutive games with a three come to an end against TCU.
- Niang has hit 10-of-23 threes in the last six 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 52 of the last 56 games, including 24 of 27 this season...he's third in the Big 12 this season with 1.9 steals per game.
- Morris has scored in double figures in 29 of the last 33 games dating back to last season.
- Morris has 11 career games with 10 or more assists...his assist-to-turnover ratio in those games is 7.4 (118 assists/16 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 50-of-117 3-pointers in the last 19 games, a 42.7 percent clip...he's got three or more 3-pointers in 12 of those 19 games, including seven of the last 10...in the first seven games of the season he was 9-for-26 (34.6 percent).
- In the last nine games, Thomas has hit 23-of-49 threes (46.9 percent).
- Thomas has hit a three in 17 consecutive games...Thomas has made 23 of his last 24 free-throw attempts.
- Since Thomas moved into the starting lineup, ISU is 10-0 when he scores 12 or more points and 1-9 when he scores 11 or fewer points.
- ISU is 8-4 when Nader scores 15 or more points.
Last Time Out - Three Score 23 Or More In Win Against TCU
Iowa State used the three headed attack of Burton, Nader and Niang to defeat TCU, 92-83...Burton recorded his first career double-double (23 points, 14 rebounds) while Niang led all scorers with 27 points...Nader had his second terrific performance in a row with 24 points.
The Cyclones shot 65.4 percent in the second half and 54.2 percent from the game...ISU assisted on 24 of 32 field goals, led by Morris' 11 assists.
The Cyclones hit 17-of-20 free throws in the win.
Series Notes vs. West Virginia...
Iowa State and West Virginia had never met prior to the Mountaineers joining the Big 12 in 2012-13...the Cyclones lead the all-time series 5-1, including 2-1 in Morgantown.
Steve Prohm is 0-1 against West Virginia and Bob Huggins.
West Virginia won the first meeting this season in Ames, downing ISU 81-76 despite the Cyclones holding a lead for nearly 27 minutes...Niang led the Cyclones with 20 points and Nader chipped in 19 for the Cyclones...Morris had 10 assists and no turnovers to go along with nine points and three steals.
West Virginia is one of four Big 12 schools that Iowa State has a series edge with: Baylor (17-14), Texas Tech (16-13) and TCU (9-5).
In three career meetings against WVU, Nader is averaging 18.0 points and shooting 55.9 percent from the field...he has hit 5-of-12 threes against the Mountaineers.
Morris has 39 assists and two turnovers (19.5 assist-to-turnover ratio) in five career games against West Virginia.
ISU is 352-544 all-time against current Big 12 teams.
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