Cyclones Host Kansas State Saturday

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AMES, Iowa - No. 13 Iowa State (19-9, 8-7 Big 12) hosts Kansas State (15-13, 4-11) Saturday evening at Hilton Coliseum. Tipoff is scheduled for 5 p.m.

Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,384)
When: Saturday, Feb. 27, 5 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
TV: ESPN2
Talent: Dave Lamont (PxP), Fran Fraschilla (Color)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM: 113/199
Live Stats: Available at cyclonestats.com.

@CycloneMBB Notebook
- ISU looks to earn a regular season sweep of Kansas State for the first time since 2012 and just the third time since 2000...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.
- The Cyclones have wins against the teams currently ranked No. 2 (Kansas), No. 3 (Oklahoma) and No. 8 (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 is one of just five teams with at least five RPI top-25 wins.
- The Cyclones are ranked No. 17 in this week's Associated Press poll...the Cyclones have been ranked in a school-record 53 consecutive polls, the third-longest streak in the nation (Kansas, Arizona)...ISU is No. 17 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 the Big 12's top scoring team (83.1), the most by a Cyclone team since averaging 85.1 points in 1993-94...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 19.5 points per game, which is second among Big 12 players...his 2,055 career points rank third in ISU history and are sixth in Big 12 history...Niang is just 28 points away from becoming the Big 12's leading scorer in conference games only (Bernard King, TAMU)...he has scored in double figures in 37 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 26 players since 1996-97 to have three seasons averaging at least 15.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists.
- 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 (4.5)...he is also tied for first 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 fourth nationally this season...he is on pace to break Jeff Hornacek's single-season assist per game mark of 6.8...he is the fourth Cyclone to dish out 200 assists in a season and needs 43 dimes to tie Jamaal Tinsley's single-season record.
- Abdel Nader is playing as well as anyone in the Big 12 the last week and a half...Nader is averaging 24.3 points and shooting 55.6 percent (15-for-27) from behind the three-point line in the last three games...he has hit five 3-pointers in each of the last three games and has scored 26-24-23 during the stretch...he joins Niang and Oklahoma's Buddy Hield as the only players in the Big 12 to score 23 or more points in three consecutive games this season.
- Deonte Burton is averaging 15.0 points and shooting 53.3 percent from the field since moving into the starting lineup six 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...he's been in double figures in six consecutive games, the longest streak in his career.
- Matt Thomas has hit a three-pointer in 18 consecutive games, matching Chris Babb for the seventh-longest streak in school history...he is second in the Big 12 averaging 2.5 threes made per game and is shooting 42.6 percent from behind the arc (fifth in Big 12)...ISU is 10-1 when Thomas scores at least 12 points as a starter.
- In his last five games, Jameel McKay is averaging 2.6 blocks per game...against West Virginia, McKay was in double figures for the first time in eight games, finishing with 10 points.

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 (38.0) leads the Big 12 and is among the nation's top-25 in minutes played...the last Cyclone to average more than 38 minutes per game was Dedric Willoughby (38.2) during the 1995-96 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.
- Morris has played 403 of 410 possible minutes in the last nine games...he's played nine complete games this season.
- In the 20 games without Naz Mitrou-Long, Thomas has seen the biggest increase in minutes played going from 24.6 minutes to 36.2 minutes...Thomas is third in the Big 12 in conference games averaging 37.1 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 22 of 28 games...the Cyclones are 17-5 in those games...ISU has been at or above 50 percent in 17 games.
- In the second half of the last six games ISU is shooting 58.7 percent from the field and 45.5 percent behind the arc.
- ISU is 16-1 this season when holding opponents under 80 points and just 3-8 when allowing 80 or more points.
- ISU is 16-3 when leading at halftime.
- The Cyclones are shooting 41.6 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 five of the last seven games...ISU is shooting 43.7 percent behind the arc in those 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 10 games...the Cyclones have a 1.5 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- Niang ranks seventh in the Big 12 in rebounding this season (6.2 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 10 games.
- ISU is shooting 57.0 percent on 2-point field goals, which is fourth nationally.
- ISU is fourth nationally averaging just 15.5 personal fouls per game.
- In the last three games, Nader and Niang are combining for 46 points and shooting 61.7 percent from the floor...they are 18-35 on threes (51.4 percent).
- Morris has 511 assists and 111 turnovers in 98 career games... ISU is 44-12 when Morris has at least five assists.
- ISU is 25-7 in the last three seasons when Morris and Niang combine for 10 or more assists.
- Niang leads the Cyclones with 108 career double-figure scoring games (in 131 games...82.4 percent of his games played)...Niang has career-best 37 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 76-of-92 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 23 of 28 games this season.
- Niang has hit 10-of-23 threes in the last seven games.
- Niang is the only player in the Big 12 to rank in the top-12 in scoring, rebounding and assists.
- Niang is aiming to become the first Cyclone since Craig Brackins (21.8 ppg, 2009) to average more than 20 points in Big 12 play.
- Burton has hit more threes this season (14) than he hit his freshman (4) and sophomore (4) seasons combined at Marquette.
- Morris has at least one steal in 53 of the last 57 games, including 25 of 28 this season...he's tied for first in the Big 12 this season with 1.9 steals per game.
- Morris has scored in double figures in 30 of the last 34 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 105 blocks in 50 career games, which includes 33 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 39 of 50 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).
- 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 60-of-136 3-pointers in the last 21 games, a 44.1 percent clip...he's got three or more 3-pointers in 14 of those 21 games, including eight of the last 11...in the first seven games of the season he was 9-for-26 (34.6 percent).
- In the last 10 games, Thomas has hit 27-of-59 threes (45.8 percent).
- Thomas has hit a three in 18 consecutive games...Thomas has made 25 of his last 26 free-throw attempts.
- Since Thomas moved into the starting lineup, ISU is 10-1 when he scores 12 or more points and 1-9 when he scores 11 or fewer points.

Last Time Out - Cyclones Fall At West Virginia
- Iowa State was unable to overcome 69 points from West Virginia's bench Monday night, falling to the Mountaineers, 97-87, in a top-20 showdown in Morgantown.
- The Cyclones got another 20-point performance from Nader (23 points), his third consecutive, and five other players scored in double figures...Nader hit five 3-pointers for the third-straight game and Thomas added four of his own from long distance to finish with 14 points...Niang (14), Morris (13), Burton (13) and McKay (10) were also in double figures.
- The Cyclones had 15 turnovers and were outrebounded 43-29...ISU trailed by eight at the break but stormed back to take a lead less than three minutes into the second half...ultimately, though, the Cyclones were unable to overcome 34 points from Jaysean Paige and 22 from Tarik Phillip as WVU swept the season series.

Series Notes vs. Kansas State...
- Kansas State leads the all-time series at 137-84 with the teams meeting for the 222nd time...the Cyclones lead 51-50 in games played in Ames...the Cyclones are 25-19 against the Wildcats at Hilton Coliseum.
- ISU has won seven of the last 10 meetings in the series, including four in a row in Ames.
- The Cyclones won the first meeting this season in Manhattan, earning a 76-63 win at Bramlage Coliseum...Morris led the Cyclones with 19 points, while Niang chipped in 15.
- Niang is averaging 14.8 points in eight career games against the Wildcats...he's hit 18-of-31 threes against KSU.
- Steve Prohm is 1-0 against Kansas State and Bruce Weber.
- Weber is 4-5 vs. ISU as a head coach.
- ISU is 352-545 all-time against current Big 12 teams.