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Iowa State University Athletics
No. 13 Cyclones To Face Oklahoma State Saturday
02.04.2016 | Men's Basketball
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AMES, Iowa - No. 13 Iowa State (16-6, 5-4 Big 12) looks to win its third-straight Big 12 road game when it travels to face Oklahoma State (11-11, 2-7) Saturday afternoon in Stillwater, Okla.
Where: Stillwater, Okla. - Gallagher-Iba Arena (13,611)
When: Saturday, Feb. 6, 1 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
TV: ESPN2
Talent: Jon Sciambi (PxP), Fran Fraschilla (Color)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM: 83/199 (OSU Broadcast)
Live Stats: Available at cyclonestats.com.
@CycloneMBB Notebook
- Iowa State looks to win its third consecutive conference road game and stop a two-game skid in the process when it travels to Oklahoma State Saturday...ISU hasn't won three consecutive Big 12 road games since the 2004-05 season...the Cyclones have won their last two games in Stillwater after ending a losing streak that had dated back to 1988.
- ISU is coming off a span of playing four ranked teams in five games...the Cyclones went 3-2 during the stretch.
- The Cyclones have beat the teams currently ranked No. 1 (Oklahoma), No. 5 (Iowa) and No. 7 (Kansas) in the AP top-10...no other team has more than two win against the top-10...ISU has won 21 games against ranked opponents in the last three seasons, which is tied for the most nationally in that time.
- The Cyclones are ranked No. 13 in this week's Associated Press poll...the Cyclones have been ranked in a school-record 50 consecutive polls, the third-longest streak in the nation (Kansas, Arizona)...ISU is No. 14 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 five 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 49.9 percent from the field...three players (McKay, Morris, Niang) rank among the top-90 players nationally in field-goal percentage.
- Georges Niang, who on Thursday was named a finalist for the Karl Malone Award, is leading the Cyclones with 19.1 points per game, which is second among Big 12 players...his 1,930 career points rank fourth in ISU history and 10th in Big 12 history...he has scored in double figures in 31 consecutive games, including 20 or more points nine times this season....Niang is the winningest player in school history (91 wins).
- Niang is one of two active players nationally to score 400 points in all four college seasons (John Brown, High Point).
- Monté Morris, a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award, continues to be a rock for the Cyclones, sitting second in the Big 12 in assists (7.0) and first in steals (2.0), while also leading in assist-to-turnover ratio (5.0)...Morris already owns two of the top-three assist-to-turnover ratios in NCAA history and is third nationally this season.
- Morris and Niang make ISU one of just seven schools nationally with two players averaging at least 14 points and three assists.
- Jameel McKay is averaging just under a double-double with 12.4 points and 9.0 rebounds...he is third in the Big 12 in rebounding after pulling down 14 boards against Texas A&M...he's averaging 5.0 offensive rebounds per game in the last two contests...McKay has five double-doubles this season...his next dunk will be the 100th of his career.
- Matt Thomas is shooting 43.2 percent behind the arc...he's hit at least three 3-pointers in 11 of the last 15 games...since moving into the starting lineup, Thomas is averaging 11.9 points and shooting 43.3 percent on threes...he's hit his last 15 free throws and is shooting 89.5 percent from the line (17-19).
- Abdel Nader is averaging 14.2 points while connecting on 52.2 percent of his field goals the last five games...he topped 1,000 collegiate points in the win against Kansas and has been in double figures in 15 of 22 games this season...Nader is posting 12.9 points and 5.4 rebounds this season.
- Deonte Burton, who captured back-to-back Big 12 Newcomer of the Week honors after becoming eligible, is averaging 9.0 points and 5.0 rebounds the last two games...he's hit 53.8 percent of his field goals during the stretch.
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 (37.2) 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.
- In the 14 games without Naz Mitrou-Long, Thomas has seen the biggest increase in minutes played going from 24.6 minutes to 35.7 minutes...Mitrou-Long's minutes have largely 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 17 of 22 games...the Cyclones are 14-3 in those games...ISU has been at or above 50 percent in 12 games.
- ISU is 14-1 this season when holding opponents under 80 points.
- ISU is 14-3 when leading at halftime.
- The Cyclones are shooting 40.8 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.
- Iowa State's defense is allowing opponents 72.4 points in the last six games, below its season average of 73.9...the Cyclones are 4-2 in those games, despite playing its toughest stretch of the season.
- Iowa State's 49.9 field goal percentage is the fifth-best in school history.
- ISU has had less turnovers than its opponent in all but seven games...the Cyclones have a 1.4 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- Niang ranks ninth in the Big 12 in rebounding this season (6.1 rpg)...he had only ranked among the Big 12's top-20 rebounders his junior season (17th).
- ISU is shooting 56.8 percent on 2-point field goals, which is sixth nationally.
- ISU is first nationally averaging just 15.1 personal fouls per game.
- Morris has 465 assists and 97 turnovers in 92 career games... ISU is 42-10 when Morris has at least five assists.
- Morris is averaging 8.3 assists in the last three games.
- ISU is 23-5 in the last three seasons when Morris and Niang combine for 10 or more assists.
- Niang leads the Cyclones with 102 career double-figure scoring games...Niang has career-best 31 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 60-of-72 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 76.3 percent shooter.
- Niang has hit a three in 19 of 22 games this season...he had a streak of 17 consecutive games with a three come to an end against TCU...he went 3-for-6 on threes against WVU after going 1-for-11 in the three games prior to that.
- 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 49 of the last 51 games, including 21 of 22 this season...he's leading the Big 12 this season with 2.0 steals per game.
- Morris has scored in double figures in 25 of the last 28 games dating back to last season...he's been in single digits in two consecutive games for the first time since Feb. 21 and 25 of 2015.
- 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).
- ISU has struggled at the line the last two games, shooting just 48.4 percent (15-31).
- Thomas has six or more rebounds in nine games this season after having six or more boards just three times in his first two seasons.
- Thomas has hit 45-of-99 3-pointers in the last 15 games, a 45.5 percent clip...he's got three or more 3-pointers in 11 of those 15 games...in the first seven games of the season he was 9-for-26 (34.6 percent).
- In the last four games, Thomas has hit 12-of-22 threes (54.5 percent).
- Thomas has hit a three in 12 consecutive games...Thomas has made his last 15 free-throw attempts.
- ISU is 7-2 when Nader scores 15 or more points.
Last Time Out - West Virginia Rallies To Down Cyclones
- Iowa State raced out to a 15-point lead in the first half but foul trouble, turnovers (16) and poor foul shooting (11-19) handcuffed the Cyclones as they dropped an 81-76 decision to West Virginia Tuesday night in Ames...ISU also had a five-point lead with 3:18 left but were outscored 13-6 the rest of the way...the Cyclones fell to 2-5 when allowing 80 or more points this season.
- For the second game in a row Niang led the Cyclones in scoring, tallying 20 points...Nader hit 7-of-12 field goals to finish with 19 points and Thomas added 11 points...Niang, Nader and Thomas each hit three 3-pointers for the Cyclones...ISU was 11-for-22 from long distance.
- ISU was beat on the glass 43-26, with Burton's six rebounds leading the Cyclones.
- Morris finished with 10 assists and no turnovers and now has 39 assists and two turnovers in five career games against West Virginia.
Series Notes vs. Oklahoma State...
- Oklahoma State leads the all-time series vs. Iowa State at 63-58...OSU leads the series in Stillwater, 37-15...the last eight meetings have been decided by an average of 3.5 points, with one of the games going to triple-OT and another being a single-OT affair.
- Iowa State has won the last five games in the series...the Cyclones are looking to win their third-straight in Stillwater, which would match their second-longest road streak against the Cowboys (4 from 1966-69 and 3 from 1972-74)...prior to the current two-game win streak, ISU hadn't won in Stillwater since 1988.
- OSU head coach Travis Ford played against ISU for two different teams in his collegiate career...as a freshman at Missouri in 1989-90, Ford scored 10 and nine points, respectively, in his two games vs. ISU...he later transferred to Kentucky, where he played against ISU in the 1992 NCAA Tournament...he played four minutes in the game, but did not score.
- Steve Prohm is facing Oklahoma State and Ford for the first time.
- In two games against OSU, McKay is averaging a double-double (11.0 pts-10.0 rbs)...McKay hit 13-of-18 free throws last season in Stillwater...Niang leads all active players against OSU with 15.3 points in six career meetings against the Cowboys.
- ISU is 349-542 all-time against current Big 12 teams.
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