Iowa State Hosts Kansas On Big Monday

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AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (11-5, 3-2 Big 12) returns home on short rest to face No. 2 Kansas (16-1, 5-0 Big 12) in a Big Monday showdown at Hilton Coliseum. Kansas could vault to No. 1 in the AP Top-25 following a pair of wins and a loss by No. 1 Baylor last week.

Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,384)
When: Monday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/TuneIn Radio App
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
TV: ESPN
Talent: Bob Wischusen (PxP), Fran Fraschilla (Color); Holly Rowe (Reporter)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM: 84/84/84 (internet)
Live Stats: Available at Cyclonestats.com

Game #17-Kansas
• ISU wraps up a stretch of three games in six days when it hosts Kansas on ESPN's Big Monday...it will be the 700th game played at Hilton Coliseum...ISU is 83-8 at home the last six seasons, including 41-6 against league foes in that time.
#CycloneNotes
• ISU, which is 5-2 in its last seven games with the two losses coming on the road in Big 12 play by nine total points, returns home with an 11-5 overall record and 3-2 in conference action.
• ISU is looking to beat KU at Hilton Coliseum for the third consecutive season...overall, ISU has won 4-of-the-last-6 meetings in the series.
• Iowa State is 5-0 the last two seasons at home following a road Big 12 loss.
• Two of Iowa State's five losses have come at the hands of the what were the nation's final two unbeatens (Baylor and Gonzaga) by a total of four points in neutral and road games...the Cyclones also fell in overtime to No. 22 Cincinnati by one point...nobody has played Gonzaga closer this season than the Cyclones.
• Iowa State ranks among KenPom.com's top 40 in both adjusted offensive efficiency (35) and defensive efficiency (26)...the Cyclones are second in the Big 12 in field goal percentage defense (.402).
• ISU is averaging 11.7 steals the last three games, which included 13 against Oklahoma State...it was the Cyclones' most steals against a Big 12 opponent since having 13 takeaways against Kansas in 2006...ISU followed with 10 against TCU Saturday...Monté Morris has nine steals the last three games.
• ISU continues to rank among the nation's top teams in taking care of the basketball...the Cyclones average 9.8 turnovers per game, which leads the Big 12 and is fourth nationally (Michigan, Notre Dame, Virginia)...ISU's turnover percentage of 13.4 ranks first nationally...ISU is averaging just 8.2 turnovers in league games, more than 3.0 fewer than the next best team (Kansas)...in league games, ISU owns a +7.4 TO margin.
• In conference action, ISU and Kansas pace the Big 12 with 9.0 3-pointers per contest...both teams have three of the top-10 players in threes made per game in league play.
• Morris, who on Wednesday was named to the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25, had one of the best performances in school history by a point guard when he went for 30 points, five rebounds, five assists, four steals and zero turnovers in 39 minutes against Oklahoma State...in Big 12 play, Morris is fourth in the league averaging 17.4 points...Morris, who led the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio as a freshman and sophomore, is back at No. 1 this season at 5.81...Morris has 30 assists and one turnover in Big 12 action and he's got just two turnovers in the last 252 minutes he's played.
• Nazareth Mitrou-Long is averaging 17.8 points and shooting 56.9 percent from the field and 44.4 percent behind the arc in the eight games since going scoreless against Cincinnati...he has hit a three in 15 of 16 games this season and became the second ISU player to reach 200 career 3-pointers.
• Deonte Burton is currently leading the Cyclones in blocks (18) and steals (24)...the last Cyclone to lead ISU in both was Royce White (2011-12).
• Donovan Jackson came off the bench against TCU to score a career-high 16 points, all of which came in the first half...Jackson hit 4-of-5 three-pointers...in games in which he hits a 3-pointer, Jackson is averaging 9.1 points per game.

Iowa State Quick Hitters
• Iowa State has sold out 24 of the last 28 games at Hilton Coliseum...ISU is 21-3 at Hilton Coliseum under Prohm.
• ISU has been to a school-record five consecutive NCAA Tournaments...the Cyclones have made two Sweet 16 appearance in the last three seasons...ISU seeks to become the first school from the state of Iowa to reach six consecutive NCAA Tournaments.
• The Cyclones have won two of the last three Big 12 Tournament titles.
• Wins By Big 12 Teams Since 2011-12: Kansas 162, Baylor 141, Iowa State 134.
• ISU has won 20 games the last five seasons...Steve Prohm has won at least 20 games in each of his five seasons as a head coach...among current Big 12 coaches, only he, Texas coach Shaka Smart and TCU's Jamie Dixon accomplished that in their first five years as a head coach.
• Iowa State is one of 29 schools to win 20+ games the last five seasons...only 13 teams in the nation's top-six conferences (Big East, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC) have won 20+ games five consecutive seasons.
• The Cyclones have won at least 10 league games in each of the last five seasons, which is a school record.
• The Cyclones have won 39 of their last 43 games at home, including 20 of 23 league games.
• ISU has led the Big 12 in scoring the last four seasons, joining Kansas (2000-03) as the only teams to lead the league four consecutive seasons.
• The Cyclones are 27-8 under Prohm when committing less turnovers than their opponent...ISU has had fewer turnovers than its opponent in 15 of 16 games this season, including seven games with less than 10 miscues.
• Morris has 644 assists and 139 turnovers in 121 career games...ISU is 54-18 when Morris has at least five assists.
• Morris has 13 career games with 10 or more assists...his assist-to-turnover ratio in those games is 8.7 (139 assists/16 turnovers)...the rest of the Big 12 players have a combined seven 10-assist games.
• ISU is 7-0 this season and 17-3 under Prohm when outrebounding its opponent.
• ISU has held five of its opponents to 59 points or less this season after doing so just three times in 35 games last season.
• Morris has one of 17 triple-doubles in the nation this season.
• Nick Weiler-Babb has 27 assists and just 11 turnovers..in his two collegiate seasons (freshman year at Arkansas), Weiler-Babb owns a 2.6 assist-to-turnover ratio.
• ISU's turnover margin is +5.6...last three seasons: 2015-16:+0.8; 2014-15: +1.9; 2012-13: +1.1.
• ISU is ranked 327th nationally with just 257 free throws attempted (16.1 per game).
• ISU's three starting guards (Morris, Thomas, Mitrou-Long) are shooting a combined 83.8 percent from the FT line (67-80)...Thomas has made 51 of his last 54 free-throw attempts.
• The duo of Thomas (10), Mitrou-Long (9) are both riding streaks of at least nine games with a made 3-pointer.
• Mitrou-Long, Morris and Thomas have a combined assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.75 (165 assists-60 turnovers).
• In games which he hits a 3-pointer, Donovan Jackson is averaging 9.1 points and shooting 54.2 percent (26-48) from the field and 57.6 percent (19-33) from 3-point range.
• The Cyclones are averaging 10.6 made three-pointers over the last eight games while shooting 40.9 percent as a team.
• ISU is 7-0 when Weiler-Babb has five or more rebounds.
• Entering the season, 66.1 percent of Mitrou-Long's made field goals were 3-pointers...this season that number is 45.1 percent.
• ISU has the top scoring game in the Big 12 this season (Mitrou-Long, 37) and in league games only (Morris, 30).
• Morris is currently leading the Big 12 with 6.0 assists per game...he is trying to become the first player to lead the league three consecutive seasons since Doug Gottlieb (Oklahoma State) did it from 1998-2000.
• In the last two games, Morris is averaging 20.3 points and shooting 50 percent on threes.
• Morris and Mitrou-Long average a combined 34.0 points.
• ISU is 1-of-11 teams nationally without a 15-pt loss since 2015-16.

Iowa State-Kansas Series Notes
• Kansas leads the all-time series against Iowa State, 178-63, as the teams meet for the 242nd time...it is the longest running series for Iowa State, dating back to 1908.
• Iowa State has won four of the last six meetings in the series, including the last two at Hilton Coliseum...KU leads in games played at Hilton Coliseum, 23-22.
• Steve Prohm is 1-1 coaching against Kansas and Bill Self as the teams split last season with both winning at home.
• ISU is 356-550 all-time against current Big 12 schools.

Last Time Out - Cyclones Fall At TCU
• Iowa State dropped its first game to TCU since the Horned Frogs joined the Big 12, falling 84-77 Saturday in Fort Worth...TCU shot 56.9 percent compared to 46.2 percent shooting from the Cyclones.
• Mitrou-Long led the Cyclones for the third time in five Big 12 games, finishing with 19 points...he was one of four Cyclones in double figures...Donovan Jackson scored 16 points off the bench (4-5 3FG)...Thomas (10) and Nick Weiler-Babb (10) also scored in double digits.
• Morris had nine points, eight assists and zero turnovers.

Iowa State vs. No. 1
• With Kansas believed by many to be moving into the top spot in the AP poll, ISU will likely face its third game against a No. 1 team in the last two seasons...the Cyclones beat Oklahoma last season at home and fell to Kansas on the road.
• Iowa State is 2-18 all-time against No. 1 teams in the AP poll...besides the win against OU last season, ISU's only other upset victory against a top-ranked team came on Jan. 14, 1957 when a Gary Thompson-led ISU squad beat Wilt Chamberlain's Kansas squad, 39-37, at The Armory in Ames.

700th Game At Hilton Coliseum
• Monday's game marks the 700th played at Hilton Coliseum...the arena, which opened Dec. 2, 1971 with a 71-54 win against Arizona, has hosted the Cyclones to a 529-170 (.757) record.

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Donovan Jackson

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Nick Weiler-Babb

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