Cyclones Look To Extend Win Streak At Texas Tech

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AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (17-9, 9-5 Big 12) looks to win its fourth-straight and fifth Big 12 Conference road game of the season when it travels to Texas Tech (17-10, 5-9 Big 12) for a Monday night showdown.

Where: Lubbock, Texas - United Supermarkets Arena (15,098)
When: Monday, Feb. 20, 8 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/TuneIn Radio App
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
TV: ESPNU
Talent: Brendan Fitzgerald (PxP), Paul Biancardi (Color)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM: 81/81/81 (Internet) - Texas Tech Broadcast
Live Stats: Available at Cyclonestats.com

Game #27-Texas Tech
• Iowa State, which has climbed into a tie for second in the Big 12, looks to win its fifth conference road game as it travels to Texas Tech for a Monday night showdown...it is ISU's third game in six days...the Cyclones are looking for their fourth consecutive conference win, which would match its longest Big 12 streak since last season...ISU has only won four Big 12 games in a row three times since 2005.
#CycloneNotes
• A fifth conference road win would mark just the fifth time in school history ISU won five league road games in a season.
• ISU ranks among KenPom.com's top 30 in both adjusted offensive efficiency (30) and defensive efficiency (29)...in the KenPom era (since 2001-02), its the best defensive efficiency since 2005 (10)...the Cyclones are No. 24 in KenPom's rankings...ISU is among the nation's top-20 teams in steals per game (8.3)...Deonte Burton has 50 steals after recording 24 steals as a junior.
• Monté Morris has proven himself as one of the nation's most consistent performers and best point guards...he is first nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (6.0) and is also the nation's active career leader (4.74)...only seven times in NCAA Division I men's basketball history has a player led the nation in any stat category three times in their career like Morris is on pace to do...on Saturday, Morris became just the 11th Divsion I player in since 1992-93 to record 1,500 points, 700 assists and 200 steals...he is the only player in that group with less than 200 turnovers (Andre Miller (Utah) was next best with 279).
• In Big 12 play, Morris has taken his ball control to another level...he is averaging one turnover every 48.4 minutes he's played...since 1996-97, no DI player has averaged 34 minutes, 5.0 assists and 1.0 turnovers per game in a season as he is doing...Morris, who broke Jeff Hornacek's career assist record, will break his steals mark with next takeaway.
• Matt Thomas and Nazareth Mitrou-Long have been shooting it at a high clip this season, but especially the last eight games...in that stretch, Thomas (27) and Mitrou-Long (29) have combined to make 56 threes (7.0 per game) at a 49.1 percent clip...in the last five games, Mitrou-Long has hit 24-of-48 threes...the Cyclones are shooting 46.4 percent on threes as a team in that time.
• Deonte Burton leads ISU in steals (50) & blocks (37) this season and is aiming to become the first Cyclone to lead the team in both categories since Royce White (2011-12)...only Lafester Rhodes (87-88) has recorded 40 blocks and 40 steals in the same season.
• Freshman Solomon Young has started the last three games for the Cyclones...he posted the best game of his career at K-State, leading the Cyclones with 18 points and 12 rebounds, both career highs, for his first double-double...as a starter, Young is averaging 10 points and 6 rebounds, while shooting 77.8 percent from the field (14-16 FG).
• In the last three games, ISU is averaging 18.0 assists...the Cyclones are shooting 85.1 percent at the line the last two games.
• ISU continues to rank among the nation's top teams in taking care of the basketball...the Cyclones average 10.3 turnovers per game, which leads the Big 12 and is seventh nationally...ISU's turnover percentage of 14.1 is No. 2 nationally and its turnover margin (+5.2) is fourth nationally...ISU has had fewer turnovers than its opponents in 22 of 26 games.
• In Big 12 action, ISU is leading the league making 10.2 3-pointers per game and third in the league shooting 40.7 percent...Thomas is shooting 46.3 percent behind the arc against conference foes, which ranks third...Mitrou-Long has made 45 threes in conference play...the most threes by an ISU player in Big 12 play was 51 by Dedric Willoughby (96-97).

Iowa State Quick Hitters
• Iowa State has sold out 29 of the last 33 games at Hilton Coliseum...ISU is 24-5 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 169, Baylor 146, Iowa State 140.
• 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 42 of their last 48 games at home, including 23 of 28 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 31-11 under Prohm when committing fewer turnovers than their opponent...ISU has had fewer turnovers than its opponent in 22 of 26 games this season, including nine games with fewer than 10 miscues.
• Morris has 707 assists and 149 turnovers in 131 career games...ISU is 59-20 when Morris has at least five assists.
• Morris has 14 career games with 10 or more assists...his assist-to-turnover ratio in those games is 8.8 (150 assists/17 turnovers)...the rest of the Big 12 players have a combined eight 10-assist games.
• ISU is 8-0 this season and 18-3 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.
• ISU is ranked 327th nationally with just 431 free throws attempted (16.6 per game)...its opponents are averaging just 15.6 free throw attempts per contest...ISU has averaged 23.5 FT attempts the last two games.
• ISU's three starting guards (Morris, Thomas, Mitrou-Long) are shooting a combined 82.1 percent from the FT line (138-168).
• In games which he hits a 3-pointer, Donovan Jackson is averaging 10.1 points and shooting 55.3 percent (47-85) from the field and 56.9 percent (33-58) from 3-point range...Jackson has hit 13-of-22 three-pointers (59.1 percent) the last seven games...he has scored in double figures in five of the last seven games.
• Entering the season, 66.1 percent of Mitrou-Long's made field goals were 3-pointers...this season that number is 51.0 percent...Mitrou-Long is shooting 63.7 percent on 2-point field goals.
• 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 Big 12 play, Morris is averaging one turnover every 48.4 minutes played...in the second half of Big 12 games, Morris has just three turnovers in 265 minutes played.
• Morris and Mitrou-Long average a combined 31.9 points, third-most among Big 12 teammates.
• Morris is the second player in school history to record four 100-assist seasons (Gary Thompkins, 1985-88).
• Morris is first nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio at 6.00...Morris has the 2nd and fourth best single season marks in NCAA history and is trying to take the record back (Casey Benson, Oregon, 4.88)...in Big 12 Conference games, Morris owns an 8.2 a/to ratio...next best in the league is KU's Devonte' Graham at 2.5.
• Morris has 39 assists and two turnovers in the last five games.
• In his career, Morris has accounted for 3,288 points via scoring and assisting (25.1 ppg).
• Only Kansas' Frank Mason (35.7) is playing more minutes than Morris (34.9).
• Morris has the second-most wins in ISU history having played in 93 career wins...Georges Niang is first at 98 wins played in, while Mitrou-Long and Thomas have played in 91 wins each.
• Iowa State has 11 games with 10 or more steals...among the top-6 leagues, only West Virginia (14) has more.
• Mitrou-Long (237) and Thomas (230) have surpassed 200 career 3-pointers made...this season, they have combined to make 140, the most among Big 12 teammates.
• Burton is averaging 1.9 steals per game...the last ISU player to average 2.0+ spg was Curtis Stinson in 2006.
• Burton has made more threes (29) this year as he did the first three seasons combined.
• Burton's last seven games: 16.0 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 3.0 apg, 2.7 spg, 1.6 bpg.
• Iowa State is the only team with three players ranked in the top 10 of the Big 12 in scoring.
• Mitrou-Long is shooting a career-best 47.6 percent from the field (previous high: 44.9 percent in 2014-15).
• Mitrou-Long is averaging 21.3 points the last three games.
• In ISU's three game win streak, ISU's starting five is shooting 52.2 percent from the field and 45.7 percent on 3-pointers.
• In addition to having the second-best turnover percentage in the nation (14.1%), ISU is seventh in steal percentage (6.3).
• Iowa State's first five Big 12 wins were by an average of 7.8 points...its last three have been by 12.3 ppg.
• ISU's 38.7 3-point FG percentage is tied for the fourth-best mark in school history: 1. 41.7, 2000-01; 2. 41.6, 1989-90; 3. 40.1, 1996-97; 4. 38.7, 2015-16

Last Time Out - Cyclones Blow Past TCU
• Mitrou-Long hit 7-of-12 threes and scored 25 points as ISU had three players score more than 18 points in an 84-71 win against TCU...Burton and Morris tallied 18 points and Jackson came off the bench to score 11.
• The Cyclones ripped the nets for 12 threes on 25 attempts, their 12th game this season with at least 10 made 3-pointers.
• Morris posted his fourth double-double this season, dishing out 11 assists to just one turnover...he topped 700 career assists in the game...with two steals, Morris matched Jeff Hornacek for the career steals record (211)...Morris also set the school record for consecutive games started (112).
• ISU had 19 assists, matching its most in Big 12 play.
• For the second consecutive game and second time in Big 12 play this season, ISU grabbed as many rebounds as its opponent (28-28).

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