No. 24 Cyclones Host Oklahoma State On Senior Night

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AMES, Iowa - No. 24 Iowa State (19-9, 11-5 Big 12) hosts Oklahoma State (20-9, 9-7) with hopes of closing the home slate out with a win Tuesday night at Hilton Coliseum.

Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,384)
When: Tuesday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/TuneIn Radio App
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
TV: ESPN2
Talent: Jon Sciambi (PxP), Miles Simon (Color)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM: 84/84/84 (Internet)
Live Stats: Available at Cyclonestats.com

Game #29-Oklahoma State
• No. 24 ISU plays its final game at Hilton Coliseum as it looks to win at least 12 home games for the seventh consecutive season...a win would give ISU 20 wins for the sixth consecutive season and would also extends ISU's win streak against Oklahoma State to nine games and give it a season sweep of the Cowboys for the fourth consecutive season...a 12th conference win would be the most for ISU since 2011-12.
#CycloneNotes
• Iowa State is 6-1 in the month of February and looking to match the best month in school history (7-1, February 2014)...the Cyclones are riding a five-game win streak, its longest since winning the first five games this season and the longest regular season Big 12 win streak since it won seven in a row in 2005.
• ISU will celebrate seven players making their final appearance at Hilton Coliseum...ISU has won six consecutive games on Senior Day...this is the fourth time in the last five seasons that Oklahoma State has been Iowa State's senior day opponent.
• ISU won its second game against a top-10 opponent when it beat Baylor...under Steve Prohm, ISU has defeated four top-10 opponents (AP poll) in less than two seasons...the Cyclones had 33 top-10 wins in the 108 seasons prior to Prohm's tenure.
• 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 (6.04) and is also the nation's active career leader (4.77)...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...Morris averaged 20 points, 6.5 assists and shot 55.6% on field goals and 62.5% behind the arc in two wins last week.
• In Big 12 play, Morris, who is this week's Big 12 POW, has taken his ball control to another level...he is averaging one turnover every 47 minutes he's played...since 1996-97, no DI player has averaged 35 minutes, 5.0 assists and 1.0 turnovers per game in a season...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 10 games...in that stretch, Thomas (30) and Mitrou-Long (35) have combined to make 65 threes (6.5 per game) at a 48.5 percent clip...in the last seven games, Mitrou-Long has hit 30-of-61 threes...ISU is 26th nationally in 3-point percentage (39.4 percent)...ISU has five players with 30 or more made threes for the first time since 2013-14.
• Deonte Burton leads ISU in steals (51) & blocks (41) this season and is aiming to become the first Cyclone to lead the team in both categories since Royce White (2011-12)...only Burton and Lafester Rhodes (87-88) have recorded 40 blocks and 40 steals in the same season.
• Freshman Solomon Young has started the last five 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 9.4 points and 5.8 rebounds, while shooting 74.1 percent from the field (20-27 FG).
• ISU continues to rank among the nation's top teams in taking care of the basketball...the Cyclones average 10.1 turnovers per game, which leads the Big 12 and is sixth nationally...ISU's turnover percentage of 14.1 is No. 2 nationally and its turnover margin (+4.9) is fifth nationally...ISU has had fewer turnovers than its opponents in 23 of 28 games.
• In Big 12 action, ISU is leading the league making 10.2 3-pointers per game and first in the league shooting 41.8 percent...Thomas is shooting 46.1 percent behind the arc against conference foes, which ranks fourth...Mitrou-Long has made 51 threes in conference play, matching Dedric Willoughby (96-97) for the most by a Cyclone in Big 12 play.

Iowa State Quick Hitters
• Iowa State has sold out 30 of the last 34 games at Hilton Coliseum...ISU is 25-5 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 170, Baylor 146, Iowa State 141.
• 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 43 of their last 49 games at home, including 24 of 29 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 32-11 under Prohm when committing fewer turnovers than their opponent...ISU has had fewer turnovers than its opponent in 23 of 27 games this season, including 10 games with fewer than 10 miscues.
• Morris has 720 assists and 151 turnovers in 133 career games...ISU is 61-20 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 ten 10-assist games.
• ISU is 8-0 this season and 18-3 under Prohm when outrebounding its opponent.
• ISU is ranked 327th nationally with just 471 free throws attempted (16.8 per game)...its opponents are averaging just 15.6 free throw attempts per contest...ISU has averaged 21.8 FT attempts the last four games.
• ISU's three starting guards (Morris, Thomas, Mitrou-Long) are shooting a combined 82.4 percent from the FT line (154-187).
• In games which he hits a 3-pointer, Donovan Jackson is averaging 9.9 points and shooting 55.3 percent (52-94) from the field and 57.1 percent (36-63) from 3-point range...Jackson has hit 16-of-27 three-pointers (59.3 percent) the last nine games...he has scored in double figures in five of the last nine games...ISU is 2-4 when Jackson doesn't score.
• Entering the season, 66.1 percent of Mitrou-Long's made field goals were 3-pointers...this season that number is 52.3 percent...Mitrou-Long is shooting 63.8 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 47 minutes played...in the second half of Big 12 games, Morris has just five turnovers in 305 minutes played (one TO every 61 second half minutes).
• Morris and Mitrou-Long average a combined 32.0 points, third-most among Big 12 teammates...in conference play, the total jumps to 33.7 ppg.
• 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 6.04...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 7.9 a/to ratio...next best in the league is KU's Devonte' Graham at 2.7.
• Morris has 52 assists and four turnovers in the last seven games.
• In his career, Morris has accounted for 3,361 points via scoring and assisting (25.3 ppg).
• Morris has the second-most wins in ISU history having played in 95 career wins...Georges Niang is first at 98 wins played in, while Mitrou-Long and Thomas have played in 93 wins each.
• In the second half of the last two games, Morris is averaging 13.0 points and shooting 62.5% FG and 66.7% 3FG.
• Iowa State has 11 games with 10 or more steals...among the top-6 leagues, only West Virginia (16) has more.
• Mitrou-Long (243) and Thomas (233) have surpassed 200 career 3-pointers made...this season, they have combined to make 149, the most among Big 12 teammates.
• Burton is averaging 1.8 steals per game...the last ISU player to average 2.0+ spg was Curtis Stinson in 2006.
• Burton has made more threes (31) this year as he did the first three seasons combined.
• 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 47.7 percent from the field (previous high: 44.9 percent in 2014-15).
• Mitrou-Long is averaging 17.7 points the last seven games...he's scored 22 or more points three times in that stretch.
• No player in school history has attempted more 3-pointers than Mitrou-Long (639).
• In ISU's five game win streak, ISU's starting five is shooting 52.2 percent from the field and 47.3 percent on 3-pointers...the entire team is shooting 48.6 percent on threes (51-105)...ISU's opponents are shooting just 44.7 percent from the field and 32.3 percent behind the arc in that stretch.
• Also in the last five games, ISU is averaging 16.6 assists and shooting 78.8 percent at the line.
• In addition to having the second-best turnover percentage in the nation (14.1%), ISU is sixth in steal percentage (6.3).
• ISU's 39.4 3-point FG percentage is the fourth-best mark in school history: 1. 41.7, 2000-01; 2. 41.6, 1989-90; 3. 40.1, 1996-97.
• ISU's 10.2 three-pointers made in Big 12 play is the fourth-highest mark since the creation of the Big 12.
• ISU ranks among KenPom.com's top 50 in adjusted offensive efficiency (18) and defensive efficiency (44)...in the KenPom era (since 2001-02), its the best defensive efficiency since 2005 (10)...the Cyclones are No. 24 in KenPom rankings.
• ISU is 10-0 when Solomon Young plays at least 15 minutes and 5-0 with him as a starter.

Iowa State-Oklahoma State Series Notes
• Iowa State and Oklahoma State are meeting for the 125th time in the series...OSU owns a 63-61 lead in the series, but the Cyclones have won the last eight meetings dating back to 2013.
• ISU leads 38-14 in games played in Ames, including a 26-11 edge in games played in Hilton Coliseum.
• This marks the fourth time in the last five years that ISU has hosted Oklahoma State on Senior Day.
• The last 11 games in the series have been decided by an average of 4.6 points, with one going to triple overtime and another going to single-OT.
• In the season's first meeting, Morris was dominant in scoring a career-high 30 points to go along with five rebounds, five assists and four steals as ISU won 96-86 in Stillwater...Thomas added 19 points as ISU had five score in double figures.
• In 2014, Mitrou-Long hit a pair of huge threes against the Cowboys...the first came at the end of the second overtime to send it to a third OT...later, in the regular season finale, he hit a three at the buzzer to send the game to overtime...ISU won both games.
• Steve Prohm is 3-0 against OSU and 1-0 against Brad Underwood.
• ISU is 364-553 all-time against current Big 12 schools.

Last Time Out - Cyclones Beat Baylor For Fifth-Straight Win
• Iowa State used a 22-point performance from Burton and turned the ball over just five times to overcome a 20-rebound deficit and defeat Baylor, 72-69, Saturday afternoon at Hilton Coliseum.
• Burton was joined in double figures by Morris (17 points), Young (11) and Mitrou-Long (10)...Jackson came off the bench to add eight points...Morris also had seven assists and no turnovers, his 48th career game without a miscue.
• ISU shot 57.8 percent from the field, connecting on 8-of-15 3-pointers...the Cyclones were also 12-for-15 from the line, which included an 11-for-11 start.

ICYMI: Iowa State beat No. 9 Baylor and we've got the pictures (and video) to prove it. https://t.co/lHp89bR0oj pic.twitter.com/5snMaCROU6
— Cyclone Basketball (@CycloneMBB) February 26, 2017

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