Iowa State Back On Road To Face Longhorns

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AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (14-8, 6-4 Big 12) heads to Texas (9-14, 3-7 Big 12) for a Tuesday night showdown in search of its fourth Big 12 road win of the season.

Where: Austin, Texas - Frank Erwin Center (16,540)
When: Tuesday, Feb. 7, 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: 81/81/81 (Internet) - Texas broadcast
Live Stats: Available at Cyclonestats.com

Game #23-Texas
• Iowa State searches for its fourth Big 12 road win this season when it travels to Texas for a Tuesday showdown...a win would give ISU four Big 12 road wins for the seventh time in 20 seasons...ISU is looking to win in Austin for just the third time in 15 tries.
#CycloneNotes
• Iowa State rallied from 15 points down to drop then-No. 3 Kansas, 92-89, in overtime...the win snapped a 51-game win streak at Allen Fieldhouse and was ISU's first since 2005 in Lawrence...ISU hit a school-record 18 three-pointers in the win...it was also the most by any team at Allen Fieldhouse.
• Of ISU's eight losses, five of them have been to teams (Kansas, Baylor, Gonzaga, Cincinnati, West Virginia) that are ranked in the top-20, including four in the top-10, and own a combined record of 102-13...those five losses have been by an average of 4.4 points...the Cyclones' other three losses have come on the road.
• Iowa State is one of six schools that hasn't suffered a 15-point loss since the start of the 2015-16 season (under Steve Prohm)...the streak actually dates back to 2013-14 (104 games)...since beginning of 2014-15, only four schools haven't lost by 15+ points.
• ISU ranks among KenPom.com's top 40 in both adjusted offensive efficiency (39) and defensive efficiency (24)...in the KenPom era (since 2001-02), its the best defensive efficiency since 2005 (10)...the Cyclones are No. 26 in KenPom's rankings.
• ISU ranks among the nation's top-20 teams in steals per game (8.6)...Monté Morris has 18 steals the last nine game and Deonte Burton has 24...five Cyclones have at least 10 steals in that stretch.
• Burton was named Big 12 Player of the Week after he scored 29 points at Kansas (7-9 3FG), including 19 after halftime...he has four games with 27 points or more...he has 19 blocks (2.1 per game) and 24 steals (2.7) in the last nine games...Burton leads ISU in steals (42) & blocks (31) this season and is aiming to become the first Cyclone to do so since Royce White (2011-12).
• ISU continues to rank among the nation's top teams in taking care of the basketball...the Cyclones average 10.4 turnovers per game, which leads the Big 12 and is sixth nationally...ISU's turnover percentage of 14.2 ranks second nationally...ISU's turnover margin (+5.5) is third nationally...ISU has had fewer turnovers than its opponents in 19 of 22 games.
• Matt Thomas is four points shy of 1,000 for his career...he would be the 34th player in school history to reach the milestone, joining teammates Morris and Nazareth Mitrou-Long...the group would be the first trio of Cyclone teammates to all have 1,000 points concurrently since Fred Hoiberg, Julius Michalik and Loren Meyer (1992-95).
• Morris had 25 points at Kansas and has been at his best since the schedule flipped to Big 12 play...in league, Morris is leading the Cyclones with 17.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game...he is second nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (5.17)...Morris broke Jeff Hornacek's career assist record and is nine steals shy of his career mark as well.
• Mitrou-Long (219) and Thomas (219) have both surpassed 200 career 3-pointers made...this season, Thomas and Mitrou-Long have combined for 111 made threes, the most among Big 12 teammates.
• Donovan Jackson has provided a spark for the Cyclones off the bench, averaging 12.3 points the last three games...Jackson has hit 9-of-16 threes and grabbed five steals in that time...first Cyclone to score double-digits in three consecutive games off the bench since Burton did so in Dec.-Jan. of 2015-16.

Iowa State Quick Hitters
• Iowa State has sold out 27 of the last 31 games at Hilton Coliseum...ISU is 22-5 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 165, Baylor 144, Iowa State 137.
• 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 40 of their last 46 games at home, including 21 of 26 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 29-10 under Prohm when committing less turnovers than their opponent...ISU has had fewer turnovers than its opponent in 19 of 22 games this season, including eight games with less than 10 miscues.
• Morris has 675 assists and 147 turnovers in 127 career games...ISU is 56-19 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 eight 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 19 triple-doubles in the nation this season.
• ISU is ranked 327th nationally with just 359 free throws attempted (16.3 per game)...its opponents are averaging just 15.1 free throw attempts per contest.
• ISU's three starting guards (Morris, Thomas, Mitrou-Long) are shooting a combined 79.3 percent from the FT line (104-131).
• In games which he hits a 3-pointer, Donovan Jackson is averaging 10.0 points and shooting 51.9 percent (40-77) from the field and 54.7 percent (29-53) from 3-point range.
• Entering the season, 66.1 percent of Mitrou-Long's made field goals were 3-pointers...this season that number is 46.3 percent...Mitrou-Long is shooting 64.7 percent on 2-point field goals.
• Morris is currently leading the Big 12 with 5.6 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 second half of Big 12 games, Morris has just two turnovers in 193 minutes played.
• Morris and Mitrou-Long average a combined 31.8 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).
• Burton is averaging 2.1 blocks and 2.7 steals the last nine games...Morris is posting 2.3 steals in the last nine.
• Morris is second nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio at 5.17...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 a 6.4 a/to ratio...next best in the league is KU's Devonte' Graham at 2.7.
• Only Kansas' Frank Mason (35.7) is playing more minutes than Morris (34.8).
• Morris has the second-most wins in ISU history having played in 90 career wins...Georges Niang is first at 98 wins played in, while Mitrou-Long and Thomas have played in 88 wins each.
• Iowa State has 11 games with 10 or more steals...among the top-6 leagues, only West Virginia (12) has more.
• Iowa State earned road wins over Kansas, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State in the same season for the first time.

Iowa State-Texas Series Notes
• Iowa State and Texas are meeting for the 35th time in series history, with Texas holding an 18-16 edge... the Cyclones have won six of the last seven games in the series...UT leads 12-2 in Austin...ISU's only wins in Austin came in 2005 and 2015...two of the last four games in Austin have went to overtime, with UT winning in double overtime in 2013 and single OT in 2016.
• ISU won this season's first meeting on Jan. 7...ISU jumped out to a 40-31 lead at the half and went on to win by the same margin (79-70)...Morris posted a 22 point-10 rebound double-double and Burton was dominant in a 27-point performance...the Cyclones forced 10 UT turnovers in the opening period and 19 overall.
• Steve Prohm is 2-1 coaching against Texas and Shaka Smart.
• ISU is 359-552 all-time against current Big 12 schools.

Last Time Out - Cyclones Rally To Stun Jayhawks
• Iowa State rallied from 15 points down in the first half to defeat Kansas, 92-89, in overtime and end the Jayhawks 51-game win streak at Allen Fieldhouse...with the win, ISU has beaten KU four times in Lawrence during the Big 12 era (1997-2017)...all other league teams have combined for six such wins, an no other school has more than one.
• ISU is the first school to beat a Bill Self-led squad twice at Allen Fieldhouse.
• The Cyclones had three players score 20+ points in a game for the first time this season: Burton (29), Morris (25) and Mitrou-Long (22).
• The Cyclones hit a school-record 18 3-pointers in the game, with Burton (7-9) and Mitrou-Long (6-11) combining for 13 of them...Morris was also 3-for-6.
• Jackson hit the dagger and record-setting three with 28 seconds left in overtime, putting ISU up four.
• ISU had 12 steals and forced 21 Kansas turnovers...Burton had a career-high six steals.

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