Cyclones Host Oklahoma In Saturday Showdown

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AMES, Iowa - Iowa State (14-9, 6-5 Big 12) hosts Oklahoma (8-15, 2-9 Big 12) Saturday at 5 p.m. at Hilton Coliseum.

Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,384)
When: Saturday, Feb. 11, 5 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/TuneIn Radio App
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
TV: ESPN2
Talent: Bob Wischusen (PxP), Fran Fraschilla (Color)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM: 83/200/954 (Internet)
Live Stats: Available at Cyclonestats.com

Game #24-Oklahoma
• Iowa State returns home for the start of a stretch in which it will play four of the next six games at Hilton Coliseum...the Cyclones look to run its win streak against OU in Hilton Coliseum to six games...ISU is also looking to avoid losing back-to-back games at Hilton Coliseum, something that hasn't happened since the 2010-11 season.
#CycloneNotes
• Iowa State rallied from 17 points down to tie Texas with under a minute left in regulation, but the Cyclones were unable to complete the comeback, falling 67-65 Tuesday night in Austin.
• Of ISU's nine losses, five of them have been to teams (Kansas, Baylor, Gonzaga, Cincinnati, West Virginia) that are ranked in the top-15 and own a combined record of 107-13...those five losses have been by an average of 4.4 points...the Cyclones' other four 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...the streak actually dates back to 2013-14 (105 games)...since beginning of 2014-15, only four schools haven't lost by 15+ points.
• ISU ranks among KenPom.com's top 45 in both adjusted offensive efficiency (41) 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 21 steals the last nine game and Deonte Burton has 30...Burton has had six steals in each of the last two games, the first ISU player to achieve that feat.
• 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 21 blocks (2.1 per game) and 30 steals (3.0) in the last 10 games...Burton leads ISU in steals (48) & blocks (33) 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 ninth nationally...ISU's turnover percentage of 14.2 ranks second nationally...ISU's turnover margin (+5.3) is third nationally...ISU has had fewer turnovers than its opponents in 20 of 23 games.
• Matt Thomas became the 34th player in school history to reach the 1,000-point milestone, joining teammates Morris and Nazareth Mitrou-Long...the group is the first trio of Cyclone teammates to all have 1,000 points concurrently since Fred Hoiberg, Julius Michalik and Loren Meyer (1992-95).
• Morris has been at his best since the schedule flipped to Big 12 play...in league, Morris is leading the Cyclones with 16.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game...he is first nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (5.46) and is also the nation's active career leader (4.64)... in Big 12 play he is averaging one turnover every 47.4 minutes he's played...Morris broke Jeff Hornacek's career assist record and is six steals shy of his career mark as well.
• Mitrou-Long (221) and Thomas (224) have surpassed 200 career 3-pointers made...this season, they have combined for 118 made threes, the most among Big 12 teammates...the duo is averaging a combined 6.8 3-pointers the last five games.
• Iowa State is shooting 39.3 percent behind the arc in Big 12 play, including three regulars in the rotation hitting 40 percent of their long-range tries...Thomas is shooting 45.7 percent on threes in conference action, while Burton and Morris are hitting at a 40 percent clip...Burton is shooting 56.8 percent on threes (21-37) the last five games...ISU has 10+ threes in 7-of-11 Big 12 games.

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 166, Baylor 145, 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 29-11 under Prohm when committing less turnovers than their opponent...ISU has had fewer turnovers than its opponent in 20 of 23 games this season, including eight games with less than 10 miscues.
• Morris has 682 assists and 147 turnovers in 128 career games...ISU is 56-20 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 20 triple-doubles in the nation this season.
• ISU is ranked 330th nationally with just 372 free throws attempted (16.2 per game)...its opponents are averaging just 15.6 free throw attempts per contest.
• ISU's three starting guards (Morris, Thomas, Mitrou-Long) are shooting a combined 80 percent from the FT line (108-135).
• 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 46.1 percent...Mitrou-Long is shooting 64.5 percent on 2-point field goals.
• Morris is currently leading the Big 12 with 5.7 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 47.4 minutes played...in the second half of Big 12 games, Morris has just two turnovers in 212 minutes played.
• Morris and Mitrou-Long average a combined 31.3 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 3.0 steals the last 10 games...Morris is posting 2.1 steals in the last 10.
• Morris is first nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio at 5.46...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 7.2 a/to ratio...next best in the league is KU's Devonte' Graham at 2.5.
• Only Kansas' Frank Mason (35.8) is playing more minutes than Morris (34.9).
• 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 (13) has more.
• Iowa State earned road wins over Kansas, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State in the same season for the first time.

Iowa State-Oklahoma Series Notes
• Iowa State and Oklahoma will meet for the 201st time in the series, with OU holding a 115-85 edge...ISU is 50-37 against the Sooners in Ames, which includes a 21-17 record at Hilton Coliseum...the Cyclones have five consecutive games in the series at Hilton Coliseum...the last time OU visited Hilton Coliseum it was No. 1...the Cyclones won that game 82-77 for its second-ever win against a top-ranked team.
• In five of the last seven games, the winning team has come back from a double-digit deficit.
• On Jan. 21, ISU rallied from a 19-point first-half deficit to win 92-87 in double overtime...Burton scored a career-high 31 points and Mitrou-Long had 20 points and six steals.
• Steve Prohm is 2-2 all-time against Oklahoma and Lon Kruger.
• OU's Darrion Strong-Moore's father, Adrian, played at Iowa State from 1987-90, playing on two NCAA Tournament teams.
• ISU is 359-553 all-time against current Big 12 schools.

Last Time Out - Cold Start Costs Cyclones At Texas
• Iowa State started the game scoring just three points in the first eight minutes as Texas jumped out to a 17-3 lead and held off a furious rally from the Cyclones to win, 67-65, Tuesday night in Austin...the Cyclones never led in the game, tying it for the first time at the 0:47 second mark of the second half.
• The Cyclones had four players in double figures, paced by 17 points on five 3-pointers from Thomas...Burton added 13 points, Mitrou-Long had 12 and Morris posted 10 points, seven assists and zero turnovers.
• The game was Thomas' fourth in the last five wiht at least four 3-pointers.
• ISU had 10 turnovers compared to 13 for the Longhorns, the 20th time in 23 games that it has had fewer turnovers than its opponents.

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