Cyclones Close Regular Season At No. 10 West Virginia

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AMES, Iowa - No. 24 Iowa State (20-9, 12-5 Big 12) closes the regular season at No. 10 West Virginia (23-7, 11-6) Friday evening at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, W.V.

Where: Morgantown, W.V. - WVU Coliseum (14,000)
When: Friday, March 3, 6 p.m. (CST)/7 p.m. (EST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/TuneIn Radio App
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
TV: ESPN2
Talent: Jon Sciambi (PxP), Mark Plansky (Color)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Sirius/XM: 84/84/84 (Internet)
Live Stats: Available at Cyclonestats.com

Game #30-West Virginia
• No. 24 ISU looks to extend its six-game win streak when it faces No. 10 West Virginia in the regular season finale for both teams...a win would match ISU's second longest Big 12 win streak and give it 13 league wins, which would match the second-most in school history (2000-01)...with a win, ISU would finish in sole possession of second place in the Big 12.
#CycloneNotes
• Iowa State rolls into March after posting a 7-1 record in February, including a season-best six-game win streak to close the month.
• ISU re-entered the Associated Press top-25 this week at No. 24...the Cyclones fell out in December, ending a streak of 61 consecutive weeks ranked...Friday's game will be ISU's second this season with both teams ranked (L, 73-71 to Gonzaga)...the Cyclones are 2-4 against top-25 teams this season...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...a win would make Prohm the first ISU coach to win two true road games against top-10 opponents.
• Monté Morris continued his stellar play against OSU, just missing his second triple-double this season (12 pts, 11 assts, 9 rbs)...he is first nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (6.21) and is also the nation's active career leader (4.81)...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 as Morris is on pace to do...Morris, this week's Big 12 POW, averaged 16.6 points and 7.9 assists (12.6 a/to ratio) in February.
• In Big 12 play, Morris has taken his ball control to another level...he is averaging one turnover every 46.5 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 broke Jeff Hornacek's career steals record on Tuesday, less than a month after breaking his assist record.
• Matt Thomas and Nazareth Mitrou-Long have been shooting it at a high clip this season, but especially the last 11 games...in that stretch, both players have made 37 threes to combine to make 74 threes (6.7 per game) at a 48.7 percent clip...ISU is 19th nationally in 3-point percentage (39.8 percent) and 16th making 9.9 threes per game...ISU has five players with 30 or more made threes for the first time since 2013-14...in the last 10 games, Donovan Jackson is 18-for-29 (62.1%) on 3-pointers.
• Deonte Burton leads ISU in steals (54) & blocks (42) this season and is aiming to become the first Cyclone to lead the team in both categories since Royce White (2011-12)...only five Big 12 players have ever averaged 14 ppg and had 50 steals/40 blocks.
• Freshman Solomon Young has started the last six games for the Cyclones...as a starter, Young is averaging 8.3 points and 5.2 rebounds, while shooting 70 percent from the field (21-30 FG).
• ISU continues to rank among the nation's top teams in taking care of the basketball, allowing it to overcome lack of rebounding...the Cyclones average 10.0 turnovers per game, which leads the Big 12 and is fifth nationally...ISU's turnover percentage of 13.9 is No. 2 nationally and its turnover margin (+4.9) is fourth nationally...ISU has had fewer turnovers than its opponents in 24 of 29 games.
• In Big 12 action, ISU is leading the league making 10.5 3-pointers per game and first in the league shooting 42.3 percent...Thomas is shooting 48 percent behind the arc against conference foes, which ranks third...Mitrou-Long has made 53 threes in conference play, the most any Cyclone has ever made in Big 12 play...five times this season a Big 12 player has made seven or more threes in a game, all of which were Cyclones (Mitrou-Long 2, Thomas 2, Burton 1).

Iowa State Quick Hitters
• Iowa State has sold out 31 of the last 35 games at Hilton Coliseum...ISU is 26-5 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 171, Baylor 147, Iowa State 142.
• ISU has won 20 games the last six seasons...Steve Prohm has won at least 20 games in each of his six seasons 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 44 of their last 50 games at home, including 25 of 30 league games.
• The Cyclones are 33-11 under Prohm when committing fewer turnovers than their opponent...ISU has had fewer turnovers than its opponent in 24 of 29 games this season, including 11 games with fewer than 10 miscues.
• Morris has 731 assists and 152 turnovers in 134 career games...ISU is 62-20 when Morris has at least five assists.
• Morris has 15 career games with 10 or more assists...his assist-to-turnover ratio in those games is 8.9 (161 assists/18 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 318th nationally with just 492 free throws attempted (16.9 per game)...its opponents are averaging just 15.6 free throw attempts per contest...ISU has averaged 21.6 FT attempts the last five games.
• ISU's three starting guards (Morris, Thomas, Mitrou-Long) are shooting a combined 81.7 percent from the FT line (161-197).
• In games which he hits a 3-pointer, Donovan Jackson is averaging 9.7 points and shooting 56.3 percent (54-96) from the field and 58.5 percent (38-65) from 3-point range...Jackson has hit 18-of-29 three-pointers (62.1 percent) the last 10 games...he has scored in double figures in five of the last 10 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 51.9 percent...Mitrou-Long is shooting 63.6 percent on 2-point field goals.
• Morris is currently leading the Big 12 with 6.2 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 46.5 minutes played...in the second half of Big 12 games, Morris has just five turnovers in 325 minutes played (one TO every 65 second-half minutes).
• Morris and Mitrou-Long average a combined 31.9 points, third-most among Big 12 teammates...in conference play, the total jumps to 33.4 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 6.21...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 8.1 a/to ratio...next best in the league is KU's Devonte' Graham at 2.6.
• Morris has 63 assists and five turnovers in the last eight games.
• In his career, Morris has accounted for 3,402 points via scoring and assisting (25.4 ppg).
• Morris has the second-most wins in ISU history having played in 96 career wins...Georges Niang is first at 98 wins played in, while Mitrou-Long and Thomas have played in 94 wins each.
• Iowa State has 11 games with 10 or more steals...among the top-6 leagues, only West Virginia (16) has more.
• Mitrou-Long (245) and Thomas (240) have surpassed 200 career 3-pointers made...this season, they have combined to make 158, 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 (33) this year as he did his 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 47.5 percent from the field (previous high: 44.9 percent in 2014-15).
• Mitrou-Long is averaging 17.8 points the last six games...he's scored 23 or more points twice in that stretch.
• No player in school history has attempted more 3-pointers than Mitrou-Long (646).
• In ISU's six-game win streak, ISU's starting five is shooting 51.1 percent from the field and 46.7 percent on 3-pointers...the entire team is shooting 48.5 percent on threes (66-136)...ISU's opponents are shooting just 45.4 percent from the field and 36.1 percent behind the arc in that stretch.
• Also in the last six games, ISU is averaging 17.3 assists and shooting 77.5 percent at the line.
• In addition to having the second-best turnover percentage in the nation (13.9%), ISU is fourth in steal percentage (6.2).
• ISU's 39.8 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 10.5 three-pointers made in Big 12 play is the third-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 11-0 when Solomon Young plays at least 15 minutes and 6-0 with him as a starter.

Last Time Out - Cyclones Defeat OSU On Senior Night
• Iowa State's four starting seniors scored 74 of ISU's points in an 86-83 win against Oklahoma State on Senior Night at Hilton Coliseum...Thomas connected on 7-of-11 3-pointers to match his career high of 25 points, while Morris narrowly missed his second triple-double of the season, finishing with 12 points, 11 assists, nine rebounds, three steals and two blocks...Burton tallied 20 points and Mitrou-Long added 17 as ISU won its ninth-straight over OSU.
• The Cyclones hit 15-of-31 threes as a team and had just seven turnovers...ISU assisted on 21 of 28 field goals.
• Morris broke Jeff Hornacek's career steals mark and now has 214 takeaways.
• ISU improved to 16-0 this season when leading at the half.

Iowa State-West Virginia Series Notes
• Iowa State and West Virginia are meeting for the 10th time in series history...ISU owns a 5-4 record, but the Mountaineers have won the last three meetings.
•In Morgantown, the series is tied 2-2.
• Steve Prohm is 0-3 against WVU and Bob Huggins.
• West Virginia is one of four Big 12 schools that Iowa State owns a series edge against: Baylor (18-15), TCU (10-6) and Texas Tech (18-13).
• Morris owns a 6.4 assist-to-turnover ratio (45 assists-7 turnovers) in seven career games against WVU.
• ISU is 365-553 all-time against current Big 12 schools.

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