IOWA STATE CYCLONES 2014-15 MEN’S HOOPS NOTES NO. 11 IOWA STATE (16-5, 6-3) Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield Talent: John Walters (pxp); Eric Heft (analyst) VS. TEXAS TECH (12-11, 2-8) TV: ESPNU Talent: Mitch Holthus (pxp); Bryndon Manzer (analyst) SATURDAY, FEB. 7 | 1 PM CST Sirius/XM: 119/199 Live Stats: Cyclones.com Live Video: WatchESPN AMES, IOWA | HILTON COLISEUM (14,384) 2014-15 SCHEDULE/RESULTS @CYCLONEMBB NOTEBOOK 16-5, 6-3 Big 12 (home: 12-0, away: 2-3, neutral, 2-2) 1. Iowa State returns home for its sixth conference home game when it hosts Texas Tech. The Cyclones have won 19 consecutive home games, including 12 against Big 12 opponents. A win Saturday would give ISU NOVEMBER its fifth 20-game home win streak in school history, three of which Fred Hoiberg would have been a part of. 7 Viterbo (Wis.) (exh.) (Ctv) W, 115-48 14 Oakland (Ctv) W, 93-82 2. The Cyclones are ranked No. 11 in the AP poll, their school-record 31st week in a row in the top-25. 17 Georgia State (ESPNU) W, 81-58 3. The Cyclones follow Texas Tech with five of their final eight games, including the next two, against top-25 24 ^vs. Alabama (ESPN2) W, 84-74 opponents. 25 ^vs. Maryland (ESPNU) L, 72-63 4. Iowa State is one of the top offensive teams in the nation. The Cyclones are the Big 12’s top scoring team DECEMBER and 13th nationally at 80.1 points per game. ISU’s 48.6 percent field goal shooting also leads the conference 2 Lamar (Ctv) W, 96-59 and is 17th nationally. Their field-goal percentage is the best by a Cyclone team since the 1993-94 team shot 4 $No. 18 Arkansas (ESPN2) W, 95-77 49.4 percent. 9 UMKC (ESPNU) W, 73-56 12 %at Iowa (BTN) W, 90-75 5. Georges Niang (15.6) leads ISU and is fourth in the Big 12 in scoring. Bryce Dejean-Jones is ninth with 12.9 points per contest and another starter, Naz Long, is 14th with 11.7 points. Monté Morris is in the top- 14 Southern (Ctv) W, 88-78 20 averaging 11.1 points per game. ISU is one of five teams nationally with five players averaging double 20 &vs. Drake (Mediacom) W, 83-54 figures. 31 Miss. Valley State (Ctv) W, 83-33 JANUARY 6. In Iowa State’s nine conference games the team has had six different leading scorers. Only Long and Niang 3 +vs. South Carolina (CBSN) L, 64-60 have led the Cyclones in scoring in multiple games in conference play. Niang has led the Cyclones in scoring 6 *Oklahoma State (ESPN2) W, 63-61 in each of the last three games, averaging 22.0 points per game in that stretch. 10 *at No. 14 West Virginia (ESPN2) W, 74-72 7. Long has been ISU’s top 3-point threat connecting on 54 3-pointers. He is shooting 41.2 percent from long 14 *at No. 22 Baylor (ESPNU) L, 74-73 distance and is second in the Big 12 with 2.6 threes per game. Long has 123 career threes, 118 of which 17 *No. 9 Kansas (ESPN) W, 86-81 have come in the last two seasons. 20 *Kansas State (ESPN2) W, 77-71 8. Morris, a Cousy Award watch list member, is leading the Big 12 with 5.6 assists (26th nationally) and a 4.5 24 *at Texas Tech (ESPNU) L, 78-73 assist-to-turnover ratio (1st). He’s got 118 assists and just 26 turnovers. Morris has also shown his defensive 26 *No. 19 Texas (ESPN) W, 89-86 prowess with a team-high 34 steals. 31 *TCU (ESPNU) W, 83-66 9. Morris has 80 steals in his career. Only 10 Cyclones have recorded more steals than Morris in their first two FEBRUARY seasons at Iowa State. 2 *at No. 8 Kansas (ESPN) L, 89-76 7 *Texas Tech (ESPNU) 1 p.m. 10. Jameel McKay has been a difference maker for the Cyclones, bringing energy on both ends of the floor. 9 *at Oklahoma (ESPN) 8 p.m. He’s averaging 9.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game. McKay has 26 blocks in 12 games. Before 14 *West Virginia (ESPN/2) 3 p.m. McKay entered the lineup, ISU had 26 blocks as a team in nine games. 18 *at Oklahoma State (ESPNU) 8 p.m. 11. ISU is first nationally in assists (17.8 per game). The Cyclones have a Big 12-best team assist-to-turnover ratio 21 *at Texas (ESPN/2) 1 p.m. of 1.6 (6th nationally). ISU, which is averaging just 11.4 turnovers per game, has assisted on 62.4 percent 25 *Baylor (ESPNU) 8 p.m. of its field goals. 28 *at Kansas State (ESPN/2) TBA MARCH 2014-15 IOWA STATE CYCLONES 2 *Oklahoma (ESPN/U) TBA 7 *at TCU (ESPNews) 7:30 p.m. Starters 11-14 #Big 12 Championship No-Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Last School) Pts. Reb. Asst. Home games in bold 31-Georges Niang F 6-8 230 Jr. Methuen, Mass. (Tilton School) 15.6 5.4 3.5 *Big 12 Conference game Wooden Award Midseason Top-25; 18th all time at ISU with 1,317 points; 23.5 points in last two games. $SEC/Big 12 Challenge 22-Dustin Hogue F 6-6 220 Sr. Yonkers, N.Y. (Indian Hills C.C.) 10.9 5.1 1.2 &Hy-Vee Big Four Classic, Des Moines, Iowa %Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series Second in Big 12 shooting 58.6 percent on FG attempts; eight career double-doubles. +at Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11-Monté Morris G 6-2 170 So. Flint, Mich. (Beecher) 11.1 3.7 5.6 ^CBE Hall of Fame Classic, Kansas City, Mo. Cousy Award Watch List; leads Big 12 in assists (5.6) & 1st nationally assist-to-turnover ratio (4.5). #Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, Kansas City, Mo. 15-Naz Long G 6-4 210 Jr. Mississauga, Ontario (St. Martin) 11.7 3.2 2.1 Clutch shooter; team-high 54 threes this season & 123 career threes; 44.7 3FG% at home. 13-Bryce Dejean-Jones G 6-6 210 Sr. Los Angeles, Calif. (UNLV) 12.9 6.0 2.7 IOWA STATE QUICK FACTS Big 12 Preseason Newcomer of the Year; 4th in Big 12 in FG% at 51.1%; 4 games w/3+ steals. Location Ames, Iowa Off The Bench Enrollment 34,732 21-Matt Thomas G 6-4 195 So. Onalaska, Wis. (Onalaska) 4.7 2.1 0.9 Nickname/Mascot Cyclones/Cy 2-Abdel Nader F 6-6 230 Jr.# Skokie, Ill. (Northern Illinois) 5.6 3.2 0.6& Colors Cardinal & Gold 1-Jameel McKay F 6-9 215 Jr.^ Milwaukee, Wis. (Marquette) 9.3 5.3 2.2& Arena Hilton Coliseum (14,384) 42-Daniel Edozie F 6-8 252 Sr. Compton, Calif. (Tyler J.C.) 4.0 3.1 0.6 President Dr. Steven Leath 3-Clayton Custer G 6-0 175 Fr. Overland Park, Kan. (Blue Valley NW) 1.4 0.4 0.8 Director of Athletics Jamie Pollard 34-Georgios Tsalmpouris F/C 7-1 227 Fr. Katerini, Greece (3rd HS of Katerini) 1.3 0.7 0.3 Website Cyclones.com 12-Kourtlin Jackson G 6-3 190 Jr.# Des Moines, Iowa (John Wood C.C.) 0.8 0.7 0.2* All-Time Record 1,284-1,265 (.504) 10-Daniel Stensland G 5-10 170 Fr. Waverly, Iowa (Waverly-Shell Rock) 0.0 0.5 0.5 Facebook Iowa State Men’s Basketball 5-Hallice Cooke G 6-3 190 So.^ Union City, N.J. (Oregon State) Redshirting Twitter @CycloneMBB 30-Deonte Burton G 6-4 240 So.^ Milwaukee, Wis. (Marquette) Redshirting Instagram iowastatembb HC: Fred Hoiberg (Iowa State, 1995) Record at ISU: 106-52/5 Overall: 106-52/5 Assts.: Matt Abdelmassih (St. John’s, 2007), Cornell Mann (Akron, 1995), Charlie Henry (Madonna, 2009), Micah Byars (West Florida, 2006), Nate Loenser (Iowa State, 2002) #Has Redshirted ^Redshirting this season &Blocks *Steals Contact Matt Shoultz, Assistant Director for Communications Iowa State Athletics Jacobson Athletic Building Ames, IA 50011-1140 515-520-7642 [email protected] @mjshoultz @CycloneMBB • NCAA Appearances: ‘44, ‘85, ‘86, ‘88, ‘89, ‘92, ‘93, ‘95, ‘96, ‘97, ‘00, ‘01, ‘05, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14 IOWA STATE TRENDS FRED HOIBERG • In the Fred Hoiberg era, the Cyclones have made 10 or more 3-pointers in a game 65 times. Head Coach • 5th Season • @ISUMayor 32 • ISU is 90-10 when leading at the half under Hoiberg...including 15-0 this season. Hometown: Ames, Iowa • Iowa State is 24-1 under Hoiberg when scoring 90+ points...ISU has averaged 49 points in the High School: second half of the last four games (31 ppg/first half). Ames High School • ISU has 19 wins in a row at home and a conference home winning streak of 12 games...ISU has College: won 27 regular season home games in a row against nonconference opponents. Iowa State, ‘95 Year in coaching: Fifth • The Cyclones are shooting 51.2 percent from the field at home...ISU has shot 50 percent or better Wife: Carol from the field in three of five Big 12 home games. Children: Paige, Jack, Sam • Morris has 198 assists and 43 turnovers in 38 career starts... ISU is 22-4 when Morris has at least and Charlie five assists.