Big test on the road for NDSU against #5 ranked Iowa State
ISU notes.....
- The Cyclones won three games last week by an average of 17.7 points, disposing of one of the best mid-major teams in Chattanooga and a pair of power-5 teams in Virginia Tech and Illinois.
- Iowa State has five players averaging at least 13 points
- All five Cyclone starters are shooting at least 51 percent from the field.
- Georges Niang is leading the Cyclones in scoring with 16.8 ppg
- ISU has been to a school-record four consecutive NCAA Tournaments.
- The Cyclones have won back-to-back Big 12 Tournament titles
- ISU has bettered its preseason Big 12 prediction four consecutive seasons...ISU was picked third in this season’s preseason poll
- ISU’s defense has held its first five opponents to just 67.8 points and 39.3 percent from the field...30.6% on 3's
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2015-16 IOWA STATE CYCLONES
Possible Starters
No-Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown (Last School) Pts. Reb. Asst.
31-Georges Niang F 6-8 230 Sr. Methuen, Mass. (Tilton) 16.8 5.6 4.0
Preseason All-American; 13th at ISU with 1,593 points; only player in nation w/1,500 pts, 500 rebs, 300 assts.
2-Abdel Nader F 6-6 225 Sr.# Skokie, Ill. (Northern Illinois) 14.2 6.4 1.6
First double-double as a Cyclone vs. VT w/16pts & 14rbs; ISU is 13-1 when he plays 20 minutes.
11-Monté Morris G 6-3 175 Jr. Flint, Mich. (Beecher) 14.8 4.0 7.0
One of the nation’s top point guards; 345 career assists and just 72 turnovers.
15-Nazareth Mitrou-Long G 6-4 208 Sr. Mississauga, Ontario (St. Martin) 14.2 2.4 1.4
159 career 3-pointers; 14 career games with four or more threes made.
1-Jameel McKay F 6-9 225 Sr.# Milwaukee, Wis. (Marquette) 13.8 10.4 1.4
2015 Big 12 Defensive POY; double-digit rebounds in 7 of his last 12 games; game-high 23 pts vs. VT.
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