Iowa State

[bruinbison]

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

http://m.cyclones.com/mobile/ViewArt..._OEM_ID=10700&


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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[Mr Meaty]

Really big test for the Bison tonight. ISUr played #1 Kentucky tough last night and only lost of 12 points. Bison can not afford a slow start in this game or it will be over early. Drive to the basket and make the refs call fouls. Kentucky was 29-46 in freethrows last night while ISUr was only 8-10. You can not sit back and expect to bomb away with these guys and win. Sorry for the ISUr stats and talk but we can stay close and we can win this game. Go Bison.

[Kingslayer]

Really big test for the Bison tonight. ISUr played #1 Kentucky tough last night and only lost of 12 points. Bison can not afford a slow start in this game or it will be over early. Drive to the basket and make the refs call fouls. Kentucky was 29-46 in freethrows last night while ISUr was only 8-10. You can not sit back and expect to bomb away with these guys and win. Sorry for the ISUr stats and talk but we can stay close and we can win this game. Go Bison.

UK played without their floor general Tyler Ulis. If he played they win by 20.

[Kingslayer]

I think we keep it close in the first half. Gotta keep them off the boards and stay out of foul trouble to have any shot.
Iowa St. 65
Bison 53

[Professor Chaos]

I think we keep it close in the first half. Gotta keep them off the boards and stay out of foul trouble to have any shot.
Iowa St. 65
Bison 53

It'll be really tough to hold a team of Iowa State's caliber under 70. I think if the Bison are going to be in this one they're going to need to put up over 70 themselves.

[Mr Meaty]

It'll be really tough to hold a team of Iowa State's caliber under 70. I think if the Bison are going to be in this one they're going to need to put up over 70 themselves.

IF we hit 75 points to we get free shakes????

[HoopsBison]

Yeah Iowa state is flithy good. They have shooters for days all over the court. They are going to have to miss jumpshots which they dont do a lot. Also we have to take care of the ball and play at our pace, definetly dont want a track meet against these guys.

No matter what happens tonight it will be a good test for NDSU. Lets win this one!

[ZHerd]

Bison have to have a guy out there with a "take it to em I'm taking this team on my back" attitude. Someone has to take over and play assertive and nasty for us or this will get ugly.

[Professor Chaos]

Bison have to have a guy out there with a "take it to em I'm taking this team on my back" attitude. Someone has to take over and play assertive and nasty for us or this will get ugly.

It may be time to "go Gonzaga all over somebody's asses!"

[ZHerd]

It may be time to "go Gonzaga all over somebody's asses!"

He has to. If 3 guys can do that we might just pull off the greatest upset in Bison BBall history