The days on campus for Naz Long since his game-saving triple against Oklahoma State have been somewhat familiar.

In his first game as a major piece of this ISU basketball team on Nov. 10, the Canadian canned 8-of-11 3-pointers en route to a career-high 26 points. On campus, Long got his fair share of high-fives and back pats.

But after saving and spurring No. 16 Iowa State to arguably its best win of the season against No. 19 Oklahoma State, he got a little more attention.

With a shot like the one Long hit, against a team as talented as the Cowboys, in an arena where Iowa State was winless in the last 18 attempts, it made sense.

“A lot of people just congratulating me on the shot,” Long said of his fandom. “It was Big Monday, so everybody was supporting, so it was cool. The whole Cyclone nation was out watching.”

Even Long’s philosophy professor took a moment in class to congratulate — or thank — him on his game-saving triple.

“My philosophy teacher said, ‘Great shot’ and I was like ‘That’s cool, how about this Socrates, let’s get back to that,’” Long said.

In the same way that Deandre Kane passed up his shot at the spotlight when he passed to Long for the shot, he passed the attention at practice to freshman Monte Morris, whose corner 3-pointer — which was assisted from Long — was nearly as monumental as Long’s in the second overtime.

“I really liked the fact that Kane passed it up, and another thing that I really wanted to say was Monte’s corner 3,” Long said. “I don’t know if that’s getting enough publicity, but for Monte to knock that down and put us up one, that shot was huge. It was big time.”

Morris, who played a team-high 52 minutes, was doing the same amount of glad-handing on campus as Long after his 3-pointer that gave the Cyclones the final lead of the game with 42 seconds left. Morris finished with 10 points, five assists and more importantly, zero turnovers.

“A lot of people were saying, ‘Great game,’” Morris said. “It seems like we just keep getting better, people greeting me and telling me I played well and played a lot of minutes and to keep it up.”

Now Iowa State shifts its focus on its upcoming stretch of games, where a potential run could be made, starting with TCU (9-12, 0-9 Big 12) on Feb. 8.

Even though the next three opponents are a combined 9-19 in the Big 12, ISU coach Fred Hoiberg was quick to point out what it’s like playing in arguably the best conference in the country and what an off-night could do to a team.

“We’ve played an extremely difficult stretch, but we’re going to have nine more games that are extremely difficult,” Hoiberg said. “You look at what West Virginia did yesterday to Oklahoma. There’s no days off in this league and if you do take a day off, you’re probably not going to win.”