After igniting Hilton Coliseum with three dunks in a win against Kansas State on Tuesday night, ISU sophomore forward Royce White was forced to dish the ball instead of dunk it at Oklahoma on Saturday.

Facing double teams from the OU posts Saturday night, White recorded seven assists on the night — all on 3-point baskets — as the Cyclones (17-6, 7-3 Big 12) made 15 of 30 shots from beyond the arc in a 77-70 win at Oklahoma (13-9, 3-7 Big 12).

“With the way they were playing Royce, we were able to play through the post,” said senior guard Scott Christopherson. “Royce is so good at throwing those pinpoint [passes] because he’s so strong and he’s got those hands. He’s able to see over the double team and we were able to get good looks.”

White, the team’s leader in assists at 4.6 per game, tallied seven assists on the stat sheet, but his coach felt it was his passes early in possessions that triggered Iowa State’s offensive success.

“If you count hockey assists tonight, Royce probably has 15 of them,” said ISU coach Fred Hoiberg. “That’s who Royce is. He’s not a guy that’s going to go in there and try to force it up. He’s said all along that he’d rather get an assist than a basket and tonight showed that.”

Hoiberg was most impressed when he talked to reporters after the game with the fact that 19 of Iowa State’s 25 made field goals came with an assist.

Sophomore forward Melvin Ejim, who led the Cyclones with a season-high 21 points, capitalized on an assist from a teammate on five of his seven buckets.

“Coach keeps telling me to shoot the ball and I was feeling it today, even though I haven’t had a good shooting percentage,” Ejim said. “I think I did a good job just taking advantage of them double-teaming Royce and guys making the extra passes.”

Ejim hit two of Iowa State’s 15 shots from 3-point range, setting a new school record for 3s made in a conference game. The sharp shooting night helped give the Cyclones a late lead, which they have not squandered in their three-game winning streak, outscoring their last three opponents by a combined score of 23-10 in the final two minutes.

“I was very pleased with our poise down the stretch. Once again, for the third straight game, we did a great job of not forcing it, not taking a bad shot and getting it in the right guy’s hands and making the right play,” Hoiberg said.

The Cyclones travel back to the state of Oklahoma on Tuesday night as they’ll face Oklahoma State (11-12, 4-6 Big 12). Tip time is scheduled for 7 p.m.