The ISU men’s basketball team had a players-only meeting Thursday afternoon following a stretch in which the Cyclones won just two of their last six games.

While players didn’t get into the specifics of the meeting, ISU point guard Monté Morris characterized the meeting as “all positive” and said “this one probably hit home the most.”

Morris said the team has probably had three players-only meetings this year and this one was called by Naz Mitrou-Long, the senior who has turned into a player-coach this season because of an injury that has kept him off the court.

“At this point, Naz is like an extension of coach,” said senior Georges Niang.

Iowa State currently sits in the sixth spot in the Big 12 standings at 7-6 in conference play with five games left in the regular season. Recent losses to Texas Tech and Baylor in overtime were likely the cause for the meeting.

The meeting was emotional, said Jameel McKay, who struggled against Baylor and was held scoreless.

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It’s been a tumultuous season for McKay, who was suspended for two games by ISU coach Steve Prohm and has returned to the lineup for the past two games.

The team has also been up and down, starting 1-3 in the Big 12 before beating both Oklahoma and Kansas during a four-game winning stretch before falling in four of the last six contests.

“That’s the frustrating part because you know you’re right there from being 21-5 and maybe first place, second place,” Prohm said. “We’re really a game behind from where we were last year this time.”

Five of Iowa State’s six conference losses have come to top-25 teams and each game has come down to possessions in the final minute. In some of those games, Iowa State has been unable to execute down the stretch, and in others, the shots just wouldn’t fall.

“The league is terrific, the best it’s ever been in 20 years,” Prohm said. “Everybody just focuses on the negative and the things we’re not doing, and we’ve done a lot of really good things. Everybody in the country wishes there was two or three games they could get back and finish better.”

The team meeting comes before a matchup against TCU (11-15, 2-11 Big 12), providing a chance to move past the recent losses and get back on the winning track.

The Horned Frogs are in the basement of the Big 12 standings, and Iowa State also has games against Oklahoma State and Kansas State coming up. With three of its final five opponents being in the bottom half of the conference, Iowa State will have a chance to rattle off wins and end the regular season on a high note.

“I really just want to go out there and just play,” Morris said. “I think at this point we did a lot of talking. Now it just comes down to getting the job done.”