Preview: Cyclones Face No. 16 Seton Hall

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AMES, Iowa - Iowa State faces its toughest home test this season Sunday when it faces No. 16 Seton Hall as part of the Big East/Big 12 Battle at Hilton Coliseum.

The Matchup: Iowa State (5-3, 0-0 Big 12) vs. No. 16 Seton Hall (6-2, 0-0 Big East)
Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,384)
When: Sunday, Dec. 8, 8 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/TuneIn Radio
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Analyst)
TV: ESPN2
Talent: Lowell Galindo (PxP), Tim Welsh (Analyst)
Webcast: WATCHESPN
Sirius/XM/Internet: NA/375/375 (internet)
Live Stats: Cyclonestats.com

TICKETS
A limited number of tickets are still available for Sunday evening's game by clicking the link above.

WORTH NOTING
1. Iowa State is 4-0 at Hilton Coliseum this season and puts its 11-game non-conference home winning streak on the line Sunday.
2. Steve Prohm has coached the Cyclones to 16 wins against the AP Top-25, the third-most in school history...ISU's 34 wins against the top-25 since 2013-14 are the sixth-most nationally.
3. The Cyclones have won five of the last six non-conference meetings against the top-25 at Hilton Coliseum...ISU is 23-9 against its last 32 top-25 opponents at home.
4. Tyrese Haliburton is the only player in the nation with at least 120 points, 45 rebounds, 65 assists and 20 steals...he has four games with at least 12 points, seven assists and three steals...no other player in the nation has more than two games with those numbers.
5. Rasir Bolton and Haliburton are both averaging 20.3 points over the course of the last three games...Bolton is shooting 56.3 percent from the field during that stretch, while Haliburton is at 61.1 percent from the field in those three games.

LAST TIME OUT - CYCLONES RETURN HOME; BEAT KANSAS CITY
• Iowa State shot 50 percent from the field and used a late 15-0 run to defeat Kansas City, 79-61, Wednesday evening at Hilton Coliseum.
• The Cyclones had four players reach double figures, including three with 19 points each...Michael Jacobson was 8-for-9 from the field and scored 19 points, Tyrese Haliburton hit 3-of-5 three-pointers and Rasir Bolton scored 19 points as well, all of his coming in the second half.
• The Cyclones assisted on 15 of their 26 field goals in the game and made 22-of-26 free throws.

IOWA STATE-SETON HALL SERIES NOTES
• Iowa State and Seton Hall are meeting for the second time...this will be the first meeting in the newly created Big East/Big 12 Battle...the previous meeting came on Nov. 29 at the Battle 4 Atlantis...Seton Hall won that game 84-76, despite the Cyclones holding a one-point lead at the half...Bolton (20) and Haliburton (19) led the way for the Cyclones, while Myles Powell (24) paced Seton Hall.
• This marks the first time since the 2003 season (Iowa) that ISU has played a non-conference opponent twice in a season and the first time since 1978 (Drake) that it happened twice in the regular season.
• Steve Prohm is 0-1 against Seton Hall and Kevin Willard.
• The Cyclones are 21-26 against teams currently in the Big East.

ON DECK: RIVAL IOWA VISITS HILTON COLISEUM
• Iowa State will play its third game in eight days when it hosts rival Iowa in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series showdown at Hilton Coliseum...ISU has won eight of the last 12 meetings in the series and eight straight at Hilton Coliseum.

COMPLETE GAME NOTES
For complete game notes, click here.

CLEAR BAG POLICY
For those attending the game, don't forget that Hilton Coliseum now has a Clear Bag Policy.

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