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Iowa State University Athletics
Sunday, November 5
Ames, Iowa
5:00 PM
Iowa State
vs
Emporia State (Exhibition)
Iowa State Hosts Emporia State In Exhibition Game
11.03.2017 | Men's Basketball
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AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State men's basketball team hosts Emporia State Sunday in its final tuneup prior to the season opener next Friday at Missouri.
Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,384)
When: Sunday, Nov. 5, 5 p.m. (CDT)
Radio:Â Cyclone Radio Network
Talent:Â John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
TV: Cyclones.tv
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Color)
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Exhibition Game - Emporia State
• The Iowa State men's basketball team opens its 111th season and the third under the direction of head coach Steve Prohm when it plays host to Emporia State in its only exhibition game prior to starting the season Nov. 10 at Missouri...the Cyclones traveled to Nebraska for a closed scrimmage on Oct. 29...it marks the ninth time that ISU played a scrimmage in place of one of its exhibition games.
• ISU is 49-4 in exhibition games dating back to the 1983-84 season...the Cyclones have won their last 15 exhibition games...the Cyclones last loss in an exhibition game came in 2005-06 when they fell to EA Sports, 64-57...all-time exhibition results can be found on page 3 of this packet.
• This will be ISU's first time facing Emporia State as an exhibition opponent...the Hornets went 13-16 overall in 2016-17, dropping exhibition games to Arkansas (94-44) and Kansas (104-62)...ESU is coached by former Colorado standout Shaun Vandiver, who was Big Eight Newcomer of the Year in 1989...he went 3-1 against the Cyclones as a player, averaging 20.5 ppg...the two-time All-Big Eight first-teamer was drafted No. 25 in the 1991 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors...ESU returns two of its top-four scorers, including leading scorer Brandon Hall (13.7).
#CycloneNotes
• The Cyclones are looking to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the seventh consecutive season after finishing 24-11 overall and 12-6 in the Big 12 in 2016-17 and making the second round of the NCAA Tournament...it was the fifth time in the last six seasons that ISU won a game in the tournament.
• Prohm is 47-23 as head coach of the Cyclones and 151-52 as he enters his seventh season as a head coach...his .671 winning percentage at ISU leaves him just percentage points shy of Fred Hoiberg (.673) on top of the list...Prohm has won at least 20 games in each of his first six seasons leading a program.
• This marks the 47th season for ISU playing at Hilton Coliseum...ISU is 535-172 at home in that time, including an 88-10 mark the last six seasons.
• The Cyclones return just five players from last season's team, including just three that were in the regular rotation...statistically speaking, ISU has back just 17.9 percent of its scoring and 20.6 percent of the rebounding, the lowest totals since the 2010-11 season.
• Sophomore Solomon Young is the only player returning with any starting experience...Young started the final 12 games last season, helping the Cyclones go 10-2 in those games.
• Donovan Jackson and Nick Weiler-Babb are the only other returning rotation players...Jackson spent his first season in Ames providing a spark off the bench for the Cyclones...over the course of the season's final 16 games he averaged 8.1 points and shot 58.5 percent behind the arc...Weiler-Babb also came off the bench, scoring in double figures four times...both guards were buried behind a senior class of Monté Morris, Naz Mitrou-Long and Matt Thomas that scored a combined 4,128 career points.
• ISU's roster has seven newcomers (most since 2013-14, 8), a tally that includes: Three grad transfers, two sit-out transfers and two freshmen.
Iowa State Quick Hitters
• Iowa State has sold out 31 of the last 35 games at Hilton Coliseum...ISU is 26-5 at Hilton Coliseum under Prohm.
• ISU has been to a school-record six consecutive NCAA Tournaments...the Cyclones have made two Sweet 16 appearances in the last three seasons...ISU is the first school from the state of Iowa to reach six consecutive NCAA Tournaments.
• The Cyclones have won three of the last four Big 12 Tournament titles.
• Wins By Big 12 Teams Since 2011-12: Kansas 179, Baylor 152, Iowa State 146.
• Iowa State is one of 25 teams nationally and one of just two Big 12 schools with 100 wins since 2013-14.
• Since 2015-16, Steve Prohm's first season at ISU, the Cyclones are fifth nationally shooting 39.4 percent behind the arc...ISU's 2-point field goal percentage is 12th nationally (54.3 percent).
• ISU has won 20 games the last six seasons...Steve Prohm has won at least 20 games in each of his six seasons as a head coach.
• Iowa State is one of 23 schools to win 20+ games the last six seasons...only 13 teams in the nation's top-six conferences (Big East, ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12, SEC) have won 20+ games six consecutive seasons.
• The Cyclones have won at least 10 league games in each of the last six seasons, which is a school record.
• The Cyclones have won 44 of their last 50 games at home, including 25 of 30 league games.
• The Cyclones are 34-13 under Prohm when committing fewer turnovers than their opponent.
• ISU is 40-3 when leading at the half under Prohm.
Iowa State-Emporia State Series Notes
• Iowa State and Emporia State are meeting for the first time.
• The Hornets play in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association...ISU is 2-0 against the MIAA...the Cyclones beat Northwest Missouri State 77-54 in 1978 and Washburn 75-49 in 1969...both of those games were regular season contests.
• ISU has won its last five exhibition games by an average of 42.4 points.
Iowa State Team Quick Facts
• Iowa State is playing its 111th season  of men's basketball and the third under head coach Steve Prohm in 2016-17...the Cyclones have made the NCAA Tournament six seasons in a row.
• Iowa State's 2017-18 roster includes 12 players from eight states and two countries (U.S., Canada)...this marks the 10th consecutive season that ISU has had a player that hails from Canada...Michael Jacobson and Marial Shayok will not play this season as they redshirt per NCAA rules.
• ISU returns 17.9 percent of its scoring and 20.6 percent of rebounding  from 2016-17.
• Iowa State has two left-handed players on its roster (Jackson, Long).
• Iowa State was picked to finish ninth by the league's coaches...ISU has finished above where they were picked in five of the last six seasons.
• Iowa State has posted six-straight 10-win league seasons: 2012 (12), 2013 (11), 2014 (11), 2015 (12), 2016 (10), 2017 (12).
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