Preview: ISU Opens Season Against Alabama State

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AMES, Iowa - Fans will have their first opportunity to catch the 2018-19 Iowa State men's basketball team in action when it hosts Alabama State in its season opener at Hilton Coliseum Tuesday. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. with the game airing on Cyclones.tv.

The Matchup: Iowa State (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) vs. Alabama State (0-0, 0-0 SWAC)
Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,384)
When: Tuesday, Nov. 6, 7 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/TuneIn Radio
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Analyst)
TV: Cyclones.tv
Talent: John Walters (PxP), Eric Heft (Analyst)
Webcast: Cyclones.tv
Sirius/XM/Internet: NA/NA/990 (internet)
Live Stats: Cyclonestats.com

WORTH NOTING
1. Iowa State starts its 112th season of men's basketball on Tuesday, Nov. 6 with the earliest season opener in school history...the Cyclones host Alabama State, just the second time opening the season at home in four seasons under head coach Steve Prohm...this is ISU's 48th season playing at Hilton Coliseum...the Cyclones are 19-1 in their last 20 season openers, falling last season at Missouri...ISU is 89-21 all-time in home openers.
2. Steve Prohm enters his fourth season at Iowa State and eighth overall as a head coach with a career mark of 164-70, ranking him among the nation's top-20 coaches (five years of experience) in career winning percentage...he is 60-41 at ISU, leading the Cyclones to the postseason twice...his 60 wins are the ninth-most by a Cyclone head coach, leaving him just three behind Clayton Sutherland.
3. Iowa State looks to bounce back after missing the postseason for the first time in the last seven seasons in 2017-18...the Cyclones will be led by talented sophomore Lindell Wigginton, a preseason All-Big 12 pick who averaged 16.7 points last season...Wigginton is joined on the roster by four other players that made at least 10 starts a season ago: Cameron Lard, Nick Weiler-Babb, Zoran Talley Jr. and Solomon Young.
4. Talen Horton-Tucker enters the season at 17 years old, ranking him among the nation's youngest players. He will turn 18 on Nov. 25, meaning he'll have played six games, including the Maui Jim Maui Invitational, before turning 18.

Among known Division I players, Horton-Tucker is the fourth youngest player:

Player (Team)	Birthdate
Everett Perrot (Pepperdine)	April 12, 2001
Kira Lewis Jr. (Alabama)	April 6, 2001
Zoar Nedd (Hawaii)	Dec. 29, 2000
Talen Horton-Tucker (ISU)	Nov. 25, 2000
Charles Bassey (Western Kentucky)	Oct. 28, 2000

5. A year after returning just 12 starts, the Cyclones will return 117 career starts (at ISU).

IOWA STATE-ALABAMA STATE SERIES NOTES
• Iowa State and Alabama State have met just once before, a Nov. 14, 2010 game at Hilton Coliseum...the Cyclones won that meeting 74-47 with Scott Christopherson and Melvin Ejim leading the way with 15 points...Jake Anderson had 10 points and 12 boards in what was Fred Hoiberg's second game as head coach.
• ISU is 25-0 all-time against teams from the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC)...the Cyclones will face three teams from the SWAC this season (Texas Southern, Southern).
• Steve Prohm has never coached a game against Alabama State or its head coach Lewis Jackson.

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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Players Mentioned

Talen Horton-Tucker

Cameron Lard

Zoran Talley Jr.

Nick Weiler-Babb

Lindell Wigginton

Solomon Young

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