Iowa @ Iowa State preview

Last Meeting ( Dec 6, 2018 ) Iowa State 84, Iowa 98

Iowa State looks to build on its best win of the season when it hosts Iowa in the 73rd edition of the Cy-Hawk series on Thursday. The Cyclones avenged an 84-76 loss to No. 22 Seton Hall in the Battle 4 Atlantis on Nov. 29 with a 77-66 victory over the Pirates on Sunday to record their first win over a Top 25 team this season, and hope to ride the momentum to their 13th consecutive non-conference home victory.

"Every good team has to have a signature win and this is the first one for us," Iowa State star Tyrese Haliburton told reporters. "It felt really good to beat a ranked team but also to beat a team that beat us before." Iowa bounced back from a loss to No. 7 Michigan on Friday with a 72-52 victory over Minnesota on Monday to pick up its first Big Ten win. The Hawkeyes had surrendered more than 100 points against the Wolverines (103-91) in their conference opener, but held the Golden Gophers to their lowest scoring output since 2007 in the rivalry, and hope for another stellar defensive showing as they search for their first win in Ames in 16 years. "We guarded ball screens a lot better and I thought we closed out better," Iowa coach Fran McCaffery told reporters. "We picked up guys in transition and we stayed down in our stance."

TV: 8 p.m. ET, ESPN2

ABOUT IOWA (7-3): Joe Wieskamp knocked down a season-high five 3-pointers en route to 23 points to help the Hawkeyes earn their sixth victory in the last seven home meetings with Minnesota. Luka Garza, who was named the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week after averaging 33.5 points and 8.5 rebounds against Syracuse and Michigan, continued where he left off as he scored 21 points and pulled down 10 boards to register his fifth double-double of the season. C.J. Fredrick tallied 10 points and Jordan Bohannon, who could be playing his last game of the season if he chooses to seek a medical redshirt following hip surgery in the summer, dished out 10 assists to surpass 500 for his career.

ABOUT IOWA STATE (6-3): George Conditt went 7-of-8 from the free throw line to finish with 17 points to go along with six rebounds and five blocks to help the Cyclones improve to 5-0 at home this season. Haliburton added 17 points, six rebounds and five assists to finish in double figures for the eighth time in nine games while Rasir Bolton, who was named the Big 12 Conference's Newcomer of the Week on Monday, also scored 17 points against the Pirates. Prentiss Nixon tallied 10 points as the Cyclones held Seton Hall to 36.8 percent shooting en route to earning their 17th win over a ranked team under coach Steve Prohm.

TIP-INS

1. The home team has won 14 of the last 16 meetings in the series.

2. Conditt has blocked at least one shot in 11 straight games dating back to last season.

3. Garza has scored at least 20 points in six games this season.

PREDICTION: Iowa State 83, Iowa 79