Iowa State Travels To Oklahoma State For Big 12 Opener

STILLWATER, Okla. - The Iowa State women's basketball team (9-2, 0-0 Big 12) opens Big 12 play at Oklahoma State (10-1, 0-0 Big 12) on Thursday, Dec. 29 at 5 p.m. The Cyclones are 15-5 all-time in Big 12 openers and 10-16 in Stillwater, Okla. Thursday's game will air on YouTube.

Who: Iowa State at Oklahoma State
Where: Hilton Coliseum - Ames, Iowa
When: Thursday, Dec. 29 at 5 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup: Seanna Johnson, Jadda Buckley, Meredith Burkhall, Bridget Carleton and TeeTee Starks
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP); Lyndsey Fennelly (color)
TV: YouTube

Cyclone Quick Hits

The Iowa State women's basketball team (9-2, 0-0 Big 12) opens Big 12 play on the road at Oklahoma State (10-1, 0-0 Big 12). Iowa State is 15-5 all-time in Big 12 openers. The Cyclones have also won their last four Big 12 road openers. Oklahoma State leads the all-time series 26-34 and has won six of the last eight meetings against the Cyclones. ISU is 10-16 all-time in Stillwater, Okla.
Averaging 84.9 points per game, the Cyclones rank eighth nationally in scoring offense. ISU has surpassed the 100-point mark twice this season against Arkansas State (105-53) and New Orleans (100-63).
Seanna Johnson currently ranks 14th in school history in points (1,361), fifth in rebounds (888) and is tied for third in double-doubles (30). She needs just 40 points to pass Chelsea Poppens for 13th in school history. Her 888 rebounds rank eighth in the nation among active career leaders.
Johnson needs 12 boards to reach 900 in her career and looks to be the fastest player in ISU history to reach the milestone if she accomplishes the feat in the next four games. ISU's all-time leading rebounder Angie Welle eclipsed 900 in 106 career games and Thursday marks Johnson's 102nd game.
Jadda Buckley currently ranks 10th all-time in Iowa State history with 371 career assists. Her 371 career assists rank 34th nationally and third among juniors. Buckley's 6.4 assists per game, also ranks first in the Big 12 and 20th in the nation. Her 70 assists on the season rank 25th nationally as well. She also ranks 23rd nationally with a 2.8 assist-turnover ratio.
Iowa State ranks ninth in the nation in turnovers per game, averaging just 12.5 per contest. The Cyclones also rank eighth in the nation in assist-turnover ratio (1.41).
The Cyclones rank first in the nation in free throw percentage (82.1%). ISU led the nation in 2012-13 and 2013-14 at the charity stripe.
Buckley is currently fourth in the nation in free-throw percentage on the year (95.5). Her 87.6 career free-throw percentage also ranks second in the nation among active career leaders, just under Washington's Kelsey Plum's 88.2 percent. Johnson has a knack for getting to the free throw line as she ranks 22nd in the nation in free throw makes, knocking down 59 at the charity stripe. Her 74 attempts also ranks 25th in the nation.
The 2016-17 season marks the 22nd in the tenure of Bill Fennelly. Fennelly has led Iowa State to 16 NCAA Tournament appearances, which is tied with Oklahoma as the most of any Big 12 team since 1997. Fennelly boasts a 456-225 record at Iowa State and a 622-278 record in his 28-year career as a head coach. His 622 career wins lists him in the top-20 in the NCAA among active coaches.

Iowa State Team Quick Facts

Iowa State has 14 players on its roster from seven different states (Iowa, Texas, Minnesota, New York, Arizona, Wisconsin and Virginia) and five different countries (USA, Canada, Germany, Sweden and Montenegro).
Iowa State returns four starters from last season in Johnson, Carleton, Buckley and Burkhall. In all, Iowa State returns 83 percent of its scoring, 70 percent of its rebounding and 92.7 percent of its assists for the 2015-16 campaign.
Iowa State began the 2016-17 season with the Big 12's top returners in points, rebounds and assists as Johnson ranked second last season in both points (17.0) and rebounds (9.4), while Buckley averaged 6.0 assists. The Cyclones are the only Big 12 school returning three student-athletes who averaged over 10.0 points per game last season (Johnson-17.0, Carleton- 12.0, Buckley-11.4).
Iowa State is the only Big 12 school to have three student athletes returning who were named to the first-team, second-team, honorable mention or defensive team in 2015-16. (Johnson (first-team), Buckley and Carleton (honorable mention).

Streaks and Trends

Iowa State hit 200 3-pointers in a season for an NCAA record 13-straight years (2003-04-present). Iowa State has netted 92 3-pointers so far this season.
Seanna Johnson pulled in double-figure rebounds in 44 games in her career and 15 games last season. Johnson has also scored in double figures in 73 games in her career and 10 of 11 games this season.
Johnson has started every game of her career, which puts her at 101-straight starts.
Johnson has had a double-doubles in 30 games in her career.
Jadda Buckley has dished five or more assists in 42 career games, including nine of the last 10.
Buckley has netted double figures in 51 career games, and 11 of the last 12 games of her career.
ISU has shot 80 percent or better at the free-throw line in eight of its 11 games.
The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 145 of the last 166 games, and have knocked down 10 or more triples in six of the last eight games.
Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 684-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,323 threes. That is equal to 7.78 three-pointers per game for the last 21 years.
The Cyclones have finished in the upper half of the Big 12 in seven of the last eight seasons.
The Cyclones have made nine of the last 10 NCAA Tournaments, one of just 15 teams nationally to do so.

Scouting The Cowgirls

Oklahoma State enter the season with a 10-1 record with its lone loss coming against Oregon State in its last game, 73-54. OSU is receiving votes in the AP poll as well.
The Cowgirls' Kaylee Jensen is the Big 12's leading scorer, averaging 19.1 points. Jensen is also leading the league in rebounds, averaging a double-double with 10.2 per game.
OSU has claimed six of the last eight meetings against the Cyclones and holds the series lead, 26-34.

Last Time Out

The Iowa State women's basketball team closed out its non-conference slate with a win over Sacred Heart. The Cyclones toppled the Pioneers 76-56 to finish its non-conference schedule with a 9-2 record. Senior guard Seanna Johnson led the way with 20 points and 11 boards for her 30th career double-double. Johnson is now tied for third in school history with 30 career double-doubles.
Jadda Buckley was the only other Cyclone to reach double figures with 13 points. She also dished five assists and grabbed four rebounds.
Three Cyclones grabbed double figure rebounds with Meredith Burkhall tying her career-high with 12 boards and Heather Bowe grabbing 10 in addition to 11 from Johnson.

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