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01.20.2017 | Women's Basketball
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team (10-8, 1-6 Big 12) returns to Hilton Coliseum to take on No. 22 Kansas State (15-4, 5-2 Big 12) on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 5 p.m. Iowa State is looking to grab its first win over a ranked team since Dec. 11, 2015 when it toppled Iowa, 69-66. Iowa State has also won 11 of its last 15 games against Kansas State and holds a 21-17 advantage over the Wildcats in Ames. Iowa State's game will air on Cyclones.tv.
Who: Iowa State vs. No. 22 Kansas State
Where: Hilton Coliseum - Ames, Iowa
When: Saturday, Jan. 21 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); Molly Parrott (color)
TV: Cyclones.tv
Cyclone Quick Hits
- The Iowa State women's basketball team (10-8, 1-6 Big 12) returns home to take on No. 22 Kansas State (15-4, 5-2 Big 12) on Saturday, Jan. 21 at 5 p.m. Iowa State has won 11 of its last 15 against the Wildcats, but KSU holds the all-time series lead, 49-37. Iowa State is looking for its first win over a ranked team since knocking off No. 23 Iowa on Dec. 11, 2015, 69-66.
- Averaging 76.6 points per game, the Cyclones rank 24th 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 10th in school history in points (1,453), fourth in rebounds (940) and is third in double-doubles (31). She needs just 42 points to pass Stacy Frese for ninth in school history. Her 940 rebounds ranks eighth in the nation among active career leaders.
- Johnson was also named one of 30 candidates for the Senior CLASS Award and is the third Cyclone in the last five years to make the initial list.
- Jadda Buckley currently ranks 10th all-time in Iowa State history with 404 career assists. Her 404 career assists rank 34th nationally and third among juniors. Buckley's 5.7 assists per game, also ranks second in the Big 12 and 24th in the nation. Her 103 assists on the season rank 23rd nationally as well.
- The Cyclones rank fourth in the nation in free throw percentage (80.7%). ISU led the nation in 2012-13 and 2013-14 at the charity stripe.
- Bridget Carleton ranks sixth in the nation in free throw percentage (92.2), while Buckley is close behind netting 91.7 percent from the charity stripe, ranking 10th. Buckley's 87.3 career free-throw percentage is second in the ISU record and ranks second in the nation among active career leaders, just under Washington's Kelsey Plum's 88.1 percent.
- Iowa State has three of the Big 12's top nine scorers with Johnson fourth (16.5), Carleton in fifth (15.8) and Buckley in ninth (14.4). No other Big 12 school has more than one in the top nine.
- Johnson currently ranks sixth in school history in free throws attempted (360) and is sixth in free throws made (471). She needs 23 attempts to pass Chelsea Poppens for fifth all-time and 57 makes to pass Hallie Christofferson for fifth all-time.
- 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 457-231 record at Iowa State and a 623-284 record in his 28-year career as a head coach. His 623 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 four different countries (USA, Canada, 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 148 3-pointers so far this season.
- Seanna Johnson pulled in double-figure rebounds in 44 games in her career. Johnson has also scored in double figures in 79 games in her career and 16 of 18 games this season.
- Johnson has started every game of her career, which puts her at 108-straight starts.
- Johnson has had a double-doubles in 31 games in her career.
- Jadda Buckley has dished five or more assists in 47 career games, including 14 of the last 17.
- Buckley has netted double figures in 56 career games, and 16 of the last 19 games of her career.
- ISU has shot 80 percent or better at the free-throw line in 10 of its 18 games.
- The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 152 of the last 173 games, and have knocked down 10 or more triples in 10 of the last 15 games.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 691-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,379 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 Wildcats
- Kansas State leads the all-time series against the Cyclones 49-37, but the Wildcats have lost seven of the last eight in Ames.
- Head coach Jeff Mittie is 53-31 in three seasons at Kansas State. The Wildcats are 15-4 on the season and are third in the Big 12 at 5-2.
- Breanna Lewis now owns the K-State career record for blocked shots with 259. Lewis also ranks 11th all-time in career scoring with 1,363 points.
- Kansas State is 215-73 all-time when ranked in the AP Poll. KSU is currently ranked No. 22, and is a perfect 11-0 when ranked 22nd nationally.
- Kindred Wesemann ranks first in the Big 12 averaging 3.0 triples per game.
Last Time Out
- The Iowa State women's basketball team fell at No. 2 Baylor on Wednesday night, 68-42. The Lady Bears shot 48.3 percent from the floor and outrebounded ISU 50-25.
- Iowa State was led by Bridget Carleton who scored a game-high 17 points and grabbed five boards. Jadda Buckley netted 15 points as the duo scored 32 of ISU's 42 points. The Cyclones held BU to its second-lowest scoring output of the season, with its lowest coming against No. 1 UConn.
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