Completed Event: Women's Basketball versus Mercyhurst on November 23, 2025 , Win , 112, to, 62
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Women's Basketball
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Mercyhurst
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Iowa State University Athletics
No. 24 Cyclones Travel to Kansas Wednesday
01.10.2005 | Women's Basketball
No. 24 Iowa State at Kansas
Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2005 ? 7 p.m.
Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) ? Lawrence, Kan.
On the Air
Iowa State's game will be broadcast live on 1430 KASI in Ames ... every game is broadcast live and free of charge on the internet (www.cyclones.com).
On the Tube
The Iowa State-Kansas game will be televised by Sunflower Cable, only available in Lawrence on Sunflower Broadband Channel 6 ... Kevin Romary and Lynn Harrod will call the action.
Quickly
Iowa State travels to Lawrence for its second-straight road game ... ISU is protecting a nine-game win streak and a 2-0 conference start, its best since a 5-0 start in 2001 ... the Cyclones' 12-1 start is their best since going 13-1 to begin the 2001-02 season ... the Cyclones are 3-1 in opposing gyms this season ... Kansas is 6-3 at home after a 63-45 loss to Kansas State Saturday in Lawrence ... KU first-year head coach Bonnie Henrickson looks to break ISU's streak of three-straight wins in Allen Fieldhouse ... Henrickson coached Virginia Tech to a 67-57 win over Iowa State in the first round of last year's Paradise Jam ... Henrickson is very familiar with ISU's Anne O'Neil, following the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, prep's career while serving as an assistant at the University of Iowa from 1995-97 ... Jayhawk freshman Jamie Boyd is a native of Underwood, Iowa ... only eight KU players have seen action in Big 12 contests, while only 10 have appeared in uniform this season.
They're Back
Iowa State reappeared in The Associated Press' national poll for the first time since 2002 ... ISU, debuting at No. 24 this week, last appeared in the AP poll at No. 20 on Nov. 25, 2002 ... the Cyclones were ranked at No. 24 in the USA Today/ESPN Coaches poll on Dec. 2, 2002, before falling out of the national lists.
About the Cyclones (12-1, 2-0)
Iowa State broke a string of four-straight losses in Boulder to top Colorado 76-64 Saturday night at the Coors Events Center ... the win extended the Cyclones' win streak to nine and improved their conference mark to 2-0 ... Megan Ronhovde and Anne O'Neil both posted double-doubles in the win, leading five Cyclones in double figures ... O'Neil had 19 points and 11 rebounds, while Ronhovde had 12 points and 13 rebounds ... Mary Fox scored all 13 of her points in the second half, including three consecutive 3-pointers to hold off a CU comeback ... ISU owned a 42-33 lead at the half, but the Buffaloes would get within four points three times late in the game ... CU was down 66-62 with 3:12 left on the clock, but Iowa State got baskets from Fox and Lyndsey Medders while converting on 6-of-7 free throws to seal the win ... the Cyclones shot 43.3 percent from the floor and drained 12 3-pointers, but committed 21 turnovers.
About the Jayhawks (7-6, 0-2)
Kansas has dropped two straight conference games, losing at Texas (66-51) and at home to Kansas State (63-45) ... the Jayhawks had the score knotted (26-26) at the half against the Wildcats, but shot just 28 percent in the second stanza for 19 points ... junior forward Crystal Kemp posted her fifth double-double of the season with 10 points and 11 rebounds against KSU, getting six offensive boards ... Kemp leads four Jayhawks in double figures, averaging 15.5 points per game ... junior guard Erica Hallman and senior guard Aquanita Burras contribute 12.5 and 10.3 points per contests, while junior guard Kaylee Brown is scoring 9.6 ppg ... KU is averaging 59.8 ppg this season, but only 48 ppg in its two league games ... the Jayhawks are shooting 41.6 percent from the floor and 32.2 percent from the arc ... Kansas has held its opponents to 29 percent accuracy from behind the arc.
The Cyclone - Jayhawk Series
Kansas owns a 38-18 advantage in the series that dates back to 1978, including a 20-5 mark in Lawrence ... ISU has won three straight at Allen Fieldhouse, while four of the Cyclones' five victories in Lawrence have been during the Bill Fennelly era ... ISU owns three consecutive regular-season sweeps of the Jayhawks ... ISU head coach Bill Fennelly is 11-11 all-time vs. Kansas (11-10 while at ISU) ... KU head coach Bonnie Henrickson is 1-0 against ISU, directing Virginia Tech to a victory over the Cyclones last season.
Cyclone Team Trends
Only four Cyclone opponents have shot over 40 percent from the floor overall this season ... ISU has committed over 15 turnovers in three games after averaging 16.7 per game last season ... Iowa State is averaging 18.3 assists ... the 2000-01 team owns the best assist average at 19.2 apg ... the Cyclones haven't shot lower than 40 percent this year.
Individual Trend Setters
In the last six games, Anne O'Neil has averaged 22.7 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 36.7 minutes while shooting 56.6 percent from the floor (43-of-76), 60.7 percent from behind the arc (17-of-28) and 82.5 percent from the charity stripe (33-of-40) ... Katie Robinette has blocked nine shots in the last two games, including a career-best five vs. KSU ... Megan Ronhovde averaged 3.3 treys made in the last six games after averaging just 1.9 made in the first seven contests.
Charity Case
Iowa State has made (196) more free throws than its opponents have attempted (170) and leads the Big 12 in free throw percentage (.718) ... Lyndsey Medders leads the team with 89.3 percent accuracy ... Brittany Wilkins is shooting 82.6 percent (19-of-23) from the line and Anne O'Neil has drained 81.7 percent (49-of-60) from the free-throw line.
Change is Good
Senior guard Anne O'Neil made adjustments to her 3-point shot over the summer, adopting a quicker release and more conventional form ... she is shooting better from behind the arc than from the floor overall ... she has drained 29-of-51 from outside for 56.9 percent accuracy this season ... O'Neil hit 33.5 percent in her previous three seasons with her - uh, well - let's just call it "unorthodox" 3-point shooting form.
Trey Bien
Four Cyclones (Fox, Medders, O'Neil, Ronhovde) combine to shoot 80.3 percent of ISU's 3-point tries, while only three players on the roster have not attempted one this season ... the Cyclones have made 10 or more treys in seven games this season, with a season-high 13 vs. IPFW Nov. 29 ... the school record is 18 vs. Missouri on Feb. 19, 2000 ... Iowa State has made at least one 3-pointer in 287 consecutive games since 1995.
30 Seconds of Defense
Iowa State has showcased an aggressive defense this year ... Bill Fennelly, a master of the zone defense, has added a man-to-man scheme to his arsenal ... the Cyclones have bought into the system, forcing 14 shot-clock violations this season ... ISU forced three shot-clock violations in the season opener vs. Cleveland State, four against Northern Colorado, two against both IPFW and Drake and one each vs. Wisconsin, Northern Iowa and Colorado.
Where They Rank
In the Big 12 Conference statistics, Iowa State ranks first in scoring offense (83.5); field goal percentage (.477); free throw percentage (.718); rebounding margin (+10.8) and 3-pointers made (9.23).
Home Sweet Hilton
Iowa State is 8-0 at home this season ... the Cyclones have been phenomenal at home during Fennelly's tenure, compiling a 121-22 record (.846) in Hilton Coliseum, including a 54-3 mark against regular-season nonconference opponents ... ISU recorded its first women's basketball sellout last season in the WNIT-NIT double-header March 25 ... the capacity crowd watched the Cyclones advance to the WNIT Final Four with a 66-58 win over Saint Joseph's ... Fennelly's 1998-99 and 2000-02 squads posted ISU's only undefeated home campaigns, going 15-0 and 16-0, respectively.
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