Cyclones Look to Snap Series Losing Streak against Missouri Saturday.

Cyclones Look to Snap Series Losing Streak against Missouri Saturday.

01.13.2005 | Women's Basketball

By: Iowa State University

No. 24/24 Iowa State vs. Missouri
Saturday, Jan. 15, 2005 ? 1:05 p.m. tip (Fox Sports Net)
Hilton Coliseum (14,092) ? Ames, Iowa

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-Missouri game will be televised by Fox Sports Net ... Kevin Eschenfelder will call the action with Debbie Antonelli providing color commentary.
LIVE feeds for Fox Sports Arizona, Fox Sports Florida, Fox Sports New England, Fox Sports North (Minnesota), Fox Sports Rocky Mountain, Fox Sports Southwest and Fox Sports West.
DELAYED feeds for Fox Sports Chicago (8 p.m. Saturday and 2 a.m. Sunday) and Fox Sports Midwest (5 p.m. Saturday).

Quickly
Iowa State is protecting a 10-game win streak, an 8-0 record in Hilton Coliseum and a 3-0 conference start, its best since a 5-0 start in 2001 ... ISU's 10-game winning stretch ranks fourth nationally behind Duke's 13 wins (at Virginia Jan. 14), Boston College (at Stanford Jan. 15) and Mississippi State (vs. Alabama Jan. 13) with 11 each ... the Cyclones' 13-1 record matches their second-best start in school history (2001-02 and 1998-99) ... ISU's 15-1 mark to start the 2000-01 season is the program's best ... Missouri comes to Ames with a four-game series win streak, including two consecutive wins in Hilton by an average margin of 25 points ... the Tigers are 1-4 on the road this season, picking up a win at Miami (Ohio) Dec. 31 ... ISU and MU both lost at Iowa in nonconference action this season ... the Cyclones fell 89-80 on Dec. 1 for their only loss of the year, while the Tigers dropped a 75-54 decision in Iowa City Nov. 20 ... ISU head coach Bill Fennelly, Cyclone senior Anne O'Neil and MU head coach Cindy Stein led a team of Big 12 All-Stars that represented the USA at the 2003 World University Games in South Korea ... O'Neil needs 62 points to become the 16th Cyclone to break the 1,000-point barrier.

They're Back
Iowa State debuted at No. 24 in both national polls for the first time since early 2002 ... ISU 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 off of the national lists.

About the Cyclones (13-1, 3-0)
Iowa State picked up its 10th straight victory with a 70-37 win at Kansas Wednesday ... four Cyclones scored in double digits, led by Anne O'Neil's 18 points ... ISU held the Jayhawks to their second-lowest point total in school history, marking the Cyclones' biggest win over KU in series history ... Iowa State's stingy defense forced three Jayhawk shot-clock violations, giving the Cyclones a remarkable 17 for the season ... ISU led 31-17 at the half despite shooting 36.4 percent and a seven-minute scoring drought ... the Cyclones drained 52 percent from the floor in the second stanza and limited Kansas to 25 percent shooting accuracy for the game ... ISU dominated the boards 47-33 and converted on 11-of-13 free throws.

About the Tigers (7-7, 1-2)
Missouri suffered an 87-44 loss at Kansas State Tuesday night, the Tigers' second-straight defeat ... MU shot just 23.1 percent in the first half, falling behind 39-15 at the break ... the Tigers were outrebounded 44-21 in the game and committed 22 turnovers ... LaToya Bond and Blair Hardiek had 14 and 13 points, respectively to lead Missouri ... Tiffany Brooks, who joined the squad this semester after sitting out as a transfer from Kansas State, leads the Tigers with 15.0 ppg in six games played ... Bond is averaging 12.6 ppg, while Christelle N'Garsanet contributes 12.5 ppg ... MU is shooting 39.6 percent for 62.9 ppg, including 39.6 percent from behind the arc ... the Tigers are being outrebounded 38.8-37.2 by their foes.

The Cyclone - Tiger Series
This is the 59th game in a series that dates back to 1977 ... Missouri leads the overall series 43-15, including a a 16-9 mark in Ames ... the Tigers have won four-straight games by an average of 17 points and the last two contests in Hilton by an average margin of 25 points ... ISU's last win (62-52) was Feb. 20, 2002 ... the Cyclones suffered their worst home defeat of the series (86-55) on Jan. 19, 2003 ... MU won 29 consecutive games to open the series in 1977 and only lost one of the first 36 games played ... prior to MU's current four-game win streak, ISU had won 13 of the previous 14 matchups ... ISU head coach Bill Fennelly is 13-7 against the Tigers all-time, including an 0-1 mark at Toledo ... MU head coach Cindy Stein is 4-9 against the Cyclones.

Cyclone Team Trends
Iowa State has scored at least 70 points in all three Big 12 games ... only four Cyclone opponents have shot over 40 percent from the floor this season ... ISU has committed over 15 turnovers in just three games after averaging 16.7 per game last season ... Iowa State is averaging 18.0 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 seven games, Anne O'Neil has averaged 22.0 points, 8.6 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 36.3 minutes while shooting 56.8 percent from the floor (50-of-88), 59.4 percent from behind the arc (19-of-32) and 81.4 percent from the charity stripe (35-of-43) ... Megan Ronhovde averaged 3.1 treys made in the last seven games after averaging just 1.9 made in the first seven contests.

Charity Case
Iowa State has made (207) more free throws than its opponents have attempted (186) and leads the Big 12 in free throw percentage (.724) ... Lyndsey Medders leads the team with 89.3 percent accuracy ... Brittany Wilkins is shooting 84.0 percent (21-of-25) from the line and Anne O'Neil has drained 81.0 percent (51-of-63) 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 31-of-55 from outside for 56.4 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 80.4 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 288 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 17 shot-clock violations this season ... ISU forced three shot-clock violations in the season opener vs. Cleveland State and on the road at Kansas, four against Northern Colorado and two against both IPFW and Drake.

Where They Rank
In the Big 12 Conference statistics, Iowa State ranks first in scoring offense (82.6); field goal percentage (.474); rebounding margin (+11.0) and 3-pointers made (9.21) ... in the NCAA national rankings of games through Jan. 10, the Cyclones ranked second in scoring offense and 3-pointers per game, fourth in rebound margin, sixth in scoring margin, seventh in field goal percentage and ninth in 3-point percentage ... Anne O'Neil ranked third nationally in 3-point percentage, while Megan Ronhovde (29) and Mary Fox (48) also ranked among the top 50; Lyndsey Medders ranked 20th in assists per game.

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.