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Cyclones Face Sooners Saturday in Norman
01.27.2005 | Women's Basketball
No. 18/17 Iowa State at Oklahoma
Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005 ? 1 p.m. tip
Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) ? Norman, Okla.
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).
Quickly
The Cyclones travel to Norman for their first meeting with a Big 12 south division opponent and their second consecutive road contest ... the Cyclones, 4-2 in opposing gyms, have two conference road wins under their belt, equalling their total from last season ... ISU was knocked out of first place in the Big 12 standings after losing at No. 16 Kansas State Tuesday ... the loss snapped a 12-game win streak and a 5-0 conference start, both which matched school records, and kept ISU from recording its best start in school history (15-1 in 2004-05 and 2000-01) ... last season, ISU logged its second-straight win over a ranked team in Hilton with a 69-51 upset of then-No. 15 Oklahoma ... the Sooners, who face their first Big 12 north team, are 7-1 at home this year, losing their first game in Norman to Texas in overtime Wednesday ... OU leads the league in 3-point field goal percentage defense, holding foes to 25.6 percent accuracy overall and 24.2 percent shooting in Big 12 games ... in league games, Sooner Dionnah Jackson is the Big 12 leader in assists (8.33) and defensive rebounds (7.5) ... Oklahoma and Iowa State share one nonconference foe, with both teams losing to Iowa this season ... senior Anne O'Neil needs 23 points to become the 16th Cyclone to break the 1,000-point barrier ... OU's Chelsi Welch joined ISU head coach Bill Fennelly, assistant coach Latoja Harris and senior Anne O'Neil on the Big 12 All-Star squad that traveled to the 2003 World University Games.
About the Cyclones (15-2, 5-1)
Iowa State suffered its worst shooting performance of the season, losing 74-52 at No. 16 Kansas State Tuesday ... the Cyclones shot just 31.3 percent from the floor for 52 points, both season lows ... Katie Robinette was the only Cyclone to score in double digits, recording 23 points in 29 minutes ... the Wildcats owned the boards, pulling down 60 rebounds (26 offensive) ... it was the most since Oregon set an ISU opponent record with 70 rebounds on Jan. 7, 1982 ... KSU's Kendra Wecker led all scorers with 26 points and 15 rebounds ... the loss snapped ISU's 12-game win streak and handed the Cyclones their first conference defeat of the year.
About the Sooners (11-6, 3-3)
Oklahoma saw its two-game win streak snapped with an 83-71 overtime loss to Texas Wednesday ... it was the Sooners' first loss in Norman this season ... Dionnah Jackson had 25 points and 13 rebounds for OU, leading four Sooners in double figures ... Oklahoma made 41.4 percent of its shots in the game ... the Sooners took more than twice as many shots as Texas in the extra period, but connected on just 2-of-13 ... UT kept the game out of reach by sinking 8-of-9 free throws in overtime ... the Longhorns outrebounded OU 50-36 and got 30 points and 16 rebounds from Tiffany Jackson ... sophomore forward Leah Rush is Oklahoma's leading scorer (14.5 ppg), followed by Dionnah Jackson's 13.9 ppg ... Jackson leads OU on the boards, averaging 8.6 rebounds per game ... the Sooners are averaging 71 ppg on 43.1 percent shooting.
The Cyclone - Sooner Series
This is the 41st meeting between the schools with the series beginning in 1977 ... Oklahoma owns a 24-16 lead overall, but Iowa State has won 9 of the last 10 meetings ... ISU has won just three games in Norman (3-15), all of them consecutively (1997, 1999, 2001) during Bill Fennelly's tenure ... the Sooners earned a 61-48 victory the last time the teams met in Lloyd Noble Arena (Feb. 22, 2003), OU head coach Sherri Coale's first win over the Cyclones ... Fennelly is 9-2 vs. OU ... Coale is 1-8 vs. ISU.
Cyclone Team Trends
Iowa State has recorded a double-digit margin of victory in all but two wins ... ISU has been outrebounded three times ... only four Cyclone opponents have shot over 40 percent from the floor this season ... the Cyclones have shot under 40 percent twice this season, both in Big 12 games (Jan. 15 vs. MU, Jan. 25 at KSU) ... ISU has recorded fewer turnovers than its opponent in nine games, including two league contests ... ISU is averaging 14.7 turnovers this season after averaging 16.7 last year.
Individual Trends
Bill Fennelly has used the same starters in all Big 12 Conference games (notable due to the fact that he used 14 different lineups last season) ... Katie Robinette was the only Cyclone to record double-figure scoring at Kansas State, the first time this season ISU has had only one player score in double digits ... Megan Ronhovde did not record a 3-pointer vs. Nebraska (0-of-7) or at Kansas State (0-of-6), the first time this season she failed to sink at least one trey ... Mary Fox did not score at Kansas State, her first scoreless outing of the year and the first since playing at KSU last season (24-straight games in the scoring column).
Put It In The Books
Megan Ronhovde's 101 career 3-pointers ranks 10th in the school record books ... Anne O'Neil needs 23 points to become the 16th Cyclone to break the 1,000-point plateau ... O'Neil is ISU's career record holder in free throw percentage (.817) and ranks ninth in career free throws made (263) ... Brittany Wilkins ranks 10th in career blocks (56).
Where They Rank
In the Big 12 Conference statistics, Iowa State ranks first in scoring offense (79.2); rebounding margin (+9.2); 3-pointers made (8.76) and defensive rebounds (31.06) .
Charity Case
Iowa State has made (242) more free throws than its opponents have attempted (234) ... four Cyclones are shooting better than 80 percent from the line ... Lyndsey Medders leads the team with 88.2 percent accuracy (30-of-34) ... Brittany Wilkins is shooting 84.0 percent (21-of-25), Anne O'Neil has drained 81.8 percent (63-of-77) and Lisa Kriener is hitting 80 percent (20-of-25) 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 36-of-69 from outside for 52.2 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 82.8 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 eight 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 291 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 player-to-player 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.
They're Back
Iowa State returned to both national polls this season at No. 24 on Jan. 10 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.
Home Sweet Hilton
Iowa State is 10-0 at home this season ... the Cyclones have been phenomenal at home during Fennelly's tenure, compiling a 123-22 record (.848) 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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