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Cyclones Travel to Colorado for Big 12 Road Test
01.06.2005 | Women's Basketball
Iowa State Cyclone Basketball
at Colorado Buffaloes
Saturday, Jan. 8, 2005 ? 8 p.m. CST
Coors Events/Conference Center (11,064) ? Boulder, Colo.
On the Air
Iowa State's game will be broadcast live on 1430 KASI in Ames and state-wide on the Cyclone Radio Network ... every game is broadcast live and free of charge on the internet (www.cyclones.com).
Quickly ...
Iowa State takes an eight-game win streak to Boulder, Colo., for the Cyclones' first Big 12 road game ... the Cyclones' 11-1 start is the best since going 12-0 to begin the 2001-02 season ... ISU knocked off No. 20 Kansas State (78-59) in its conference opener Wednesday ... the Cyclones are 2-1 in opposing gyms this season ... Colorado returns home after losing at Nebraska (84-62) in its league opener ... the Buffaloes are 4-2 in Coors Events Center, losing to No. 1 LSU (75-44) and Creighton (84-68) ... CU owns a four-game overall win streak against ISU and has won the last four meetings in Boulder ... Iowa State hasn't won its first Big 12 road game since a victory at Kansas State in 2001 ... Iowa State and Colorado have played close games lately ... CU has won the last four by an average of 6.3 points, while the last eight have been decided by an average margin of 7.1 points ... Colorado and Iowa State share one common opponent in the nonconference season ... ISU defeated Northern Colorado 76-36 (Nov. 22), while the Buffaloes defeated the Bears 77-58 (Dec. 29) ... this is the first time Cyclone freshman Seirra Dawson has been to Colorado, excluding an airport layover earlier this season en route to Las Vegas.
About the Cyclones (11-1, 1-0)
Iowa State earned its eighth straight win by knocking off No. 20/20 Kansas State 78-59 in Ames Wednesday ... ISU's starters all tallied double-digit scoring and accounted for all but two of the Cyclones' 78 points ... Kansas State was held to its lowest offensive output since winning 59-56 at Texas A&M last season (Feb. 18) ... ISU scored the most points in regulation against the Wildcats since KSU defeated Georgia State 93-79 on Dec. 29, 2001 ... Missouri had 90 points in a double-overtime loss to the Wildcats last season ... the Cyclones shot a season-best 64.6 percent against KSU, including 71.4 percent from behind the arc ... Anne O'Neil and Katie Robinette had 21 points each, while Robinette added 11 rebounds for her third double-double of the season and a career-high five blocks ... ISU outrebounded the Wildcats 36-28 and held them to 35.8 percent shooting ... KSU All-American Kendra Wecker, who came into the game averaging 21.6 points, had 16 points on 7-of-25 shooting.
About the Buffaloes (7-5, 0-1)
Colorado saw its five-game win streak snapped with an 84-62 loss at Nebraska Wednesday ... the Buffaloes had three players score in double-figures and hit 10 3-pointers, but committed 25 turnovers in Lincoln ... Jasmina Ilic led CU with 15 points and nine rebounds, helping the Buffs to a 45-35 edge on the boards ... Nebraska, which owned a 36-31 lead at the half, shot 59.4 percent from the floor in the second stanza and converted on 15-of-22 trips to the free-throw line in the game to make the difference ... Anna Nedovic leads the Buffs with 12.0 ppg and 7.2 rpg, while Veronica Johns-Richardson adds 11.1 ppg ... Colorado is averaging 66.5 points, 39.1 rebounds and 19.3 turnovers while shooting 42.5 percent from the floor.
The Cyclone - Buffalo Series
Colorado owns a 35-16 advantage and a four-game win streak in the series that dates back to 1977 ... CU is 17-5 against ISU in Boulder and has won the last four consecutive games in the Coors Events Center ... ISU's last win (83-68) in Boulder was Jan. 8, 2000 ... Colorado swept ISU for the second consecutive season last year ... ISU head coach Bill Fennelly is 9-11 against Colorado ... CU head coach Ceal Barry is 31-16 all-time vs. Iowa State, including a 26-16 mark during her 20 seasons at Colorado.
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 just two games after averaging 16.7 per game last season ... Iowa State is averaging 18.6 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 five games, Anne O'Neil has averaged 23.4 points, eight rebounds, 3.6 assists and 36.2 minutes while shooting 59.4 percent from the floor (38-of-64), 60.9 percent from behind the arc (14-of-23) and 81.8 percent from the charity stripe (27-of-33) ... Katie Robinette has scored 21 points in each of the last two games, shooting a combined 66.7 percent from the floor ... Lyndsey Medders turned in back-to-back double-doubles to end nonconference play with 16 points and 10 rebounds vs. Eastern Illinois and 13 points and 13 assists vs. Murray State ... Megan Ronhovde averaged 3.2 treys made in the last five games after averaging just 1.9 made in the first seven contests.
Charity Case
Iowa State has made (184) more free throws than its opponents have attempted (152) and leads the Big 12 in free throw percentage (.716) ... Lyndsey Medders has missed just two charity shots this season (24-of-25), but broke a string of 22 consecutive free throws made with a miss Wednesday against KSU ... Medders leads the team with 92.6 percent accuracy ... Brittany Wilkins is shooting 82.6 percent (19-of-23) from the line and Anne O'Neil has drained 81.1 percent (43-of-53) 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 26-of-46 from outside for 56.5 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 79.4 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 six 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 286 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 defense to his arsenal ... the Cyclones have bought into the system, forcing 13 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 and at Northern Iowa.
Where They Rank
In the Big 12 Conference statistics, Iowa State ranks first in scoring offense (84.2); free throw percentage (.716); rebounding margin (+10.7); 3-pointers made (9.00).
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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