Cyclones Travel to Missouri for Final Road Game

Cyclones Travel to Missouri for Final Road Game

02.21.2005 | Women's Basketball

By: cyclones.com

No. 21 Iowa State at Missouri
Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2005 ? 7 p.m. tip
Mizzou Sports Arena (15,000) ? Columbia, Mo.

On the Air
Iowa State's game will be broadcast live on the Cyclone Radio Network and 1430 KASI in Ames ... every game is broadcast live and free of charge on the internet (www.cyclones.com).

Quickly
Iowa State travels to Missouri for its final road game of the regular season ... the Cyclones are 5-5 on the road, including a 3-4 mark in opposing Big 12 gyms ... ISU has lost three consecutive road games (at TTU, at NU, at BU) ... Missouri returns home after losing two-straight on the road last week ... the Tigers are 5-6 in Columbia this season, including a 2-4 mark against Big 12 opponents ... ISU snapped Mizzou's four-game series win streak, edging the Tigers 65-59 Jan. 15 in Ames ... all five Cyclone starters are averaging double-digit scoring for the first time since 1995-96 ... one more win would give ISU head coach Bill Fennelly the 12th 20-win season of his career and his sixth at Iowa State ... the 1975-76 squad is the only other Cyclone team to record 20 wins (20-8) ... ISU's 19 wins is the most since the 2001-02 finished the season 24-9 ... the Cyclones' nine conference wins is the most since the 2001-02 squad went 9-7 in league play ... ISU and MU both lost at Iowa in nonconference action this season ... the Cyclones fell 89-80 on Dec. 1, while the Tigers dropped a 75-54 decision in Iowa City Nov. 20 ... ISU head coach Bill Fennelly, ISU assistant coach Latoja Harris, 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.

About the Cyclones (19-5, 9-4)
Iowa State has lost three of its last four games, all on the road, after dropping an 82-77 decision at No. 7 Baylor Saturday ... Lyndsey Medders poured in a career-best 24 points against the Lady Bears, while Katie Robinette posted her second consecutive double-double with 21 points and 12 rebounds ... Mary Fox followed up her career scoring performance against Oklahoma State with 18 points at Baylor, hitting 7-of-11 shots and 4-of-6 3-pointers, the best back-to-back scoring performance of her career ... Iowa State shot 49.2 percent in the game and connected on 8-of-21 3-pointers ... the Cyclones committed a season-low eight turnovers, but the difference was at the free-throw line ... the Lady Bears took advantage of 29 trips to the charity stripe, converting on 20 shots, while ISU hit 11-of-14 free throws.

About the Tigers (9-15, 3-10)
Missouri dropped a pair of road games last week, snapping its two-game win streak ... the Tigers lost at Baylor (74-57) Feb. 16 and at Oklahoma (73-59) Feb. 19 ... Christelle N'Garsanet led MU with 20 points and nine rebounds at Oklahoma, while Tiffany Brooks and LaToya Bond added 16 and 11 points, respectively ... the Tigers shot 44.4 percent from the floor, but went 0-of-10 from behind the arc ... 30 of MU's 59 points were scored in the paint, while the bench contributed no offense to the scoring column ... only nine Tigers have seen action in conference games, with just eight getting court time in all 13 Big 12 contests ... MU is averaging 56.3 points on 39.8 percent shooting in league contests ... Carlynn Savant shoots a league-best 50 percent 3-point percentage in Big 12 games, but has the fewest attempts of the top 15 listed.

The Cyclone - Tiger Series
This is the 60th game in a series that dates back to 1977 ... Missouri leads the overall series 43-16, including a a 20-5 mark in Columbia ... ISU has dropped two straight at Missouri, with its last win on Feb. 20, 2002 (62-52) ... the Tigers won four-straight games by an average of 17 points until the Cyclones earned a 65-59 win in Ames Jan. 15 ... ISU head coach Bill Fennelly is 14-7 against the Tigers all-time, including an 0-1 mark at Toledo ... MU head coach Cindy Stein is 4-10 against the Cyclones.

The Difference Between Winning and Losing
Iowa State averaged 81.8 points on 47.9 percent shooting in its 19 wins, including 41.4 percent 3-point accuracy ... in the Cyclones' five losses, ISU averaged 66.0 points on 39.5 percent shooting and 31.6 percent 3-point accuracy .... Iowa State pulls down 43.5 boards in wins and 31.8 rebounds in losses ... four Cyclones average double-figure scoring, while a fifth scores 9.7 ppg in wins ... three Cyclones average double digits in losses ... opponents have shot 48.4 percent in their five wins (40.2 from behind the arc), while ISU holds its foes to 34.0 percent accuracy in Cyclone victories (25.7 percent from 3-point range).

Tracking the Trends
Five Cyclones are averaging double-figure scoring for the first time since 1995-96 ... Iowa State has recorded a double-digit margin of victory in all but three wins ... eight Cyclone opponents have shot over 40 percent from the floor this season ... the Cyclones have shot under 40 percent four times this season, all in Big 12 games (Jan. 15 vs. MU, Jan. 25 at KSU, Feb. 8 at TTU, Feb. 12 at NU) ... Iowa State's top two shooting performances have come against league foes in Hilton Coliseum (Kansas State, 64.6 percent; Colorado, 57.4 percent) ... ISU has recorded fewer turnovers than its opponent in 12 games, including five league contests ... Bill Fennelly has used the same starters since Dec. 5 (notable due to the fact that he used 14 different lineups last season).

Spotlight Performances
Katie Robinette was the only Cyclone to record double-figure scoring at Kansas State, the only time ISU has had just one player score in double digits this season ... Lisa Kriener scored a season-high 14 points against Colorado after averaging 4.6 points in the previous five games ... Megan Ronhovde hit 6-of-6 3-pointers against Colorado, while Mary Fox drained 6-of-6 treys against Oklahoma State ... those were the best performances since Stacy Frese drained an NCAA-record 8-of-8 treys against Nebraska Jan. 28, 1999 ... Ronhovde sank 3-of-3 treys against Texas and hit her first two 3-point tries at Texas Tech for a streak of 11 consecutive 3-pointers made over three games ... Lyndsey Medders has recorded a career-best 13 assists twice this season, ranking third on the ISU single-game performance list ... Anne O'Neil has just missed a triple-double twice this season ... O'Neil had 18 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds against Colorado and recorded 15 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists in just 24 minutes against IPFW ... only one Cyclone has ever posted a triple-double (Jane Lobenstein vs. KU, Feb. 5, 1986, 18 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists), while two others have been close (Megan Taylor vs. Western Michigan, Dec. 20, 1999, 13 pts, 9 rebs, 10 asts; Tracy Eckert vs. Iowa, Dec. 15, 1979, 13 pts, 8 rebs, 12 asts).

Season Milestones
ISU managed its first season sweep of Colorado since 2002 ... Iowa State matched the best start in school history with a 15-1 overall mark and a 5-0 Big 12 slate ... ISU owned a 12-game win streak that ranked second nationally before losing at KSU Jan. 25 ... Kansas State had 60 rebounds (26 offensive) in its win over Iowa State Jan. 25, the most since Oregon set an ISU opponent record with 70 rebounds on Jan. 7, 1982 ... ISU held Kansas to its second lowest point total in school history with a 70-37 win Jan. 12 ... with their 78-59 win over Kansas State Jan. 5, the Cyclones scored the most points in regulation against the Wildcats since KSU defeated Georgia State (93-79) Dec. 29, 2001 ... Iowa State had a record-setting night against IPFW, breaking the school mark for assists (35) and setting new Hilton Coliseum records for scoring (113) and win margin (+68) ... head coach Bill Fennelly earned his 200th Cyclone victory with an 86-78 overtime win at UNLV Dec. 19 ... ISU, which hadn't won a road game after trailing at the half since 1999, has won two (at UNI, at UNLV) this season ... Iowa State's all-time women's basketball record finally rose above the .500 mark, the first time since 1979-80.

Put Yourself in Their Shoes
Senior transfers Katie Robinette (2001 Miss Nebraska Basketball) and Anne O'Neil (2000 Miss Iowa Basketball) have never played in an NCAA Tournament ... seniors Lisa Kriener, Tracy Paustian and Mary Fox advanced to the NCAA second round, recording a 24-9 record their freshman season, while Brittany Wilkins and O'Neil were sidelined as redshirts ... this group of Cyclones recorded its first win against Texas and its first victory in Boulder.

Put It In The Books
Mary Fox's 146 career 3-pointers rank sixth in the school record books, while her 391 attempts rank sixth all-time ... Megan Ronhovde ranks ninth with 120 career 3-pointers and ninth with 322 3-point attempts ... Anne O'Neil become the 16th Cyclone to break the 1,000-point plateau Feb. 2 against Colorado and ranks 13th with 1,086 points ... O'Neil is ISU's career record holder in free throw percentage, ranks sixth in career free throws made (293) and 10th in attempts (354) ... Katie Robinette is sixth with 62 career blocks, while Brittany Wilkins is tied at eighth with 57 ... Lyndsey Medders is fifth on the single-season assists list with 149 ... Robinette's 34 blocks this year rank fifth all-time.

Where They Rank
In the Big 12 Conference's overall statistics, Iowa State ranks first in scoring offense (78.5); field goal percentage (46.1) and 3-pointers made (9.13) ... in Big 12 games only, ISU is tops in scoring (73.2); field goal percentage (45.4); 3-point percentage (39.8) and 3-pointers made (9.31) ... individually, Anne O'Neil is tops in free-throw percentage (88.1).

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 47-of-93 from outside for 50.5 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 83.1 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 12 games this season, with a season-high 15 vs. Colorado Feb. 2 ... the school record is 18 vs. Missouri on Feb. 19, 2000 ... Iowa State has made at least one 3-pointer in 298 consecutive games since 1995, ranking fourth nationally behind Cleveland State, Drake and Miami (Ohio).

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 18 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 13-0 in Hilton Coliseum this season ... the Cyclones have been phenomenal at home during Fennelly's tenure, compiling a 126-22 record (.851) 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 2000-01 squads posted ISU's only undefeated home campaigns, going 15-0 and 16-0, respectively.

Smarty Pants
Anne O'Neil earned 2005 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA District VII Academic All-America first-team honors, her second consecutive season to earn the award ... the senior guard owns a 3.86 grade point average in communication studies and will be placed on the national ballot ... this is the 13th time an Iowa State women's basketball player has earned the honor and the 10th time a Cyclone has made the list during head coach Bill Fennelly's tenure.