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Iowa State University Athletics
Cyclones Play Host to No. 13 Texas Saturday
02.04.2005 | Women's Basketball
No. 19/18 Iowa State vs. No. 13/14 Texas
Saturday, Feb. 5, 2005 ? 2:06 p.m. tip ? Fox Sports Net TV
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-Texas 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 Detroit (joined in progress), Fox Sports Midwest, Fox Sports North (Minnesota), Fox Sports North (Wisconsin), Fox Sports Rocky Mountain, Fox Sports Southwest and Fox Sports West2. DELAYED feeds for Fox Sports Arizona (2 a.m. MST Sunday) and Fox Sports Chicago (2 a.m. Sunday. Mediacom Cable will air the game live on its Fox Sports Net Chicago stations across Iowa.
Quickly
Iowa State plays host to Texas, the first Big 12 southern division team to visit Ames this season and just the second southern school the Cyclones have faced on the conference slate ... ISU is 1-0 against the south after winning at Oklahoma (73-60) Jan. 29 ... UT is 3-5 against ranked teams this season, while ISU is 1-1 after splitting a pair with Kansas State ... Texas is the first of two consecutive ranked opponents the Cyclones face ... following this home tilt with UT, ISU plays four of its next five games on the road ... Texas travels to Ames with a four-game series win streak, but the Longhorns have won just one of the five contests played in Hilton Coliseum ... no current Cyclone has recorded a victory over Texas ... ISU is 11-0 at home this season, tying for the 17th longest home win streak nationally ... Iowa State owns an average win margin of 30.7 points in Hilton Coliseum, including an 18-point win margin in four conference games ... the Cyclones went 6-1 in January, losing at Kansas State Jan. 25 ... Cyclone Megan Ronhovde played against UT's Kalee Carey and Tiffany Jackson in the AAU Nationals ... UT's Heather Schreiber and Annissa Hastings joined ISU head coach Bill Fennelly, assistant coach Latoja Harris and Cyclone senior Anne O'Neil as members of the Big 12 All-Star squad that represented Team USA at the 2003 World University Games.
About the Cyclones (17-2, 7-1)
No. 19/18 Iowa State moved to the top of the Big 12 Conference standings with a 103-76 win over Colorado Wednesday night ... the Cyclones got a career-best 24 points from Megan Ronhovde, who hit all six of her 3-point tries and 8-of-9 from the floor overall ... Anne O'Neil just missed a triple-double for the second time this season with 18 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds ... Lisa Kriener came off the bench to score a season-high 14 points, while Katie Robinette and Mary Fox recorded 13 and 11 points, respectively ... ISU hit the century mark for the second time this season and the first time in Big 12 play since a 112-79 win over Baylor Feb. 26, 2000 ... the Cyclones sank a season-high 15 treys against the Buffaloes and snapped a string of two-straight rebounding deficits by outrebounding CU 38-36 ... the win gave ISU its first season sweep of the Buffs since 2002.
About the Longhorns (13-6, 6-2)
No. 13/14 Texas brings a four-game win streak to Ames, including road wins at Oklahoma (83-71 OT) and Missouri (71-52) ... the Longhorns hit 54.2 percent of their shots en route to a 77-62 win over instate rival Texas A&M Wednesday in Austin ... UT controlled the boards 41-28 and limited the Aggies to 38.8 percent accuracy ... sophomore Tiffany Jackson scored a game-high 26 points and 11 rebounds for her fifth double-double of the season ... Jackson sank 11-of-15 from the floor, while adding five steals, three assists and three blocks with no turnovers ... Jackson is the Big 12 leader in steals (3.21 spg) ... in league games, the Longhorns own the top spot in field goal percentage (46.2), rebounding defense (32.2) and steals (10.50).
The Cyclone - Longorn Series
Texas owns a 6-5 edge in the series and a four-game win streak over the Cyclones after the Longhorns won games in Austin and at the Big 12 Tournament last season ... UT is 1-4 in Hilton Coliseum, earning its only win in 2003 (65-55) ... the first game of the series was the only contest played prior to the formation of the Big 12 Conference ... ISU head coach Bill Fennelly is 5-5 vs. the Longhorns ... UT head coach Jody Conradt is 6-5 vs. Iowa State.
Tracking the Trends
Four Cyclones are averaging double-figure scoring for the first time since 2000-01 ... Anne O'Neil is the first true guard to lead ISU in rebounding since Jolene Leseman averaged 7.6 rpg in 1980-81 ... Iowa State has recorded a double-digit margin of victory in all but two wins ... ISU has been outrebounded just four times, twice in Big 12 games ... 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) ... 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 10 games, including three league contests ... ISU is averaging 14.6 turnovers this season after averaging 16.7 last year ... 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 this season ISU has had only one player score in double digits ... 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, the best performance since Stacy Frese drained an NCAA-record 8-of-8 treys against Nebraska Jan. 28, 1999 ... 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 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists; Tracy Eckert vs. Iowa, Dec. 15, 1979, 13 points, 8 rebounds, 12 assists).
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 their 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 ... ISU's win in Boulder was the first for all of the current Cyclones ... this group has never recorded a win against Texas.
Put It In The Books
Mary Fox's 133 career 3-pointers rank sixth in the school record books, while her 369 attempts rank seventh all-time ... Megan Ronhovde ranks 10th with 110 career 3-pointers and ninth with 298 3-point attempts ... Anne O'Neil become the 16th Cyclone to break the 1,000-point plateau Feb. 2 against Colorado and ranks 15th with 1,016 points ... O'Neil is ISU's career record holder in free throw percentage (.819) and ranks ninth in career free throws made (267) ... Brittany Wilkins and Katie Robinette are tied for seventh with 57 career blocks each.
Where They Rank
In the Big 12 Conference's overall statistics, Iowa State ranks first in scoring offense (80.2); field goal percentage (46.4); 3-point field goal percentage defense (26.1) and 3-pointers made (9.32) ... individually, Anne O'Neil leads the league in 3-point percentage (53.1) ... in Big 12 games only, ISU is tops in scoring (73.9); 3-point percentage (40.1); field goal percentage defense (34.8); 3-pointers made (9.88) and defensive rebounds (30.13).
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 43-of-81 from outside for 53.1 percent accuracy this season ... she ranked second nationally in the Feb. 1 NCAA statistics ... 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 83.8 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 10 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 293 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 11-0 at home this season ... the Cyclones have been phenomenal at home during Fennelly's tenure, compiling a 124-22 record (.849) 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.
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