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Iowa State University Athletics
Cyclones Close Road Stretch at Iowa
11.27.2006 | Women's Basketball
Iowa State wraps up a four-game road stretch on Thursday night when the Cyclones travel to Iowa City to take on the Iowa Hawkeyes at 7 p.m. in the HyVee Cy-Hawk Series ... ISU enters the contest at 3-1 overall with its only loss coming on Saturday at Pepperdine, 52-46 ... Iowa is much deeper into its schedule, coming in at 6-1 overall, and coming off a 75-63 win at Creighton on Sunday ... Iowa currently leads the Cy-Hawk Series, 5-2, with wins in football and soccer, while Iowa State earned a win in volleyball to open the 2006-07 series ... the women's basketball game will be worth two points in the series ... the Iowa State men's basketball team will travel to Iowa City for their matchup with the Hawkeyes on Friday, Dec. 8 ... the home team has won the last four meetings between Iowa State and Iowa in women's basketball ... before the last four meetings, ISU had won five straight meetings.
On the Air
The game will be broadcast live on the Cyclone Radio Network (1430 AM in Ames) ... every game is broadcast live on the internet at Cyclones.com ... broadcasts will be streamed by Yahoo! Sports and will cost $4.95 per month, which will include broadcasts of football, men's basketball and the Coaches shows.
Last Time Out
Iowa State went 1-1 in the Pepperdine Thanksgiving Tournament last Friday and Saturday, earning a 75-69 win over Virginia Tech, and falling, 52-46, at Pepperdine in the championship game ... Toccara Ross posted back-to-back double-doubles to earn a place on the all-tournament team along with Lyndsey Medders, who had 23 points, seven rebounds and seven assists against Virginia Tech ... Ross had 18 points and 11 rebounds and Heather Ezell had 12 points and seven assists for the Cyclones against the Hokies ... ISU shot 50 percent from the field and 51.9 percent (14-27) from three-point range vs. Virginia Tech ... the Cyclones tied the game at 46-all, but couldn't find an answer at the end as Pepperdine scored the final six points over the last two and a half minutes to defeat the Cyclones 52-46 ... ISU got out to a solid start against Pepperdine with a 12-2 advantage on 5-of-6 shooting to open the game, but gave up a 14-0 run to take its first lead, 20-18 ... Ross finished with 16 points and 11 rebounds ... the lead changed five times and the game was tied three times during the second half ... the Waves led 28-24 at halftime ... ISU shot 37.3 percent from the field and was 5-of-20 from long range.
About the Cyclones
Iowa State is 3-1 on the season and went 2-1 last week with an 80-74 overtime win at Northern Iowa, a 75-69 victory over Virginia Tech and a 52-46 loss at Pepperdine ... three players are averaging double figures on the season for ISU, led by Lyndsey Medders with 16.5 points and 7.3 assists per game ... Toccara Ross is averaging 13.8 ppg and a team-leading 8 rpg, while Heather Ezell has posted a 12 ppg average, including posting double digits in all four games this season ... the Cyclones are shooting 46.8 percent from the field and holding opponents to 35.6 percent ... ISU is hitting 38.9 percent from long range and is outrebounding its opponents with a +7.5 margin ... ISU is in its 34th season of women's basketball and holds a 473-464 overall record ... ISU will wrap up its four-game road stretch at Iowa and will not return to the road again until Jan. 6, when the Cyclones travel to Missouri ... the 2006-07 Iowa State roster has 14 active players on it, the largest number on an ISU roster to start the season since 2001-02 when the Cyclones had 15 players ... the Cyclones are coming off an 18-13 season in which they made it to the second round of the WNIT for their ninth postseason appearance in the last 10 years ... Ezell has started three of the four contests this season after undergoing offseason knee surgery ... Ezell suffered a minor concussion during the Upper Iowa contest and did not start vs. Cal State Fullerton, but played 22 minutes ... Rachel Pierson saw her first regular-season action against CSF, the first in a year ... she was redshirted last season after undergoing back surgery.
About the Hawkeyes
Iowa is 6-1 on the season and is coming off a 75-69 win at Creighton on Sunday ... the Hawkeyes are 3-1 at home this season, falling 77-59, to Louisiana Tech at home on Nov. 11 ... Iowa defeated Kansas, 63-49, in the WBCA Classic in Kansas City on Nov. 12 ... sophomore center Megan Skouby leads the Hawkeyes with 16.6 ppg and has posted 5.7 rpg ... sophomore guard Lindsey Nyenhuis leads the Cyclones with 10.3 boards a game ... Iowa is shooting 46.5 percent from the field and 37.6 percent from three-point range ... the Hawkeyes are receiving votes in the Associated Press poll, but not in the Coaches poll ... Head Coach Lisa Bluder is in her seventh season at Iowa and has posted a 119-72 record with the Hawkeyes, and is 475-214 overall in 23 seasons of coaching.
The Series
Iowa leads the series 20-16 and is 12-5 in Iowa City ... the last four games in the series have gone to the home team, including a 16-point win last season by the Cyclones at Hilton Coliseum ... prior to the last four contests, Iowa State had won five straight ... Iowa won 10 straight from 1982 to 1996.
Double-Trouble
Junior college transfer Toccara Ross has notched three straight games of double-digit scoring, including posting back-to-back double-doubles to lead Iowa State last weekend in the Pepperdine Thanksgiving Tournament ... Ross had 19 points and six rebounds, including going 7-of-13 from the field, against UNI ...she turned in 18 points and 11 rebounds in the win over Virginia Tech and had 16 points and 11 rebounds vs. Pepperdine ... she averaged 17.7 points and 9.3 rebounds, while shooting 56.4 percent from the field, in the three games combined last week ... sophomore Heather Ezell has posted four straight games of double-digit scoring, averaging 12 points per game for the season ... she was 3-of-7 from downtown against Pepperdine.
Major Milestone
ISU head coach Bill Fennelly earned his 400th career victory with the Cyclones' season-opening win vs. Cal State Fullerton ... Fennelly is now 402-164 overall and 236-111 in his 12 seasons with the Cyclones ... his 300th career win came against Baylor on March 7, 2001, in the Big 12 Tournament ... No. 200 also came in the Big 12 Tourney, defeating Texas A&M on March 4, 1997 ... notched his 100th career win while coaching at Toledo, turning back Providence, 74-64, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on March 18, 1992.
Early Season Honors
All-America candidate Lyndsey Medders has earned numerous preseason accolades, including being named to the All-Big 12 Preseason Team ... she was named to the Women's John R. Wooden Award Preseason All-America Team ... she was also named one of the nation's top five point guards by ESPN.com ... she earned preseason all-America recognition from SportsPageMagazine.com and Street & Smith's College Basketball Yearbook ... Medders led the Cyclones a year ago with 16.5 points per game, and led the nation in assists with a 7.7 pg average ... she was named to the All-Big 12 First Team last season, and earned third-team all-America honors from Women's Basketball News Service in 2005-06.
Head coach Bill Fennelly took over a program that had only five winning seasons in its first 22 years and has guided ISU to nine postseason appearances in the last 10 years ... he earned the 400th win of his career in the 2006-07 season opener against Cal State Fullerton ... he has led the Cyclones to seven NCAA Tournament appearances, including a 1999 Elite Eight berth and Sweet Sixteen games in 2000 and 2001 ... Fennelly's Cyclones captured the only league championships in program history, winning back-to-back Big 12 Conference Tournament championships in 2000 and 2001 and earning a share of the regular-season crown in 2000 ... Iowa State spent more than four years in The Associated Press national poll, including 34 weeks in the top 10 ... he has posted more than double the conference victories (105) in 11 seasons at ISU than all of the previous 15 seasons combined (43) ... his teams have drawn record-setting crowds, ranking among the top 11 schools nationally in attendance the last eight seasons ... Fennelly's leadership produced ISU's first-ever All-Americans in Stacy Frese (1999, 2000), Angie Welle (2000, 2001, 2002) and Anne O'Neil (2005) ... Welle was voted to the Big 12 Conference 10th Anniversary Team, an elite group of five players ... his Cyclones have earned all-conference recognition 26 times and academic all-league honors 51 times ... six of his players have been selected in the WNBA professional basketball draft over the last five years ... Fennelly, who guided Toledo to a 166-53 record and six postseason tournament berths in his seven years at UT, was inducted in the Toledo Varsity "T" Hall of Fame in 2003.
Where They Stack Up
Iowa State was picked fifth in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll ... the Cyclones found themselves receiving votes in the first Associated Press Poll ... ISU has earned 13 votes the last two weeks, which put the Cyclones at No. 36 on the list last week ... ISU was picked No. 23 in two preseason publications, including Street & Smith's College Basketball Yearbook and SportsPageMagazine.com.
Trey Bien
Iowa State has made at least one three-pointer in 339 consecutive regular-season games dating back to 1995 ... that streak ranks third nationally behind Cleveland State and Drake ... the school record for three-pointers made in a game is 18 (vs. Missouri, Feb. 19, 2000), which ISU challenged in their game against Virginia Tech, hitting 14-of-27 on the contest.
Home Sweet Hilton Magic
The Cyclones have been phenomenal at home during head coach Bill Fennelly's tenure, compiling a 140-27 record (.838) in Hilton Coliseum, including a 61-3 mark against regular-season nonconference opponents ... Iowa State finished 15-0 in Hilton Coliseum two years ago, the third Cyclone squad to go undefeated at home (all three have come under Fennelly) ... ISU finished the 2005-06 season ranked seventh in attendance, marking the eighth consecutive season the Cyclones have ranked 11th or higher.
Life on the Road
The Cyclones wrap up their four-game road trip on Thursday at Iowa ... ISU is 9-8 in non-conference road games over the last six years and 25-33 overall in road contests during that span.
Record Setting
Lyndsey Medders ranks 14th in school history with 1,094 career points, passing Etta Burns (1,074), against Virginia Tech ... she is now four points shy of surpassing Carmen Jaspers (1,097) for 13th place on the ISU career chart ... Nicky Wieben had five blocked shots against Cal State Fullerton, and now has 65 for her career, which is good for eighth place on the Iowa State career charts ... she moved ahead of Barb Gordon (1991-94), who had 61 ... she is now nine shy of Katie Robinette's 74.
Lighting It Up
After going 8-for-32 from three-point range (.229) during two exhibition games, the Cyclones started the regular season on fire from beyond the arc, hitting 6-of-13 (46.7 percent) in the first half against Cal State Fullerton ... the Cyclones were 11-of-24 (.458) for the contest from downtown... against Virginia Tech, ISU was 14-of-27 from three-point range for 51.9 percent, giving the Cyclones a season average of 38.9 percent.
Two For 2007-08
Iowa natives Kelsey Bolte (Ida Grove) and Jocelyn Anderson (Gowrie) made it official Nov. 7 when they signed National Letters of Intent to join the Iowa State women's basketball team for the 2007-08 season ... Bolte, a 6-1 senior guard at Battle Creek-Ida Grove, was the 2006 2A Iowa state Player of the Year, and earned a place on the 2006 Iowa state all-tournament team while leading the Falcons to a 27-2 overall record and a place in the state championship game ... Bolte averaged 22 points, 11 rebounds, five assists and five steals as a junior to earn her second straight all-State first team honors and IBCA all-region accolades ... Bolte also won the state AAU tournament while playing on the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association Iowa Select team last year ... Anderson will join the Cyclones after two seasons at Des Moines Area Community College, where she is a sophomore this season ... the 6-4 center was chosen as a junior college preseason first-team All-American before the 2006-07 season began ... Anderson averaged 15.5 points, 11.2 rebounds and 5.3 blocked shots per game and shot 58.7 percent from the field as a freshman at DMACC to earn first team all-region and second team NJCAA All-America honors ... she led the Bears to a 19-14 record a season ago and DMACC was ranked sixth in the 2006-07 preseason poll ... at Prairie Valley High School, Anderson earned first team, second team and honorable mention honors over three seasons in the Twin Lakes Conference.
Looking Back at 2005-06
Iowa State played two rounds of the 2006 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT), with both games going into overtime at Hilton Coliseum ... ISU topped UW-Green Bay 79-71 March 16 and fell to Marquette 69-63 March 20 ... it was Iowa State's ninth postseason appearance in the last 10 years ... this was the Cyclones' second appearance in the WNIT after advancing to the Final Four in 2004 ... Iowa State recorded its 15th winning season in school history, while head coach Bill Fennelly posted his 17th winning campaign in 18 years ... 13 of Iowa State's 22 opponents earned postseason bids ... Lyndsey Medders led the nation in assists per game with 7.7 ... Medders was named a third-team All-American by WBNS ... Brittany Wilkins averaged nearly a double-double (16.1 ppg and 8.9 rpg) before being picked up as a free agent by the WNBA Sacramento Monarchs, where she remained on the roster through the championship series.
2005-06 Season Milestones
Lyndsey Medders was the 17th player in ISU history to join the 1,000-point club ... she set the ISU single-season assists record, dishing 215 ... Iowa State head coach Bill Fennelly finished the season one win shy of 400 career victories ... Nicky Wieben set the single-season blocked shots record (59) and already ranks ninth all-time at ISU ... Medders set seven of the top 15 single-game assist records and owns nine of the top 23 performances overall ... Heather Ezell tied for sixth on that single-game assist mark with 13 vs. Missouri ... junior Megan Ronhovde played every minute in ISU's two Big 12 Conference Championship games and logged seven complete games for the season ... Iowa State used a six-player rotation in four games and a seven-player roster in six contests ... 40.5 percent of ISU's shots were three-pointers ... Iowa State rallied back from a halftime deficit in five of its wins ... ISU lost just one game in which it scored at least 70 points (11-1) ... the Cyclones picked up their first win when scoring fewer than 60 points (1-6) in the regular-season finale victory over Colorado ... Iowa State made more free throws (383) than its opponents attempted (307).
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