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03.18.2007 | Women's Basketball
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team will face third-seeded and 14th-ranked Georgia at 6 p.m. Monday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. ... Iowa State advanced to the second round by downing 11th-seed Washington, 79-60, Saturday ... ISU fell in the title game of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, 67-60, to 11th-ranked Oklahoma, snapping an eight-game ISU winning streak ... the Cyclones have won 10 out of their last 12 contests ... Iowa State is making its second NCAA appearance in the last three years, and the Cyclones' eighth trip over the past 11 seasons, with all coming under the direction of head coach Bill Fennelly ... the Cyclones have been invited to postseason play in 10 out of the last 11 seasons ... Iowa State is one of six teams from the Big 12 Conference to make the Big Dance ... senior All-America candidate Lyndsey Medders broke the ISU career record for assists and now holds the record at 710, after passing out 10 vs. Washington in the NCAA first round ... senior Megan Ronhovde became the 18th player in ISU history to record 1,000 career points, eclipsing the mark at Baylor ... ISU head coach Bill Fennelly earned his 250th victory at the helm of the Cyclone program with the win over Missouri on Feb. 4, and his 400th career win in the season opener vs. Cal State Fullerton ... the Cyclones are now 26-8 overall and finished 10-6 in the Big 12 to tie Nebraska for fourth place in the final Big 12 standings ... the Cyclones claimed their eighth 20-win season in school history and the seventh under Fennelly ... Iowa State has reached 26 wins for just the third time in school history and the first time since 2001 when it went 27-6 ... with a win over Georgia, ISU would match its school record for wins in a single season at 27, which the Cyclones have done twice before, both times under Fennelly ... ISU finished the home season with a 15-1 record at Hilton, while ISU was 5-6 in true road games ... the Cyclones wrapped up the non-conference slate at 12-1 overall ... Iowa State 0-1 against Georgia with their only previous meeting coming in the 1999 NCAA Tournament ... the Lady Bulldogs defeated the Cyclones, 89-71, in the Elite Eight of that tournament to knock ISU out ... Medders missed games at Nebraska and Baylor and played limited minutes against Missouri due to a minor concussion ... Medders is ISU's leading scorers with 12.8 points per game and ranks in the top 10 nationally with 6.5 assists per game ... Nicky Wieben is ISU's second leading scorer with 12 ppg and has 1.8 blocks per game ... Toccara Ross continues to lead the Cyclones on the glass with 7.3 rpg.
On the Tube
The Iowa State-Georgia game in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Monday, March 19, will be televised nationally by ESPN2 in its entirety in the state of Iowa ... the rest of the nation will be part of a "Whip-Around" coverage that shows several games during the same time slot ... ESPNU, however, will televise the Iowa State-Georgia game nationally for its entirety ... Bob Picozzi (play-by-play), Brenda VanLengen (color) and Stephanie Ready (sideline) will be calling the action.
On the Air
The game will be broadcast live on the Cyclone Radio Network (1430 AM in Ames) ... the game can be found at Cyclones.com and NCAASports.com ... broadcasts will be streamed by Yahoo! Sports and will cost $4.95 per month, which will include numerous broadcasts of NCAA basketball games.
The Tournament Field
No. 6 Iowa State joins No. 3 Georgia who defeated No. 14 seed Belmont, 53-36, in first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday ... the four teams opposite of Iowa State and Georgia in the Dallas Regional also happen to be in Minneapolis, meaning that the two winners out of the Minneapolis second round games will face off in Dallas in the Sweet 16 ... Minneapolis is the only first and second round site that has that scenario ... the other two teams to make it to the second round in Minneapolis are No. 2 Purdue and No. 7 Georgia Tech.
Inside the Numbers
Iowa State is three wins shy of the program's 500th victory (497-470) ... the Cyclones need one more win this season to tie the school record for single season wins at 27, which ISU has reached twice before ... senior Lyndsey Medders turned in her third point-assist double-double of the season in the win over Washington with 12 points and 10 assists ... she has 11 career point-assists double-doubles and 12 overall ... in the win over Washington, Iowa State had four players in double digits for only the sixth time this season (5-1) and Iowa State shot better than 50 percent (51.8) for the contest as a team for only the fifth time this season.
Last Time Out
Sixth-seeded Iowa State used first half runs of 11-0 and 17-4 to defeat 11th-seeded Washington, 79-60, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Williams Arena Saturday ... the Cyclones (26-8) got 18 points and seven rebounds from Nicky Wieben and 12 points each from Lyndsey Medders, Alison Lacey and Toccara Ross to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in school history, all of which have come under the direction of Bill Fennelly ... Medders finished with 10 assists as well to record her third double-double this season and the 12th of her career ... the Cyclones scorched the nets, shooting 51.8 percent from the field in the game and making nine 3-pointers, while Washington shot just 31.9 percent ... Iowa State fell behind early in the contest as Washington dominated the glass in the opening minutes to take a 15-6 lead out of the gate ... a Medders' 3-pointer, the first of five in the half, started an 11-0 run that pushed ISU in front 17-15, following a 17-foot jumper from Ross ... the Cyclones then turned up the heat defensively, holding Washington without a field goal for over eight minutes, and went on a 17-4 run to close out the half and head into the break with a 39-26 lead ... Ross paced the Cyclones with 10 first half points while Lacey and Wieben added seven each in the opening period ... ISU shot 57 percent from the field in the first half, while holding the Huskies to just 27 percent shooting ... the Cyclones increased their lead in the first eight minutes of the second half behind 11 points from Wieben ... Iowa State increased its lead to 20 at 62-42 on a layup by Rachel Pierson ... Washington scrapped back to cut the lead to 12 with two and a half minutes remaining, but the Cyclones made their free throws down the stretch to coast to the 79-60 win ... Cameo Hicks led Washington (18-13) with 19 points in the game.
About the Cyclones
Iowa State has used six different starting lineups this season and is 13-1 with the starting lineup of Medders, Lacey, Ronhovde, Ross and Wieben ... ISU is 26-8 on the year and finished 10-6 in the Big 12 ... ISU was 15-1 at Hilton Coliseum this year and is 6-1 on neutral courts ... ISU is outscoring opponents by a margin of +8, and is averaging 68.1 ppg ... the Cyclones are shooting 42.4 percent from the field and 34.6 percent from three-point range ... ISU has outrebounded opponents with a +3.1 margin ... Iowa State is in its 34th season of women's basketball and holds a 497-470 overall record ... 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.
About the Lady Bulldogs
Georgia has compiled a 26-6 overall record this season and finished second in the Southeastern Conference with an 11-3 league mark, finishing behind Tennessee, but ahead of ninth-ranked Vanderbilt and 10th-ranked LSU ... three of Georgia's six losses this season have come to the Volunteers and at LSU ... the Lady Bulldogs fell 81-67 to Vanderbilt in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament on March 3 ... UGA earned a 53-36 win over 14th-seeded Belmont on Saturday ... Georgia opened the game with an 11-0 run, but Belmont cut the lead to five points in the second half after making a run to open the second period ... junior forward Tasha Humphrey leads the Lady Dogs with 15.8 points and 7.9 rebounds per game this season ... senior guard Cori Chambers is posting 12.7 points per game and freshman Ashley Houts lead UG with 3.7 assists per contest ... Georgia shoots 44.2 percent from the floor and 34.5 percent from three-point range ... the Lady Bulldogs are outrebounding their opponents with a +2.1 margin.
The Series
Iowa State has only faced Georgia one other time in school history, with the meeting coming in the Elite Eight in the 1999 NCAA Tournament ... the Lady Bulldogs defeated the Cyclones, 89-71, in the Mideast Regional final in Cincinnati, Ohio ... ISU has not faced a team from the Southeaster Conference this season ... ISU head coach Bill Fennelly is 3-3 in his career against SEC teams and 3-2 while at ISU ... the Cyclones have not faced an SEC team, since facing two in 2001-02, when ISU defeated Auburn and Mississippi State in the non-conference slate that season.
Who's Got Next?
The winner of the Iowa State-Georgia game will advance to face the winner of seventh-seeded Georgia Tech and second-seeded Purdue ... Georgia Tech pulled out a 55-54 win over DePaul in the first round to advance, while Purdue easily knocked off Oral Roberts, 63-42 ... the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are 21-11 on the season and are led by senior guard Stephanie Higgs with 15.1 points per game ... GT shoots 40.1 percent from the floor and is scoring 66.2 points per game as a team ... Georgia Tech finished sixth in the ACC with a 9-5 conference mark ... Purdue holds a 29-5 overall record and is ranked 12th in both polls ... the Boilermakers finished second in the Big Ten behind Ohio State with a 14-2 league record ... senior Katie Geralds leads Purdue with 18.3 points per game, while junior Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton leads Purdue on the glass with 8.1 boards a contest ... Purdue shoots 46.6 percent from the floor and 36.9 percent from beyond the arc, averaging 69.1 points per game as a team.
He's the Dean
With the announcement Monday that Jody Conradt was stepping down as head coach at the University of Texas, Iowa State head coach Bill Fennelly is now the dean of Big 12 coaches ... Fennelly is in his 12th season at Iowa State, followed closely by Deb Patterson (Kansas State) and Sherri Coale (Oklahoma) who are each in their 11th season in the Big 12 Conference ... Fennelly has compiled a 259-119 record in his 12 seasons at Iowa State and is 115-75 in Big 12 conference games.
Season Reset
The Cyclones moved into the top 25 for the first time this season, ranking 24th in the Associated Press poll and 25th in the Coaches' poll this week ... ISU has won its last three meetings against top 25 teams ... Iowa State's first-round NCAA tournament win over Washington was the first over the Huskies in three tries for the programs ... ISU's Big 12 tournament win over Kansas State was ISU's first over the Wildcat in six tries at the Big 12 Tournament ... ISU's 72-68 win at Texas Tech was the first in school history for the Cyclones in Lubbock ... ISU has reached 25 wins for just the fifth time in school history, all under the direction of head coach Bill Fennelly ... ISU has winning streaks of 10 and eight games this season ... with a 57-51 win over 13th ranked Texas A&M in the Big 12 semifinals, Iowa State improved to 4-3 on the season against ranked teams, 40-104 all-time and 34-45 against top 25 squads under Fennelly.
ISU in the NCAA Tourney
Iowa State is making its eighth NCAA Tournament appearance, all under head coach Bill Fennelly ... the Cyclones are 10-7 all-time in the tournament ... Iowa State fell in the opening round as a No. 7 seed to 10th-seeded Utah, 73-61, in Fresno, Calif., in 2005 ... the Cyclones' longest stay in the Big Dance was in 1999 when ISU made it to the Mideast Regional final before falling to third-seeded Georgia ... Iowa State made its first NCAA appearance in 1997 as a No. 12 seed, losing to fifth-seeded Utah 66-57 in the first round ... the Cyclones have made it to the Sweet 16 three times in its eight trips to tournament, in 1999, 2000 and 2001 ... Utah is the only previous team ISU has faced in two different NCAA Tournaments.
Where They Stack Up
Iowa State was picked fifth in the Big 12 Preseason Coaches Poll and improved on that, tying with Nebraska for fourth place in the final standings ... ISU moved into the Associated Press Poll for the first time this week, ranking 24th in the final poll ... ISU also moved into the Coaches' Poll for the first time this season, ranking 25th this week ... ISU was picked No. 23 in two preseason publications, including Street & Smith's College Basketball Yearbook and SportsPageMagazine.com.
Big 12 Postseason Honors
Senior Lyndsey Medders was named to the All-Big 12 First Team, while sophomore Nicky Wieben was an honorable-mention pick ... it marked the third straight year that at least two Cyclones have earned Big 12 postseason honors ... Medders earned her second consecutive All-Big 12 honor, while Wieben's award was the first of her career ... Medders was also named to the Big 12 All-Tournament Team after she averaged 16 points per game and shot 52.2 percent from three-point range ... she posted five assists, four rebounds and one steal per game through the four tournament contests ... Medders was also named a the Big 12 First Team member by the Waco Tribune-Herald out of Waco, Texas.
Medders Tabbed a WBCA/Kodak All-America Finalist
Senior Lyndsey Medders was one of five Big 12 players to be named a WBCA/Kodak All-America finalist ... Medders was one of seven players selected in Region 5 ... Medders is ISU's leading scorer with 12.8 ppg and ranks in the top 10 nationally in assists per game with 6.5.
A Trip Home
The Iowa State women's basketball team made it no secret that Minneapolis, Minn., is where it wanted to be sent for the NCAA Tournament ... seed and opponent made little difference to the Cyclones, as site was the focus of interest ... Iowa State has three players on its current roster from the state of Minnesota, led by senior Megan Ronhovde, who is from Barrett (163 miles from Minneapolis) ... the Cyclones played in Los Angeles, Calif., over Thanksgiving in the Pepperdine Tournament to take senior Lyndsey Medders home and now it is Ronhovde's turn ... sophomore Amanda Nisleit is from Woodbury (18 miles from Minneapolis) and Gillian Bjerke is from Pelican Rapids (199 miles from Minneapolis) ... Ames, Iowa, is only 214 miles from Minneapolis, making a quick and easy trip for the Iowa State fans to attend.
Familiar Setting
This will not be the first trip to Williams Arena for seven of the 13 active Cyclones ... Iowa State played the University of Minnesota at the arena last season, falling 66-61 to Golden Gophers ... Amanda Nisleit has played high school games at Williams Arena, while Gillian Bjerke attended team camp there in high school.
ISU Tidbits
Ten different Cyclones have hit a three-pointer this season ... Iowa State has hit 10 or more three-pointers in four out of the last six games and had nine against Washington in the NCAA first round ... sophomore Nicky Wieben has scored in double figures in 22 games and has led ISU in scoring in 13 games this season, while senior Lyndsey Medders has been in double digits in 21 contests and has surpassed the 20-point mark in six of those ... Wieben has two double-doubles on the year, while junior Toccara Ross has logged four double-doubles ... Ross has been in double figures in 19 games this years and has led the Cyclones on the glass in 15 contests ... Iowa State is 14-2 this season when holding opponents under 60 points, while the Cyclones are 24-3 when scoring 60 points or better.
Record Setting
Lyndsey Medders broke the ISU career assist record against Loyola Marymount, passing Lindsey Wilson's previous record of 589 ... Medders currently has 710 dimes and is fourth all-time in Big 12 history ... she need 13 assists to move into third place on the Big 12 list ... Medders also ranks eighth in school history with 1,438 points on the ISU career scoring chart, moving into eighth place against Texas Tech ... Megan Ronhovde is the 18th player in ISU history to join the 1,000-point club, as she now has 1,089 career points to rank 15th in ISU career scoring ... she has made her way onto the ISU career rebounding charts, ranking seventh with 703, and ranks third in three-point field goal makes with 240.
Trey Bien
Iowa State has made at least one three-pointer in 368 consecutive games dating back to 1995 ... that streak now ranks second in the nation, as Cleveland State failed to hit a long-range try in their game on Feb. 3, ending its streak at an NCAA record 408 consecutive games and Stanford ended its streak at 403 on Feb. 22 ... Canisius College now unofficially holds the longest current streak at 390 consecutive games ... the ISU 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.
Streaking
Lyndsey Medders has passed out an assist in every game she has played at Iowa State ... that is a span of 121 consecutive games through four years ... her single-game high was a school-record 16 assists vs. IPFW last season ... she ranks now holds the single-season class records for freshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors ... she has 207 this season, rewriting Stacy Frese's senior mark of 165 ... she has only had one game with fewer than three assists this season.
Block Party
Sophomore Nicky Wieben has posted 62 blocked shots this year to break her own ISU single-season record, which she set last year with 59 ... she has 121 for her career, ranking her second all-time in ISU history ... she needs 34 to tie for first place ... this season Wieben has had three games with five blocks and eight games with three or more.
Big 12 Weekly Honors
Five different ISU players won weekly Big 12 honors this season ... Nicky Wieben was the most recent Cyclone to win the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Player of the Week honor which was chosen by a media voting panel for games from Feb. 12-18 ... Wieben averaged 19 points, 5.5 rebounds and two blocks for that week ... she hit 14-of-18 shots from the floor (.788) and went 9-of-10 from the charity stripe ... freshman Alison Lacey earned Big 12 weekly honors when she was named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's basketball Rookie of the Week for games Jan. 22-28 ... Toccara Ross was named the Big 12 Rookie of the Week, while senior Lyndsey Medders was named Big 12 Player of the Week for the week of Jan. 15-21 ... ISU freshman, Rachel Pierson, also won the Big 12's Rookie of the Week honor for the week of Dec. 3-10.
Against the Top 25
ISU's 67-56 win over No. 22 Texas was the Cyclones' first win over a ranked team since a 73-69 win over No. 13 Texas on Feb. 5, 2005 ... with the pair of wins over No. 13 Texas A&M, and the 64-53 win over No. 25 Nebraska, Iowa State is now 4-3 on the season against ranked teams, 40-104 all-time and 34-45 against ranked teams under Bill Fennelly ... Iowa State has faced five teams ranked in the top 25 this season, including Texas, Oklahoma, Nebraska (twice), Baylor and Texas A&M (twice).
Easy Street
The Cyclones have shot 74.3 percent from the charity stripe this season, to rank second in the Big 12 and 37th in the nation ... head coach Bill Fennelly has made it a goal for ISU to make more free throws than the opponents attempt, and so far the Cyclones have been successful ... ISU has hit 455 free throws, while opponents have attempted just 431 on the season ... against Kansas on Jan. 3, Iowa State hit 33, while the Jayhawks attempted just five on the night ... and against Texas A&M on Feb. 14 ISU hit 21 free throws, while the Aggies attempted just six.
Bolte Earns Spot at WBCA All-Star Game
Kelsey Bolte, who has signed a national letter of intent to play for the Iowa State women's basketball team in 2007, has been named one of the Top 20 high school seniors selected for the 2007 WBCA's High School All-America Game presented by Nike ... the Women's Basketball Coaches Association selected 20 players from across the country to participate in the 16th annual event ... the event is part of the WBCA National Convention, which takes place at the NCAA Women's Final Four ... Bolte was among a list of student-athletes chosen who have signed with Tennessee, Duke, North Carolina, Ohio State, Connecticut, Maryland, Rutgers, and many others.
Fast Start
ISU's 13-1 start to the season is the best for the Cyclones since going 15-1 during the 2004-05 campaign ... Iowa State wrapped up its regular-season non-conference slate with one loss or less for the fifth time in school history, with all five coming under head coach Bill Fennelly, and started 13-1 on the season for the fifth time in the last 12 seasons.
State Champs
Iowa State claimed the mythical state championship for the second consecutive season ... the Cyclones defeated UNI, 80-74, in overtime in Cedar Falls on Nov. 20 ... then knocked off Iowa in the Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series in Iowa City on Nov. 30, 80-74 ... and ISU defeated Drake, 70-62, at Hilton Coliseum on Dec. 5.
Leaders of the Pack
In NCAA statistics released for games through March 11, the Cyclones rank highly in a number of categories ... the Cyclones' 7.5 three-pointers per game rank 11th nationally, while their 14.8 assists per game rank 66th ... ISU's personal fouls per game ranks 27th and their 74.3 free throw percentage ranks 37th ... committing just 15.2 turnovers per game, Iowa State ranks 39th ... the Cyclones' 37.3 field goal percentage defense is 46th ... their +7.7 scoring margin is 60th ... individually, Lyndsey Medders ranks eighth with 6.4 assists per game, 62nd with a 35.4 three-point field goal accuracy and 95th with two treys per game ... Nicky Wieben's 1.8 blocks per game ranks 51st.
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 425-171 overall and 259-119 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.
Medders' Long List of Honors
All-America candidate Lyndsey Medders has earned numerous accolades this season, including being named to the All-Big 12 preseason and regular-season teams ... she was named a finalist for the eighth annual Nancy Lieberman award for the nation's top point guard ... she was a top 30 finalist for the Senior CLASS Award and a top 50 finalist for the Naismith Trophy presented by Cingular Wireless ... she was named to the Women's John R. Wooden Award Preseason All-America Team and was 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 10 postseason appearances in the last 11 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 eight 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 nearly triple the conference victories (115) in 12 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 nine 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 28 times and academic all-league honors 55 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.
Home Sweet Hilton Magic
The Cyclones have been phenomenal at home during head coach Bill Fennelly's tenure, compiling a 154-27 record (.850) in Hilton Coliseum, including a 69-3 mark against regular-season non-conference opponents ... Iowa State was a last-second shot away from going undefeated at home this season, finishing with a 15-1 record at Hilton ... the Cyclones 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.
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 ... 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.