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Women's Basketball
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UCF
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Iowa State University Athletics
Cyclones Face Columbia At Hilton Coliseum Sunday
12.10.2010 | Women's Basketball
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AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team continues nonconference action Sunday afternoon as it plays host to Columbia at Hilton Coliseum. Tipoff is slated for 12:30 p.m.
Who: No. 15/16 Iowa State (6-2) vs. Columbia (0-8)
Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum
When: Sunday, Dec. 12, 12:30 p.m.
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Brent Blum (PxP), Molly Parrott (Color)
Live Stats: Live stats will be available at cyclones.com.
Live Blog: Matt Shoultz, assistant director of athletics communications, will be holding a live blog during the match at cyclones.com. Fans are encouraged to participate in the blog by asking questions.
Cyclone Notebook
- Iowa State looks to rebound Sunday from a disappointing loss at the hands of intrastate rival Iowa when it plays host to Columbia at Hilton Coliseum in the final test prior to finals week.
- The Cyclones will be off for a week following the game with the Lions. ISU will play just two games over the next 17 days.
- ISU has been ranked in the Associated Press top-25 for 19-straight weeks.
- The Cyclones are 4-2 this season against teams that advanced to postseason play in 2009-10.
- Against Iowa, Lauren Mansfield led the Cyclones with 16 points.
- Iowa State sharpshooter Kelsey Bolte struggled to find openings against the Hawkeyes, tallying just eight points in the game. It marked the first time this season that Bolte has been held to single digits.
- Bolte made her mark on the glass, grabbing a team-high six rebounds. It was the third time in her career she has led the team in rebounding.
- The Cyclones were held to season-lows in 3-pointers made (two) and field goal percentage (32.6) against Iowa.
- Bolte needs just two 3-pointers to tie Lindsey Wilson (2000-03) for sixth all-time at ISU with 214. Bolte has hit a 3-pointer at in 12-straight home games.
- Mansfield is leading the Big 12 and ranks third in the country (as of 11-29) with 6.3 assists per game. She is tied with OU's Danielle Robinson and KU's Keena Mays.
- Iowa State has won 52 straight regular-season non-conference contests at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones have not lost a regular-season non-conference game at home since the 2003-04 season (Washington).
- Since Fennelly's arrival, Iowa State is 203-34 (.857) in games played at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones have never lost more than five home games in a season under Fennelly.
- The Cyclones have an overall record of 576-504 (.533) and are 288-140 (.673) all-time at Hilton Coliseum.
- ISU has made 11 trips to the NCAA Championships and is one of just 20 teams to boast four straight NCAA berths, and one of just five squads to make the NCAA Sweet 16 in the last two seasons. Iowa State also has a pair of Elite Eight berths.
- ISU has finished in the top four of the Big 12 final standings in four of the last six campaigns, and Iowa State is tied with Texas Tech for the second-best conference record in Big 12 history (139-85).
A Closer Look at Columbia
- Columbia enters Sunday's contest in search of its first win following Thursday's 50-46 loss to Fairfield that sent it to 0-8 this season. Three of Columbia's losses have come by four points or less, including the last two on the schedule.
- The Lions were paced by Lauren Dwyer against Fairfield. Dwyer tallied 13 points and grabbed three rebounds. Leading scorer and rebounder Kathleen Barry had a team-high eight rebounds in the game.
- Dwyer ranks among Columbia's top-15 all-time in scoring (877) and rebounding (422), while also ranking fourth in blocks (118).
- Columbia is averaging 56.8 points per game and allowing opponents to score 67.6 points.
- The Lions shoot 34 percent from the field and 26.7 percent from behind the arc. Following the Fairfield game, Columbia was among the Ivy League's leaders averaging 9.0 steals per game.
- Paul Nixon is in his sixth season guiding the Columbia program. Nixon is 55-102 as head coach of Columbia. In 2009-10, Nixon led Columbia to its most NCAA Division I wins in a single season (18) and most Ivy League wins in a single season (nine).
Series Notes
- This is the first meeting between Iowa State and Columbia.
- The Cyclones are 3-0 all-time against Ivy League schools, defeating Penn in 2009-10, Yale in 1988-89 and Brown in 1986-87.
- Fennelly's only game against an Ivy League opponent came last season when the Cyclones beat Penn, 78-38, at the Northwestern Thanksgiving Tournament.
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