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Cyclones Earn Four Big 12 Honors; Lacey Unanimous First-Team Pick
03.08.2010 | Women's Basketball
DALLAS, Texas- Four Iowa State women's basketball players earned All-Big 12 Conference accolades, led by Alison Lacey's unanimous pick to the First Team, the league announced Monday afternoon. Junior Kelsey Bolte was named an honorable-mention selection, while Denae Stuckey was selected to the All-Defensive Team and Anna Prins earned All-Freshman Team honors. The awards were chosen by the Big 12 coaches who could not vote for their own players.
Lacey earned All-Big 12 honors for the third consecutive season, but was named to the First Team for the first time in her career. She is the first Cyclone to win All-Big 12 First Team honors since Lyndsey Medders did it in 2007. She is the seventh Cyclone to make a top All-Big 12 squad.
The Canberra, Australia, native has led Iowa State to a 23-6 overall record and a second-place finish in the Big 12. She leads the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio and is ninth in the nation in assists per game. She ranks seventh in Big 12 scoring with 16.5 points per game. Lacey is the first Cyclone and the seventh player in the history of the Big 12 to record 1,500 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists in a career. She posted the second triple-double in school history this season against Iowa with 19 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds.
Lacey has moved up the Iowa State career charts this season, ranking sixth in career scoring with 1,592 points, third in assists with 511, second in free-throw percentage (.835) and fifth in three-pointers made with 238. She is just 20 rebounds shy of breaking into ISU's career rebounding top 10. This season, Lacey has impacted 45.2 percent of Iowa State's scoring by either scoring the points herself or assisting on her teammates' field goals. She is a finalist for the Lieberman Award, which recognizes the nation's top point guard.
“Any time you're recognized as an all-conference performer by the other coaches in the league, that is the ultimate compliment,” ISU head coach Bill Fennelly said. “I think obviously the other coaches in the league saw the contributions that Aus (Lacey) has made, not just in her individual numbers, but the impact she has had for our team to allow us to finish where we did in the regular season. I think it is well-deserved, certainly no surprise, and I was glad to see that the other coaches in our league recognized what we already knew- the tremendous talent she has and her contribution to our program this season.”
Bolte was named an All-Big 12 honorable-mention pick for the second consecutive season. All but three players on the first and second teams this season were seniors. Bolte has averaged 12.6 points per game and has been in double figures 17 times this campaign. She has led ISU in scoring in the absence of Lacey in each of the last two games, posting 20 points at Oklahoma State and 19 against Colorado. She ranks second in the Big 12 and 25th nationally in three-pointers per game, averaging 2.7 treys a contest. She also ranks third in the league and 21st in the country in three-point percentage, hitting at a 42.5 percent clip from long range.
The Ida Grove, Iowa, native is Iowa State's career free-throw percentage leader, hitting 87.5 percent of her attempts. This season Bolte became the 22nd player in school history to score 1,000 career points. She has hit a team-high 76 three-pointers this season, which is one shy of the ISU single-season top 10 list. She is 20 points short of joining Iowa State's top 20 in career scoring.
“I think it's a great thing for Kelsey that the other coaches are getting a sense of how important she is to our team,” Fennelly said. “I think it shows Kelsey that she is someone that is important to us and other coaches see is important to the success of our team. I think the way that she finished the season probably changed her from a role-player to an all-conference caliber player and that's exactly what we talked about. When you're a junior in this league, you need to be someone who is considered an all-conference caliber player. There were a lot of seniors this year, so when you look at her as a junior mentioned as an all-conference player, I think that's where she should be. Certainly we're excited about that moment in her career and hopefully it gives her sort of an impetus to move into a higher level next year.”
Stuckey earned the first conference honors of her career, earning a place on the Big 12 All-Defensive Team. She has posted 37 steals and been a constant pest to opponents this season. The Kansas City, Kan., native has also been one of ISU's top rebounders, snagging 6.2 boards per contest. She has had three games this season with 10 or more rebounds.
“I think Denae has created her own niche at Iowa State, and having an all-conference defensive player is not something that many people would have thought was possible at Iowa State a couple of years ago,” Fennelly said. “I think her energy level and her ability to find a way to impact our team on the defensive end was something that brought a lot to our team, and it was certainly great to see the other coaches recognize. Denae has kind of created her own position and her own style at Iowa State, and I think that it's something that's been really special for her and something that has allowed her to contribute on our team in the most unique way, maybe the most of any player we've ever had.”
Prins is the first Cyclone to win Big 12 All-Freshman Team accolades since Bolte did it in 2008. The Broomfield, Colo., native ranks second among Big 12 freshmen in scoring with nine points per game. She has been in double figures 11 times this season. She was named the Big 12 Freshman of the Week after posting her career high of 20 points in the season opener vs. Florida Atlantic. She grabbed a career-high 10 rebounds at No. 3 Nebraska on Feb. 17.
“I think Anna is someone that came in with a lot of expectations and has had signs of doing some really positive things,” Fennelly said. “I think the coaches see her potential and the ability that she has to be a very good player in this league and I'm happy for Anna. I'm very disappointed that Chelsea Poppens didn't gain that attention because she deserved it as well. I'm happy for Anna but at the same time disappointed that Chelsea didn't receive the same kind of attention that she deserved.”
Iowa State will open play in the Big 12 Championship at 5 p.m. Friday at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. The Cyclones will face the winner of the No. 7/10 matchup between No. 20 Oklahoma State and Kansas.
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