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Iowa State University Athletics
No. 16 Iowa State Opens Big 12 Play at Top-Ranked Baylor
01.06.2011 | Women's Basketball
AMES, Iowa - No. 16 Iowa State opens Big 12 play with its toughest test of the season Saturday when it travels to Baylor to face the top-ranked Lady Bears. Tipoff is scheduled for 11 a.m. with the game broadcast nationally by Fox Sports Net.
Who: No. 16 Iowa State (12-2) at No. 1 Baylor (13-1)
Where: Waco, Texas - Ferrell Center
When: Saturday, Jan. 8, 11 a.m.
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP), Molly Parrott (Color)
Television: Fox Sports Net
Talent: Brenda VanLengen (PxP), Dan Hughes (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 heads into Big 12 play 12-2 and having won six-straight games. The Cyclones open the conference schedule on the road at top-ranked Baylor Saturday in a game nationally televised by Fox Sports Net.
- This season marks the 13th time in 16 seasons under head coach Bill Fennelly that Iowa State lost two or fewer games during the nonconference portion of the schedule.
- ISU has been ranked in the Associated Press top-25 for 23-straight weeks.
- The Cyclones are 7-7 in Big 12 openers. This marks the first time the Cyclones have met Baylor in the first game of the conference season.
- The Cyclones closed the nonconference season Tuesday with a 29-point win (80-51) over North Dakota State. Anna Prins had a career-high 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds in just 20 minutes against the Bison.
- Chelsea Poppens has been outstanding over the last five games, averaging 13.2 points and 8.8 rebounds. The sophomore is shooting 60 percent (24-40) from the field during the stretch.
- During the recent winning streak, Iowa State is shooting 48.3 percent as a team while limiting opponents to just a 29.6 shooting percentage. The Cyclones have won the last six games by an average of 28.0 points per game.
- Freshman post Hallie Christofferson has been in double-figures eight times this season, including each of the last six games.
- Lauren Mansfield has recorded five or more assists 11 times this season. The junior is averaging 7.8 assists in the last five games.
- Bolte, who has made 230 career 3-pointers, sits 10 shy of Alison Lacey for fifth all-time at Iowa State.
- Mansfield is leading the Big 12 and ranks fifth in the country (as of 1-2) with 6.6 assists per game.
- Since Fennelly's arrival, Iowa State is 209-34 (.860) 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 582-504 (.536) and are 294-140 (.677) 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 Baylor
- Baylor enters Big 12 play with the nation's top ranking, having won 10 straight and sitting at 13-1. The Lady Bears are the No. 1 team in the nation in the AP poll for the first time in their programs history.
- The Lady Bears are led by one of the nation's top players in sophomore Brittney Griner, who is averaging 21.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 5.1 blocks per game.
- While Griner is the star, the supporting cast is impressive as well. Freshman Odyssey Sims is second on the team with 12.4 points. Brooklyn Pope, a transfer from Rutgers, averages 8.9 points and 7.1 rebounds. Senior Melissa Jones posts 9.8 points and 6.5 rebounds.
- Baylor swept the Big 12's preseason awards, with Griner being named the preseason player of the year, Pope the newcomer of the year and Sims the freshman of the year.
- The Lady Bears lead the nation in scoring margin, winning their games by an average of 36.1 points per game. Baylor ranks second in field-goal percentage defense, holding opponents to just 30.1 percent shooting from the field thanks in large part to a defense that blocks over seven shots a game.
Series Notes
- The Cyclones and Bison are meeting for the 18th time with Baylor leading the series 11-6, including 6-1 in Waco.
- Iowa State's only win in Waco came on Feb. 2, 1997. The Cyclones defeated the Lady Bears, 88-43, behind 33 points from Jayme Olson.
- Kelsey Bolte is the only Cyclone that has faced Baylor more than once. This is her fifth meeting with the Lady Bears. Bolte has averaged 11.5 points vs. Baylor, with her high of 20 coming her sophomore year at Baylor.
- The Cyclones are 218-297 all-time against teams from the Big 12 Conference.
Last Five Meetings Against Baylor
Date Winning Team Score Site
2-13-10 Iowa State 69-45 H
3-14-10 Baylor 63-57 N
1-14-09 Baylor 68-57 A
2-23-08 Baylor 59-54 H
2-10-07 Baylor 81-64 A
Last Time They Met
- The Cyclones hit 16 3-pointers to defeat the Lady Bears, 69-45, in a matchup of top-20 teams at Hilton Coliseum last February.
- Amanda Zimmerman scored a career-high 15 points off the bench. Bolte was second on the team with 14 points, including four 3-pointers. Anna Prins added 13 points and Alison Lacey had a double-double with 11 points and 10 assists. Chelsea Poppens was ISU's leading rebounder with 14 boards.
Against Ranked Foes
- Iowa State is 0-3 all-time against No. 1 teams.
- The Cyclones are 5-18 all-time against top-5 teams, including 5-11 under Coach Fennelly against those teams.
- Iowa State and Baylor have met seven times when both were ranked, with the Cyclones winning two of those meetings.
Triple Threat
- Iowa State has one of the Big 12's top shooters from behind the arc in Kelsey Bolte. The senior sharpshooter has connected on a league-high 42 three pointers.
Defensive Mindset
- Iowa State is making opponents work for everything they get, having not given up more than 64 points in a game this season. Just three opponents have scored 60 points this season. The Cyclones are allowing just 50.0 points per game (fifth in the nation) and opponents are shooting just 31.4 percent (sixth in the nation).
Iowa State opponents are also shooting just 27.7 percent from behind the arc.
The low point for ISU's opposition came against Columbia, when the Lions were limited to 16.1 percent shooting from the field, the lowest-ever by a Cyclone opponent.
At The Charity Stripe
- Iowa State shot just .664 (91-for-137) at the free throw line the first six games this season, but since has proven to be one of the Big 12's better teams at the line. In the last eight games, Iowa State is shooting .747 (118-for-158). On the season, ISU is fourth in the league shooting .708 from the charity stripe.
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