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Iowa State University Athletics
Cyclones Host East Tennessee State Thursday
12.19.2012 | Women's Basketball
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team hosts East Tennessee State Thursday night at Hilton Coliseum. Tipoff between the Cyclones and Lady Bucs is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Who: Iowa State (7-1) vs. East Tennessee State (2-4)
Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,376)
When: Thursday, Dec. 20, 7 p.m.
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP), Molly Parrott (Color)
TV: Mediacom Connections 22
Webcast: Cyclones.tv
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 game at cyclones.com. Fans are encouraged to participate in the blog by asking questions.
Autographs: Cyclone freshman Kidd Blaskowsky will sign autographs in the north concourse following the game.
Cyclone Headlines
- Iowa State (7-1) heads into the holiday break following Thursday night's tilt with East Tennessee State (2-4) at Hilton Coliseum, where the Cyclones have won 69-straight regular season nonconference games.
- The Cyclones beat Northern Iowa 67-59 Monday night in Cedar Falls for their 10th straight win over the Panthers. The winning streak matches the longest ever over an opponent (Creighton and Nebraska).
- The Cyclones have become one of the top defensive teams in the nation this season. Iowa State ranks fifth nationally allowing opponents just 47.4 points per game behind the nation's top field goal percentage defense (29.4 percent). Behind the arc opponents are shooting just 23.8 percent, ninth in the nation and tops among BCS conference schools.
- Hallie Christofferson continued her strong start to the season, scoring 21 points and grabbing 10 rebounds against UNI. It marked her third double-double this season and the second 20+ scoring effort. Christofferson has scored in double figures in nine games in a row dating back to last season.
- Christofferson is ninth in the Big 12 averaging 15.6 points per game and fifth in rebounding at 7.9 boards per game.
- Chelsea Poppens continues to get back into form following a three-game absence (concussion). The senior All-America candidate recorded her second double-double of the season against UNI, finishing with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
- Nikki Moody is leading the Big 12 and ranks third nationally with 7.3 assists per game. She had seven assists to just two turnovers against UNI. The sophomore has posted at least five assists in all seven games she has played this season.
- Sophomore Brynn Williamson has taken on the defensive stopper role this season and is averaging a team-high 1.6 steals per game. She has also seen her offensive numbers improve in her second season on campus, shooting 44.2 percent from behind the arc (32.2 percent as a freshman).
- The Cyclones are assisting on a Big 12 best 72.4 percent of their field goals. ISU has six games this season with 17 or more assists after doing it just 10 times all last season.
- The Cyclone starting five has taken on the bulk of the scoring. The group is scoring nearly 79 percent of the team's points.
- The Cyclones have out rebounded or had as many rebounds as each of their eight opponents.
Streaks and Trends
- The Cyclones have held their last six of eight opponents to 50 points or less.
- Iowa State has made 19 of its last 20 free-throw attempts.
- Brynn Williamson has hit a three-pointer in nine games in a row dating back to last season.
- Nikki Moody has at least five assists in all seven games she has played this season.
- The Cyclones have hit at least five threes in 23 of the last 24 games.
- Hallie Christofferson has scored in double figures in nine-straight games dating back to last season. Christofferson has shot 52.9 percent from field, 45.9 percent from behind the arc and averaged 15.2 points during that stretch.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 556 consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 4,282 threes. That is equal to 7.70 three-pointers per game for the last 18 years.
- ISU has had nine consecutive winning seasons.
- The Cyclones have finished in the upper half of the Big 12 the last four seasons.
- The Cyclones have made the last six NCAA Tournaments, one of just 16 teams nationally to do so.
- Iowa State has won 69-straight regular season nonconference games at Hilton Coliseum.
- Iowa State is the only Big 12 school to have a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 first team in each of the last three seasons.
Series Notes
- Iowa State and East Tennessee State have met just once, in the first round of the 2009 NCAA Tournament. The Cyclones won that meeting 85-53 behind an 18-point performance from Alison Lacey. Five players scored in double figures for the Cyclones in the game.
- The Cyclones are 2-0 all-time against teams from the Atlantic Sun Conference, with both wins coming under the direction of Bill Fennelly.
For complete information on the game, click the Notes link in the box at the top of the story.
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