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Iowa State University Athletics
Iowa State Begins Homestand Hosting Kansas
02.14.2012 | Women's Basketball
NOTES | MEDIA CONFERENCE | PLAYER INTERVIEWS
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team returns home Wednesday for the first game of a three-game homestand when it hosts Kansas. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Who: Iowa State (14-9, 5-7) vs. Kansas (17-7, 6-6)
Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum
When: Wednesday, Feb. 15, 7 p.m.
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP), Molly Parrott (Color)
TV: None
Webcast: cyclones.com
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: Wednesday's poster celebrates Hilton Magic. There will be no postgame autograph session.
Cyclone Notebook
- Iowa State enters Wednesday game having won five of its last seven, including three in a row at home.
- The Cyclones are 10-2 at home this season and 3-2 in Big 12 play. The home losses have come at the hands of top-ranked Baylor and defending national champion Texas A&M.
- The Cyclones shot just 27.1 percent in a 10-point loss Sunday afternoon at Texas Tech.
- Chelsea Poppens led the Cyclones with 12 points against the Lady Raiders. Poppens has led the Cyclones in scoring 12 times this season. Nikki Moody and Kelsey Harris both tallied 11 points in the loss.
- Moody became the second Iowa State freshman to record 100 assists. She sits just eight shy of Iowa State's rookie record held by Lyndsey Medders.
- The Cyclones are shooting 76 percent from the free-throw line the last eight games. Each player that has taken over 10 free throws during the stretch is shooting at least 74 percent.
- Lauren Mansfield had a career-high 11 assists and just one turnover against Texas. The senior guard has 25 assists in the last four games.
- Poppens has posted double-digit rebounds in 13 of the 22 games she has played in this season. The junior leads the Big 12 and is ninth nationally averaging 11.0 rebounds per game.
- Brynn Williamson is tied for fifth in the Big 12 averaging 1.7 three-pointers made per game. As a team, Iowa State leads the league hitting 7.1 threes per contest.
- Williamson's fellow freshman Nikki Moody is leading Big 12 rookies in assists and is second among them in scoring.
- Poppens is tied with Baylor's Brittney Griner for most double-doubles in the Big 12 with 11 this season.
- Poppens is the only Big 12 player averaging a double-double with 14.6 points and 11.0 rebounds.
- Moody is shooting 80 percent (24-30) on free throws over the final five minutes of the game this season.
- Poppens needs 86 rebounds to move into sixth place all-time at Iowa State. Janel Grimm (1995-98) is currently sixth with 813 career boards.
- Iowa State has an all-time record of 605-522 (.537), including 368-169 (.685) under the direction of Fennelly.
Streaks and Trends
- The Cyclones have won three home games in a row.
- Poppens has been in double figures in a career-best seven-straight games.
- Poppens, a 66.4 percent career free-throw shooter, is shooting 74.6 percent (43-57) from the line in the last 10 games.
- Poppens has 11 double-doubles this season, including the last three of the last four games. She has posted double-digit rebounds in 17 of her last 26 games dating back to last season.
- Poppens has at least four offensive rebounds in nine of the last 10 games.
- Christofferson is averaging 11.5 points in the last four games.
- Brynn Williamson has made at least one 3-pointer in 20 of the 22 games she has played in this season. She has hit multiple threes in 13 games.
- Moody has hit a three-pointer in six-straight games.
- Mansfield has made her last 12 free throws. Christofferson has made nine-straight free throws.
- Iowa State has outrebounded 15 of its 22 opponents this season. The Cyclones are 11-4 in those games.
- ISU has attempted as many or more free throws as 16 of its 22 opponents.
- The Cyclones have held all but six opponents under 40 percent shooting.
- Iowa State has hit a three-pointer in 540 consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 4,167 three-pointers. That is equal to 7.72 three-pointers per game for the last 17 years.
- This marks the 14th time in 17 seasons under head coach Bill Fennelly that Iowa State has lost two or fewer games during the nonconference portion of the schedule.
- Iowa State has won 65-straight regular season nonconference games at home.
- The Cyclones have had at least 20 wins in each of the last five seasons.
Series Notes
- The Cyclones and Jayhawks meet for the 72nd time in the all-time series. KU holds a 44-27 edge in the series, but Iowa State leads 17-15 in Ames.
- The Cyclones have won five in a row in Ames and four of the last six meetings overall.
- In this season's earlier meeting, Iowa State led for much of the game before falling 74-67 in double-overtime. Angel Goodrich hit a long three-pointer with five seconds left to send the game into double OT. Iowa State led by 13 with just 9:30 left in regulation but was unable to hold off the Jayhawks. Iowa State was led by Poppens' 24 points and 15 rebounds, while Anna Prins finished with 19 points. Carolyn Davis led five KU players in double figures with 21 points, all of which came after halftime.
- In five career meetings against Kansas, Poppens is averaging 13.4 points and 8.0 rebounds. In the last three meetings, the junior has averaged 19 points.
- As a head coach, Bill Fennelly owns an 20-17 record against KU, including 20-16 at Iowa State.
- The Cyclones are 132-100 all-time against Big 12 foes.
Moody Nearing Freshmen Assist Mark
- Moody has 100 assists through her first 23 games and needs just eight more to equal Lyndsey Medders' freshmen record of 108 assists.
The Euless, Texas native would need to average 1.1 assists per game if the Cyclones play only the minimum seven games remaining on the schedule.
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