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Iowa State University Athletics
Cyclones Face Oklahoma In Play 4 Kay Pink Game
02.17.2012 | Women's Basketball
NOTES | PLAYER INTERVIEWS: COLE | PRINS
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball looks to continue its home success when it hosts Oklahoma Saturday at 7 p.m. Saturday's game is part of the WBCA's Play 4 Kay pink initiative. Fans are encouraged to wear pink to support the cause.
Who: Iowa State (15-9, 6-7) vs. Oklahoma (17-8, 9-4)
Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum
When: Saturday, Feb. 18, 7 p.m.
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP), Molly Parrott (Color)
TV: Mediacom
Talent: B.J. Schaben (PxP), Lyndsey Fennelly (Color)
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: Saturday's poster celebrates the Play 4 Kay pink game. There will be no postgame autograph session.
Cyclone Notebook
- Iowa State enters Saturday's game having won four of its last five and six of its last eight, including four in a row at home. The Cyclones are currently tied for fifth in the league with Kansas.
- Saturday's game is a Play 4 Kay pink game. Iowa State will wear white uniforms with pink trim along with pink shoes to raise awareness and funds for cancer research.
- The Cyclones are 11-2 at home this season and 4-2 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 used their best shooting half of the season (60 percent second half) to erase a two-point halftime deficit and beat Kansas 66-47 Wednesday night at Hilton Coliseum. Iowa State owned a 38-22 edge on the glass, its highest rebounding edge in Big 12 play this season.
- Chelsea Poppens finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds to record her 20th career double-double (12th this season). Hallie Christofferson was also in double figures with 14 points, while Chassidy Cole finished with a career-high 11 assists to go along with six points and eight boards.
- Poppens needs just 88 points to become the 23rd member of Iowa State's 1,000-point club.
- Poppens has also moved into the top-five list for junior class rebounding with 255 boards this season, which ranks fourth. She needs one more rebound to match Toccara Ross' total in 2007.
- Brynn Williamson has 40 threes this season, just five shy of joining the top-five for three-pointers made by a freshman.
- Christofferson is shooting a Big 12-best 46.3 percent from behind the arc in league play.
- Against Texas Tech, Nikki 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 76.3 percent from the free-throw line the last nine 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 32 assists and a 2.1 assist/turnover ratio in the last six games.
- Poppens has posted double-digit rebounds in 14 of the 23 games she has played in this season. The junior leads the Big 12 and is ninth nationally averaging 11.1 rebounds per game.
- 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 third among them in scoring.
- Poppens is tied with Baylor's Brittney Griner for most double-doubles in the Big 12 with 12 this season.
- Poppens is the only Big 12 player averaging a double-double with 14.7 points and 11.1 rebounds.
- Moody is shooting 80 percent (24-30) on free throws over the final five minutes of the game this season.
- Poppens needs 74 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 606-522 (.537), including 369-169 (.686) under the direction of Fennelly.
Streaks and Trends
- The Cyclones have won four home games in a row.
- The Cyclones have hit at least five threes in nine-straight games.
- Poppens has been in double figures in a career-best eight-straight games.
- Poppens, a 66.4 percent career free-throw shooter, is shooting 74.6 percent (50-67) from the line in the last 11 games.
- Poppens has 12 double-doubles this season, including four of the last five games. She has posted double-digit rebounds in 18 of her last 27 games dating back to last season.
- Poppens has at least four offensive rebounds in 10 of the last 11 games.
- Christofferson is averaging 12.0 points in the last five games.
- Brynn Williamson has made at least one 3-pointer in 21 of the 23 games she has played in this season. She has hit multiple threes in 14 games.
- Moody has hit a three-pointer in seven-straight games.
- Mansfield has made her last 12 free throws. Christofferson has made nine-straight free throws.
- Iowa State has outrebounded 16 of its 23 opponents this season. The Cyclones are 12-4 in those games.
- ISU has attempted as many or more free throws as 16 of its 23 opponents.
- The Cyclones have held all but six opponents under 40 percent shooting.
- Iowa State has hit a three-pointer in 541 consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 4,174 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 Sooners are meeting for the 51st time Saturday. Oklahoma leads the all-time series 32-18, but Iowa State owns an 11-9 edge in Ames.
- Iowa State won the last meeting at Hilton Coliseum, defeating the Sooners 63-56 in 2010.
- OU has won eight of the last nine meetings in the series, including an 80-51 win in the Big 12 season opener for both teams. In that game, Oklahoma hit 11-of-18 threes and got 21 points from Aaryn Ellenberg and a career-high 19 points from Joanna McFarland. Poppens led the Cyclones with 12 points, while Anna Prins added 11 and Chassidy Cole finished with 10.
- As a head coach, Bill Fennelly owns an 11-10 record against OU.
- The Cyclones are 133-100 all-time against Big 12 foes.
Academic All-Big 12
- Iowa State placed five student-athletes on the Academic All-Big 12 teams. Anna Prins earned first-team honors for the second time, while Hallie Christofferson and Kelsey Harris were also on the team. Chelsea Poppens and Lauren Mansfield were named to the second team.
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