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Iowa State University Athletics
Cyclones To Tangle With West Virginia Saturday
01.25.2013 | Women's Basketball
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team makes it first trip to West Virginia to face the Mountaineers Saturday evening at the WVU Coliseum. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. (CST).
Who: No. 24/24 Iowa State (13-4, 4-3 Big 12) at West Virginia (11-7, 3-4 Big 12)
Where: Morgantown, W.V. - WVU Coliseum (14,000)
When: Saturday, Jan. 26, 6 p.m. (CST)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP), Molly Parrott (Color)
TV: Root Sports (Directv 659, Dish Network 428)
Talent: Hoppy Kercheval (PxP), Warren Baker (Color), Amanda Mazey (Sideline)
Webcast: ESPN3.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.
Cyclone Headlines
- Iowa State, which is ranked No. 24 in The Associated Press poll and the USA Today Coaches' Poll, faces a pair of road games to close out January, starting with a Saturday evening showdown against West Virginia. It is the first meeting between the schools since WVU joined the Big 12 Conference.
- The Cyclones will look to snap a two-game skid when they meet the Mountaineers. At 4-3 in the Big 12, ISU currently sits in fourth place in the league. The Cyclones have beat second-place Oklahoma and third-place Texas Tech and have already completed the season series with first-place Baylor.
- Iowa State dropped a 66-51 decision to Baylor Wednesday evening at Hilton Coliseum. Anna Prins scored 17 points and Brynn Williamson added 11 for the Cyclones.
- The Cyclones have been one of the top defensive teams in the nation all season. Iowa State ranks 26th nationally allowing opponents just 52.8 points per game behind the nation's sixth-ranked field goal percentage defense (32.9 percent). Behind the arc opponents are shooting just 27.5 percent.
- Iowa State continues to lead the Big 12 in free-throw shooting and rank ninth nationally at 78.1 percent as a team. ISU's entire starting five is shooting at least 75 percent from the field. The Cyclones are 10-0 when making more free throws than their opponent and 6-0 when making at least 15 free throws.
- Chelsea Poppens is the Big 12's active leader with 402 career offensive rebounds. The senior is a major component in why the Cyclones have had as many or more rebounds than 15 of 17 opponents this season. Poppens has moved into third all-time at Iowa State in career rebounding and is just 73 boards away from becoming the second player in school history with 1,000 career rebounds. Only 13 Big 12 players have ever posted 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds.
- Hallie Christofferson is eighth in the Big 12 averaging 14.1 points per game and ninth in rebounding at 6.8 boards per game. The junior has scored in double digits in 14 of 17 games this season. She has shot 50 percent or better from the field in 12 games.
- Nikki Moody leads the Big 12 and is second nationally dishing out 7.6 assists per game. She has posted double-digit assists in four games this season. The sophomore has recorded at least five assists in 14 of the 16 games she has played this season.
- Sophomore Brynn Williamson has taken on the defensive stopper role this season and is averaging a team-high 1.4 steals per game. Despite the increased defensive role, Williamson still ranks among the nation's top shooters, sitting 47th nationally and second in the Big 12 shooting 38.9 percent from behind the arc. She has hit 35 threes this season and 83 in her career.
- The Cyclones are assisting on a Big 12 best 73.5 percent of their field goals. ISU has 10 games this season with 17 or more assists after doing so just 10 times all last season.
Streaks and Trends
- The Cyclones have won nine of their last 10 home games.
- ISU has won 10 of its last 11 home games against Big 12 Conference opponents.
- The Cyclones have been out rebounded just twice this season (at Baylor, at Oklahoma State).
- Iowa State is 12-0 when outshooting its opponent from the field.
- Nikki Moody has at least five assists in 14 of the 16 games she has played this season. She has six games with nine or more assists.
- Brynn Williamson has hit a three in seven games in a row and 16 of 17 this season.
- The Cyclones have hit at least five threes in 32 of the last 33 games.
- Hallie Christofferson has scored in double figures in 14 of 17 games this season.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 565 consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 4,354 threes. That is equal to 7.71 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 70-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 (career stats vs. WVU available on pg. 15)
- West Virginia won the only meeting in the series, defeating the Cyclones, 64-53 in the 2010 Paradise Jam.
- Both teams were ranked in the only previous meeting. West Virginia was No. 10 in the AP poll, while Iowa State entered the game No. 19.
- Christofferson, Poppens, Prins and Amanda Zimmerman all played in the 2010 game.
For more notes and information, follow us on twitter: @CycloneWBB, @ISUCoachFen, @Popp4AllAmerica
For complete information on the game, click the Notes link in the box at the top of the story.
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