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Iowa State University Athletics
Cyclones Face Texas Tech Saturday
01.03.2013 | Women's Basketball
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team heads to Texas Tech Saturday in search of a 2-0 Big 12 start. The Cyclones and Lady Raiders tipoff at 7 p.m. with television coverage by FCS Central.
Who: Iowa State (10-1, 1-0) at Texas Tech (11-2, 1-0)
Where: Lubbock, Texas - United Spirit Arena (15,098)
When: Saturday, Jan. 5, 7 p.m.
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP), Molly Parrott (Color)
TV: FCS Central
Talent: David Thetford (PxP), Sheryl Swoopes (Color)
Webcast: None
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 heads to Texas Tech Saturday in search of its first 2-0 start in Big 12 play since 2004-05.
- The Cyclones have won five straight following Wednesday's overtime thriller against Texas at Hilton Coliseum. Nikki Moody finished with 14 points, all in the second half, to go along with 10 assists for her second career double-double.
- The Cyclones have been one of the top defensive teams in the nation this season. Iowa State ranks fourth nationally allowing opponents just 47.8 points per game behind the nation's second-ranked field goal percentage defense (29.7 percent). Behind the arc opponents are shooting just 24.5 percent, 12th in the nation and third among BCS conference schools.
- Hallie Christofferson is eighth in the Big 12 averaging 15.1 points per game and seventh in rebounding at 7.8 boards per game. The junior is 35th nationally in field-goal percentage (53.5). She is one of just two players to rank in the top-35 with more than 40 three-point attempts.
- Chelsea Poppens continues to get back into form following a three-game absence (concussion). The senior All-America candidate tallied 16 points against Texas to raise her average to 13.6 points per game and has been in double figures in four of the last five games. She also averages 8.9 boards per game.
- Nikki Moody is leading the Big 12 and ranks second nationally with 8.0 assists per game. She has posted back-to-back games with double-digit dimes. The sophomore has posted at least five assists in all 10 games she has played this season. Of the 10 games this season with double-digit assists by Big 12 players, Moody has four of them.
- Sophomore Brynn Williamson has taken on the defensive stopper role this season and is averaging a team-high 1.6 steals per game. On Wednesday, Williamson played all 45 minutes while shadowing Texas' Chassidy Fussell. The sophomore held the dynamic scorer to 15 points, under her season average, in the overtime win.
- The Cyclones are assisting on a Big 12 best 73.5 percent of their field goals. ISU has eight games this season with 17 or more assists after doing so just 10 times all last season.
- The Cyclone starting five has taken on the bulk of the scoring. The group is scoring nearly 77 percent of the team's points.
- Kidd Blaskowsky was named Big 12 Freshman of the Week after pouring in 26 points on eight threes vs. Air Force.
Streaks and Trends
- The Cyclones have held eight of 11 opponents to 50 points or less.
- Nine of Iowa State's last 10 opponents have shot below 33 percent.
- Nikki Moody has at least five assists in all 10 games she has played this season.
- The Cyclones have hit at least five threes in 26 of the last 27 games.
- Hallie Christofferson has scored in double figures in 10 of 11 games this season.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 559 consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 4,308 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
- The all-time series between Iowa State and Texas Tech is knotted up at 10-10. The Cyclones have won six of the last eight games. The two losses have come the last two seasons in Lubbock.
- Head coach Bill Fennelly is 10-11 all-time against Texas Tech, having lost once as a head coach at Toledo.
Last Time Out
- Iowa State won its Big 12 opener for the first time since the 2008-09 season Wednesday night when it beat Texas, 73-65, in overtime at Hilton Coliseum.
- The Cyclones rallied from a six-point deficit with five minutes remaining to take a four-point lead with 32 seconds left. Texas responded with six of the next eight points, including a 3-pointer by Chassidy Fussell with six seconds left, to force overtime. Iowa State hit 10 free throws in overtime to secure the win.
- Anna Prins led three Cyclones in double figures, tallying 17 points. Chelsea Poppens added 16 points and Nikki Moody scored 14 points, all in the second half and overtime, in the win.
- Moody also had 10 assists for the Cyclones, who made 27-of-38 free throws in the game.
For complete information on the game, click the Notes link in the box at the top of the story.
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