Cyclones Host Bulldogs For Tuesday Showdown

AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team squares off with the Drake Bulldogs on Tuesday at 7 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum. Iowa State looks for its 79th-straight regular season non-conference win in Hilton Coliseum.

Who: Iowa State vs. Drake
Where: Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup: Brynn Williamson, Jadda Buckley, Seanna Johnson, Nikki Moody and Bryanna Fernstrom
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP), Molly Parrott (Color)
TV: Cyclones.tv
Live Stats: Live stats will be available at cyclones.com.
Live Blog: Patrick Tarbox, an assistant director for 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
- The Cyclones take on the Drake Bulldogs on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum. Iowa State is 27-26 all-time against the Drake Bulldogs and 15-9 in Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones have also won 78-straight regular season non-conference games at Hilton Coliseum. The streak dates back to the 2003-04 season (Last loss: Washington (12/21/03)).
- Iowa State is fresh off its 20th-straight season-opening win against USC Upstate. The Cyclones downed the Spartans 98-76 behind a 25-point outing from freshman Bryanna Fernstrom and double-double performances from sophomore Seanna Johnson and senior Brynn Williamson.
- After her 25-point performance, Fernstrom was awarded the season's first Big 12 Freshman of the Week award.
- The 2014-15 season marks the 20th in the tenure of Fennelly. Fennelly has led Iowa State to 15 NCAA Tournament appearances, which is the most of any Big 12 team since 1997. Fennelly boasts a 417-192 record at Iowa State and a 583-245 record in his 27-year career as a head coach. His 583 career wins lists him as 17th in the NCAA among active coaches.
- Iowa State returns four starters from its 2013-14 NCAA Tournament team with senior point guard Nikki Moody, Williamson, and sophomore guards Johnson and Jadda Buckley. Moody is a three-time All-Big 12 honoree, while Buckley and Johnson were each named to the All-Big 12 freshmen team in 2013-14.
- Iowa State welcomed Bridget Carleton, Meredith Burkhall and TeeTee Starks to the Cyclones family as all three signed National Letters of Intent to play for ISU starting in the 2015-16 season. Iowa State's recruiting class was ranked 15th in the nation by ProspectsNation.com making it the best class in program history.
- Moody enters the season second in the nation in career assists and fourth nationally in career assists per game (5.68). Moody ranks third in Iowa State history in career assists with 537, she trails the school record held by Lyndsey Medders by just 182. Moody also led the Cyclones in assists with 163 last season, becoming just the fifth Cyclone to lead ISU in assists in three-consecutive seasons.
- The Cyclones return three players who hit over 40 3-pointers last season with Williamson (66), Kidd Blaskowsky (55) and Moody (46). Iowa State finished 11th nationally in 3-pointers per game, knocking down 8.9 per contest.
- Over the last 19 seasons, no team in NCAA Division I has netted (4,753), attempted (13,317) or hit more 3-pointers per game (7.82) than the Cyclones. Over the last 19 seasons, Iowa State has also recorded the seventh-best 3-point percentage (35.7) in all of Division I. ISU's dominance from beyond the arc is unmatched and unprecedented.
- For the second-straight season Iowa State led the nation in free-throw percentage, shooting 80.4 percent from the charity stripe. Buckley ranked in the top-20 nationally in free-throw shooting, while Williamson also broke the single-season school record shooting 91.9 percent (57-62) from the line. The Cyclones led the nation in 2013-14 shooting 80.5 percent from the line. No team has ever led the nation three consecutive years.
- With the Cyclones appearance in last year's NCAA Tournament, they extended their streak to eight-straight appearances in the tournament. ISU is one of just 13 schools to make the last eight NCAA Tournaments

Streaks and Trends
-Iowa State has won 20-straight season openers, all under Bill Fennelly. Iowa State is 34-8 all-time in season openers.
- Iowa State has won four straight against the Bulldogs and five straight in Hilton Coliseum.
Iowa State has hit 200 3-pointers in a season for an NCAA record 11-straight years (2003-04-present).
- Williamson has drained a 3-pointer in 78 of 94 career games and had 54 games with multiple 3's.
- Johnson scored in double figures in eight of her last 11 contests.
- Moody has five or more assists in 61of 95 contests in her career.
- The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 85 of the last 96 games.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 613 consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 4,767 threes. That is equal to 7.78 three-pointers per game for the last 20 years.
ISU has had 11-consecutive winning seasons.
- The Cyclones have finished in the upper half of the Big 12 the last six seasons.
The Cyclones have made the last eight NCAA Tournaments, one of just 13 teams nationally to do so.
- Iowa State has won 78-straight regular season non-conference games at Hilton Coliseum. The streak dates back to the 2003-04 season (Last loss: Washington (12/21/03)).

Last Time Out
- Iowa State won its 20th-straight season opener with a 98-76 win over USC Upstate.
- Iowa State was led by Fernstrom, who scored 25 points in just 24 minutes against the Spartans.
- Johnson recorded a double-double, tying her career high with 20 points and nabbed 10 rebounds. Williamson also secured the first double-double of her career with 13 points and a career-high 12 rebounds.
- As a team, the Cyclones shot 48.4 percent (31-64) from the field and 87.5 percent (28-32) from the free-throw line.

Scouting The Bulldogs
- Drake dropped its season opener to South Dakota in a tightly contested game. The Bulldogs fell 78-83 in a game that featured nine lead changes.
- Drake was led by, Lizzy Wendell with 25 points, and four assists while Kyndal Clark chipped in 17 points. Clark is the Bulldogs' top returner and was the 2014 Jackie Stiles MVC Player of the Year.
- Drake was picked to finish third in the 2014-15 Missouri Valley Conference's annual preseason poll.

REIGNing From Three
-The 3-point shot continues to be a staple of Iowa State women's basketball in the Fennelly era, with Iowa State knocking down more 3-pointers than anyone in the nation over the course of the last 19 seasons.
- No team in the NCAA has attempted or made as many 3-pointers than Iowa State since the 1995-96 season and Iowa State's 4,753 3-pointers made and 13,317 3-pointers attempted reign supreme.
- Iowa State has also knocked down more 3-pointers per game than anyone in Division I, with 7.82 3's made per game, nearly one more three more than second-place Villanova (6.83 per game).
- Even more impressive, ISU's 4,753 3's made is 515 more than second-place UConn's 4,238. However, ISU accomplished the feat in 97 fewer game than the Huskies.
- Over the last 19 seasons, the Cyclones rank seventh in 3-point percentage, making 35.7 percent of their shots from deep.
- The Cyclones own the NCAA's longest streak in NCAA Division I basketball of seasons with 200 or more 3-pointers made. ISU has made 200 3-pointers every year since 2003-04, which is 11 seasons.
- Since 1995-96, Iowa State has netted 200 or more 3's in 16 of its 19 seasons and over 170 schools in NCAA DI have never hit more than 200 3's in a season.

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Jadda Buckley

Jadda Buckley

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