Iowa State University Athletics
Iowa State Hosts New Orleans Sunday
11.20.2015 | Women's Basketball
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team (1-1) takes on New Orleans (1-1) on Sunday, Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum. Sunday's game will be Iowa State's final game before heading to Cancun, Mexico, for a three-game tournament against Texas State, Duke and Idaho from Nov. 26-28. Sunday's game will air on Cyclones.tv.
Who: Iowa State vs. New OrleansWhere: Hilton Coliseum - Ames, Iowa
When: Sunday, Nov. 22 at 2 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup: Jadda Buckley, Nicole "Kidd" Blaskowsky, Seanna Johnson, Meredith Burkhall and Bridget Carleton
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP), Brent Blum (Color)
Video: Cyclones.tv powered by Mediacom
Cyclone Headlines
- Iowa State returns home to host New Orleans on Sun., Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. as Iowa State looks to rebound after suffering its first loss against the Drake Bulldogs last Sunday in Des Moines. The Cyclones are 3-1 all-time against the Southland conference.
- Bridget Carleton earned the first Big 12 Freshman of the Week honor after averaging 19.5 points and 11.5 rebounds against Hampton and Drake. Carleton broke the freshman record for most points in a career debut with 28 against Hampton.
- Seanna Johnson tallied the 15th double-double of her career and second of the season against Drake with 16 points and 16 rebounds. Both Johnson and Carleton have grabbed two-straight double-doubles to kick off the season. Johnson's 15 career double-doubles ranks her in the top-50 in the country for active career double-doubles.
- Iowa State was selected to finish fourth in Big 12 play, which is its highest preseason selection since the 2008-09 season. Iowa State has either met or exceeded the Big 12 Coaches preseason Poll projection every season since 2002-03. Iowa State was selected behind just Baylor, Texas and Oklahoma.
- Senior Kidd Blaskowsky has netted 171 career 3-pointers, which ranks 21st in the nation among active career leaders.
- After Carleton's Big 12 Freshman of the Week honor, Iowa State has had eight different freshmen earn the honor while no other Big 12 school has had more than four.
Buckley is one of just eight student-athletes in the nation to average 40 percent from the field, 40 percent from beyond the arc and 80 percent from the charity stripe in their last season of competition. She is currently shooting 41.5 percent from long range in her career, which ranks fourth in school history.
- Johnson closed out the 2014-15 season ranked first in the Big 12 Conference with 9.2 rebounds per game. Johnson recorded 15 double-figure rebounding games during the season. Her 285 rebounds broke the sophomore record for rebounds in a single season. She also surpassed her total of 250 rebounds from last season, which was the second-most of any ISU freshman. Johnson's superb first two seasons off the glass made her the fastest Cyclone to notch 500 career rebounds, accomplishing the feat in just 59 career games.
- The 2015-16 season marks the 21st in the tenure of Fennelly. Fennelly has led Iowa State to 16 NCAA Tournament appearances, which is the most of any Big 12 team since 1997. Fennelly boasts a 435-207 record at Iowa State and a 601-259 record in his 27-year career as a head coach. His 601 career wins lists him in the top-20 in the NCAA among active coaches.
Streaks and Trends
- Iowa State hit 200 3-pointers in a season for an NCAA record 12-straight years (2003-04-present). Iowa State is averaging 10.0 3-pointers a game after two games this season.
Seanna Johnson pulled in double-figure rebounds in 26 games in her career.
- Johnson has scored in double figures in 39 games in her career.
- Johnson has started every game of her career, which puts her at 64-straight starts.
- Jadda Buckley has dished five or more assists in 11 career games.
- Carleton and Johnson have had double-doubles in each of their games this season.
- Three Cyclones have scored in double figures in each game this season (Buckley, Johnson, Carleton).
- The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 115 of the last 127 games, including every game last season.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 645 consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,048 threes. That is equal to 7.83 three-pointers per game for the last 21 years.
- ISU has had 12-consecutive winning seasons.
- The Cyclones have finished in the upper half of the Big 12 the last seven seasons.
- The Cyclones have made the last nine NCAA Tournaments, one of just 10 teams nationally to do so.
- Iowa State has won 86-straight regular season non-conference games at Hilton Coliseum. The streak dates back to the 2003-04 season (Last loss: Washington (12/21/03)).
Scouting the New Orleans
- This is the first meeting between New Orleans and Iowa State.
- Keeshawn Davenport is in her 12th season with the Privateers and fourth season as head coach.
- New Orleans returns six of its top scorers and 88 percent of its rebounding from the 2014-15 season.
- The Privateers were selected to finish 11th in the Southland conference by both the SID and coaches' polls.
- En route to the program's first Freshman of the Year award, Randi Brown averaged 12.7 points per contest.
- New Orleans finished last season with an 8-19 overall record, but won five of its last six games including a win over the tournament champion Northwestern State.
- Freshman forward Halie Mathews was key for the Privateers last season, averaging 8.4 points and 4.7 rebounds.
Last Time Out
- Iowa State suffered its first loss of the season at Drake, 70-74, on Sunday. The Cyclones struggled shooting the ball, shooting at just a 33.3 percent clip and just 24.2 percent from long range.
- Johnson netted her second-straight double-double with 16 points and 16 rebounds. Her 16 boards tied her career high which she set against Iowa in 2016.
- Carleton had another stellar performance as she grabbed her second-straight double-double with 11 points and 12 rebounds. Carleton earned Big 12 - Freshman of the Week honors for her performance on opening weekend.
- Buckley led the Cyclones in scoring with 18 points, while Blaskowsky rounded out the Cyclones in double figures (12).
