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Iowa State University Athletics
Sunday, November 20
Ames, Iowa
6:00 PM
Iowa State
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Drake
Photo by: Athletics Communications
Iowa State Faces Drake Sunday In Hilton Coliseum
11.17.2016 | Women's Basketball
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team (2-0, 0-0 Big 12) hosts Drake (1-0, 0-0 MVC) on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. Iowa State looks for its second-straight win over an intrastate rival on Sunday after defeating UNI on Tuesday, 76-68. Iowa State is 16-9 all-time against Drake at home.Â
Who:Â Iowa State vs. Drake
Where:Â Hilton Coliseum - Ames, Iowa
When:Â Sunday, Nov. 20Â at 6 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup:Â Seanna Johnson, Jadda Buckley, Meredith Burkhall, Bridget Carleton and TeeTee Starks
Radio:Â Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP); Molly Parrott (color)
TV:Â Cyclones.tv
Cyclone Quick Hits
- The Iowa State women's basketball team (2-0, 0-0 Big 12) is set to take on the Drake on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 6 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones have defeated the Bulldogs five of the last six times and 10 of the last 12. ISU fell to Drake in last year's meeting in Des Moines, 74-70. ISU also holds a 28-27 lead in the all-time series.
- Johnson was named to the Preseason All-Big 12 team for the first time in her career and currently ranks 19th in school history in points (1,187), seventh in rebounds (822) and fifth in double-doubles (28). She needs just two rebounds to pass Tracy Gahan for sixth in school history.
- Johnson also finished last season as the only player in the nation averaging 17.0 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game. Currently she is averaging 15.5 points and 12.5 rebounds.
- Iowa State begins the 2016-17 season with the Big 12's top returners in points, rebounds and assists as Johnson ranked second last season in both points (17.0) and rebounds (9.4), while Buckley averaged 6.0 assists. The Cyclones are the only Big 12 school returning three student-athletes who averaged over 10.0 points per game last season (Johnson-17.0, Carleton- 12.0, Buckley-11.4).
- Buckley is just 28 assists away from passing Megan Taylor for 10th all time in school history in career assists. She currently has 310 in her career and is the top returning point guard in the Big 12.
- Iowa State is the only Big 12 school to have three student athletes returning who were named to the first-team, second-team, honorable mention or defensive team in 2015-16. (Johnson (first-team), Buckley and Carleton (honorable mention).
- The Cyclones welcome four newcomers with the additions of freshmen Adriana Camber (Lund, Sweden), Aliyah Konate (Berlin, Germany), Nia Washington (Stafford, Virginia) and Sofija Zivaljevic' (Podgorica, Montenegro). ISU also added Heather Bowe in December of 2015 as a graduate transfer from Vanderbilt. Bowe will play a full year with the Cyclones.
- The 2016-17 season marks the 22nd in the tenure of Bill Fennelly. Fennelly has led Iowa State to 16 NCAA Tournament appearances, which is tied with Oklahoma as the most of any Big 12 team since 1997. Fennelly boasts a 449-223 record at Iowa State and a 615-276 record in his 28-year career as a head coach. His 615 career wins lists him in the top-20 in the NCAA among active coaches.
Last Time Out
- The Iowa State women's basketball team maintained its perfect record in Hilton Coliseum against UNI, as ISU topped the Panthers, 76-68. The Cyclones were led by Jadda Buckley, who netted a game-high 25 points and Seanna Johnson, who recorded her first double-double of the season with 15 points and a career-high 18 rebounds. Bridget Carleton was the only other Cyclone in double figures with 14 points.
- ISU shot 41.1 percent from the floor against the Panthers and went 24-of-28 from the free throw line.
Iowa State Team Quick Facts
- Iowa State has 14 players on its roster from seven different states (Iowa, Texas, Minnesota, New York, Arizona, Wisconsin and Virginia) and four different countries (Canada, Germany, Sweden and Montenegro).
- Iowa State returns four starters from last season in Johnson, Carleton, Buckley and Burkhall. In all, Iowa State returns 83 percent of its scoring, 70 percent of its rebounding and 92.7 percent of its assists for the 2015-16 campaign.
Streaks and Trends
- Iowa State hit 200 3-pointers in a season for an NCAA record 13-straight years (2003-04-present). Iowa State netted 208 last season.
- Seanna Johnson pulled in double-figure rebounds in 40 games in her career and 15 games last season. Johnson has also scored in double figures in 65 games in her career and both games this season
- Johnson has started every game of her career, which puts her at 92-straight starts.
- Johnson has had a double-doubles in 28 games in her career.
- Jadda Buckley has dished five or more assists in 33 career games.
- The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 136 of the last 157 games, including every game last season.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 675-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,240 threes. That is equal to 7.81 three-pointers per game for the last 21 years.
- The Cyclones have finished in the upper half of the Big 12 in seven of the last eight seasons.
- The Cyclones have made nine of the last 10 NCAA Tournaments, one of just 15 teams nationally to do so.
- Iowa State has won 93-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 Bulldogs
- Drake head coach Jennie Baranczyk is in her fifth season with the Bulldogs. She has led Drake to a 72-56 record and a 43-29 MVC record.
- The Bulldogs were picked to win the MVC conference with senior Lizzy Wendell being named the preseason player of the year for the third-straight season.
- Drake finished last season with a 23-10 record and a 14-4 conference record.
- Iowa State leads the all-time series 28-27 and holds a 16-9 advantage in Ames.
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