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Iowa State University
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Savannah State
Iowa State Faces Savannah State Tuesday In Hilton Coliseum
11.21.2016 | Women's Basketball
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team (3-0, 0-0 Big 12) hosts Savannah State (2-1, 0-0 MEAC) on Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. Iowa State is looking for its fourth 4-0 start in the last five years against the Tigers.Â
Who:Â Iowa State vs. Savannah State
Where:Â Hilton Coliseum - Ames, Iowa
When:Â Tuesday, Nov. 22Â at 7 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); Kelsey Bolte-Carper (color)
TV:Â Cyclones.tv
Cyclone Quick Hits
- The Iowa State women's basketball team (3-0, 0-0 Big 12) is set to take on the Savannah State (2-1, 0-0 MEAC) on Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum. This is the first meeting between the Cyclones and Tigers. ISU is looking for its fourth 4-0 start in the last five years against Savannah State.
- Redshirt junior Jadda Buckley earned her first Big 12 Player of the Week honor after averaging 21 points and 6.0 assists last week. The Mason City, Iowa native, shot 52 percent from the field and 50 percent from long range and was perfect from the charity stripe.
- Seanna Johnson was named to the Preseason All-Big 12 team for the first time in her career and currently ranks 18th in school history in points (1,203), sixth in rebounds (828) and fifth in double-doubles (28).
- Buckley is just 21 assists away from passing Megan Taylor for 10th all time in school history in career assists. She currently has 317 in her career and is the top returning point guard in the Big 12.
- Iowa State ranks 13th in the nation in turnovers per game, averaging just 11.0 per contest. The Cyclones also rank in the top-50 nationally in turnover margin (5.67).
- The Cyclones also rank ninth in the nation in free throw percentage. ISU led the nation in 2012-13 and 2013-14 at the charity stripe. Buckley is a perfect 16-of-16 from the line on the year and Johnson is shooting 84 percent (21-of-25).
- 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).
- 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 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 450-223 record at Iowa State and a 615-276 record in his 28-year career as a head coach. His 616 career wins lists him in the top-20 in the NCAA among active coaches.
Last Time Out
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The Iowa State women's basketball team earned a hard-fought win over the Drake Bulldogs on Sunday night, 75-67. Jadda Buckley led the Cyclones down the stretch, scoring seven-straight points in the final 2:03 to give ISU the lead and the win. Buckley's heroics earned her Big 12 Player of the Week. She finished the game with 17 points, seven assists and committed just one turnover.
Sophomore Bridget Carleton led the Cyclones with 19 points and five rebounds. Seanna Johnson finished with 16 points and six rebounds, while Emily Durr rounded out the Cyclones in double figures with 11.
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 has netted 19 3-pointers so far this 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 66 games in her career and all three games this season. She is riding a 12-game streak of scoring in double figures.
- Johnson has started every game of her career, which puts her at 93-straight starts.
- Johnson has had a double-doubles in 28 games in her career.
- Jadda Buckley has dished five or more assists in 35 career games.
- Buckley has netted double figures in 44 career games, and the last six games of her career.
- The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 137 of the last 158 games, including every game last season.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 676-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,250 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 94-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 Tigers
- Savannah State enters Tuesday's game with a 2-1 overall record. The Tigers own wins over Columbia College (68-52) and Alabama State (54-39). Their lone loss came on the road at Seton Hall (60-74).
- Savannah State senior Kenyata Hendrix was named to the Preseason All-MEAC second-team, while Tiyonda Davis was named to the third-team.
- Davis is Savannah State's all-time leading rebounder. She entered the 2016-17 season with 718 in her career.
- Savannah State was picked to finish eighth in the MEAC Preseason Poll, but received two first-place votes.
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