Iowa State Faces Iowa Wednesday

AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team (6-1, 0-0 Big 12) hits the road for the first time this season when it takes on the Iowa Hawkeyes (6-3, 0-0 Big Ten) in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. Iowa State is looking to sweep all in-state opponents for the ninth time under head coach Bill Fennelly. The game will air on BTN Plus.

Who: Iowa State vs. Iowa
Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena - Iowa City, Iowa
When: Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup: Seanna Johnson, Jadda Buckley, Meredith Burkhall, Bridget Carleton and TeeTee Starks
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP); Lyndsey Fennelly (color)
TV: BTN Plus

Cyclone Quick Hits

The Iowa State women's basketball team (6-1, 0-0 Big 12) hits the road for the first time this season when it takes on the Iowa Hawkeyes (6-3, 0-0 Big Ten) in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. Iowa State is 13-7 against Iowa in head coach Bill Fennelly's tenure, but Iowa narrowly holds the all-time lead, 24-22. Iowa State is looking for its first win in Iowa City since 2006 when ISU topped Iowa 80-74. Iowa State is 6-16 all-time in Iowa City.
A win over Iowa would mark the ninth time the Cyclones have swept all in-state opponents under coach Fennelly.
Averaging 84.0 points per game, the Cyclones rank 14th nationally in scoring offense. ISU has surpassed the 100-point mark twice this season against Arkansas State (105-53) and New Orleans (100-63). ISU also ranks 25th in scoring margin, outscoring opponents by an average of 20.1 points per contest.
Seanna Johnson was named to the Preseason All-Big 12 team for the first time in her career and currently ranks 17th in school history in points (1,265), sixth in rebounds (856) and fifth in double-doubles (28). She needs just 20 points to pass Pat Hodgson for 16th in school history. Her 856 rebounds rank eighth in the nation among active career leaders.
Jadda Buckley currently ranks 10th all-time in Iowa State history with 353 career assists. Her 353 career assists rank 36th nationally and third among juniors. Buckley's 7.4 assists per game, also ranks first in the Big 12 and eighth in the nation. Her 53 assists on the season rank 12th nationally as well.
Iowa State ranks ninth in the nation in turnovers per game, averaging just 12.0 per contest. The Cyclones also rank fourth in the nation in assist-turnover ratio (1.51).
Junior Emily Durr currently ranks fifth in the nation in 3-point field-goal percentage, shooting 58.6 percent from long range (17-of-29).
The Cyclones rank first in the nation in free throw percentage (83.5%). ISU led the nation in 2012-13 and 2013-14 at the charity stripe. Buckley is currently 12th in the nation in free-throw percentage on the year (93.5). Her 87.1 career free-throw percentage also ranks second in the nation among active career leaders, just under Washington's Kelsey Plum's 88.1 percent. Johnson is shooting 83.0 percent (44-of-53) from the line and ranks 10th nationally in free throw makes and 19th nationally in free throw attempts.
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 453-224 record at Iowa State and a 619-277 record in his 28-year career as a head coach. His 619 career wins lists him in the top-20 in the NCAA among active coaches.

Last Time Out

The Iowa State women's basketball team toppled New Orleans 100-63 for its second 100-point game of the 2016-17 season. Emily Durr led the Cyclones with 19 points off 5-of-8 shooting. She also dished four assists and grabbed four rebounds. Jadda Buckley was also lights out for the Cyclones as she netted 18 points and dished nine assists in 30 minutes of action to earn her second Big 12 Player of the Week Honor.
Joining Durr and Buckley in double-figures was Meredith Burkhall (17), Bridget Carleton (10), Adriana Camber (10) and Claire Ricketts (10). Both Ricketts and Camber scored career-highs in the victory.

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 five different countries (USA, 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.
Iowa State began 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).

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 64 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 69 games in her career and six of seven games this season.
Johnson has started every game of her career, which puts her at 97-straight starts.
Johnson has had a double-doubles in 28 games in her career.
Jadda Buckley has dished five or more assists in 39 career games, including the last six.
Buckley has netted double figures in 47 career games, and seven of the last eight games of her career.
The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 141 of the last 162 games, including every game last season and have knocked down 10 or more triples in the last five games.
Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 680-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,295 threes. That is equal to 7.78 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.

Scouting The Hawkeyes

Iowa enters Wednesday's game with a 6-3 record, having dropped games against South Dakota State, UCLA and Notre Dame. Iowa is 4-2 at home this season.
Leading the Hawkeyes is Ally Disterhoft, who is averaging 18.0 points and 5.8 rebounds. Megan Gustafson is the only other Hawkeye averaging double figures with 16.8 points and 10.3 rebounds.
Iowa is shooting 48.8 percent from the floor and 32.5 percent from long range. Iowa is holding its opponents to 33.7 percent shooting and 60.9 points per game.

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Jadda Buckley

Meredith Burkhall

Adriana Camber

Bridget Carleton

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Claire Ricketts

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