Iowa State Squares Off With Northern Illinois Sunday

AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team (6-2, 0-0 Big 12) returns to Hilton Coliseum to face Northern Illinois (5-2, 0-0 MAC) on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 2 p.m. Sunday's game marks the second meeting between the Cyclones and Huskies, as ISU handled NIU 81-43 in 1998. However this season, Northern Illinois returns to Hilton Coliseum ranking first in the country in scoring offense, averaging 93.1 points per game. The game will air on Cyclones.tv.

Who: Iowa State vs. Northern Illinois
Where: Hilton Coliseum - Ames, Iowa
When: Sunday, Dec. 11 at 2 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); Kelsey Bolte-Carper (color)
TV: Cyclones.tv

Cyclone Quick Hits

The Iowa State women's basketball team (6-2, 0-0 Big 12) returns to Hilton Coliseum to take on Northern Illinois (5-2, 0-0 MAC) on Sunday, Dec. 11 at 2 p.m. The Cyclones are looking to get back to their winning ways after falling to Iowa on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 88-76.
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 (1,283), sixth in rebounds (862) and fifth in double-doubles (28). She needs just two points to pass Pat Hodgson for 16th in school history. Her 862 rebounds rank eighth in the nation among active career leaders.
Jadda Buckley currently ranks 10th all-time in Iowa State history with 354 career assists. Her 354 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 54 assists on the season rank 19th nationally as well.
Iowa State ranks ninth in the nation in turnovers per game, averaging just 11.6 per contest. The Cyclones also rank eighth in the nation in assist-turnover ratio (1.44).
Junior Emily Durr currently ranks 17th in the nation in 3-point field-goal percentage, shooting 51.4 percent from long range (18-of-35).
The Cyclones rank first in the nation in free throw percentage (83.8%). ISU led the nation in 2012-13 and 2013-14 at the charity stripe. Buckley is currently 11th 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 82.1 percent (46-of-56) from the line and ranks 12th nationally in free throw makes and 21st nationally in free throw attempts.
The Cyclones rank 15th nationally in 3-point field goal percentage (39.8) and rank 23rd in field goald made per game (8.8).
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 453-225 record at Iowa State and a 619-278 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 struggled in Iowa City as the Cyclones fell, 88-76. Iowa State was unable to find its stride offensively as the Cyclones shot 38.2 percent from the field and just 21.4 percent from deep. Iowa grabbed as much as a 22-point lead over the Cyclones, spurred mostly by hot shooting as the Hawkeyes netted 56.9 percent from the field and shot a blistering 61.9 percent from long range.
The Cyclones were led by Jadda Buckley, who scored 21 points. Seanna Johnson and Bridget Carleton were the only other Cyclones in double figures, netting 18 apiece.

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 70 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 70 games in her career and seven of eight games this season.
Johnson has started every game of her career, which puts her at 98-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 six of the last seven.
Buckley has netted double figures in 48 career games, and eight of the last nine games of her career.
The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 142 of the last 163 games, including every game last season and have knocked down 10 or more triples in five of the last six games.
Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 681-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,301 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 Huskies

The Huskies enter Sunday's game with a 5-2 overall record with wins at Loyola, Milwaukee, Chicago State, Illinois State and at Bradley. Northern Illinois is No. 1 in the nation in scoring offense, averaging 93.1 points per contest. The Huskies are outscoring its opponents by an average of 14.0 points per game.
Leading the Huskies, is Courtney Woods, who is averaging 19.3 points per game, while Ally Lehman is averaging a double-double with 19.0 points and 11.3 boards. The Huskies have seven players averaging double-figures.
NIU is also netting 9.1 3-pointers per game, with 64 triples made on the season.

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