Iowa State Faces Kansas State Wednesday

AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team (13-13, 5-10 Big 12) returns to Hilton Coliseum to square off with Kansas State (17-9, 7-8 Big 12) on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. The game will air on Cyclones.tv.

Who: Iowa State vs. Kansas State
Where: Hilton Coliseum - Ames, Iowa
When: Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 7 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), Molly Parrott (Color)
TV: Cyclones.tv

Cyclone Headlines
-Iowa State (13-13, 5-10 Big 12) returns home to face Kansas State (17-9, 7-8 Big 12) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum. Iowa State is looking for its second sweep of the season, after defeating Kansas State on Dec. 30 and opening conference play with an 84-79 win. Iowa State is 37-48 all-time against the Wildcats and 21-16 in Hilton Coliseum.
- Seanna Johnson is tied for 19th in the nation in double-doubles this season with 13 and second among Big 12 players. Johnson's 26 career double-doubles ranks fifth in school history. She is three double-doubles away from tying Stephannie Smith with 29 in her career. Johnson (774) is also just 22 away from tying Hallie Christofferson (796) for eighth all-time in school history.
- Johnson reached 1,000 career points against Oklahoma. She currently ranks 24th in school history with 1,107 and is just 51 away from tying Colleen Peterson (1,158) for 21st in school history.
- Jadda Buckley is averaging 5.9 assists per game, which ranks third in the Big 12 and 17th in the nation. Her 153 assists on the season ranks 20th in the nation.
- Johnson currently ranks second in the Big 12 with 16.5 points per game. She is third in rebounding (9.2) and is 10th in assists, averaging 3.2 per game. She also ranks second in Big 12 conference games averaging 16.2 points per game.
- Iowa State's starting lineup is tied for the fifth-youngest starting lineup among power five teams. Iowa State is tied with Kansas for the youngest starting lineup in the Big 12. The Cyclones are the only Big 12 team to start two freshmen.
- Senior Kidd Blaskowsky (211) ranks ninth all-time in school history with 211 career 3-pointers. She needs three more triples to tie Lindsey Wilson for eighth all-time (214).
- Freshman Bridget Carleton ranks 14th in the Big 12 and first among freshmen in points per game (11.9). Carleton also ranks ninth in the Big 12 and is first among freshmen with 7.2 boards per game. Carleton's 23 points vs. TCU is the highest in Big 12 play by a freshman. Her 19 rebounds vs. TCU is also tied for the most rebounds by any Big 12 player this season, along with being fourth in school history.
- Carleton has been named Big 12 Freshman of the Week five times, which ties Johnson and Megan Taylor for the most in school history.
- The 2015-16 season marks the 21st in the tenure of Bill 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 447-219 record at Iowa State and a 613-272 record in his 27-year career as a head coach. His 613 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 has netted 175 so far this season.
- Seanna Johnson pulled in double-figure rebounds in 38 games in her career and 14 games this season. Johnson has also scored in double figures in 61 games in her career and 24 games this season.
- Johnson has started every game of her career, which puts her at 88-straight starts.
- Johnson has had a double-doubles in 13 games this season and 26 in her career.
- Jadda Buckley has dished five or more assists in 28 career games and 20 games this season.
- The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 131 of the last 151 games, including every game last season.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 669-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,197 threes. That is equal to 7.81 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 91-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 Wildcats
-KSU leads in the all-time series 48-37, but is 16-21 all-time in Hilton Coliseum. KSU has lost seven of its last nine meetings with the Cyclones and haven't won in Hilton Coliseum since 2008.
- Head coach Jeff Mittie is in his second season with the Wildcats.
KSU currently ranks second in the Big 12 in 3-point field goals made at 7.15 per game.
- Junior Kindred Wesemann leads the conference in 3-point field goals made with 72 and is also tied for the conference lead in free throw percentage (86.7 percent).
- KSU leads the Big 12 with 9.7 steals per game. Three Wildcats are in the top-15 in the league for steals and they are led by Wesemann who ranks third with 50 steals.

Last Time Out
- Iowa State fell 78-41 in Waco, Texas to No. 4 Baylor on Saturday. The Lady Bears shot 47.1 percent from the floor and outrebounded the Cyclones 64-25.
- Meredith Burkhall(10) and Seanna Johnson (12) led Iowa State and were the only two Cyclones in double figures. Bridget Carleton led ISU on the boards with seven and Jadda Buckley dished four assists.
- Iowa State's shooting woes continued as it shot 23.4 percent from the field.

Players Mentioned

Nicole "Kidd" Blaskowsky

Jadda Buckley

Jadda Buckley

Bridget Carleton

Seanna Johnson

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