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Iowa State University Athletics
Iowa State Faces No. 23 Oklahoma Saturday
02.26.2016 | Women's Basketball
NORMAN, Okla. - The Iowa State women's basketball team (13-14, 5-11 Big 12) hits the road to take on No. 23 Oklahoma (18-9, 9-7 Big 12) on Saturday, Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. The game will air on Fox Sports Oklahoma and is available on the Fox Sports Go App.
Who: Iowa State vs. No. 23 OklahomaWhere: Hilton Coliseum - Ames, Iowa
When: Saturday, Feb. 27 at 2 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), Lyndsey Fennelly (Color)
TV: Fox Sports Oklahoma
Talent: Dan Hughes
Cyclone Headlines
-Iowa State (13-14, 5-11 Big 12) hits the road to take on No. 23 Oklahoma (18-9, 9-7 Big 12) on Saturday at 2 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum. Iowa State is 25-34 all-time against OU, but has won six of the last nine meetings against the Sooners. ISU is also 10-15 at Oklahoma.
- 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 18th in the nation. Her 158 assists on the season ranks 16th in the nation.
- Johnson currently ranks fourth in the Big 12 with 16.5 points per game. She is third in rebounding (9.2) and is 11th in assists, averaging 3.2 per game. She also ranks fourth 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 (215) ranks eighth all-time in school history with 211 career 3-pointers. She needs 25 more triples to tie Alison Lacey for seventh all-time (240).
- 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 7.0 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 447-220 record at Iowa State and a 613-273 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 186 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 29 career games and 21 games this season.
- The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 132 of the last 152 games, including every game last season.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 670-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,208 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 Sooners
-Oklahoma sits at No. 23 in the nation with an 18-9 record and 9-7 Big 12 record. OU handed Texas one of its two losses on the season earlier this season.
- OU's Kaylon Williams ranks 47th in the nation with a 52.9 field-goal percentage, while the Sooners rank in the top-100 as a team with a 41.7 percent field-goal percentage. Williams leads OU with 12.6 points per game and also leads the Sooners in rebounding with 7.3 boards per game.
- Peyton Little has scored in double figures in seven of the last nine games for the Sooners and is averaging 11.1 points, which ranks second on the team.
- Head Coach Sherri Coale is 210-118 in Big 12 games and 438-215 overall in her 20 seasons at Oklahoma.
Last Time Out
- Iowa State was unable to get its offense clicking on Wednesday as the Cyclones shot 27.7 percent from the field and fell to Kansas State, 68-53.
- Iowa State placed three in double figures as Kidd Blaskowsky led the way with 12 points off four 3-pointers. With 215 career triples, she moved into eighth on ISU's 3-point chart. Bridget Carleton netted 11 and Emily Durr scored 10 after making her first-career start.
- With the loss, Iowa State splits the season series with the Wildcats after having beaten KSU in Manhattan, 84-79, in December.
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