Iowa State Continues Road Swing At Drake

DES MOINES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team (3-2, 0-0 Big 12) is set to take on Drake (3-3, 0-0 MVC) on Thursday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. in Des Moines. Iowa State leads the all-time series 29-26, but is 11-14 at Drake.

Who: Iowa State at Drake
Where: Knapp Center- Des Moines, Iowa
When: Thursday, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup: Bridget Carleton, Meredith Burkhall, Adriana Camber, Emily Durr, Madison Wise
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP); Lyndsey Fennelly (color)
TV: Mediacom/ESPN3
Talent: Larry Morgan (PxP); Laura Leonard (color)

Cyclone Quick Hits

The Iowa State women's basketball team (3-2, 0-0 Big 12) continues its road swing on Thursday, Nov. 30 when it takes on Drake in Des Moines, Iowa. The Cyclones lead the all-time series against the Bulldogs, 29-26. ISU is 11-14 all-time at Drake, with their last win in Des Moines coming in 2013 with an 89-47 win.
Junior Bridget Carleton is one of six players nationally averaging over 18.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists. The Chatham, Ontario, Canada native is averaging 18.2 points, 6.4 boards and 3.4 assists. She is also averaging 2.0 steals per game.
Carleton is one of 20 players in the nation named to the Cheryl Miller Award Preseason Watch List, which honors the nation's top small forward. Carleton also earned honorable mention honors on the Big 12 preseason team for the 2017-18 season in addition to being a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 postseason team in 2016-17.
Freshman Kristin Scott is one of just five freshmen in the nation averaging over 9.0 rebounds per game. She has rebounded in double figures twice this season and is averaging 9.8 boards per game.
Iowa State dropped two non-conference games so far this season with a close loss to UNI and a loss to a hot-shooting Central Michigan team in the Junkanoo Jam Championship game. Iowa State has made the NCAA Tournament 10 times under head coach Bill Fennelly with two or more non-conference losses.
Iowa State ranks 13th in the nation in blocked shots per game, averaging 6.4 per contest. The Cyclones have swatted 32 shots on the year, with three Cyclones with over five blocks so far. Carleton leads the way with eight, followed by Scott with seven and Bride Kennedy-Hopoate with six. The Cyclones are 27th nationally in overall blocks on the season with 32. The school record for most clocked shots by a team in a season is 154 in 2007-08.
The 2016-17 season marks the 23rd in the tenure of Bill Fennelly. Fennelly has led Iowa State to 17 NCAA Tournament appearances, which is tied with Oklahoma as the most of any Big 12 team since 1997. Fennelly boasts a 468-238 record at Iowa State and a 634-291 record in his 28-year career as a head coach. His 634 career wins lists him in the top-30 in the NCAA among active coaches.

Scouting The Bulldogs

Drake is 3-3 on the year and coming off two-straight losses to Wyoming, 75-61, and George Mason, 87-75.
The Bulldogs have three players averaging double figures with Becca Hittner (14.8), Sara Rhine (13.8) and Sammie Bachrodt (11.8) leading the way.
Iowa State leads the all-time series against Drake 29-26. Iowa State has won 11 of the last 13 meetings against the Bulldogs, with Drake claiming a 74-70 win in the two squads' last meeting in Des Moines.

Streaks and Trends

Iowa State has hit 200 3-pointers in a season for an NCAA record 14-straight years (2003-04-present). Iowa State has netted 37 so far this season.
Senior Emily Durr has been fouled on 3-point attempts in her career more than any other Cyclone. She has netted 39 points at the charity stripe off 3-point fouls in her career. She was fouled 10 times last season beyond the arc and 15 in her career.
Durr has also connected on six-straight 3-pointers spanning the last two games. Durr went 3-of-3 against Central Michigan and 3-of-3 in the second half against Tulane.
The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 168 of the last 192 games, and have knocked down 10 or more triples in 14 of the last 33 games, including the season opener with 11.
Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 709-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,522 threes. That is equal to 7.78 three-pointers per game for the last 22 years.
The Cyclones have finished in the upper half of the Big 12 in eight of the last nine seasons, including the 2016-17 season after securing the No. 5 seed in the Big 12 tournament.
The Cyclones have made 10 of the last 11 NCAA Tournaments, one of just 13 teams nationally to do so.

Players Mentioned

Meredith Burkhall

Adriana Camber

Bridget Carleton

Emily Durr

Bride Kennedy-Hopoate

Kristin Scott

Madison Wise

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