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Iowa State University Athletics
Friday, November 10
Ames, Iowa
12:00 PM
Iowa State
vs
South Dakota
Photo by: Athletics Communications
Iowa State Faces South Dakota In Season Opener
11.09.2017 | Women's Basketball
Ames, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) is set to take on South Dakota (0-0, 0-0 Summit League)Â on Friday, Nov. 10 at noon. The game will serve as a season opener for both squads. The Cyclones look to win their 23rd-straight season opener under head coach Bill Fennelly. Friday's game will also serve as Field Trip Day with local schools invited to attend the noon opener.Â
Who:Â Iowa State vs. South Dakota
Where:Â Hilton Coliseum- Ames, Iowa
When:Â Friday, Nov. 10 at noon
Projected Starting Lineup:Â Bridget Carleton, Meredith Burkhall, Adriana Camber, Emily Durr, Bride Kennedy-Hopoate
Radio:Â Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP); Molly Parrott (color)
TV:Â Cyclones.tv
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Cyclone Quick Hits
- The Iowa State women's basketball team will officially begin the 45th season in program history on Friday, Nov. 10 when it takes on South Dakota at noon. Iowa State is looking for its 23rd-straight season opening win under head coach Bill Fennelly.
- Iowa State won its 36th-straight exhibition game on Sunday, Nov. 5 against Wisconsin-La Crosse, 93-50. The Cyclones placed four in double figures and shot 52.2 percent from the floor in the win.
- Bridget 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.
- Carleton ranks first in school history in career free-throw percentage. Carleton has knocked down 88 percent of her free throws at ISU. Last season, she set the ISU single-season record making 93.9 percent, which was also good for second in the nation.
- Durr also ranks in the top-5 in school history in free-throw shooting. Durr has knocked down 85 percent of her freebies, which currently ranks fourth in school history.
- The Cyclones welcome five newcomers to the roster with freshmen, Rae Johnson (Albertville, Minn.), Kristin Scott (Kasson, Minn.) and Madison Wise (Greenfield, Ind.), junior JUCO transfer, Bride Kennedy-Hopoate (Brisbane, Australia) and senior transfer, Alexa Middleton (Murfreesboro, Tenn.). Middleton will redshirt this season after transferring from Tennessee.
- Iowa State was one of 13 teams to earn an NCAA berth in 10 of the last 11 seasons, joining UConn, Duke, Baylor, DePaul, Florida State, Louisville, Notre Dame, Maryland, Oklahoma, Stanford, Tennessee and Texas A&M.
- 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 465-236 record at Iowa State and a 631-289 record in his 28-year career as a head coach. His 631 career wins lists him in the top-30 in the NCAA among active coaches.
Last Time Out
- The Iowa State women's basketball team saw its first action of the 2017-18 season with an exhibition game againse Wisconsin-La Crosse. The Cyclones topped the Eagles, 93-53, with each of the 10 Cyclones scoring.
- As a team, ISU shot 52.2 percent from the floor and drained 12 triples, with Rae Johnson and Adriana Camber leading the way with three apiece.
- Iowa State placed four in double figures, with Bridget Carleton leading the way with 17 points in 18 minutes of action, followed by Camber (15), Bride Kennedy-Hopoate (14) and Kristin Scott (10), who added 10 rebounds for a double-double.
Scouting The Coyotes
- The Coyotes return seven players and three starters from their 23-9 team from last season, which ultimately advanced to the second round of the WNIT.Â
- South Dakota's top performer, Allison Arens, was named First Team All-Summit League in 2016-17. She also led the team in points, assists and steals, and ranked second on the team in rebounds last season. Arens also scored in double-figures 25 times in 2016-17, scoring over 20 points on 14 occasions.
- South Dakota was picked third in the Summit League Preseason Poll in head coach Dawn Piltzuweit's second year leading the Coyotes. Allison Arens was named Preseason First-Team Summit League and Ciara Duffy was named to the Preseason Second-Team.
- South Dakota's Jaycee Bradley has been named to the Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Preseason Watch List.
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 netted 248 3-pointers last season.
- Iowa State has won 22-straight season openers under head coach Bill Fennelly.
- Iowa State has now won 36-straight exhibition games.
- 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.
- The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 163 of the last 186 games, and have knocked down 10 or more triples in 13 of the last 27 games.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 704-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,479 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 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.
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