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Iowa State Faces Vanderbilt In Big 12/SEC Challenge
12.01.2017 | Women's Basketball
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Iowa State women's basketball team (3-3, 0-0 Big 12) is set to take on Vanderbilt (2-6, 0-0 SEC) on Saturday, Dec. 2 at 3 p.m. in Nashville, Tenn. in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Iowa State is 1-2 all-time against Vanderbilt and 0-1 in the Challenge, falling in overtime last year to Mississippi State, the national runner-up, in Hilton Coliseum.Â
Who:Â Iowa State at Vanderbilt
Where: Vanderbilt Memorial Gymnasium- Nashville, Tenn.
When:Â Saturday, Dec. 2Â at 3 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup:Â Bridget Carleton, Meredith Burkhall, Adriana Camber, Emily Durr, Kristin Scott
Radio:Â Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP); Brett Cooper (color)
TV:Â SECN
Talent: Melissa Lee (PxP); Amanda Butler (color)
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Cyclone Quick Hits
- The Iowa State women's basketball team (3-3, 0-0 Big 12) continues its road swing on Saturday, Dec. 2 when it takes on Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tenn. at 3 p.m. on the SEC Network in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. Iowa State is 1-2 all-time against Vanderbilt.
- 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 18.3 points, 6.5 boards and 3.7 assists. She is also averaging 2.2 steals per game and 1.3 blocks per contest.
- 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 9.2 boards per game.
- Iowa State dropped three non-conference games so far this season with close losses to Drake and 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 18th in the nation in blocked shots per game, averaging 5.8 per contest. The Cyclones have swatted 35 shots on the year, with three Cyclones with over five blocks so far. Carleton and Scott lead the way with eight and Bride Kennedy-Hopoate with six. The Cyclones are 27th nationally in overall blocks on the season with 35. The school record for most blocked 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 468-239 record at Iowa State and a 634-292 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 Commodores
- Vanderbilt is 2-6 on the year, with its two wins on the season coming against George Washington and Saint Louis. The Commodores are 0-2 at home on the year with their two wins coming on the road.
- Vanderbilt has three student-athletes averaging double figures with Rachel Bell (13.0), Chelsie Hall (12.6) and Christa Reed (10.1).
- Iowa State is 1-2 all-time against Vanderbilt, with Vandy winning the first two meetings by scores of, 84-65 on March 24, 2001 in the NCAA Sweet 16 and 62-53 on Nov. 25, 2007 in the Championship game of the Vanderbilt Thanksgiving Tournament when Vandy was ranked 19th. Iowa State won the latest meeting 55-51 in Ames on Jan. 3, 2009 when Vanderbilt was ranked 20th.
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 51 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.
- The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 169 of the last 193 games, and have knocked down 10 or more triples in 15 of the last 34 games, including two games this season.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 710-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,536 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.
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