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Iowa State Closes Non-Conference Slate With Nicholls State
12.20.2017 | Women's Basketball
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team (5-5, 0-0 Big 12) continues its six-game home stand when it takes on Nicholls State (5-5, 0-0 Southland) on Thursday, Dec. 21 at 1 p.m. Thursday's game marks the end of the non-conference slate for the Cyclones as ISU begins conference play next Thursday against Kansas.Â
For Thursday's game the first 250 fans will receive and Iowa State Ornament courtesy of North Grand Mall. Cy Santa will be available on the concourse for pictures pre-game.
Who:Â Iowa State vs. Nicholls State
Where: Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa
When: Thursday, Dec. 21 at 1 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup:Â Bridget Carleton, Madison Wise, Adriana Camber, Bride Kennedy-Hopoate, Emily Durr
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 (5-5 0-0 Big 12) is set to take on Nicholls State (5-5, 0-0 Southland) on Thursday, Dec. 21 at 1 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones are 1-0 all-time against Nichols State, winning 77-28 in 2005.
- Junior Bridget Carleton is one of three players nationally and the only power-5 player averaging 18.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists. The Chatham, Ontario, Canada native is averaging 18.8 points, 6.8 boards and 4.1 assists. She is also averaging 2.4 steals per game and 1.2 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.
- Carleton is 24 points shy of reaching 1,000 in her career. She has 976 career points and currently ranks seventh in school history in career scoring average, with 14.4 points per game. She just passed all-time great Megan Taylor (14.1), who sits in eighth. Carleton is also poised to become one of the fastest Cyclones to 1,000 points.
- Emily Durr ranks 23rd in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage. She's connected on 47.4percent of her shots from downtown and netted 18 triples on the year, which is third on the team behind Carleton (23) and Adriana Camber (20). As a team, the Cyclones have made 93 3-pointers and rank first in the Big 12 and 21st nationally with 9.3 per game.
- Iowa State had seven different Cyclones connect on a 3-pointer vs. NC Central. The Cyclones are one of just four schools in the nation to have seven different players make a 3-pointer in the same game, joining Jacksonville State, DePaul and Pitt.
- 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 470-241 record at Iowa State and a 636-294 record in his 28-year career as a head coach. His 636 career wins lists him in the top-30 in the NCAA among active coaches.
Scouting The Colonels
- Nicholls State went 10-20 overall and 7-11 in conference play in 2016-17, falling in the first round of the Southland Tournament to McNeese State by a score of 79-58.
- Head coach DoBee Plaisance is in her 10th season at Nicholls State. She ranks first in school history with 103 wins, including a program record 19 wins in 2012-13.
- The Colonels were picked to finish ninth in the Southland by the league's coaches and sports information directors.
- Nicholls State has been pressuring the ball this season, averaging 12.5 steals per game, which ranks 12th nationally.
- Tykeria Williams has connected on a team-high 21 3-pointers on the year, shooting at a 36.2 percent clip.
- Airi Hamilton leads the Colonels in field-goal percentage, knocking down 50.9 percent from the floor.
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 93 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.
- Adriana Camber has netted three or more 3-pointers in four of Iowa State's last six games. .
- Bridget Carleton has scored in double figures in all nine of Iowa State's games this season.
- The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 174 of the last 198 games, and have knocked down 10 or more triples in five games this season.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 714-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,566 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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