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Iowa State Takes on North Carolina Central Sunday
12.08.2017 | Women's Basketball
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team (3-5, 0-0 Big 12) is set to take on North Carolina Central (2-4, 0-0 MEAC) on Sunday, Dec. 10 at noon. The game will serve as the first meeting between the two squads in series history.
Sunday's game will feature multiple Star Wars promotions with fans who dress up as a Star Wars character gaining free admission to the game. The first 300 entrants will also receive a Star Wars T-shirt.Â
Who:Â Iowa State vs. North Carolina Central
Where: Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa
When: Sunday, Dec. 10 at Noon
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 (3-5 0-0 Big 12) is set to take on North Carolina Central (2-4, 0-0 MEAC) on Sunday at noon in Hilton Coliseum. Sunday's game will serve as part of a double header. The game also marks the first meeting between the two squads.
- Junior Bridget Carleton is one of three players nationally and the only power-5 player averaging 19.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists. The Chatham, Ontario, Canada native is averaging 19.6 points, 6.8 boards and 3.9 assists. She is also averaging 2.1 steals per game and 1.1 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 55 points shy of reaching 1,000 in her career. She has 945 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.
- Two Cyclones garnered Big 12 honors, with Carleton grabbing Big 12 Co-Player of the Week and Madison Wise, picking up her first career Freshman of the Week honor. Carleton's honor is the ninth in her career, giving her the most in school history and putting her 11th all-time in Big 12 history in honors earned.
- Emily Durr ranks eighth in the nation in 3-point field goal percentage. She's connected on 51.6 percent of her shots from downtown and netted 16 triples on the year, which is tied for second on the team with Carleton. Adriana Camber leads the team with 18 on the year.
- Three of Iowa State's losses have been by less than five points, and all were on the road with the Cyclones falling 57-53 at UNI, 83-80 at Drake and 77-74 at Vanderbilt.
- 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 468-241 record at Iowa State and a 634-294 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 Eagles
- Head coach Trisha Stafford-Odom is in her first season as head coach of the Eagles. She is a former WNBA player an competed for California, leading the Golden Bears to their first two NCAA Tournament appearances.
- Junior guard Caira Benton is shooting 50 percent from the floor through the first six games. She is averaging 6.7 points for the Eagles.
- North Carolina Central ranks in the top-100 in turnovers forced, forcing 18.7 turnovers per game. The Eagles are also 91st nationally in steals per game, averaging 9.5 per contest.
- Sunday's game marks the first meeting in series history between the two squads.
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 68 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 Iowa State's last four games. She has scored in double figures in the last three-straight as well.
- Bridget Carleton has scored in double figures in all eight of Iowa State's games this season.
- The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 172 of the last 196 games, and have knocked down 10 or more triples in three games this season.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 712-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,553 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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