Iowa State Travels To Face Kansas Tuesday

LAWRENCE, Kansas - The Iowa State women's basketball team (15-11, 6-9 Big 12) travels to Lawrence, Kansas to take on the Kansas Jayhawks (8-18, 2-13 Big 12) on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. Iowa State is looking for its second sweep of the Big 12 season after grabbing the first-ever sweep of West Virginia on Saturday. ISU topped Kansas 87-58 in Hilton Coliseum on Jan. 8.

Who: Iowa State at Kansas
Where: Allen Fieldhouse - Lawrence, Kansas
When: Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup: Seanna Johnson, Jadda Buckley, Meredith Burkhall, Bridget Carleton and Emily Durr
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP); Lyndsey Fennelly (color)
TV: ESPN3
Talent: Josh Klingler (PxP); Brenda VanLengen (color)

Cyclone Quick Hits

The Iowa State women's basketball team (15-11, 6-9 Big 12) is set to take on Kansas (8-18, 2-13 Big 12) on Tuesday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. in Lawrence, Kan. The game will air on ESPN3. The Cyclones are looking for their second Big 12 sweep of the season against the Jayhawks, after just completing a sweep of the Mountaineers on Saturday. Kansas leads the all-time series 47-35 and is 27-10 in Allen Fieldhouse. Iowa State has won seven of the last nine vs. Kansas.
ISU is also looking to win three-straight Big 12 games for the first time since 2014-15, when it accomplished the feat against at Kansas State, TCU and at No. 8 Texas.
Seanna Johnson currently ranks ninth in school history in points (1,554), third in rebounds (1,008) and is third in double-doubles (31). She became the third player in ISU history with 1,000 rebounds and just the second player in ISU history with 1,500 career points and 1,000 rebounds against Texas Tech, joining all-time great Angie Welle. Her 1,008 rebounds ranks eighth in the nation among active career leaders.
Jadda Buckley currently ranks sixth all-time in Iowa State history with 432 career assists. Her 432 career assists rank 34th nationally and third among juniors.
The Cyclones rank second in the nation in free throw percentage (80.8%). ISU led the nation in 2012-13 and 2013-14 at the charity stripe.
Bridget Carleton ranks first in the nation in free throw percentage (93.5), while Buckley is sixth netting 91.0 percent from the charity stripe. Buckley's 87.5 career free-throw percentage is third in the ISU record book and ranks second in the nation among active career leaders, just under Washington's Kelsey Plum's 88.1 percent. Carleton sits in second in school history netting 87.6 percent in her career as well.
Iowa State has three of the Big 12's top 15 scorers with Carleton fourth (15.9), Johnson in fifth (15.3) and Buckley in 12th (14.2). No other Big 12 school has more than two in the top 15.
Johnson currently ranks sixth in school history in free throws made (379) and is sixth in free throws attempted (497). She needs two attempts to pass Chelsea Poppens for fifth all-time and 30 makes to pass Hallie Christofferson for fifth all-time.
The 2016-17 season marks the 22nd in the tenure of Bill Fennelly. Fennelly has led Iowa State to 16 NCAA Tournament appearances, which is tied with Oklahoma as the most of any Big 12 team since 1997. Fennelly boasts a 461-234 record at Iowa State and a 628-287 record in his 28-year career as a head coach. His 628 career wins lists him in the top-20 in the NCAA among active coaches.

Iowa State Team Quick Facts

Iowa State has 13 players on its roster from seven different states (Iowa, Texas, Minnesota, New York, Arizona, Wisconsin and Virginia) and four different countries (USA, Canada, Sweden and Montenegro).
Iowa State returns four starters from last season in Johnson, Carleton, Buckley and Burkhall. In all, Iowa State returns 83 percent of its scoring, 70 percent of its rebounding and 92.7 percent of its assists for the 2015-16 campaign.
Iowa State began the 2016-17 season with the Big 12's top returners in points, rebounds and assists as Johnson ranked second last season in both points (17.0) and rebounds (9.4), while Buckley averaged 6.0 assists. The Cyclones are the only Big 12 school returning three student-athletes who averaged over 10.0 points per game last season (Johnson-17.0, Carleton- 12.0, Buckley-11.4).
Iowa State is the only Big 12 school to have three student athletes returning who were named to the first-team, second-team, honorable mention or defensive team in 2015-16. (Johnson (first-team), Buckley and Carleton (honorable mention).

Streaks and Trends

Iowa State hit 200 3-pointers in a season for an NCAA record 14-straight years (2003-04-present). Iowa State has netted 209 3-pointers so far this season.
Seanna Johnson pulled in double-figure rebounds in 45 games in her career. Johnson has also scored in double figures in 84 games in her career and 20 of 25 games this season.
Johnson has started every game of her career, which puts her at 116-straight starts.
Johnson has had a double-doubles in 31 games in her career.
Jadda Buckley has dished five or more assists in 50 career games, including 17 of the last 23.
Buckley has netted double figures in 61 career games, and 21 of the last 26 games of her career.
ISU has shot 80 percent or better at the free-throw line in 13 of its 25 games.
Junior Emily Durr has been fouled on 3-point attempts in her career more than any other Cyclone. She has netted 37 points at the charity strip off 3-point fouls in her career. She has been fouled nine times this season beyond the arc and 14 in her career.
The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 159 of the last 181 games, and have knocked down 10 or more triples in 12 of the last 23 games.
Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 699-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,441 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 seven of the last eight seasons.
The Cyclones have made nine of the last 10 NCAA Tournaments, one of just 15 teams nationally to do so.

Scouting The Jayhawks

Head coach Brandon Schneider is in his second season at the helm of the program. He owns a 14-43 overall record with Kansas.
Kansas' Jessica Washington ranks third in the Big 12 in scoring, averaging 16.9 points per game. Washington also leads the team with 69 assists on the season. KU's McKenzie Calvert is the only other Jayhawk averaging double figures.
The Jayhawks lead the all-time series 47-35, but Iowa State has won seven of the last nine against KU.

Last Time Out

The Iowa State women's basketball team grabbed its second-straight Big 12 win with a victory over West Virginia, 68-53. The win gave the Cyclones the first-ever season sweep over the Mountaineers in program history as ISU toppled WVU 80-55 in Morgantown.
Three Cyclones finished in double figures with Jadda Buckley leading the way with 20 points and eight assists. Bridget Carleton netted 16 points and six rebounds and tied her career-high with four blocks. Seanna Johnson tallied 16 points as well and hauled in seven boards. Emily Durr grabbed a career high with nine rebounds and Meredith Burkhall nabbed her sixth career game with double digit rebounds with 10.

Players Mentioned

Jadda Buckley

Meredith Burkhall

Bridget Carleton

Emily Durr

Seanna Johnson

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