AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team (13-10, 4-8 Big 12) continues its two-game road swing when it take on No. 25 Kansas State (17-7, 7-5 Big 12) on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. Iowa State looks win back-to-back games against ranked opponents on the road for the first time in school history as it toppled then No. 22 West Virginia, 80-55, in its last game.Â
Who: Iowa State at  No. 25 Kansas State
Where: Bramlage Coliseum - Manhattan, Kansas
When:Â Saturday, Feb. 11 at 1 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup:Â Seanna Johnson, Jadda Buckley, Meredith Burkhall, Bridget Carleton and Emily Durr
Radio:Â Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP); Molly Parrott (color)
TV:Â FSN
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Cyclone Quick Hits
- The Iowa State women's basketball team (13-10, 4-8 Big 12) is set to take on No. 25 Kansas State (17-7, 7-5 Big 12) on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 1 p.m. in Manhattan, Kansas. Iowa State is looking for its first sweep of the 2016-17 season after it grabbed a 75-69 win over KSU in Ames on Jan. 21. KSU leads the all-time series, 49-38, but ISU has won seven of the last nine in the series.
- Iowa State looks to win back-to-back road games against ranked opponents for the first time in school history after toppling then No. 22 WVU 80-55 in Morgantown in its last game.
- Seanna Johnson currently ranks ninth in school history in points (1,506), third in rebounds (987) and is third in double-doubles (31). She needs just 13 rebounds to become 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, joining all-time great Angie Welle. Her 987 rebounds ranks eighth in the nation among active career leaders.
- Jadda Buckley currently ranks 10th all-time in Iowa State history with 417 career assists. Her 417 career assists rank 34th nationally and third among juniors.
- The Cyclones rank second in the nation in free throw percentage (80.7%). 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 (93.9), while Buckley is ninth netting 90.8 percent from the charity stripe. Buckley's 87.3 career free-throw percentage is second in the ISU record and ranks second in the nation among active career leaders, just under Washington's Kelsey Plum's 88.1 percent. Carleton sits in third in school history netting 87.2 percent in her career as well.
- Iowa State has three of the Big 12's top 10 scorers with Carleton fourth (16.1), Johnson in fifth (15.2) and Buckley in ninth (14.2). No other Big 12 school has more than two in the top 10.
- Johnson currently ranks sixth in school history in free throws made (373) and is sixth in free throws attempted (487). She needs nine attempts to pass Chelsea Poppens for fifth all-time and 40 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 460-233 record at Iowa State and a 626-286 record in his 28-year career as a head coach. His 626 career wins lists him in the top-20 in the NCAA among active coaches.
Iowa State Team Quick Facts
- Iowa State has 14 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 13-straight years (2003-04-present). Iowa State has netted 182 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 81 games in her career and 18 of 23 games this season.
- Johnson has started every game of her career, which puts her at 113-straight starts.
- Johnson has had a double-doubles in 31 games in her career.
- Jadda Buckley has dished five or more assists in 48 career games, including 15 of the last 20.
- Buckley has netted double figures in 59 career games, and 19 of the last 24 games of her career.
- ISU has shot 80 percent or better at the free-throw line in 11 of its 22 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 156 of the last 178 games, and have knocked down 10 or more triples in 10 of the last 20 games.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 696-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,414 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 Wildcats
- Kansas State enters Saturday's game with a 17-7 overall record and 7-5 Big 12 record. The Wildcats sit fourth in the Big 12 standing. KSU fell to Iowa State in Ames on Jan. 21, 75-69.
- The Wildcats have two student-athletes in double figures with Breanna Lewis (14.3) and Kindred Wesemann (13.9).
- KSU leads the all-time series 49-38, but has lost seven of the last nine against ISU.
Last Time Out
- The Iowa State women's basketball grabbing its first road win over a ranked opponent since the 2014-15 season on Saturday when it upended the 22nd-ranked West Virginia Mountaineers, 80-55. The Cyclones shot a blistering 51.8 percent from the floor and outrebounded WVU 41-36 to grab the win.
- Bridget Carleton tied her career-high with 31 points as she led all scorers, earning Big 12 Co-Player of the Week honors. Emily Durr (14) and Meredith Burkhall (12) rounded out the Cyclones in double figures.
- Iowa State's 25-point win over WVU was the largest margin of victory for ISU in the series.