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Iowa State University Athletics
Iowa State Set To Face Syracuse In The NCAA Tournament
03.15.2017 | Women's Basketball
STORRS, Conn. - The Iowa State women's basketball team (18-12, 9-9 Big 12) is set to face No. 8 seed Syracuse (21-10, 11-5 ACC) on Saturday, March 18 at 12:30 p.m. in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Storrs, Conn. Iowa State earned its 17th NCAA Tournament berth on Monday, which is its 10th appearance in 11 years.
Iowa State's game will air on ESPN2 following the conclusion of No. 1 UConn vs. No. 16 Albany, which tips at 10:05 a.m. CT.  Iowa State's game is set for a 12:30 p.m. tip, but may tipoff a few minutes early depending on the conclusion of UConn vs. Albany.Â
Who:Â No. 9 Iowa State vs. No. 8 Syracuse
Where: Gampel Pavillion - Storrs, Conn.
When:Â Saturday, March 18 at 12:30Â 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); Lyndsey Fennelly (color)
TV:Â ESPN2
Talent: Eric Frede (PxP); Dan Hughes (color)
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Cyclone Quick Hits
- The Iowa State women's basketball team (18-12, 9-9 Big 12) earned its 17th NCAA Tournament berth in school history and will face No. 8 seed Syracuse (21-10, 11-5 ACC) on Saturday, March 18 at 12:30 p.m. in the first round of the NCAA women's basketball Tournament. Iowa State is 17-16 all-time in the NCAA Tournament.
- Iowa State is one of 13 teams to earn an NCAA berth in 10 of the last 11 seasons, joining UConn, Duke, Baylor, DePaul, Florida State, Louisville, Notre Dame, Maryland, Oklahoma, Stanford, Tennessee and Texas A&M.
- Iowa State sophomore Bridget Carleton earned unanimous All-Big 12 first team honors and Jadda Buckley and Seanna Johnson garnered honorable mention honors.
- Seanna Johnson currently ranks eighth in school history in points (1,624), third in rebounds (1,041) and is tied with Chelsea Poppens for second in school history in double-doubles (32). 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.
- Jadda Buckley currently ranks sixth all-time in Iowa State history with 453 career assists. Her 451 career assists rank 34th nationally and third among juniors.
- The Cyclones rank third in the nation in free throw percentage (80.0%). ISU led the nation in 2012-13 and 2013-14 at the charity stripe.
- Bridget Carleton ranks second in the nation in free throw percentage (93.9), while Buckley is 19th netting 87.6 percent from the charity stripe. Buckley's 86.7 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 first in school history netting 88.0 percent in her career as well.
- Iowa State has three of the Big 12's top 10 scorers with Johnson fourth (15.6), Carleton in sixth (15.2) and Buckley in eighth (14.0). No other Big 12 school has more than two in the top 10.
- Johnson currently ranks fourth in school history in free throws made (392) and is fifth in free throws attempted (516). She needs 51 makes to tie for second all-time and nine attempts 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 17 NCAA Tournament appearances, which is tied with Oklahoma as the most of any Big 12 team since 1997. Fennelly boasts a 465-235 record at Iowa State and a 631-288 record in his 28-year career as a head coach. His 631 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 five different countries (USA, Canada, Germany, 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)).
- Iowa State was picked to finish in the lower half of the Big 12 for the fourth time in five years. Each time the Cyclones were selected in the lower half of the Big 12 they finished fifth or better.
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 240 3-pointers so far this season.
- Seanna Johnson pulled in double-figure rebounds in 46 games in her career. Johnson has also scored in double figures in 88 games in her career and 25 games this season.
- Johnson has started every game of her career, which puts her at 120-straight starts.
- Johnson has had a double-double in 32 games in her career.
- Jadda Buckley has dished five or more assists in 53 career games, including 20 games this season.
- Buckley has netted double figures in 65 career games, and 23 games this season.
- ISU has shot 80 percent or better at the free-throw line in 16 games this season.
- Junior 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 strip off 3-point fouls in her career. She has been fouled 10 times this season beyond the arc and 15 in her career.
- The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 162 of the last 185 games, and have knocked down 10 or more triples in 13 of the last 26 games.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 703-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,460 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 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 nine of the last 10 NCAA Tournaments, one of just 15 teams nationally to do so.
Scouting The Orange
- Syracuse is 21-10 on the season and are fresh off a trip to the National Championship game last season where they fell to UConn.
- Syracuse enters Saturday's game ranked 15th in the nation in scoring offense. The Orange are led by Alexis Peterson who is averaging 23.5 points per game and is one of five finalists for the Nancy Lieberman award.
- Syracuse is also sixth in the nation in 3-pointers attempted with 920 on the season and are ninth in triples made netting 277. The Orange make 8.9 per game, which also ranks ninth nationally.
- Saturday marks the first meeting between the two squads.
Last Time Out
- The Iowa State women's basketball team fell to Kansas State in the Big 12 women's basketball Tournament, 74-67. The Cyclones struggled from the field, shooting just 33.3 percent in the loss to the Wildcats.
- Iowa State was led by Emily Durr who dropped a team-high 21 points and netted five triples. Heather Bowe and Seanna Johnson were the only other Cyclones to reach double figures with 13 and 12 points respectively.
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