AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team (9-12, 3-7 Big 12) returns home to take on No. 22 TCU (15-5, 6-3 Big 12) on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 6:30 p.m. The game marks the fifth-straight game for the Cyclones against a ranked opponent. Iowa State and TCU are tied 6-6 in the all-time series, with ISU owning a 4-2 edge inside Hilton Coliseum.
Where: Hilton Coliseum - Ames, Iowa
When: Tuesday Jan. 30 at 6:30Â 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 (9-12, 3-7 Big 12) returns home to take on No. 22 TCU (15-5, 6-3 Big 12) on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 6:30 p.m. The game marks the fifth-straight game for the Cyclones against a ranked opponent. Iowa State and TCU are tied 6-6 in the all-time series, with ISU owning a 4-2 edge inside Hilton Coliseum.
- Junior Bridget Carleton is the only power-5 player in the nation leading her team in points, rebounds and assists. The Chatham, Ontario, Canada native is averaging 19.0 points, 7.0 boards and 3.5 assists. She is also averaging 2.6 steals per game and 0.9 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 has 1,187 career points, and ranks 21st all-time in ISU history, and is nine away from 20th all-time and 14 away from 19th. She currently ranks seventh in school history in career scoring average, with 15.0 points per game. She trails Lindsey Wilson, who is in sixth with 15.1 points per contest.
- Iowa State ranks first in the Big 12 and is in the top-50 in the nation in 3-pointers per game (8.2). The Cyclones have four players who have netted over 25 triples on the years so far, leading the Big 12. Carleton leads the way with 44, followed by Emily Durr with 34 and Adriana Camber with 32. Madison Wise also has 28 on the season.
- Over the last three games, Durr has stepped up big for the Cyclones, averaging 17.0 points per game and netting 42.5 percent from the floor.
- Carleton picked up her Big 12-leading third Player of the Week honor on Monday after averaging 29.0 points and 7.0 rebounds on the week. She netted a career-high 39 points at No. 19 OSU, which is the third-highest single game output in school history. She has the most weekly honors of any active Big 12 player.
- 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 474-248 record at Iowa State and a 640-301 record in his 28-year career as a head coach. His 640 career wins lists him in the top-30 in the NCAA among active coaches.
Scouting The Horned Frogs
- After starting conference play 0-3, TCU has rattled off six-straight wins to ranks fourth in the Big 12 standings. TCU is also ranked No. 22 in the AP Poll.
- The Horned Frogs rank 20th nationally in assists with 370 on the year. They also ranks 13th in assists per game, dishing 18.5.
- Both Kianna Ray (2.03) and Amber Ramirez (1.82) rank in the top-100 nationally in assist-turnover ratio.
- Shooting 58.9 percent from the floor TCU's Jordan Moore ranks 19th nationally in field goal percentage. She also ranks fourth in the Big 12.
- TCU is looking for their first win in Ames since topping ISU 72-62 on Jan. 27, 2016.
- The Horned Frogs rank second in the Big 12 in 3-pointers per game, netting 7.5 per game.
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 173 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 41 points at the charity stripe off 3-point fouls in her career. She has been fouled once this season beyond the arc and 16 in her career.
- Durr has also netted 15 or more points in each of Iowa State's last three games.
- Bridget Carleton has scored in double figures in all 21 of Iowa State's games this season.
- The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 183 of the last 209 games, and have knocked down 10 or more triples in six games this season.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 725-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,652 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.