Cyclones To Face Wildcats In Big 12 Action

AMES, Iowa- The Iowa State women's basketball team (7-8, 1-3 Big 12) is set to take on Kansas State (9-6, 1-3 Big 12) on Wednesday, Jan. 10 at 6:30 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum. The game will air on Cyclones.tv. Iowa State is 38-51 all-time against Kansas State, but holds a 22-17 advantage against the Wildcats in Hilton Coliseum. ISU split with KSU last year, winning in Ames 75-69. The Cyclones are looking to get back on track against the Wildcats after facing two top-15 teams on the road in Big 12 action.

Where: Hilton Coliseum - Ames, Iowa
When: Wednesday Jan. 10 at 6:30 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup: Bridget Carleton, Madison Wise, Adriana Camber, Bride Kennedy-Hopoate, Emily Durr
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP); Molly Parrott (color)

Cyclone Quick Hits

The Iowa State women's basketball team (7-8, 1-3 Big 12) is set to take on Kansas State (9-6, 1-3 Big 12) on Wednesday, Jan. 10 at 6:30 p.m. in Hilton Coliseum. The game will air on Cyclones.tv. Iowa State is 38-51 all-time against Kansas State, but holds a 22-17 advantage against the Wildcats in Hilton Coliseum. ISU split with KSU last year, winning in Ames 75-69.
Junior Bridget Carleton is the only power-5 player in the nation averaging 18.0 points, 6.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 0.5 blocks per game. The Chatham, Ontario, Canada native is averaging 18.5 points, 6.9 boards and 3.8 assists. She is also averaging 2.5 steals per game and 1.0 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 1,066 career points, ranking 28th all-time in ISU history and nine away from passing Etta Burns (1,074). Carleton eclipsed 1,000 career points in ISU's game vs. Kansas. She currently ranks seventh in school history in career scoring average, with 14.6 points per game, passing all-time great Megan Taylor (14.1), who sits in eighth.
Iowa State ranks first in the Big 12 and is in the top seven percent in the nation in 3-pointers per game (8.3). The Cyclones have four players who have netted over 20 triples on the years so far, with Carleton and Adriana Camber leading the way with 29, followed by Emily Durr with 23 and Madison Wise with 20 on the season.
Kristin Scott leads the Cyclones with 7.2 rebounds per game. She ranks 10th in the Big 12 and first among Big 12 freshmen in boards per game.
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 472-244 record at Iowa State and a 638-297 record in his 28-year career as a head coach. His 638 career wins lists him in the top-30 in the NCAA among active coaches.

Scouting The Wildcats

Kansas State is currently 9-6 on the year and 1-3 in Big 12 play, notching their first Big 12 win at No. 12 WVU.
The Wildcats own eight games on the season in which they have scored 25 percent or more of their points off turnovers.
Guard Shaelyn Martin has drawn a school record 81 charges in her career.
Kansas State has recorded an assist on 64.0 percent of their made field goals this season and average 15.5 assists per game.
The Wildcats lead the Big 12 in fewest fouls per game, averaging just 14.0.
Kansas State has handed out 20 or more assists in four games this season. In the last 12 years, the Wildcats are 54-2 when they have at least 20 assists as a team.

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 125 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.
Bridget Carleton has scored in double figures in all 15 of Iowa State's games this season.
Bride Kennedy Hopoate has made her last 16-straight free throws dating back to ISU's game against UC Riverside. She is also 6-of-6 in Big 12 action.
The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 177 of the last 203 games, and have knocked down 10 or more triples in five games this season.
Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 719-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,604 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.

Players Mentioned

Adriana Camber

Bridget Carleton

Emily Durr

Bride Kennedy-Hopoate

Kristin Scott

Madison Wise

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