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Iowa State University Athletics
Sunday, November 4
Ames, Iowa
2:00 PM
Iowa State
vs
Winona State
Cyclones Host Winona State To Close Exhibition Play
11.02.2018 | Women's Basketball
AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team (0-0, 0-0 Big 12) returns to Hilton Coliseum on Sunday night at 2 p.m. when it takes on Winona State (0-0, 0-0 NSIC) in the final exhibition game. Iowa State is looking for its 38th-straight exhibition win. Iowa State will officially begin the 2018-19 season in the Preseason WNIT on Friday, Nov. 9 when it takes on Niagara at noon.Â
Where: Hilton Coliseum - Ames, Iowa
When:Â Sunday Nov. 4 at 2Â p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup: Bridget Carleton, Madison Wise, Ashley Joens, Meredith Burkhall, Alexa Middleton
Radio:Â Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent:Â Brent Blum & Chris Williams
TV:Â Cyclones.tv
Cyclone Quick Hits
- The Iowa State women's basketball team will officially begin the 46th season in program history on Friday, Nov. 9Â when it takes on Niagara at noon, but first the Cyclones will get another tune up with Winona State (Sunday, Nov. 4). Iowa State grabbed a win over Southwest Baptist, 90-51, on Thursday night to kick things off.
- Iowa State is looking for its 38th-straight exhibition win against Winona State on Sunday afternoon.
- Senior Bridget Carleton became just the ninth Cyclone in school history and the first since 2014 to be named an honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press since 2017-18.
- Carleton enters the 2018-19 season with several preseason honors under her belt. She earned a place on the Preseason All-Big 12 team and was recently named to the Cheryl Miller Award watch list. Last season, Carleton was a top-10 finalist for the award.
- The 2018-19 team welcomes seven new faces to the roster who are all eligible to participate this season. Notably, the Cyclones welcome Alexa Middleton, a transfer from Tennessee, Inés Nezerwa, who is a native of Burundi and played for Jacksonville college. Ashley Joens also joins ISU as a freshman. In the offseason, Joens captured a gold medal for USA Basketball's U18 team and was the team captain.
- Iowa State returns three starters from last season in Carleton, Madison Wise and Meredith Burkhall. In all, Iowa State returns 73.8 percent of its scoring, 70.6 percent of its rebounding and 64.8 percent of its assists from the 2017-18 campaign.
- Last season, both Kristin Scott and Wise finished in the top-two among Big 12 freshmen in rebounds per game, finishing with 5.2 and 4.5 respectively.
- The 2018-19 season marks the 24th in the tenure of Bill Fennelly. Fennelly has led Iowa State to 17 NCAA Tournament appearances. Fennelly boasts a 479-253 record at Iowa State and a 645-306 record in his 29-year career as a head coach. His 645 career wins lists him in the top-30 in the NCAA among active coaches.
Streaks and Trends
- Iowa State has hit 200 3-pointers in a season for an NCAA record 15-straight years (2003-04-present). Iowa State netted 270 in 2017-18.
- Iowa State has won 23-straight season openers under head coach Bill Fennelly.
- Iowa State has won 37-straight exhibition games.
- Bridget Carleton scored in double figures in all 31 of Iowa State's games last season.
- The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 190 of the last 217 games.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 735-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,749 threes. That is equal to 7.82 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 10 seasons.
- The Cyclones have made 10 of the last 12 NCAA Tournaments, one of just 19 teams nationally to do so.
Quick Facts
- Iowa State has 14 players on its roster from eight different states (Iowa, Ohio, Minnesota, Utah, Indiana, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia) and four different countries (Canada, Australia, Burundi and Sweden).
- Iowa State returned three starters from last season in Carleton, Wise and Burkhall. In all, Iowa State returns 73.8 percent of its scoring, 70.6 percent of its rebounding and 64.8 percent of its assists for the 2017-18 campaign.
- Carleton was named preseason All-Big 12 for the 2018-19 season and she was also named to the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List for the second-straight season.
Last Time Out
- The Iowa State women's basketball team nabbed their 37th-straight exhibition win with a 90-51 victory over Southwest Baptist.
- After a slow start, the Cyclones outscored the Bearcats 27-9 in the third quarter to give themselves a much-needed cushion. Iowa State was led by Bridget Carleton with 17 points, siz assists and five boards. Kristin Scott came away with a double-double with 16 points and 10 boards. Inés Nezerwa (14) and Madison Wise (12) rounded out the Cyclones in double figures.
- As a team, ISU outrebounded SBU 58-34 and shot 43.4 percent from the field in the win. All 14 student-athletes saw action against SBU.
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