Cyclones Face No. 6 Texas On Senior Night

AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women's basketball team (12-15, 6-10 Big 12) returns home to face No. 6 Texas(22-5, 13-3 Big 12) on Saturday, Feb. 24 at 5 p.m. on FSN. Saturday's game will serve as Senior Night for Emily Durr and Claire Ricketts. The Cyclones are looking to avoid the season sweep against UT, after falling in Austin, 87-55. Iowa State leads the series 18-15 and is 10-4 all-time against Texas in Hilton Coliseum.

Where: Hilton Coliseum - Ames, Iowa
When: Saturday, Feb. 24 at 5 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup: Bridget Carleton, Madison Wise, Adriana Camber, Claire Ricketts, Emily Durr
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (PxP); Molly Parrott (color)
TV: FSN
Talent: Ron Thulin (PxP); Brenda VanLengen (color)

Cyclone Quick Hits

The Iowa State women's basketball team (12-15, 6-10 Big 12) returns home to face No. 6 Texas(22-5, 13-3 Big 12) on Saturday, Feb. 24 at 5 p.m. on FSN. Saturday's game will serve as Senior Night for Emily Durr and Claire Ricketts. The Cyclones are looking to avoid the season sweep against UT, after falling in Austin, 87-55. Iowa State leads the series 18-15 and is 10-4 all-time against Texas in Hilton Coliseum.
Junior Bridget Carleton is one of 10 players in the nation named to the Cheryl Miller Award Finalist List, which honors the nation's top small forward.
Carleton has 1,293 career points, and ranks 17th all-time in ISU history, and is 46 away from 16th. She currently ranks sixth in school history in career scoring average, with 15.2 points per game. She trails Jayme Olson, who is in fifth with 15.5 points per contest.
Carleton is also poised to break into the ISU single-season record book as she is just 10 points away from ranking in the top-10 in school history for points in a season. Her 18.7 points per game currently ranks fourth in the single-season record book. She also needs just one steals to tie for 10th in school history.
With 307 points in Big 12 action, Carleton is set to break the school record for most point in conference play. Lindsey Wilson currently holds the record with 333 in 2002-03. She also needs just five steals to break the record for most steals in conference action (37).
Emily Durr has been playing her best basketball of her career over the last nine games. She is averaging 17.6 points per game and has scored 15 or more points in eight of the last nine games and 20 or more in four of the last nine.
Iowa State ranks first in the Big 12 and is ranked 22nd in the nation in 3-pointers per game (8.8). The Cyclones have four players who have netted over 40 triples on the years so far, leading the Big 12. Carleton leads the way with 59, followed by Durr with 49, Adriana Camber with 45 and Madison Wise with 42 on the season. Iowa State is one of just three teams to have four or more players with 40+ triples and one of three power-5 schools (FGCU & DePaul).
Wise currently ranks first in the Big 12 in 3-point field-goal percentage, knocking down 43.3 percent from downtown. The freshman has knocked down 42 from beyond-the-arc on the year.
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 477-251 record at Iowa State and a 643-304 record in his 28-year career as a head coach. His 643 career wins lists him in the top-30 in the NCAA among active coaches.

Last Time Out

The Iowa State women's basketball team (12-15, 6-10 Big 12) fell to Oklahoma, 80-71 in Norman. The Cyclones hung with the Sooners throughout much of the game, but were unable to overcome OU.
The Cyclones were led by Emily Durr, who scored a team-high 22 points and dished four assists. Bridget Carleton rounded out the Cyclones in double figures with 19. The Cyclones shot 41.3 percent from the floor and netted 14 triples, but it wasn't enough to halt OU's hot-shooting night, as they netted 53.6 percent from the floor.

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 has netted 238 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 45 points at the charity stripe off 3-point fouls in her career. She has been fouled twice this season beyond the arc and 17 in her career.
Durr has also netted 15 or more points in eight of Iowa State's last nine games.
Bridget Carleton has scored in double figures in all 27 of Iowa State's games this season.
The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 189 of the last 215 games, and have knocked down 10 or more triples in 11 games this season.
Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 731-consecutive games. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,717 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

Claire Ricketts

Madison Wise

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