Cyclones Host Hawkeyes Wednesday

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AMES, Iowa -The Iowa State women's basketball team (6-1, 0-0, Big 12) returns to Hilton Coliseum to take on Iowa (6-2, 0-0 Big Ten) in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. on FS1. Iowa State is riding a five-game win streak entering Wednesday's matchup.

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Where: Hilton Coliseum - Ames, Iowa
When: Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup: Rae Johnson, Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw, Ashley Joens, Inés Nezerwa, Kristin Scott
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Chris Williams & Lyndsey Fennelly
TV: FS1
Talent: Ron Thulin, Stacey Dales

Cyclone Quick Hits

The Iowa State women's basketball team (6-1, 0-0, Big 12) returns to Hilton Coliseum to take on Iowa (6-2, 0-0 Big Ten) in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. on FS1. Iowa State is riding a five-game win streak entering Wednesday's matchup.
Iowa State is 13-10 all-time against Iowa under head coach Bill Fennelly. The Cyclones are also 10-1 against Iowa at home under Fennelly, with its lone loss coming in 2017-18, 61-55. The Cyclones hold a 7-5 advantage as well when both teams are unranked.
Sophomore Ashley Joens, is off to a historic start to her sophomore season, in ISU's game against Texas Southern she became the first player in Iowa State women's basketball history to record a 30-20 game. She netted 30 points and hauled in 20 rebounds against TSU. Her 16 free throws made also tied the school record for free throws made in a game. Her 20 rebounds are also tied for third in school history. More impressive, she is one of four Big 12 players to score 30 or more points and grab 20 or more rebounds in a game since 1999-00, joining Danielle Crockrom, Brittney Griner and Courtney Paris.
Joens is currently first in the Big 12 in scoring and 10th in the nation, averaging 21.9 points per game, while her 10.1 rebounds ranks sixth in the Big 12 and 21st nationally. Joens is the only player in the NCAA averaging over 20.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and shooting over 40 percent from the floor.
Joens also has a knack for getting to the free-throw line. She ranks 11th in free throws made (50), and 28th in free throws attempted (55).Her 90.9 percent at the charity stripe also ranks 19th nationally.
Junior Kristin Scott picked up right where she left off last season, earning a spot on the Preseason All-Big 12 team. Scott is currently second on the team in scoring, averaging 13.7 points, despite playing limited minutes earlier this season. Scott is also second in rebounding, averaging 6.3 boards per game.
Joens and Scott each found themselves on a pair of preseason watch lists, with Joens being named to the Cheryl Miller Award Watch List, which honors the nation's top small forward. Scott on the other hand, was named to the Lisa Leslie Watch List, which honors the country's best center. Scott is the first Cyclone to be named to the Lisa Leslie Watch List. Scott is also on the Citizen Naismith Trophy Watch List, which honors the nation's top player.
Junior Rae Johnson is third in the Big 12 in assists per game, averaging 4.7. Johnson has dished five or more assists in three games this season.
The 2019-20 season marks the 25th in the tenure of Bill Fennelly. Fennelly has led Iowa State to 18 NCAA Tournament appearances. Fennelly boasts a 511-263 record at Iowa State and a 677-316 record in his 32-year career as a head coach. His 677 career wins lists him in the top-15 in the NCAA among active coaches in Division I and in the top-50 winningest coaches all-time.

Streaks and Trends

Iowa State has hit 200 3-pointers in a season for an NCAA record 16-straight years (2003-04-present). ISU already has 52 so far this season.
Ashley Joens has reached double figures in all seven of ISU's games this season.
Joens has also scored 20 or more points in four of ISU's last five games.
The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 229 of the last 259 games, and every game this season.
Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 777-consecutive games, which is an NCAA record. In that time (since Feb. 19, 1995), ISU has hit 6,106 threes. That is equal to 7.86 three-pointers per game for the last 25 years.
The Cyclones finished in the upper half of the Big 12 nine times in the last 11 seasons.
The Cyclones have made 11 of the last 13 NCAA Tournaments, one of just 15 teams nationally to do so.

Last Time Out

The Iowa State women's basketball team grabbed a 75-66 win over Alabama in the Big 12/SEC Challenge on Thursday. The Cyclones placed four in double figures as they powered past the Crimson tide. The Cyclones amassed as much as a 16-point lead against UA.
Kristin Scott led Iowa State with her second 20-point outing of the season. She netted 20 points, eight rebounds and dished three assists, while shooting 50 percent from the floor. Rae Johnson also stepped up for the Cyclones, netted 17 points and dishing eight dimes. Ines Nezerwa (13) and Ashley Joens (12) rounded out the Cyclones in double figures.
ISU shot 43.8 percent from the floor and outrebounded the Crimson Tide 38-33.

Quick Facts

Iowa State has 14 players on its roster from eight different states (Iowa, Ohio, Minnesota, Utah, Indiana, Illinois, Texas and Virginia) and three different countries (Australia, Burundi and Sweden).
Iowa State returned three starters from last season in Wise, Scott and Joens. In all, Iowa State returned 53.7 percent of its scoring, 56.3 percent of its rebounding and 39.1 percent of its assists from last season.

Players Mentioned

Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw

Ashley Joens

Rae Johnson

Kristin Scott

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