No. 20 Iowa State Looks For Sweep Of Texas Tech

Texas Tech

Lubbock, Texas -The 20th-ranked Iowa State women's basketball team (20-7, 10-5 Big 12) hits the road to take on Texas Tech (12-14, 3-12 Big 12) on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. on FSSW. Iowa State is looking for its sixth-straight win over Texas Tech on Tuesday. Iowa State is 21-14 all-time against the Lady Raiders and 5-10 on the road.

Where: United Supermarkets Arena - Lubbock, Texas
When: Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 6 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup: Bridget Carleton, Kristin Scott, Alexa Middleton, Madison Wise, Ashley Joens
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Dave Sprau, Brett Cooper
TV: FSSW

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The 20th-ranked Iowa State women's basketball team (20-7, 10-5 Big 12) hits the road to take on Texas Tech (12-14, 3-12 Big 12) on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. on FSSW. Iowa State is looking for its sixth-straight win over Texas Tech on Tuesday. Iowa State is 21-14 all-time against the Lady Raiders and 5-10 on the road.
ISU checks in at No. 20 in the AP Top 25 poll, after going 1-1 last week. Iowa State ranks No. 12 in the latest RPI projections and is ranked No. 3 in strength of schedule. ISU is also ranked No. 21 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. In the first NCAA Top-16 reveal the NCAA Women's Basketball Committee put Iowa State at 15th overall, making them a No. 4 seed in the Chicago regional.
Kristin Scott has been making waves in her sophomore campaign. She ranks fifth in the Big 12 in scoring (16.1 PPG) and sixth in rebounding (7.7 RPG) in conference games. She is currently No. 1 in the nation in 2-point field-goal percentage, knocking down 72.1 percent. Her 61.3 percent from the floor on the year ranks second in the Big 12 and 27th nationally.
According to HerHoopStats, Scott also checks in at No. 2 nationally in points per play (1.32), No. 2 in effective field-goal percentage (69.6%) and No. 3 in points per scoring attempt (1.43).
Bridget Carleton (1,970) is currently second in school history in scoring, she is 179 points behind all-time scoring leader Angie Welle (2,149), and just 30 points away from becoming the second player to reach 2,000 career points at ISU. She also holds the school record in scoring average, netting 17.0 points per game in her career and counting.
Carleton's 560 points currently ranks sixth on the ISU single-season scoring list. She is also on pace to break the ISU single-season scoring average record set by Angie Welle in 2002, 20.5 PPG. Carleton is also looking for be just the third Cyclone to lead the Big 12 in scoring, as Angie Welle (20.5, 2002) and Lindsey Wilson (19.2, 2003) completed the feat.
Ashley Joens has connected on 58 3-pointers this season, which ranks fourth all-time among ISU freshmen. With three triples against OU, Joens passed Carleton, who netted 55 her freshman year.
Iowa State is on pace to set a school record in points per game in a single season, averaging 81.1 PPG. The current record of 79.9 PPG was set in the 1999-00 season. Iowa State has already tied the 1999-00 team as the only two Big 12 teams to score 100 or more points on two conference opponents in a single season.
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 499-260 record at Iowa State and a 665-313 record in his 30-year career as a head coach. His 665 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). Iowa State netted nine triples in 14 games this season and have already netted 242 on the year.
Bridget Carleton has scored 20 or more points in ISU's last 12 of 15 games.
Kristin Scott has scored in double figures in 13 of ISU's 15 Big 12 games.
Alexa Middleton has dished five or more assists in seven of ISU's last nine games.
Iowa State is 15-2 at home on the season.
Iowa State has had six different Cyclones lead the team in scoring on the year and six Cyclones have scored in double figures three or more times.
Iowa State is 20-3 when three or more student athletes reach double figures.
The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 217 of the last 244 games.
Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 762-consecutive games, which is an NCAA record. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 5,992 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 20th-ranked Iowa State women's basketball team dropped just their second game in Hilton Coliseum to No. 1 Baylor, 73-60. Iowa State shot a season-low 31.7 percent in the loss.
Bridget Carleton and Alexa Middleton were the only Cyclones to reach double figures as Carleton collected 28 and Middleton netted 14 in the loss.

Players Mentioned

Bridget Carleton

Ashley Joens

Alexa Middleton

Kristin Scott

Madison Wise

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