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Iowa State University Athletics
No. 20 Iowa State Squares Off With No. 18 Texas In Austin
03.01.2019 | Women's Basketball
Austin, Texas - The 20th-ranked Iowa State women's basketball team (21-7, 11-5 Big 12) hits the road to take on Texas (21-7, 11-5 Big 12) on Saturday, March 2 at 7 p.m. on LHN. Iowa State is looking to avoid the season sweep as UT grabbed a narrow 64-62 win in Hilton Coliseum. ISU and UT are tied 18-18 in the all-time series and Iowa State is 5-10 all-time in Austin. Iowa State is also in search of its sixth Big 12 road win, which would mark the first time since 1999-00 ISU has notched six Big 12 wins on the road.
Where:Â Frank Erwin Center - Austin, Texas
When: Saturday, March 2, 7 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup: Bridget Carleton, Kristin Scott, Alexa Middleton, Madison Wise, Ashley Joens
Radio:Â Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Chris Williams, Lyndsey Fennelly
TV:Â LHN
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Cyclone Quick Hits
- The 20th-ranked Iowa State women's basketball team (21-7, 11-5 Big 12) hits the road to take on Texas (21-7, 11-5 Big 12) on Saturday, March 2 at 7 p.m. on LHN. Iowa State is looking to avoid the season sweep as UT grabbed a narrow 64-62 win in Hilton Coliseum. ISU and UT are tied 18-18 in the all-time series and Iowa State is 5-10 all-time in Austin. Iowa State is also in search of its sixth Big 12 road win, which would mark the first time since 1999-00 ISU has notched six Big 12 wins 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. 22 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 (15.7 PPG) and sixth in rebounding (7.6 RPG) in conference games. She is currently No. 3 in the nation in 2-point field-goal percentage, knocking down 70.8 percent. Her 59.2 percent from the floor on the year ranks third in the Big 12.
- According to HerHoopStats, Scott also checks in at No. 2 nationally in points per play (1.28), No. 6 in effective field-goal percentage (67.5%) and No. 4 in points per scoring attempt (1.39).
- Bridget Carleton (1,997) is currently second in school history in scoring, she is 152 points behind all-time scoring leader Angie Welle (2,149), and just three 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 17.1 points per game in her career and counting.
- Carleton's 615 points currently ranks third 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), as she is averaging 22.0 PPG. Carleton is also looking to 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 59 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. She needs just three to pass Megan Taylor (61).
- Iowa State is on pace to set a school record in points per game in a single season, averaging 80.5 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 500-260 record at Iowa State and a 666-313 record in his 30-year career as a head coach. His 666 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 15 games this season and have already netted 252 on the year.
- Bridget Carleton has scored 20 or more points in ISU's last 13 of 16 games.
- Kristin Scott has scored in double figures in 14 of ISU's 16 Big 12 games.
- Alexa Middleton has dished five or more assists in seven of ISU's last 10 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 218 of the last 245 games.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 763-consecutive games, which is an NCAA record. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 6,002 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 grabbed a thrilling victory in Lubbock. The Cyclones trailed much of the game and found themselves down by 11 in the 4th quarter. However the team fought back with a late rally, led by Bridget Carleton.
- After a clutch 3-pointer by Kristin Scott to bring ISU within two, 62-60, Carleton delivered the game-tying and game-winning layup with 3.1 seconds on the clock. Ashley Joens provided solid defense on the last-second shot by Chrislynn Carr to secure the Cyclones' 64-62 win.
- The win also gave head coach Bill Fennelly his 500th victory at Iowa State. The Cyclones were led by Carleton who scored all 27 of her points in the second half. She also added 11 rebounds, four assists, four blocks and three steals.
- Kristin Scott added 10 points and seven boards, while Joens added nine points and eight rebounds.
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