No. 19 Cyclones to Play No. 1 Baylor for Title Tonight

Big 12 tournament

OKLAHOMA CITY - No. 19 Iowa State (25-7, 13-5 Big 12) will take on No. 1 Baylor (30-1, 18-0 Big 12) for the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women's Basketball Championship title tonight at 8 p.m. at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Once again, tonight's contest will be televised on FS1. ISU will be looking to claim its third Big 12 Women's Basketball tournament title and its first since 2001.

Where: Chesapeake Energy Arena - Oklahoma City, Okla.
When: Monday, March 11, 8 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup: Bridget Carleton, Kristin Scott, Alexa Middleton, Madison Wise, Ashley Joens
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Brent Blum, Lyndsey Fennelly
TV: FS1
Talent: Ron Thulin, Brenda VanLengen

Cyclone Quick Hits

The 19th-ranked Iowa State women's basketball team (25-7, 13-5 Big 12) advances to the Big 12 women's basketball tournament championship final for the first time since 2013 and is set to take on Baylor (30-1, 18-0 Big 12) on Monday, March 11 at 8 p.m. on FS1. Iowa State earned its 25th win of the season against Texas in the semifinals, marking the first time the Cyclones have reached 25 wins in a season since 2009-10.
Senior Bridget Carleton was named the Big 12 Player of the Year on Wednesday by the league's coaches. Carleton is averaging a league-leading 21.7 points, 8.7 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.3 blocks. She is the first Cyclone in school history to earn Big 12 Player of the Year honors.
ISU checks in at No. 19 in this week's AP Top 25 poll after going 2-0 last week and moving into second in the Big 12 standings. Iowa State ranks No. 12 in the latest RPI projections and is ranked No. 3 in strength of schedule. ISU is also ranked No. 19 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. In the second NCAA Top-16 reveal the NCAA Women's Basketball Committee put Iowa State at 14th overall, making them a No. 4 seed in the Chicago Regional.
Carleton (2,075) is currently second in school history in scoring, she is 74 points behind all-time scoring leader Angie Welle (2,149). She also holds the school record in scoring average, netting 17.2 points per game in her career and counting.
Carleton's 693 points this season breaks the school record of 676 set in 2002 by Welle. She is also on pace to break the ISU single-season scoring average record also set by Welle in 2002 (20.5 PPG), as she is averaging 21.7 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.
Kristin Scott has been making waves in her sophomore campaign. She ranks 10th in the Big 12 in scoring (15.2 PPG) and seventh in rebounding (7.9 RPG) in conference games. She was named second-team All-Big 12 for her efforts. She is currently No. 2 in the nation in 2-point field-goal percentage, knocking down 70.1 percent. Her 58.1 percent from the floor on the year ranks second in the Big 12.
Ashley Joens, who was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team, has connected on 70 3-pointers this season, which ranks first all-time among ISU freshmen. Joens needs just two more to pass Heather Ezell (2006) who netted 69 in her freshman campaign.
Iowa State is on pace to set a school record in points per game in a single season, averaging 80.0 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 504-260 record at Iowa State and a 670-313 record in his 30-year career as a head coach. His 670 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 18 games this season and have already netted 289 on the year.
Bridget Carleton has scored 20 or more points in 15 of ISU's last 20 games, and averaged at least 20.0 points per game against every league opponent during conference action.
Kristin Scott has scored in double figures in 17 of ISU's last 20 games.
Alexa Middleton has dished five or more assists in 10 of ISU's last 15 games.
Iowa State is 16-2 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 24-3 when three or more student athletes reach double figures.
The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 221 of the last 249 games.
Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 767-consecutive games, which is an NCAA record. In that time (since Feb. 18, 1995), ISU has hit 6,020 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 nine of the last 11 seasons.
The Cyclones have made 10 of the last 12 NCAA Tournaments, one of just 19 teams nationally to do so.

Cyclones in the Big 12 Tournament

Iowa State advanced to the Big 12 title game for the first time since 2013 after Sunday night's 75-69 win over Texas. Overall Iowa State is 27-21 in the Big 12 tournament.
ISU is 7-6 all-time in Oklahoma City in the Big 12 Tournament. The Cyclones are 1-3 against the Lady Bears in the Big 12 Tournament. Baylor's last loss to a Big 12 opponent came in the 2017 title game against West Virginia

Last Time Out

The 19th-ranked Iowa State women's basketball advanced to the Big 12 championship game for the first time since 2013 with a 75-69 win over No. 3 seed Texas. The Cyclones broke open a 64-64 game with a 7-0 run to get ahead for good and continue their stay in Oklahoma City.
ISU was led by Alexa Middleton, who had her best game as a Cyclone with 24 points on 9-of-15 shooting. Bridget Carleton notched seven of her 17 points in the fourth quarter, and finished with a double-double by adding 10 boards. Ashley Joens posted her first career double-double, recording 13 points and a team-high 12 rebounds.

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