No. 2 Seed Iowa State Set For Big 12 Tournament

Big 12 tournament

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. - The 19th-ranked Iowa State women's basketball team (23-7, 13-5 Big 12) heads to the Big 12 women's basketball tournament as the No. 2 seed and is set to take on the winner of No. 7 Oklahoma State vs. No. 10 Kansas. The Cyclones will square off against the Cowgirls or Jayhawks on Saturday, March 9 at 6 p.m. on FSN. Iowa State earned the No. 2 seed for the first time since the 2012-13 season. ISU's 13 Big 12 wins also ties the school record set in 2000. ISU's 23 regular-season wins also ties the school record, set five different times.

Where: Chesapeake Energy Arena - Oklahoma City, Okla.
When: Saturday, March 9, 6 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: FSN
Talent: Ron Thulin, Brenda VanLengen

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The 19th-ranked Iowa State women's basketball team (23-7, 13-5 Big 12) heads to the Big 12 women's basketball tournament as the No. 2 seed and is set to take on the winner of No. 7 Oklahoma State vs. No. 10 Kansas. The Cyclones will square off against the Cowgirls or Jayhawks on Saturday, March 9 at 6 p.m. on FSN. Iowa State earned the No. 2 seed for the first time since the 2012-13 season. ISU's 13 Big 12 wins also ties the school record set in 2000. ISU's 23 regular-season wins also ties the school record, set five different times.
Senior Bridget Carleton was named the Big 12 Player of the Year on Wednesday by the league's coaches. Carleton averaged a league-leading 21.9 points, 8.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 2.3 steals and 1.4 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 (2,040) is currently second in school history in scoring, she is 109 points behind all-time scoring leader Angie Welle (2,149). She also holds the school record in scoring average, netting 17.1 points per game in her career and counting.
Carleton's 658 points this season currently ranks second on the ISU scoring list, just 18 points behind Welle's 676 in 2002. 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 21.9 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 66 3-pointers this season, which ranks second all-time among ISU freshmen. Joens needs just four 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 80.2 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 502-260 record at Iowa State and a 668-313 record in his 30-year career as a head coach. His 668 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 16 games this season and have already netted 268 on the year.
Bridget Carleton has scored 20 or more points in 15 of ISU's last 18 games, and averaged at least 20.0 points per game against every league opponent.
Kristin Scott has scored in double figures in 16 of ISU's 18 Big 12 games.
Alexa Middleton has dished five or more assists in eight of ISU's last 13 games.
Iowa State is 16-1 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 22-3 when three or more student athletes reach double figures.
The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 219 of the last 247 games.
Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 765-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.

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 19th-ranked Iowa State women's basketball collected its 13th Big 12 win of the season, tying the school record set in 2000. The Cyclones also finished second in the Big 12 with a 13-5 league record as ISU topped Kansas 69-49.
ISU was led by Bridget Carleton. who finished with 20 points, 11 rebounds four steals and three blocks. Ashley Joens tallied13 points, while Kristin Scott (12) and Madison Wise (11) rounded out the Cyclones in double figures.

Players Mentioned

Bridget Carleton

Ashley Joens

Alexa Middleton

Kristin Scott

Madison Wise

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