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Iowa State Travels To Austin To Face Texas
02.11.2020 | Women's Basketball
AUSTIN, Texas -The Iowa State women's basketball team (14-8, 6-5, Big 12) looks for its third-straight Big 12 win when it travels to Texas (15-7, 7-3 Big 12) on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. on LHN. The Cyclones lead the all-time series 20-18, and are 6-9 at the Erwin Center. Iowa State is looking to avoid the sweep, having lost against UT 81-75. Iowa State is 3-2 in the last five meetings in Austin.
Where: Frank Erwin Center - Austin, Texas
When:Â Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup:Â Rae Johnson, Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw, Ashley Joens, Adriana Camber, Kristin Scott
Radio:Â Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: BJ Schaben, Lyndsey Fennelly
TV:Â LHN
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Cyclone Quick Hits
- The Iowa State women's basketball team (14-8, 6-5, Big 12) looks for its third-straight Big 12 win when it travels to Texas (15-7, 7-3 Big 12) on Wednesday, Feb. 12 at 7 p.m. on LHN. The Cyclones lead the all-time series 20-18, and are 6-9 at the Erwin Center. Iowa State is looking to avoid the sweep, having lost against UT 81-75. Iowa State is 3-2 in the last five meetings in Austin.
- Sophomore Ashley Joens, is off to a historic start to her sophomore season, and is currently averaging a double-double with 21.3 points and 10.5 rebounds and has claimed a league-high five Big 12 weekly honors. Joens also ranks seventh in the league in field-goal percentage, 46.4 percent. She has the highest field-goal percentage of any Big 12 guard.
- Joens is currently first in the Big 12 in scoring and fourth in the nation, averaging 21.3 points per game, while her 10.5 rebounds ranks fourth in the Big 12 and 17th nationally, the most of any guard in the league. Joens remains the only player in the NCAA averaging over 20.0 points, 10.0 rebounds. Joens is also the only player in the Big 12 ranking in the top-5 in points and rebounds for the season.
- Joens also has a knack for getting to the free-throw line, as she leads the nation with 173 fouls drawn. As a result, she ranks second nationally in free throws made (143), and second-nationally in free throws attempted (176).
- 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 14.7 points. Scott is also second in rebounding, averaging 7.2 boards per game. Scott has kicked things up a notch since the start of Big 12 play averaging 16.7 points and shot 52.0 percent from the field in Big 12 action.
- Joens and Scott have been one of the best one-two punches in the Big 12. Joens ranks fourth in conference play with 18.5 points, with Scott sixth with 16.7 points per game. The duo are also two of the most efficient in league play, with Scott connecting on 52.0 percent of her shots and Joens 46.6 percent. Both rank second and fifth.
- Senior Adriana Camber is third in the Big 12 in 3-point percentage in league contests, shooting at a 44.3 percent clip from beyond the arc. Camber is also averaging 2.45 a game in conference action, which is fourth in the conference.
- Since 1999-00, only seven Division I guards or guard/forwards have averaged over 20.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and shot 46.0 percent from the floor. Joens is currently on pace to do so. She joins Delaware's Elena Delle Donne and former Big 12 Player of the Year Brittney Martin as two of the women's basketball players on the list.
- 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 519-270 record at Iowa State and a 685-323 record in his 32-year career as a head coach. His 685 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 182 so far this season. Iowa State hit a season-high 16 3-pointers at Texas Tech.
- Ashley Joens has reached double figures in all 22 of ISU's games this season.
- Joens has also scored 20 or more points in 12 of ISU's last 20 games.
- Joens has recorded a double-double in nine of the last 13 games for Iowa State.
- Kristin Scott has reached double-figures in 11 of Iowa State's last 12 games.
- Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw has reached double-figures in four of ISU's last five games.
- The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 241 of the last 272 games, and every game this season.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 792-consecutive games, which is an NCAA record. In that time (since Feb. 19, 1995), ISU has hit 6,235 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 avoided the sweep against the Sooners, 63-59. The Cyclones struggled offensively, but held OU to 33.9 percent from the field. ISU held as much as a 15-point lead, but OU erased it and turned it into a 4-point ISU deficit with 4:28 to go. ISU would go on an 8-0 run to seal the game.
- Kristin Scott led ISU in scoring with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Scott also added three blocks to her stat line. Ashley Joens was incredible, netting 17 points and 15 rebounds. She exited the game in the third quarter with a dislocated shoulder and returned to score seven points and grab seven 4th quarter rebounds.
- Lastly, Adriana Camber (12) rounded out the Cyclones in double figures. She went 3-of-6 from long range.
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.
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