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Iowa State University Athletics
Iowa State Faces Test At TCU Sunday
02.14.2020 | Women's Basketball
FORT WORTH, Texas -Â The Iowa State women's basketball team (15-8, 7-5, Big 12) looks for its fourth-straight Big 12 win when it travels to TCU (17-5, 8-3 Big 12) on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 12 p.m. on FSN. The Cyclones trail the all-time series, 9-8, and have won two of the seven meetings at TCU. Iowa State looks to avoid the sweep, having lost 77-74 to TCU in Ames in January.
Where: Schollmaier Arena - Fort Worth, Texas
When:Â Sunday, Feb. 16 at 12 p.m.
Projected Starting Lineup:Â Rae Johnson, Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw, Ashley Joens, Adriana Camber, Kristin Scott
Radio:Â Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Brent Blum, Lyndsey Fennelly
TV:Â FSN
Talent: Tracy Warren, Monica McNutt
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Cyclone Quick Hits
- The Iowa State women's basketball team (15-8, 7-5, Big 12) looks for its fourth-straight Big 12 win when it travels to TCU (17-5, 8-3 Big 12) on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 12 p.m. on FSN. The Cyclones trail the all-time series, 9-8, and have won two of the seven meetings at TCU. Iowa State looks to avoid the sweep, having lost 77-74 to TCU in Ames in January.
- Sophomore Ashley Joens, has turned heads so far into her sophomore campaign. Recently she was named to the Naismith Midseason Top 30 list and the Cheryl Miller Award Top-10. Joens is currently averaging a double-double with 21.3 points and 10.4 rebounds and has claimed a league-high five Big 12 weekly honors. Joens also ranks seventh in the league in field-goal percentage, 45.7 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 quard 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 first nationally in free throws made (152), and second-nationally in free throws attempted (187).
- Junior Kristin Scott has put together her best season as a Cyclone, and was named a Top-10 Finalist for the Lisa Leslie Award, which honors the nation's best center. Scott is currently second on the team in scoring, averaging 15.0 points. Scott is also second in rebounding, averaging 7.4 boards per game. Scott has kicked things up a notch since the start of Big 12 play averaging 17.0 points and shot 52.9 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 18.9 points, with Scott sixth with 17.0 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 46.2 percent. Both rank thirdd and sixth.
- Senior Adriana Camber has stepped up big in conference action, she ranks third in the Big 12 in 3-point percentage in league contests, shooting at a 42.9 percent clip from beyond the arc. Camber is also averaging 2.25 a game in conference action, which is fourth.
- Since 1999-00, only seven Division I guards or guard/forwards have averaged over 20.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and shot 45.0 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 520-270 record at Iowa State and a 686-323 record in his 32-year career as a head coach. His 686 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 188 so far this season. Iowa State hit a season-high 16 3-pointers at Texas Tech.
- Ashley Joens has reached double figures in all 23 of ISU's games this season.
- Joens has also scored 20 or more points in 13 of ISU's last 21 games.
- Joens has recorded a double-double in nine of the last 14 games for Iowa State.
- Kristin Scott has reached double-figures in 12 of Iowa State's last 13 games.
- Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw has reached double-figures in four of ISU's last six games.
- The Cyclones hit at least five threes in 242 of the last 273 games, and every game this season.
- Iowa State has hit a 3-pointer in 793-consecutive games, which is an NCAA record. In that time (since Feb. 19, 1995), ISU has hit 6,241 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 grabbed a lead over the Longhorns and never looked back in Austin. ISU would lead by as many as 22 with a minute to go against UT, avoiding the sweep.
- `Both teams struggled for much of the game, with ISU committing 26 turnovers and Texas shooting just 26.9 percent from the field. The Longhorns also took 28 more shots than Iowa State, but the Cyclones' lead proved too much for UT to overcome.
- Iowa State was led by Ashley Joens who scored 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds, and Kristin Scott netted 20 points and nabbed seven boards. Rae Johnson added 10 points and Jade Thurmon netted nine in 17 minutes of action.
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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