No. 9 ISU Welcomes TTU for Play4Kay Game

AMES, Iowa - No. 9 Iowa State will look to maintain its spot atop the Big 12 standings on Saturday against Texas Tech in a 1 p.m. meeting with the Lady Raiders. The Cyclones picked up their sixth Big 12 road win of the season with an 85-59 victory at Kansas Wednesday night, matching the program record for regular season wins at 23.

The Matchup: No. 9 Iowa State (23-4, 12-3 Big 12) vs. Texas Tech (10-16, 3-12 Big 12)
Where: Ames, Iowa - Hilton Coliseum (14,267)
When: Saturday, Feb. 26, 1 p.m.
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Varsity Radio App
Talent: Noah Wolf (PxP), Jamie Steyer Johnson (Analyst)
TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Talent: Brent Blum (PxP), Lyndsey Fennelly (Analyst)
Webcast: WatchESPN
Live Stats: Cyclonestats.com

Tickets: Tickets are still available for Saturday's contest against the Lady Raiders. Click here to purchase.

KEY STORYLINES
-This is the fifth time Iowa State has picked up 23 regular season (prior to conference tournament wins), also doing so in 1997-98, 2008-09, 2009-10 and 2018-19. All have come under the guidance of head coach Bill Fennelly.
-With a win on Saturday, Iowa State would match its program record for conference wins in a season with 13 (1999-00 and 2018-19).
-ISU's victory on Wednesday also meant the 2021-22 version of the Cyclones joined the 1999-00 and 2018-19 squads as the only teams in program history to pick up six league road wins in a season.
-Iowa State hit 17 3-pointers on Wednesday at KU, the 13th time under Fennelly ISU has drained at least 17 treys in a game and the fourth time this season.
-ISU has 292 treys on the season, needing just 12 more to set a new single-season program record (303, 2018-19).
-Along with the barrage of 3-pointers, Iowa State is the most efficiet 3-point shooting team in the nation, leading the country with a 39.4 percent 3-point shooting percentage.
-Joens became Iowa State's all-time leading scorer at Texas (Feb. 16), surpassing Angie Welle's previous record of 2,149 points. She enters Wednesday's contest with 2,206 career points.
-With three more points, Joens can enter the Big 12's all-time top-10 for career points (10th place: Kalani Brown, Baylor, 2,209).
-With one more rebound, Joens can become the fourth player in ISU history to reach 1,000 career rebounds.
-Emily Ryan is third in the country with 7.2 assists per contest, dishing out at least 10 six times this season.

LAST TIME OUT
-No. 9 Iowa State claimed its sixth Big 12 road win of the season with an emphatic 85-59 victory at Kansas on Wednesday night. The victory allowed ISU to match its record for regular season wins in a season and conference road wins in a season.
-Iowa State connected on 17 3-pointers in the contest, the fourth time this season ISU has hit at least 17 treys.
-Ashley Joens recorded her 13th double-double of the season, posting a game-high 22 points and 11 rebounds. She hit five 3-pointers in the contest.
-Lexi Donarski notched her fifth 20-point game of the season, with 21 points on 7-of-10 shooting, including five 3-pointers.
-Emily Ryan got her fourth double-double of the year with 10 points and 11 assists. She has six 10+ assist contests on the season.
-Beatriz Jordão, making a start in place of Morgan Kane (non-Covid illness), got 10 points in the game.

To read the complete release, click here.

Next Event

Players Mentioned

Lexi Donarski

Ashley Joens

Morgan Kane

Emily Ryan

Sponsors

Iowa State University Athletics