ISU Takes Five-Game Win Streak to No. 2 Oklahoma November 2 Buena Vista (Exh.) W, 74-37 9 Missouri Western St
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2008-09 SCHEDULE ISU Takes Five-Game Win Streak to No. 2 Oklahoma November 2 Buena Vista (exh.) W, 74-37 9 Missouri Western St. (exh.) W, 80-55 NO. 16 IOWA STATE (18-4; 6-2) VS. NO. 2 OKLAHOMA (20-2; 8-0) 16 UMKC W, 77-45 20 at Northern Iowa W, 79-54 Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009 • 7 p.m. 23 at Creighton W, 63-59 Norman, Okla. • Lloyd Noble Center (12,000) 28 ^vs. Prairie View A&M W, 75-59 Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfi eld 29 ^vs. No. 5/6 Stanford L, 45-83 Talent: Dave Sprau (pxp); Molly Parrott (color) 30 ^vs. San Diego State W, 87-71 Television: Sooner Sports Network December Webcast: ESPN360.com 7 %at Iowa (Big Ten) L, 46-66 11 Drake (Mediacom) W, 65-52 14 Detroit W, 75-39 21 Minnesota (Mediacom) W, 58-42 Cyclone Notebook 29 &Niagara W, 89-39 30 &North Dakota W, 76-46 The 16th-ranked Iowa State women’s basketball team will remain on the road as the January Cyclones travel to Norman, Okla., to face second-ranked Oklahoma at 7 p.m. Wednesday. 3 No. 20/19 Vanderbilt (Mediacom) W, 55-51 The game with the Sooners is the fourth this season for ISU against a Top 10 opponent. 7 IPFW W, 84-57 10 *No. 21/23 Okla. State (FSN) W, 63-55 Iowa State is ranked 16th in this week’s Associated Press Top 25. It is the Cyclones’ 14 *at No. 5/5 Baylor L, 57-68 highest ranking in the AP Poll since rising to a No. 14 ranking for one week during the 17 *at No. 17/14 Kansas State L, 52-59 2004-05 campaign. 21 *Missouri W, 65-42 24 *at Nebraska (FSN) W, 62-48 The Cyclones’ game against No. 14/12 Kansas State on Jan. 31 began a stretch of four 31 *No. 14/12 Kansas State W, 60-50 out of fi ve games against ranked teams for ISU. Iowa State won the fi rst two in the stretch, February 4 *No. 10/4 Texas A&M W, 67-50 knocking of KSU and No. 10/4 Texas A&M. After taking their only break from a ranked 7 *at Colorado (FSN RM) W, 53-47 team Saturday at Colorado, the Cyclones now fi nish that stretch against No. 2 Oklahoma 11 *at No. 2/2 Oklahoma 7 p.m. and No. 13 Texas. 15 *No. 13 Texas (ESPN2) 2:30 p.m. 18 *Nebraska (FSN MW) 7 p.m. Iowa State has won its last fi ve consecutive games, marking the longest Big 12 regu- 22 *at Kansas (FSN) Noon lar-season winning streak for the Cyclones since winning fi ve straight to end the 2006-07 25 *Colorado 7 p.m. 28 *at Texas Tech 8 p.m. March 2008-09 IOWA STATE CYCLONES 3 *at Missouri 6:30 p.m. Probable Starters 7 *Kansas 7 p.m. No-Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Pts. Reb. Asst. 12-15 #at Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship 15-Heather Ezell G 5-9 Sr. Springfi eld, Mo. 12.6 3.0 3.1 Home games in bold; All times CST *Big 12 Conference game Hit seven treys and led ISU with 25 points vs. No. 10/4 Texas A&M; 1,206 career points. ^Waikiki Beach Marriott Classic, Honolulu, Hawaii 4-Alison Lacey G 6-0 Jr. Canberra, Australia 9.8 5.5 3.3 &American Family Insurance Cyclone Challenge, Ames, Iowa Led Iowa State with 14 points (four treys), seven assists and six steals at Nebraska. %Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series #Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, Oklahoma City, Okla. 11-Kelsey Bolte G 6-1 So. Ida Grove, Iowa 9.9 4.7 1.4 Scored 20 points to lead Cyclones at No. 5 Baylor and No. 17 Kansas State. 32-Amanda Nisleit F 6-0 Sr. Woodbury, Minn. 7.8 5.0 1.1 Added 10 points (4-6), two rebounds and two assists vs. No. 10/4 Texas A&M. 5-Nicky Wieben F 6-4 Sr. Ankeny, Iowa 9.4 5.0 1.3* NEW ATHLETICS IDENTITY Contributed 18 points, including two treys, in win at Colorado; 1,086 career points. Iowa State’s athletics teams are boasting Off the Bench a new logo starting with the 2008-09 aca- 2-Whitney Williams G 5-7 Fr. Ft. Worth, Texas 2.8 1.0 1.3 demic year. The new mark is a part of a new 3-Alexis Yackley G 5-7 Fr. Onida, S.D. 2.5 0.6 0.9 athletics identity for Cyclone athletics. To 10-Denae Stuckey G 5-8 Jr. Kansas City, Kan. 0.9 2.9 0.7 gain access to the new logo please contact 13-Anna Florzak G 5-10 Jr. Kansas City, Mo. 2.0 0.7 0.1 22-Genesis Lightbourne F 6-0 Jr. Las Vegas, Nev. 1.9 2.1 0.2 the Athletics Communications offi ce at 515- 23-Claire Rockall G 5-10 Fr. Oranmore, Ireland 0.2 1.1 0.4 294-3372. 30-Shellie Mosman G 5-10 Jr. Carroll, Iowa 0.0 0.3 0.2 31-Ashley Arlen F 6-1 Fr. Cascade, Iowa 4.2 3.7 0.5* 41-Toccara Ross F 5-9 Sr. Davenport, Iowa 2.6 1.9 0.2* 44-Jocelyn Anderson F/C 6-4 Sr. Gowrie, Iowa 3.3 1.9 0.7* *-blocks HC: Bill Fennelly (William Penn College, 1979) Record at ISU: 298-136/14 Overall: 464-189/21 Assoc. HC: Jack Easley (Missouri Valley College, 1977) Assts.: Jodi Steyer (Colorado State, 1989), Latoja Schaben (Toledo, 1994) Dir. of BB Operations: Josh Carper (Iowa State, 2007) Graduate Asst.: Molly Parrott (Central College, 2002) Contact Erin Smith, Associate Director for Communications Iowa State University Athletics Jacobson Athletic Building Ames, IA 50011-1140 515-294-5778 cyclones.com regular season. ISU stretched that streak to eight at the Big 12 Championship. Head Coach Bill Fennelly Following the game at Oklahoma, Iowa State will return home on Sunday, Feb. 15, for a nationally televised game (ESPN2) against No. 13 Texas in the Cyclones’ Pink Head coach Bill Fennelly put Zone game. Fans are encouraged to pack Hilton Coliseum in pink as a part of the Iowa State on the women’s basketball map, orchestrating WBCA initiative to raise breast cancer awareness. one of the biggest turnarounds Iowa State’s 12-2 non-conference mark ranked fourth among Big 12 squads this in women’s basketball history. season. The Cyclones have posted four wins over ranked teams and they have all come With exceptional personnel and at home. They include wins against 20th-ranked Vanderbilt (55-51), No. 21 Oklaho- an explosive offensive scheme, Cyclone women’s basketball ma State (63-55), No. 14/12 Kansas State (60-50) and No. 10/4 Texas A&M (67-50). has become a perennial national Iowa State is 6-2 in the Big 12 this season, with both league losses coming on the powerhouse. road against teams ranked in the Top 20 (No. 5/5 Baylor, No. 17/14 Kansas State). ISU President Gregory Geoffroy and Athletics ISU seniors Heather Ezell and Nicky Wieben have each joined the 1,000-point Director Jamie Pollard recognized and rewarded Fennelly for his exceptional contributions to Iowa club this season. They became the 19th and 20th players, respectively, in ISU history State by awarding him a lifetime contract following to reach the monumental mark. Ezell reached her 1,000th career point against Drake, the 2006-07 campaign. and Wieben cleared the hurdle against IPFW. Junior Alison Lacey also needs just 39 Fennelly took over an ISU program that had points to become the third Cyclone this season to join the club. only fi ve winning seasons in its 22-year history, and has led the Cyclones to 11 postseason tourna- Iowa State won a string of eight straight games from Dec. 11 through Jan. 10. ment appearances, including a 1999 NCAA Elite The Cyclones have won 40 straight regular-season non-conference contests at Hilton Eight berth, NCAA Sweet 16 games in 2000 and Coliseum. The Cyclones have not lost a regular-season non-conference game at home 2001 and the Final Four round of the 2004 WNIT. since the 2003-04 season (Washington). Fennelly’s Cyclones captured the only league cham- ISU is in its 36th season of women’s basketball and its 14th season under head pionships in program history, winning back-to-back Big 12 Conference Tournament championships in coach Bill Fennelly. Iowa State is 536-488 in school history. 2000 and 2001 and earning a share of the regular- Iowa State is coming off a 21-13 campaign in 2007-08. The Cyclones made it to season crown in 2000. the second round of the NCAA Championship a year ago, defeating Georgia Tech in The dean of Big 12 coaches, Fennelly is the the fi rst round and falling to Rutgers in the second. ISU fi nished 7-9 in the Big 12 for a only ISU coach to turn in 12 winning seasons and owns the program’s best winning percentage seventh-place tie with Texas in the fi nal league standings. The Cyclones made it to the (.680). His phenomenal accomplishments at Iowa Big 12 Championship semifi nals by defeating Colorado, 76-50, and 15th-ranked and State have been recognized nationally. He is a regular-season Big 12 champ Kansas State, 66-65, in an overtime thriller.