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Follow us on twitter (@CycloneWBB) for daily news and notes on Iowa State Women’s Basketball. #Cyclones Like us on Facebook! Just search Iowa State Women’s Basketball. 2011-12 SCHEDULE Cyclones Face Oklahoma In Play 4 Kay Game November 1 Coe College (exh.) W, 87-33 IOWA STATE (15-9, 6-7) VS. OKLAHOMA (17-8, 9-4) 6 Rockhurst (exh.) W, 79-29 11 Houston Baptist W, 73-33 Feb. 18, 2012 • 7 p.m. 15 at Drake (Mediacom) W, 71-64 Ames, Iowa • Hilton Coliseum (14,376) 20 Northern Arizona W, 65-41 Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield 25 ^vs. No. 17 Penn State L, 66-59 Talent: Rich Fellingham (pxp); Molly Parrott (color) 26 ^vs. Butler W, 64-44 TV: Mediacom December 4 %at Michigan L, 56-49 Talent: B.J. Schaben (pxp); Lyndsey Fennelly (color) 7 &Iowa (Mediacom) W, 62-54 Live stats: Available at cyclones.com 11 Mississippi Valley State W, 77-47 Live Video: cyclones.com Live blog: cyclones.com 20 Northern Iowa (Mediacom) W, 84-57 29 +New Hampshire W, 71-57 30 +Buffalo W, 65-45 January Cyclone Notebook 4 *at Oklahoma L, 80-51 u Iowa State enters Saturday’s game having won four of its last five and six of its last eight, in- 7 *No. 1 Baylor (Mediacom TD) L, 57-45 cluding four in a row at home. The Cyclones are currently tied for fifth in the league with Kansas. 11 *at Kansas L, 74-67 (2OT) u Saturday’s game is a Play 4 Kay pink game. Iowa State will wear white uniforms with pink trim 14 *No. 12 Texas A&M L, 59-33 18 *at Texas (Longhorn) L, 62-60 along with pink shoes to raise awareness and funds for cancer research. 22 *No. 17 Texas Tech (FSN) W, 66-49 u The Cyclones are 11-2 at home this season and 4-2 in Big 12 play. The home losses have come 25 *at Kansas State W, 66-57 at the hands of top-ranked Baylor and defending national champion Texas A&M. 29 *at No. 14 Texas A&M (FSN) L, 66-64 u The Cyclones used their best shooting half of the season (60 percent second half) to erase a February two-point halftime deficit and beat Kansas 66-47 Wednesday night at Hilton Coliseum. Iowa State 1 *Oklahoma State W, 73-52 4 *Texas W, 71-56 owned a 38-22 edge on the glass, its highest rebounding edge in Big 12 play this season. 8 *at Missouri (Mediacom) W, 65-52 u Chelsea Poppens finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds to record her 20th career double- 12 *at Texas Tech (ESPN2) L, 51-41 double (12th this season). Hallie Christofferson was also in double figures with 14 points, while 15 *Kansas W, 66-47 Chassidy Cole finished with a career-high 11 assists to go along with six points and eight boards. 18 *Oklahoma (Mediacom) 7 p.m. u Poppens needs just 88 points to become the 23rd member of Iowa State’s 1,000-point club. 21 *Missouri (Mediacom) 7 p.m. 25 *at Oklahoma State 7 p.m. u Poppens has also moved into the top-five list for junior class rebounding with 255 boards this 29 *Kansas State (Mediacom) 7 p.m. season, which ranks fourth. She needs one more rebound to match Toccara Ross’ total in 2007. March u Brynn Williamson has 40 threes this season, just five shy of joining the top-five for three- 3 *at Baylor (FSN) 11 a.m. pointers made by a freshman. 7-10 #Big 12 Championships Home games in bold; All times CST *Big 12 Conference game ^Nugget Classic, Reno, Nev. 2011-12 IOWA STATE CYCLONES %Big 12/Big Ten Challenge Possible Starters &Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series +Cyclone Challenge, Ames, Iowa No-Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown Pts. Reb. Asst. #Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, Kansas City, Mo. 4-Nikki Moody G 5-8 Fr. Euless, Texas 9.4 3.4 4.2 Leads Big 12 rookies with 4.4 assists per game; three-time Big 12 Freshman of the Week. 5-Hallie Christofferson F 6-3 So. Hamlin, Iowa 10.4 6.0 0.8* Leading 3-point shooter in Big 12 in conference games only at 46.3 percent; scored 14 points vs. Kansas. 10-Lauren Mansfield G 5-7 Sr. Adelaide, Australia 6.9 3.2 3.2 IOWA STATE QUICK FACTS Scored nine points, all in the second half, against Kansas; recorded 24th career game with 5+ assists. Founded ............................................................... 1858 23-Chassidy Cole G 5-8 Sr. Amarillo, Texas 1.9 3.3 2.7 Enrollment ........................................................ 29,887 Dished out career-best 11 assists vs. Kansas; grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds at Missouri. Nickname ......................................................Cyclones 33-Chelsea Poppens F 6-2 Jr. Aplington, Iowa 14.7 11.1 1.2# School Colors .......................................Cardinal and Gold Two-time Big 12 Player of the Week; only Big 12 player averaging double-double. Arena ........................James H. Hilton Coliseum (14,376) Off the Bench President ................................................. Dr. Steven Leath 2-Melissa Youngblut G/F 5-11 Fr. Davenport, Iowa 0.0 0.5 0.3# Director of Athletics ................................... Jamie Pollard 3-Kelsey Harris G 5-10 So. Brea, Calif. 2.2 0.9 0.5 Website ......................................................... cyclones.com 21-Kileah Mays C 6-1 Fr. Duncanville, Texas 1.3 2.0 0.3* 22-Brynn Williamson G/F 5-11 Fr. Kansas City, Mo. 6.5 2.0 0.9# PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 24-Elly Arganbright G 5-6 So. Panora, Iowa 0.0 0.1 0.1# 32-Fallon Ellis G/F 5-11 Fr. Missouri City, Texas 2.7 3.1 0.3 Bill Fennelly .....................................................FEN-lee 42-Amanda Zimmerman F 6-1 Jr. Huxley, Iowa 1.9 1.3 0.3 Hallie Christofferson .............................................HAL-lee 55-Anna Prins C 6-7 Jr. Broomfield, Colo. 7.9 3.9 0.6* Chassidy Cole ............................................... CHASS-i-dee *-blocks; #-steals Fallon Ellis ....................................................................fal-lin Kileah Mays ...................................................... cah-LEE-ah HC: Bill Fennelly (William Penn College, 1979) Record at ISU: 369-169/17 Overall: 535-222/24 Chelsea Poppens .................................chel-SEE POP-ins Assoc. HC: Jack Easley (Missouri Valley College, 1977) Assts.: Jodi Steyer (Colorado State, Anna Prins ............................................................... PRENZ 1989), Latoja Schaben (Toledo, 1994) Dir. of BB Operations: Josh Carper (Iowa State, 2007) Brynn Williamson .........................................................brin Dir. of Player Development: Billy Fennelly (Iowa State, 2007) Graduate Asst.: Steven Fennelly Melissa Youngblut ......................................YOUNG-bluht (Iowa State, 2011) Contact Matt Shoultz, Assistant Director for Communications Iowa State University Athletics 515-520-7642 [email protected] All-America Candidate CHELSEA POPPENS #popp4allamerica www.tinyurl.com/popp4allamerica - Two-time Big 12 Player of the Week “I don’t know that I’ve ever seen a performance, unless it - Cyclone Challenge (MVP) and Nugget Classic All-Tournament Team. was an NBA game on TV, like what Chelsea Poppens did in the second half (20 pts-8 reb). She is a walking, breath- - Only player in Big 12 averaging a double-double (14.7 points-11.1 re- bounds). ing example of what can happen in your life if you do things really hard.” - Tied for Big 12 lead with 12 double-doubles. Her six in league games - Head coach Bill Fennelly following Poppens’ 27-point, leads all players. 10-rebound performance against Texas - Leads Big 12 in rebounding (11.1) and offensive rebounds (4.8). - Ranks among top-10 in league in scoring (8th-14.7), rebounding (1st-11.1), “She’s a blue-collar player, the kind we all love. She works field goal percentage (5th-51.9), offensive rebounding (1st-4.8) and defen- the entire possession, every possession.” sive rebounding (2nd-6.3). - Texas head coach Gail Goestenkors - Ninth nationally in rebounding and 26th in field goal percentage. “She’s my favorite player in the league. She plays the way - Has posted six 20+ point games, four of which have come against Big 12 opponents. it ought to be played. She plays the game with respect, she competes all the time, plays extremely hard.” - Has recorded double-digit rebounds in 14 games, including five games with 15 or more boards. - Oklahoma State head coach Jim Littell - Has led the Cyclones in rebounding in 51 of her 89 career games. - Is averaging 14.7 points per game after entering the season as a career 8.7 ppg scorer. - One of just three players (Chiney Ogwumike, Stanford; Nnemkadi Ogwu- mike, Stanford) in a BCS conference to rank among the top-30 nationally in rebounds and field goal percentage. Poppens’ Game-by-Game Min FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off-Reb A Stl Pts Avg. HOUSTON BAPTIST 17 1-4 .250 4-4 1.000 5-11 1 0 6 6.0 at Drake 30 6-12 .500 6-6 1.000 2-8 0 0 18 12.0 NORTHERN ARIZONA 23 7-9 .778 4-5 .800 4-11 0 3 18 14.0 vs. Penn State 16 3-8 .375 5-13 .385 6-17 1 1 11 13.3 vs. Butler 25 10-13 .769 3-4 .750 5-12 1 2 23 15.2 at Michigan 32 4-4 1.000 1-2 .500 7-11 2 1 9 14.2 IOWA 25 5-14 .357 0--0 .000 5-9 1 0 10 13.6 MISS. VALLEY STATE DNP-INJ. NORTHERN IOWA 20 9-12 .750 2-4 .500 6-14 4 0 20 14.4 NEW HAMPSHIRE 29 3-10 .300 8-10 .800 8-16 1 1 14 14.3 BUFFALO 25 8-13 .615 3-4 .750 7-13 1 4 19 14.8 at Oklahoma 24 4-6 .667 4-5 .800 2-7 1 1 12 14.5 BAYLOR 37 1-7 .143 0-3 .000 2-8 2 6 2 13.5 at Kansas 43 8-13 .615 8-10 .800 6-15 2 3 24 14.3 TEXAS A&M 24 4-9 .444 2-3 .667 5-8 0 1 10 14.0 at Texas 27 1-11 .091 7-8 .875 4-7 1 1 9 13.7 TEXAS TECH 30 3-6 .500 4-4 1.000 4-15 1 0 10 13.4 at Kansas State 32 10-14 .714 3-5 .600 4-9 2 0 23 14.0 at Texas A&M 36 9-15 .600 4-5 .800 5-9 2 0 22 14.4 OKLAHOMA STATE 30 4-13 .308 3-6 .500 4-16 1 0 11 14.3 TEXAS 24 9-11 .818 9-11 .818 5-10 1 0 27 14.9 at Missouri 29 4-11 .364 3-5 .600 2-10 1 1 11 14.7 at Texas Tech 25 4-7 .571 4-6 .667 4-7 0 1 12 14.6 KANSAS 26 7-17 .412 3-4 .750 8-12 1 2 17 14.7 Totals 629 124-239 .519 90-127 .709 110-255 27 28 338 14.7 6-2 • Junior • Forward • Aplington, Iowa • Kinesiology Major u Christofferson is shooting a Big 12-best 46.3 Head Coach Bill Fennelly percent from behind the arc in league play.