On the ESPN flagship at 5:00.
Where: Alamodome - San Antonio, Texas
When: Monday, March 22 at 5 PM
Projected Starting Lineup: Kristin Scott, Ashley Joens, Kylie Feuerbach, Emily Ryan, Lexi Donarski
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Noah Wolf, Jamie Steyer
TV: ESPN
Talent: Courtney Lyle, Carolyn Peck
The Lead
Iowa State earned the No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament and is set to take on 10th-seeded Michigan State. The Cyclones earned their 19th appearance, all 19 of which have come under the direction of head coach Bill Fennelly. Iowa State and Michigan State have faced off once before in the NCAA Tournament, with ISU coming away with a 69-68 win, engineering the biggest comeback in school history to go to the Elite Eight in 2009.
Key Storylines
Where: Alamodome - San Antonio, Texas
When: Monday, March 22 at 5 PM
Projected Starting Lineup: Kristin Scott, Ashley Joens, Kylie Feuerbach, Emily Ryan, Lexi Donarski
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Noah Wolf, Jamie Steyer
TV: ESPN
Talent: Courtney Lyle, Carolyn Peck
The Lead
Iowa State earned the No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament and is set to take on 10th-seeded Michigan State. The Cyclones earned their 19th appearance, all 19 of which have come under the direction of head coach Bill Fennelly. Iowa State and Michigan State have faced off once before in the NCAA Tournament, with ISU coming away with a 69-68 win, engineering the biggest comeback in school history to go to the Elite Eight in 2009.
Key Storylines
- Ashley Joens earned Sports Illustrated Second-Team All-America honors this week. The junior is eighth in the nation in scoring, averaging 23.6 points a game. She currently ranks 11th in school history in scoring (1,615 points), and is the 11th player to reach 1,500 career points in school history. She was also the first active junior to reach 1,500 this season.
- Joens is one of two players in the nation averaging over 23+ points and 9.0+ rebounds per game, joining Big Ten Player of the Year Naz Hillmon.
- Lexi Donarski was the unanimous Big 12 Freshman of the Year, becoming the first Cyclone since 1998 (Megan Taylor) to earn the honor. Donarski was the only freshman to average double figures, with 12.9 points per game.
- Ashley Joens earned Unanimous All-Big 12 First-Team honors for the second-straight season, after leading the Big 12 in scoring for the second-straight year.
- Senior Kristin Scott earned Second-Team All-Big 12 honors for the second time in her career, while Emily Ryan was the only other unanimous selection to the All-Freshman Team.
- For the third-straight season, Iowa State has won 10 or more Big 12 games (2019-20, 10-8 and 2020-21, 13-5). ISU nabbed 12 wins in conference action for the eighth time in school history. ISU's 12 wins, ties for third in school history.
- In total 12 of Iowa State's 26 games this season were aganst team in the NCAA Tournament Field.