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BoxsterCy

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Sooner are nothing like the teams Sherri used to bring into Hilton. They have a NCAA NET of #86 and are 4-5 with their early NC disrupted by Covid postponements within their program and now have had an additional three games in Big 12 play postponed. Their last two scheduled games were 86'd by Covid and they haven't played in two weeks. They are 1-3 in conference, beating only Tech by one point.

Not your Paris sisters, this is definitely a team in the conference deep into the Big 12 second tier. They can shoot the three some by are dead last in the Big 12 in defense over all season games. Their season highlight so far is Madi Williams dropping 45 on WVU in a game they lost 18 points. We should score a bunch. Should not be that close of a game if we just bring our regular game tonight.

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Where: Hilton Coliseum- Ames, Iowa
When: Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 6:30 PM
Projected Starting Lineup: Kristin Scott, Ashley Joens, Kylie Feuerbach, Emily Ryan, Lexi Donarski
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Noah Wolf, Molly Parrott
TV: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
Talent: John Walters, Lyndsey Fennelly

The Lead
No. 24 Iowa State returns to Hilton Coliseum to take on Oklahoma on Tuesday, Jan. 19 at 6:30 p.m. on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. The Cyclones are fresh off a win at No. 6 Baylor in Waco, snapping the Lady Bears 61-game home win streak, earning espnW's Team of the Week. ISU sits atop the Big 12 standings at 5-1. ISU is looking to win its fourth-straight Big 12 game.

Key Storylines
  • Junior Ashley Joens is eighth in the nation in scoring, averaging 24.6 points a game. Joens was most recently named to the Wooden Award Midseason Top 25, which honors the nation's top player.
  • Joens joins Michigan's Naz Hillmon as the only two players in the country averaging over 24.0 PPG, 8.5 RPG and shooting 47 percent from the field.
  • Iowa State returned to the national rankings wat No. 24 after going 2-0 on the week, defeating Oklahoma State and winning at No. 6 Baylor.
  • Iowa State leads the Big 12 in scoring offense in conference games. The Cyclones have scored a Big 12 leading 84.1 points a game through six games in league play, nearly 10 points higher than Baylor in second, 74.3 PPG.
  • Iowa State women's basketball is ranked 22nd in the NET rankings. Iowa State has played 13 games this season, which is 10th in the nation. Of ISU's 13 games, seven have been on the road, while ISU's nine wins also ranks in the top-20 nationally.
  • Iowa State is 5-1 in Big 12 action, marking its best start in conference play since the 2004-05 season.
Snappin' Streaks
  • The Iowa State women's basketball team snapped the Lady Bears 61-game home win streak with a 75-71 win over BU.
  • The win marked the first time Iowa State has won a game in Waco since 1997.
  • Few Big 12 teams have grabbed a win over Baylor in the last six seasons, as Baylor has lost just seven Big 12 games in that span, three of which have been to the Cyclones. No team has defeated BU twice in that span.
  • Iowa State has now won back-to-back games against Baylor for the first times since winning in 1997 and then in the 1998-99 season.
 
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The Sooner take from Soonersports.com:

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FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
  • The Oklahoma women's basketball team is on the road Tuesday at Iowa State for its first game since Jan. 6. OU postponed two games due to COVID-19 and contact tracing protocol within the program and will work with the Big 12 Conference to reschedule games with TCU and Texas originally scheduled for
    Jan. 9 and Jan. 12, respectively.
  • OU leads the all-time series with Iowa State 40-27 and is 7-3 in the last 10 games with the Cyclones.Iowa State hold a 15-13 advantage in Ames.
  • The Sooners notched 75-74 win at Texas Tech in their last outing. After trailing by as many as nine points late in the fourth quarter, OU used a late surge to power past the Lady Raiders. Taylor Robertson finished that game with 24 points and 7-for-10 shooting from beyond the arc and Gabby Gregory scored 12 of her 16 points on the night in the fourth quarter to lift the Sooners to victory.
  • Madi Williams is quickly approaching 1,000 career points. The junior has tallied a total of 971 points headed into Tuesday's game and has scored 138 this season.
  • As a team, Oklahoma is shooting 46.1% (236-for-514) from the floor this season to rank third in field goal percentage among Big 12 teams. The Sooners lead the league in 3FG% at 39.0% (69-for-177). Three players are averaging points in double figures: Madi Williams (23.0), Gabby Gregory (16.7) and Taylor Robertson (14.4).
SERIES BREAKDOWN
OU leads the all-time series with Iowa State 40-28. The Cyclones hold a 16-13 advantage in Ames and have won the last two meetings between the teams there. OU is 7-3 in the last 10 meetings and the teams split last season's series with the home team coming out on top in both contests.

WILLIAMS APPROACHING 1,000
Junior Madi Williams is approaching 1,000 career points. Williams has tallied 971 in her time at OU headed into Tuesday's game. Williams is averaging 23.0 points per game this season, headlined by a record-breaking 45-point outing against West Virginia on Jan. 3.

When she hits the milestone, Williams will become the 38th player in program history to join the 1,000 points club and will be the third member of the 2020-21 roster with a place there. Senior Ana Llanusa and junior Taylor Robertson both reached their 1,000th career points milestones in 2019-20.

#25 GOES FOR 45
Madi Williams dropped 45 points against West Virginia in Norman on Jan. 3 to capture the OU single-game scoring record and score the most points in a DI women's basketball game this season.

Williams passed OU's all-time leading scorer and current assistant coach Courtney Paris on the all-time single-game scoring list. Paris' held the previous record of 43 which she set in 2006.

Williams' performance was wildly efficient. The junior shot 17-for-30 (.567) from the floor, 3-for-7 (.429) from deep and 8-for-9 (.889) from the charity stripe. Williams nearly doubled her previous career high of 26 points as she accounted for 62.5% of Oklahoma's
scoring on the contest.

Additionally, Williams' 45 points against WVU were good for the most in a game by a Division I women's basketball player this season, as were her 17 field goals. Williams was one point shy of tying the Division I men's basketball 2020-21 single-game high of 46 points set by D'Moi Hodge of Cleveland State on Dec. 26.

GOOD, GABBY!
Sophomore Gabby Gregory has been a staple in the Sooners' lineup this season, averaging 38.1 minutes per game (good for 11th nationally and first among Big 12 players). She has amassed 343:01 minutes and has played all 40 minutes of five of the Sooners' 10 contests.

Gregory is averaging 16.7 points per game and ranks 11th in the Big 12 in scoring. Her 43.4% (46-for-106) FG% also ranks 11th among players in the league. Additionally, Gregory has been a force at the free throw line where she has knocked down 41 of 50 shots (82.0%) this season to lead the Sooners and rank fifth in the Big 12.
 
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Over/under for first mention of "Jackie Stiles and Emily Ryan are from the same HS?" Or "And dad Stiles coached Ryan!" I am going with 3 minutes 1st quarter. If it wasn't on the Plus and with Walters in the booth I'd go with ESPN pre-game and 0 minutes and than another half dozen mentions. ;)

And might play the "gym rat" drinking game. Need something to replace the old George Niang "YMCA", "old man game" and "Nerlen Noel" drinking game.
 

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Over/under for first mention of "Jackie Stiles and Emily Ryan are from the same HS?" Or "And dad Stiles coached Ryan!" I am going with 3 minutes 1st quarter. If it wasn't on the Plus and with Walters in the booth I'd go with ESPN pre-game and 0 minutes and than another half dozen mentions. ;)

Walters or not, I'm taking the under.
 
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The Sooner take from Soonersports.com:

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FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
  • The Oklahoma women's basketball team is on the road Tuesday at Iowa State for its first game since Jan. 6. OU postponed two games due to COVID-19 and contact tracing protocol within the program and will work with the Big 12 Conference to reschedule games with TCU and Texas originally scheduled for
    Jan. 9 and Jan. 12, respectively.
  • OU leads the all-time series with Iowa State 40-27 and is 7-3 in the last 10 games with the Cyclones.Iowa State hold a 15-13 advantage in Ames.
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SERIES BREAKDOWN
OU leads the all-time series with Iowa State 40-28. The Cyclones hold a 16-13 advantage in Ames and have won the last two meetings between the teams there. OU is 7-3 in the last 10 meetings and the teams split last season's series with the home team coming out on top in both contests.

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It looks like OU could use some ISU grads in their SID.
 

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Here's some of my pregame thoughts. We need to contain their "big three" (Madi Williams. Taylor Robertson and Gabby Gregory ), especially do not allow Taylor Robertson to get into her rhythm. OU leads the conference in 3-pointer field goal % so we need to limit their good looks from the 3-point line. The transition D must be solid. OU is turnover-prone so the sisters must capture those opportunities to get some easy points. Roll Clones!

ISU Score Over/Under: 85
Game Total Points Over/Under: 150
ISU Three Pointers Made Over/Under: 11.5
 

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The charcoal gray uniforms are making their season debut tonight. I also wish the ladies could wear the gold uniforms as the men do from time to time.

 

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I also wish the ladies could wear the gold uniforms as the men do from time to time.

They don't have golds, and haven't for a long time. Bill was incredibly superstitious about wearing that color, even when it was part of the uniform set.
 
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I'm new to the forum. Could you elaborate why Coach Fen doesn't like the gold uniforms?

They were worn very seldom, and it usually had to be a really big game -- like conference tournament/conference championship type big.

I think the last time they were worn was in 2008 against KSU in Kansas City. The following season, they got a new uniform set due to the new logos and it was just white and cardinal (not counting the breast cancer pink one-offs).

The first version of gray didn't come around until 2013...
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...with the current darker gray coming along in January 2019:

 
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Coincidentally, today's Coach Sherri Coale's 56th birthday. That might give their players a little extra motivation.
 

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They were worn very seldom, and it usually had to be a really big game -- like conference tournament/conference championship type big.

I think the last time they were worn was in 2008 against KSU in Kansas City. The following season, they got a new uniform set due to the new logos and it was just white and cardinal (not counting the breast cancer pink one-offs).

The first version of gray didn't come around until 2013...
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...with the current darker gray coming along in January 2019:



Uniforms are one thing I don't worry about, I liked that video though.