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Iowa State ...
Is it just improvement from the players they already had or did they bring in some new talent ?

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ASHLEY JOENS

"The highly touted freshman is playing great on offense, producing on defense and living up to the high hopes fans had for her when she came to Iowa State. In fact, she's one of the biggest reasons the No. 22 Cyclones are 13-2 on the season and 3-0 in Big 12 Conference play. The former Iowa City High star was named Miss Iowa Basketball and the state's Gatorade Player of the Year. Head coach Bill Fennelly wasted no time utilizing her, plugging Joens into his starting lineup and giving her the green light to shoot whenever she gets a good look.

Fennelly said it has helped the Bridget Carleton and Alexa Middleton, both seniors, have taken Joens under their wing, becoming mentors to the young star. Fennelly even sees a lot of similarities in Joens and Carleton, who had her share of ups and downs during her freshman season.

During Iowa State's 92-54 win over Texas Christian on Wednesday night, Joens matched a career high 22 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the field."

Quotes from Bill Fennelly

"She said to me, 'Coach, I get upset when I can't do something. And I said, 'Ash, you can do it, you just can't do it yet.'"

"We're challenging her to be a great basketball player not just stay on the wing and when Bridget (Carleton) throws it to you, shoot it. And she's embraced that. She gets it."


Link to entire article by Tommy Birch, Des Moines Register, 10 Jan 2019
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa-state/basketball-womens/2019/01/10/iowa-state-cyclones-womens-basketball-city-high-graduate-ashley-joens-coach-bill-fennelly/2529763002/

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^^^ This Iowa St situation is not good!!!

92-54 over TCU after thrashing K St is arguably in Baylor territory if not higher, much higher

uh oh

They may be very underrated and with that freshman they could get stronger as season goes on

Good news is they may kill UT too

Bill has had a down couple of years but he has come roaring back... Now OU needs to step their game, nothing since the Paris sisters.

Thursday, Jan 3

UConn 57 @ Baylor 68
https://baylorbears.com/news/2019/1/3/womens-basketball-no-8-7-wbb-knocks-off-no-1-1-uconn.aspx

What Went Wrong In UConn Loss To Baylor

by Daniel Connolly and Megan Gauer
Jan 4, 2019

Link to entire article
https://www.theuconnblog.com/2019/1/4/18167864/what-went-wrong-in-uconn-womens-basketballs-loss-to-baylor-lady-bears

Excerpt
"UConn women's basketball lost for the third time in the last four years on Thursday night. The No. 8 Baylor Lady Bears knocked off the No. 1 Huskies, 68-57, giving Geno Auriemma his first regular season loss since 2014. Not a single player on the UConn roster had lost a game as a Husky until Thursday night.

The Huskies' last two losses took herculean efforts that involved overtime and incredible game-winning shots. Baylor won by 11 points and really wasn't threatened much in the second half.

Here's what went wrong down in Waco, Texas

Baylor Overwhelmed UConn With Their Size

UConn Didn't Have Any Answers On The Bench"

UConn Put Up A Historically Bad Shooting Performance

Saturday, Jan 5

Iowa State 82 @ Kansas 73
https://cyclones.com/news/2019/1/5/womens-basketball-carleton-guides-no-25-cyclones-to-82-73-win-at-ku.aspx

https://kuathletics.com/news/2019/1/5/womens-basketball-late-kansas-run-not-enough-to-top-no-25-iowa-state.aspx

Oklahoma 56 @ Kansas State 86
https://www.kstatesports.com/news/2019/1/5/womens-basketball-k-state-cruises-to-win-over-oklahoma-on-saturday.aspx

http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=211785682

HIGHLIGHTS
Jan 5, 2019

I don't follow the Sooners that closely. What has happened to that program? 5-9 record?

Russell Gym said:

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I don't follow the Sooners that closely. What has happened to that program? 5-9 record?

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They haven't kept up with the times. Cherry Cola is still trying to work a decade old hairstyle.

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5 things to watch for the 2018-19 season

Nov 8, 2018

# 1 Defensive improvement
"Going into last year's NCAA tournament, the Sooners ranked second-to-last in the Big 12 allowing 72 points per game. Their 3-point field goal percentage defense (35.4 percent) ranked last.

Strides on the defensive end are important, and on the inside, OU has few experienced post players to guard bigger teams.

# 2 Super sophomores
Second-year guards Shaina Pellington and Ana Llanusa were the Big 12's top freshmen a year ago. OU will rely heavily on them for leadership and production.

Llanusa's biggest offseason focus was defense. She committed 93 fouls, which was second on the team, but still averaged 12.6 points. Pellington averaged 13.1 points and has added a jumper to repertoire. She made 5 of 7 shots beyond the arc in OU's exhibition against Northeastern State after going 0 for 3 all last year.

#3 Madi Williams
The 6-foot freshman guard/forward from Fort Worth, Texas, had a quiet exhibition with five points in 19 minutes, but she was in the starting lineup. Williams was ESPN's No. 24 overall recruit and a McDonald's All-American last season and is expected to have an immediate impact.

"Physically as prepared for college basketball as maybe any freshman I've ever had," OU coach Sherri Coale said. "She is right now, when challenged, she's really good. When not challenged, she's not so good always She's got to learn how to every single possession, attack it. Regardless of the situation, the time, the score, the circumstance, the player, to attack it. If and when she figures that out she'll be one of the best to ever play here."

OU's freshman class is seven players deep and includes Tatum Veitenheimer, who started Monday and scored eight points off 4-of-11 shooting. Freshman guards Taylor Robertson and Jessi Murcer also logged significant time.

# 4 Sharp shooter
Robertson scored 25 points in a preseason scrimmage it wasn't a fluke. The 2017 Kansas Gatorade Player of the Year shot 48 percent from 3-point range as a senior at McPherson High School and poured in 21 points off 7-of-12 shooting from behind the arc in OU's exhibition. Her long-range ability is critical after Gabbi Ortiz's graduation last year. Ortiz was the Sooners' top outside threat at 38 percent.

#5 Senior x-factors
Seniors Gileysa Penzo (guard) and Ijeoma Odimgbe (forward) won't chart huge statistics, but they'll play a critical role.

Penzo's passing ability and knowledge of the offense helped the Sooners get out of a rut in midseason last year. She had two games with 10 or more assists.

Odimgbe's shot-blocking and rebounding skills can add an active presence inside. She shot 52 percent from the field in 2017 and has tried to improve her offensive game.

"[The seniors] will be the important thing," Coale said, "because I've never had a team do extraordinary things if the seniors weren't extraordinary."

- Tyler Palmateer, Norman Transcript

Sunday, Jan 6

Baylor 73 @ Texas Tech 56
https://baylorbears.com/news/2019/1/6/womens-basketball-no-8-7-wbb-rolls-to-win-in-lubbock.aspx

https://texastech.com/news/2019/1/6/lady-raiders-fall-to-no-8-7-baylor.aspx

TCU 71 @ Oklahoma State 75
https://okstate.com/news/2019/1/6/womens-basketball-cowgirls-hang-on-to-defeat-tcu-75-71.aspx?path=wbball

https://gofrogs.com/news/2019/1/6/womens-basketball-frogs-drop-big-12-road-opener-at-oklahoma-state.aspx

Texas 70 @ West Virginia 58
https://texassports.com/news/2019/1/6/no-13-womens-basketball-wins-70-58-at-west-virginia.aspx

https://wvusports.com/news/2019/1/6/womens-basketball-davenport-leads-wvu-in-loss-to-longhorns.aspx

POST-GAME MEDIA CONFERENCE
vs TCU
Jan 6, 2019

DISMISSAL OF MAARY LAKES

WEEK 9

Jan 7, 2019

"For the 3rd time this season, Iowa State's Bridget Carleton was tabbed Big 12 Player of the Week. Texas Tech guard Chrislyn Carr earned her 3rd Freshman of the Week honor."

Bridget Carleton G SR
Iowa State

Led the Cyclones to a 2-0 start in Big 12 play after averaging 29.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 6.0 assists in wins over K-State and Kansas. The senior shot 58.3 percent (21-of-36) from the field in the pair of victories. She netted 26 points against K-State and contributed 33 in the victory over the Jayhawks. The accolade is the 9th in her career.

Chrislyn Carr G FR
Texas Tech

Registered her eighth and ninth straight double-digit point performances with 19 points apiece against Oklahoma and Baylor. She averaged 19.0 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.5 rebounds for the week."

- BIG 12 WBB website

FATHER OF HEAD COACH BRANDON SCHNEIDER

FANS

Wednesday, Jan 9

Kansas 66 @ Texas Tech 69
https://texastech.com/news/2019/1/9/lady-raiders-picks-up-first-big-12-win-of-the-season.aspx

https://kuathletics.com/news/2019/1/9/womens-basketball-jayhawks-fall-at-texas-tech-69-66.aspx

Kansas State 50 @ Baylor 65
https://baylorbears.com/news/2019/1/9/womens-basketball-no-4-4-wbb-pulls-away-from-kansas-state-65-50.aspx

https://www.kstatesports.com/news/2019/1/9/womens-basketball-k-state-scares-4-4-baylor-on-wednesday.aspx

Oklahoma 63 @ Texas 73
https://texassports.com/news/2019/1/9/no-11-womens-basketball-defeats-oklahoma-73-63.aspx

http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=211786039

Oklahoma State 58 @ West Virginia 67
https://wvusports.com/news/2019/1/9/womens-basketball-strong-second-half-powers-wvu-past-cowgirls.aspx

https://okstate.com/news/2019/1/9/womens-basketball-cowgirls-fall-in-morgantown-67-58.aspx?path=wbball

TCU 54 @ Iowa State 92
https://cyclones.com/news/2019/1/9/womens-basketball-no-20-isu-cruises-to-92-54-win-over-tcu.aspx

https://gofrogs.com/news/2019/1/9/womens-basketball-frogs-fall-at-no-20-iowa-state-92-54.aspx

Received BIG 12 award on Dec 31, 2018


PLAYER INJURY

Jan 9, 2019

Senior shooting guard Katrina Pardee was carried off the floor early in the 4th quarter due to an ankle injury. She was injured coming down in the lane after scoring on a drive.

Pardee, who is one of the Mountaineers two main 3-point threats, had 14 points when she was injured. She recently eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for her career. She came back on crutches to watch the final minutes of the game on the Mountaineer bench. Carey doesn't know how long he'll be without her, but with a depleted roster any amount of time is too long.

"If it's even a high ankle sprain, it's not good," Carey said. "We'll be down to eight players for a while."

- Excerpted from an article by Alex Hickey in The Dominion Post

POST-GAME LOCKER ROOM

Jan 9, 2019

.. Marks the first Big 12 home win since 27 Feb 2017 when the Lady Raiders defeated TCU 79-64 in the final game of the regular season.
.. Marks the fastest to 10 wins in first season as head coach since the 1982-83 season when Hall of Fame Head Coach Marsha Sharp started her 10-3.

POST-GAME MEDIA CONFERENCE

vs TCU
Jan 9, 2019

Attendance: 9369

https://cyclones.com/watch/?Archive=15831&category=Event&type=Live

TEXAS @ IOWA STATE

Preview
Jan 12, 2019

• Two teams atop the Big 12 Conference standings meet on Saturday at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa, as No. 11 Texas visits No. 20 Iowa State. Tip-off is slated for 4 p.m. CT. The game will be streamed at Cyclones.TV (subscription-based) and broadcast on radio at 105.3 FM in Austin.
• The Series: Texas and Iowa State meet for the 36th time in the history of the two programs. The Cyclones lead the all-time series between the two teams, 18-17, but the Longhorns have won six of the last seven meetings, including all three match-ups last season.
• On The Boards: Texas ranks third nationally in rebound margin at +15.5. The Longhorns lead the Big 12 Conference with 680 total boards on the season and Texas is averaging 45.3 rebounds per game, which ranks 11th nationally. The Longhorns have held or tied for the rebounding advantage in 14 of the 15 games they have played this season and 103 of the last 120 games overall. Texas also is ninth nationally in offensive rebounds per game at 17.0.
• Being Offensive: The Longhorns rank 21st nationally in scoring margin, defeating opponents by an average of +17.5. Texas is the nation's 26th-best team in terms of field-goal percentage, shooting 45.5 percent from the floor this season. The Longhorns have scored 70 or more points on six occasions this season and three or more Texas players have reached double figures in all but one game this year.
• Sweet Like Sug[ar]: Junior Sug Sutton, in her first season as her team's starting point guard, is one of the nation's top all-around floor leaders. Sutton, who has played in 83 career games, ranks 18th nationally in assists per game at 5.7. She also is 13th in the nation with 86 total assists on the year. She has been filling up the stat sheet with 11.1 points per game, 4.9 rebounds per game and 1.5 steals per game. In league games only, Sutton is averaging a team-best 13.3 points per game, 3.7 rebounds per game and 5.0 assists per game.

- Texas WBB website

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TEXAS @ IOWA STATE

Preview
Jan 12, 2019

• Two teams atop the Big 12 Conference standings meet on Saturday at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa, as No. 11 Texas visits No. 20 Iowa State. Tip-off is slated for 4 p.m. CT. The game will be streamed at Cyclones.TV (subscription-based) and broadcast on radio at 105.3 FM in Austin.

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Top 20 match-up. Think the B12 needs a TV network?

Thanks! Certainly a remarkable decline.

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TEXAS @ IOWA STATE

Preview
Jan 12, 2019

• Two teams atop the Big 12 Conference standings meet on Saturday at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa, as No. 11 Texas visits No. 20 Iowa State. Tip-off is slated for 4 p.m. CT. The game will be streamed at Cyclones.TV (subscription-based) and broadcast on radio at 105.3 FM in Austin.

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Top 20 match-up. Think the B12 needs a TV network?

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Absolutely. I was trying to find this game on TV, but no dice.

TEXAS @ IOWA STATE

Jan 12, 2019

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TICKET PRICES

Jan 10, 2019

Saturday, Jan 12

Baylor 79 @ TCU 55
https://baylorbears.com/news/2019/1/12/womens-basketball-landrum-leads-no-4-4-wbb-past-tcu.aspx

https://gofrogs.com/news/2019/1/12/womens-basketball-tcu-defeated-by-no-4-baylor.aspx

Texas 64 @ Iowa State 62
https://texassports.com/news/2019/1/12/no-11-womens-basketball-wins-against-no-20-iowa-state.aspx

https://cyclones.com/news/2019/1/12/womens-basketball-iowa-states-rally-fall-short-against-texas-64-62.aspx

Texas Tech 57 @ Oklahoma State 65
https://okstate.com/news/2019/1/12/womens-basketball-cowgirls-back-into-the-win-column-with-65-57-win-over-texas-tech.aspx?path=wbball

https://texastech.com/news/2019/1/12/lady-raiders-drop-65-57-decision-at-oklahoma-state.aspx

Sunday, Jan 13

Kansas 61 @ Kansas State 54
https://kuathletics.com/news/2019/1/13/womens-basketball-jayhawks-edge-wildcats-in-sunflower-showdown-victory.aspx

https://www.kstatesports.com/news/2019/1/13/womens-basketball-furious-second-half-comeback-falls-short-for-k-state.aspx

West Virginia 66 @ Oklahoma 55
https://wvusports.com/news/2019/1/13/womens-basketball-wvu-tops-ou-in-norman.aspx

http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=211786434

WEEK 10

Jan 14, 2019

"Baylor's Juicy Landrum and West Virginia's Tynice Martin shared Big 12 Player of the Week honors, while Texas Tech's Chrislyn Carr snatched her 3rd consecutive Freshman of the Week award.

Juicy Landrum G JR
Baylor

Collected her first weekly award after boasting 17.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists in BU's wins over K-State and TCU. The Co-Player of the Week award winner junior tallied 12 points and seven defensive rebounds in the win over K-State. The Waco native registered 23 points, eight rebounds and five assists at TCU to give the Lady Bears their fifth consecutive win.

Tynice Martin G R-JR
West Virginia

Averaged 20.5 points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 50 percent (16-of-32) from the field in wins over Oklahoma State and Oklahoma. The Co-Player of the Week award winner netted 21 points and connected on 9-of-18 from the field in the win over the Cowgirls. The redshirt junior followed up that contest with four three-point makes and 20 points at Oklahoma to earn her 2nd weekly award in her career.

Chrislyn Carr G FR
Texas Tech

Averaged 20.0 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists, as the Lady Raiders went 1-1 last week. Carr scored 19 points and dished out five assists in TTU's 69-66 win over Kansas. The Freshman of the Week award winner followed with 21 points and four three-point makes at Oklahoma State. Carr has recorded double-digits in 11 consecutive games and won four Freshman of the Week awards this season.

- BIG 12 WBB website

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TEXAS @ IOWA STATE

Preview
Jan 12, 2019

• Two teams atop the Big 12 Conference standings meet on Saturday at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa, as No. 11 Texas visits No. 20 Iowa State. Tip-off is slated for 4 p.m. CT. The game will be streamed at Cyclones.TV (subscription-based) and broadcast on radio at 105.3 FM in Austin.

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I'm assuming that's Bowlsby catering to UT and LHN again?

Didn't mean to red flag Mike. Finger slipped.

Was trying to agree.

No TV for KU either.

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Didn't mean to red flag Mike. Finger slipped.

Was trying to agree.

No TV for KU either.

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Ha

Brian and boys are used to my flags

No problem my friend

Wednesday, Jan 16

Baylor 94 @ Kansas 68
https://baylorbears.com/news/2019/1/16/womens-basketball-no-2-3-wbb-powers-past-kansas.aspx

https://kuathletics.com/news/2019/1/16/womens-basketball.aspx

Iowa State 64 @ West Virginia 73
https://wvusports.com/news/2019/1/16/womens-basketball-mountaineers-upset-no-18-cyclones.aspx

https://cyclones.com/news/2019/1/16/womens-basketball-no-18-cyclones-fall-at-west-virginia-73-64.aspx

Texas 69 @ Kansas State 87
https://www.kstatesports.com/news/2019/1/16/womens-basketball-k-state-upsets-11-11-texas-with-wire-to-wire-win.aspx

https://texassports.com/news/2019/1/16/no-11-womens-basketball-falls-to-kansas-state-87-69.aspx

Texas Tech 70 @ TCU 78
https://gofrogs.com/news/2019/1/16/womens-basketball-tcu-rallies-past-texas-tech.aspx

https://texastech.com/news/2019/1/16/lady-raiders-fall-late-to-tcu.aspx