Thursday, March 13, 2008 • 6 p.m.
Kansas City, Mo. • Municipal Auditorium (9,338)
Radio: Cyclone Radio Network/Learfield
Talent: Rich Fellingham (pxp); Brent Blum (color)
Television: FSN
Talent: Kevin Eschenfelder (pxp); Debbie Antonelli (color)
Cyclone Notebook
- For the second consecutive season, Iowa State will face Texas A&M in the Big 12 Championship semifinals. The Cyclones advanced for the second straight year with an overtime win in the quarterfinals. Iowa State will take on the 11th-ranked Aggies at 6 p.m. Thursday at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo. The
ISU men will face Texas A&M at 8:30 p.m. a few blocks down the road at the Sprint Center.
- The Iowa State-Texas A&M game will be televised live by Fox Sports Net. Kevin Eschenfelder will call the action, while Debbie Antonelli provides analysis and Brenda VanLengen reports from the sideline. All postgame press conferences will be streamed live and live stats can be found at Big12Sports.com.
- Iowa State front court starters Toccara Ross and Nicky Wieben will miss the remainder of the 2007-08 season due to torn ACLs. Ross tore the ACL in her right knee against Minnesota and Wieben tore the ACL in her left knee at Texas. Ross is eligible for a redshirt, while Wieben is not.
- Iowa State will return its entire roster next season. Ross is
ISU’s only senior and should be eligible for another year of competition after her season-ending injury.
- With a 76-50 win over Montana State, the Cyclones collected their 500th win in program history. They are now 516-483 overall.
ISU’s game against Texas A&M will be its 1,000th in program history.
- No. 11 Texas A&M finished tied for third in the final Big 12 standings with an 11-5 league record. The Aggies knocked off Missouri, 65-39, on Wednesday in the Big 12 quarterfinals. Texas A&M is 24-7 on the season and has won its last seven straight, and 11 of its last 12.
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