WBB: No. 14 Georgia Next on ISU's Dance Ticket

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WBB: No. 14 Georgia Next on ISU's Dance Ticket
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AMES, Iowa - The Iowa State women’s basketball team will face third-seeded and 14th-ranked Georgia at 6 p.m. Monday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minn. ... Iowa State advanced to the second round by downing 11th-seed Washington, 79-60, Saturday ... ISU fell in the title game of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship, 67-60, to 11th-ranked Oklahoma, snapping an eight-game ISU winning streak ... the Cyclones have won 10 out of their last 12 contests ... Iowa State is making its second NCAA appearance in the last three years, and the Cyclones’ eighth trip over the past 11 seasons, with all coming under the direction of head coach Bill Fennelly ... the Cyclones have been invited to postseason play in 10 out of the last 11 seasons ... Iowa State is one of six teams from the Big 12 Conference to make the Big Dance ... senior All-America candidate Lyndsey Medders broke the ISU career record for assists and now holds the record at 710, after passing out 10 vs. Washington in the NCAA first round ... senior Megan Ronhovde became the 18th player in ISU history to record 1,000 career points, eclipsing the mark at Baylor ... ISU head coach Bill Fennelly earned his 250th victory at the helm of the Cyclone program with the win over Missouri on Feb. 4, and his 400th career win in the season opener vs. Cal State Fullerton ... the Cyclones are now 26-8 overall and finished 10-6 in the Big 12 to tie Nebraska for fourth place in the final Big 12 standings ... the Cyclones claimed their eighth 20-win season in school history and the seventh under Fennelly ... Iowa State has reached 26 wins for just the third time in school history and the first time since 2001 when it went 27-6 ... with a win over Georgia, ISU would match its school record for wins in a single season at 27, which the Cyclones have done twice before, both times under Fennelly ... ISU finished the home season with a 15-1 record at Hilton, while ISU was 5-6 in true road games ... the Cyclones wrapped up the non-conference slate at 12-1 overall ... Iowa State 0-1 against Georgia with their only previous meeting coming in the 1999 NCAA Tournament ... the Lady Bulldogs defeated the Cyclones, 89-71, in the Elite Eight of that tournament to knock ISU out ... Medders missed games at Nebraska and Baylor and played limited minutes against Missouri due to a minor concussion ... Medders is ISU’s leading scorers with 12.8 points per game and ranks in the top 10 nationally with 6.5 assists per game ... Nicky Wieben is ISU’s second leading scorer with 12 ppg and has 1.8 blocks per game ... Toccara Ross continues to lead the Cyclones on the glass with 7.3 rpg.

On the Tube

The Iowa State-Georgia game in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Monday, March 19, will be televised nationally by ESPN2 in its entirety in the state of Iowa ... the rest of the nation will be part of a "Whip-Around" coverage that shows several games during the same time slot ... ESPNU, however, will televise the Iowa State-Georgia game nationally for its entirety ... Bob Picozzi (play-by-play), Brenda VanLengen (color) and Stephanie Ready (sideline) will be calling the action.

On the Air

The game will be broadcast live on the Cyclone Radio Network (1430 AM in Ames) ... the game can be found at Cyclones.com and NCAASports.com ... broadcasts will be streamed by Yahoo! Sports and will cost $4.95 per month, which will include numerous broadcasts of NCAA basketball games.

The Tournament Field

No. 6 Iowa State joins No. 3 Georgia who defeated No. 14 seed Belmont, 53-36, in first round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday ... the four teams opposite of Iowa State and Georgia in the Dallas Regional also happen to be in Minneapolis, meaning that the two winners out of the Minneapolis second round games will face off in Dallas in the Sweet 16 ... Minneapolis is the only first and second round site that has that scenario ... the other two teams to make it to the second round in Minneapolis are No. 2 Purdue and No. 7 Georgia Tech.

Inside the Numbers

Iowa State is three wins shy of the program’s 500th victory (497-470) ... the Cyclones need one more win this season to tie the school record for single season wins at 27, which ISU has reached twice before ... senior Lyndsey Medders turned in her third point-assist double-double of the season in the win over Washington with 12 points and 10 assists ... she has 11 career point-assists double-doubles and 12 overall ... in the win over Washington, Iowa State had four players in double digits for only the sixth time this season (5-1) and Iowa State shot better than 50 percent (51.8) for the contest as a team for only the fifth time this season.

Last Time Out

Sixth-seeded Iowa State used first half runs of 11-0 and 17-4 to defeat 11th-seeded Washington, 79-60, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Williams Arena Saturday ... the Cyclones (26-8) got 18 points and seven rebounds from Nicky Wieben and 12 points each from Lyndsey Medders, Alison Lacey and Toccara Ross to advance to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in school history, all of which have come under the direction of Bill Fennelly ... Medders finished with 10 assists as well to record her third double-double this season and the 12th of her career ... the Cyclones scorched the nets, shooting 51.8 percent from the field in the game and making nine 3-pointers, while Washington shot just 31.9 percent ... Iowa State fell behind early in the contest as Washington dominated the glass in the opening minutes to take a 15-6 lead out of the gate ... a Medders’ 3-pointer, the first of five in the half, started an 11-0 run that pushed ISU in front 17-15, following a 17-foot jumper from Ross ... the Cyclones then turned up the heat defensively, holding Washington without a field goal for over eight minutes, and went on a 17-4 run to close out the half and head into the break with a 39-26 lead ... Ross paced the Cyclones with 10 first half points while Lacey and Wieben added seven each in the opening period ... ISU shot 57 percent from the field in the first half, while holding the Huskies to just 27 percent shooting ... the Cyclones increased their lead in the first eight minutes of the second half behind 11 points from Wieben ... Iowa State increased its lead to 20 at 62-42 on a layup by Rachel Pierson ... Washington scrapped back to cut the lead to 12 with two and a half minutes remaining, but the Cyclones made their free throws down the stretch to coast to the 79-60 win ... Cameo Hicks led Washington (18-13) with 19 points in the game.

About the Cyclones

Iowa State has used six different starting lineups this season and is 13-1 with the starting lineup of Medders, Lacey, Ronhovde, Ross and Wieben ... ISU is 26-8 on the year and finished 10-6 in the Big 12 ... ISU was 15-1 at Hilton Coliseum this year and is 6-1 on neutral courts ... ISU is outscoring opponents by a margin of +8, and is averaging 68.1 ppg ... the Cyclones are shooting 42.4 percent from the field and 34.6 percent from three-point range ... ISU has outrebounded opponents with a +3.1 margin ... Iowa State is in its 34th season of women’s basketball and holds a 497-470 overall record ... the 2006-07 Iowa State roster has 14 active players on it, the largest number on an ISU roster to start the season since 2001-02 when the Cyclones had 15 players ... the Cyclones are coming off an 18-13 season in which they made it to the second round of the WNIT.

About the Lady Bulldogs

Georgia has compiled a 26-6 overall record this season and finished second in the Southeastern Conference with an 11-3 league mark, finishing behind Tennessee, but ahead of ninth-ranked Vanderbilt and 10th-ranked LSU ... three of Georgia’s six losses this season have come to the Volunteers and at LSU ... the Lady Bulldogs fell 81-67 to Vanderbilt in the semifinals of the SEC Tournament on March 3 ... UGA earned a 53-36 win over 14th-seeded Belmont on Saturday ... Georgia opened the game with an 11-0 run, but Belmont cut the lead to five points in the second half after making a run to open the second period ... junior forward Tasha Humphrey leads the Lady Dogs with 15.8 points and 7.9 rebounds per game this season ... senior guard Cori Chambers is posting 12.7 points per game and freshman Ashley Houts lead UG with 3.7 assists per contest ... Georgia shoots 44.2 percent from the floor and 34.5 percent from three-point range ... the Lady Bulldogs are outrebounding their opponents with a +2.1 margin.

The Series

Iowa State has only faced Georgia one other time in school history, with the meeting coming in the Elite Eight in the 1999 NCAA Tournament ... the Lady Bulldogs defeated the Cyclones, 89-71, in the Mideast Regional final in Cincinnati, Ohio ... ISU has not faced a team from the Southeaster Conference this season ... ISU head coach Bill Fennelly is 3-3 in his career against SEC teams and 3-2 while at ISU ... the Cyclones have not faced an SEC team, since facing two in 2001-02, when ISU defeated Auburn and Mississippi State in the non-conference slate that season.

Who’s Got Next?

The winner of the Iowa State-Georgia game will advance to face the winner of seventh-seeded Georgia Tech and second-seeded Purdue ... Georgia Tech pulled out a 55-54 win over DePaul in the first round to advance, while Purdue easily knocked off Oral Roberts, 63-42 ... the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are 21-11 on the season and are led by senior guard Stephanie Higgs with 15.1 points per game ... GT shoots 40.1 percent from the floor and is scoring 66.2 points per game as a team ... Georgia Tech finished sixth in the ACC with a 9-5 conference mark ... Purdue holds a 29-5 overall record and is ranked 12th in both polls ... the Boilermakers finished second in the Big Ten behind Ohio State with a 14-2 league record ... senior Katie Geralds leads Purdue with 18.3 points per game, while junior Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton leads Purdue on the glass with 8.1 boards a contest ... Purdue shoots 46.6 percent from the floor and 36.9 percent from beyond the arc, averaging 69.1 points per game as a team.