No. 23 Iowa State at Kansas Gameday Primer

Who: No. 23 Iowa State (18-8, 10-6 Big 12) at Kansas (17-10, 7-9 Big 12)
Where: Allen Fieldhouse – Lawrence, Kan.
When: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 – 7 p.m.

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No. 23 Iowa State will begin March on the road as the Cyclones head to Allen Fieldhouse for a Big 12 meeting against Kansas. ISU owns a 16-game win streak in the series over KU and enters Wednesday with eyes on moving up in the Big 12 standings before next week's conference tournament.

INSIDE THE SERIES
Overall: ISU Leads 48-47
In Lawrence: KU Leads 27-16
Fennelly vs. KU: 36-20

FOUR THINGS
18 – Ashley Joens enters Wednesday's contest at 2,902 career points, good for 18th in NCAA Division I Women's Basketball history. She needs five points to move up oen spot, 18 points to move up to No. 16.

21 – Iowa State has hit over 200 3-pointers each season for the past 21 seasons. The Cyclones went past the mark again with 11 at Baylor on Saturday.

27 – On Feb. 13, head coach Bill Fennelly became the 27th coach in NCAA Women's Basketball history to reach 750 career victories. 586 of his 752 have come at Iowa State, with the other 166 coming in his seven seasons at Toledo before arriving in Ames.

888 – The Cyclones have made at least one 3-point field goal in an NCAA-record 888 consecutive games, a streak which encapsulates the entirety of the Bill Fennelly Era at Iowa State.

Emily Ryan, Ashley Joens, Morgan Kane, Lexi Donarski

KANE WAS ABLE
Morgan Kane had an outstanding week last week. At Oklahoma State, she had a then-season-best 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field while grabbing seven rebounds. She figureatively and literally one-upped herself on Saturday against TCU, matching her career-best with 17 points and grabbing eight rebounds.

Lexi Donarski

STILL LOCKING DOWN!
Lexi Donarski is having another outstanding season on defense against some of the best players in the Big 12 and the country. In Iowa State's 26 games, the player Donarski has primarily guarded entered the contest averaging 13.0 points per game, and has finished averaging 7.7 per game, as she has held 21 of her 26 primary guards this season below their season averages. A player has not gotten above their season average vs. Donarski in Iowa State's last seven games.

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Lexi Donarski

Ashley Joens

Morgan Kane

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