THE SETTING
After playing four-straight games away from Iowa City, the Iowa Hawkeyes (4-4) return home to entertain No. 22 Iowa State (5-1). Tip-off is scheduled for 1:06 p.m. in Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Tickets are $9 for adults, $5 for youths, while UI students are admitted free.
Sunday will be the seventh event in the Hy-Vee Cy-Hawk Series. Iowa currently leads the annual competition, 7-4. The two teams will meet in a wrestling dual meet Saturday night in Iowa City in the sixth event. Both competitions are worth two points each.
Fans are encouraged to wear black Sunday as it will be a “Blackout” event. Also, there will be a pre-game Kids Fun Zone on the north concourse and post-game player autographs.
Sunday’s game will be televised to a national cable audience on the Big Ten Network (HD). Tom Werme, Brenda VanLengen and Lauren Bohlander will call the action.
Sunday will be the 39th meeting between Iowa and Iowa State, with the Hawkeyes leading the series 20-18. Iowa holds a 12-6 advantage in games played at Iowa City.
Iowa State has won the last three meetings, including last year’s game in Ames (58-44). The Black and Gold have won two of the last three games played in Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
There have been three overtime contests between the two teams. Iowa State owns a 2-1 advantage in the overtime games, including a double overtime triumph (101-94) at Ames in 2003.
SCOUTING IOWA STATE
No. 22 Iowa State enters Sunday’s match-up with a 5-1 record. The Cyclones had a full week to prepare for the Hawkeyes. Iowa State is coming off a 2-1 road trip at the Waikiki Marriott Beach Resort Classic. The Cyclones beat Prairie View A&M (75-59) and San Diego State (87-71), but fell to No. 6 Stanford (83-45). Heather Ezell and Alison Lacey were both named to the all-tournament team.
Sunday is Iowa State’s final road game until Jan. 14. The Cyclones are slated to play their next eight games at home.
Nicky Wieben averages a team-best 10.7 points per contest. Lacey averages 10.5 points and a team-best 7.2 rebounds per game. As a team, the Cyclones average 7.7 triples per game and boast a +12.5 rebounding margin.
Iowa State State is coached by Bill Fennelly, who is in his 21st year (451-186) as a head coach and his 14th with the Cyclones (285-133).
IOWA, IOWA STATE NOTES
• Iowa has played four-straight games away from home. The Black and Gold’s last home games was played on Nov. 23 vs. Providence. The Hawkeyes are in a middle of a stretch of playing three-consecutive ranked opponents (No. 3 California on Nov. 29, No. 12 Duke and No. 22 Iowa State on Dec. 7).
• Iowa’s Wendy Ausdemore and Kristi Smith will be playing in their 100th career game Sunday vs. Iowa State.
• Iowa has played at Kansas’ historic Allen Fieldhouse on Nov. 18 and Duke’s Cameron Indoor Stadium on Dec. 4.
• Iowa started the season playing seven games in 14 days.
• Junior Nicole VanderPol is doubtful for Sunday’s game due to injury. She has not played in the last six games.
• Junior JoAnn Hamlin recorded her 500th career point at No. 12 Duke last Thursday night.
• Senior Wendy Ausdemore has led the team in scoring three of the last four contests, while JoAnn Hamlin has paced the team in rebounding the last three. Furthermore, Ausdemore has led the team in assists in five of the eight contests.
• Iowa’s strength of schedule ranks eighth-best in the country. The Hawkeyes own the toughest schedule among Big Ten teams; Ohio State ranks second, rated ninth.
• Iowa ranks 17th nationally in free throw percentage (.774).
• Megan Skouby, Wendy Ausdemore and Kristi Smith have each scored in double figures in five of Iowa’s eight contests.
DUKE BEATS IOWA IN ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE
No. 12 Duke defeated Iowa, 71-47, Thursday night in front of 5,328 fans at Cameron Indoor Stadium in the second annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge.
The Blue Devils forced Iowa into a season-high 28 turnovers and turned those miscues into 28 points. Additionally, Duke dominated Iowa in the post, outscoring the visitors 48-14 in the paint.
All 10 Iowa players that played scored, but no Hawkeye reached double figures. Freshman Hannah Draxten netted a team-high nine points, with all nine points coming from behind the arc in the second stanza. Megan Skouby contributed eight points, while JoAnn Hamlin led Iowa in rebounding for the third-straight contest, grabbing 10.
Duke’s Chante Black led all scorers with 18 points, while Joy Cheek added 13 and Krystal Thomas 10.
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