2009–10 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team

The 2009–10 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team represented the Iowa State University in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cyclones were coacheded by Bill Fennelly and played their home games at the Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa. The Lady Clones finished second the Big 12 Conference and earned a #4 seed and a fourth consecutive trip to the NCAA women's tournament. Hilton Magic propelled the team through the first and second rounds with attendance at Hilton Coliseum ranked 2nd in the nation. However, UConn, the 2010 Champions, stopped the Lady Cyclones in the Sweet Sixteen.[2]

2009–10 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball
Northwestern Tournament champions
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
2009–10 record25–8 (11–5 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jack Easley
  • Latoja Schaben
  • Jodi Steyer
Home arenaHilton Coliseum (Capacity: 14,092)
2009–10 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 4 Nebraska160 1.000  322  .941
No. 16 Iowa State115 .688  258  .758
No. 12 Oklahoma115 .688  2711  .711
No. 9 Texas A&M106 .625  268  .765
No. 17 Texas106 .625  2211  .667
No. 14 Baylor97 .563  2710  .730
No. 20 Oklahoma State97 .563  2411  .686
Texas Tech511 .313  1815  .545
Kansas State511 .313  1418  .438
Kansas511 .313  1716  .515
Colorado313 .188  1317  .433
Missouri214 .125  1218  .400
2010 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll [1]

Offseason

  • Six Iowa State women’s basketball players have graduated from the university. The players include Shellie Mosman, Jocelyn Anderson, Amanda Nisleit, Heather Ezell, Nicky Wieben, and Toccara Ross. All five senior who finished their eligibility this season in the NCAA Elite have finished their academic endeavors, and junior Shellie Mosman will graduate with a degree in accounting in just three years.[3] The 08-09 senior class earned three NCAA championship berths, and appeared in the Elite Eight at the 2009 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. The senior class won 92 games in their careers and matched the school record for most wins in a season with 27 victories.
  • Chassidy Cole, a 5-8 guard from Amarillo, Texas, has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball at Iowa State in 2009-10, Bill Cole will be a sophomore for the Cyclones after spending one year at Howard College in Big Spring, Texas. Cole led Howard to a 26-9 record in 2008-09 and a top-four finish in the Western Junior College Athletic Conference, averaging eight points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.5 steals per game as a freshman. Howard was the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 5 champion and qualified for the national tournament. Cole led her region in assist-to-turnover ratio and ranked sixth in steals per game. She knocked down 33 three-pointers at a 32.4 percent clip, which ranked 14th regionally. Cole passed out five or more assists in seven contests and nabbed three or more steals 13 times.[4]
  • Other incoming players include Adrianna Prins, Amanda Zimmerman, Chelsea Poppens, and Jessica Schroll. Prins is an ESPNU HoopGurlz top 100 player from Broomfield, Colorado. At 6 foot 6 inches, she will be one of the tallest post players in the Big 12 for 2009-2010 season. Zimmerman is also a highly ranked recruit who committed to ISU while during her 8th grade year at Ballard-Huxley High School, Iowa. Zimmerman will be playing as a power forward. Poppens is a power forward from Aplington-Parkersburg High School, Iowa. Schroll is a shooting guard from H. H. Dow High School, Michigan.[5]
  • July 7: Jessica Schroll tore anterior and medial cruciate ligaments in her left knee during prime recruiting time the summer before her junior season in high school. Schroll’s knee injuries sidelined her for her entire junior campaign, but she came back to average 14.7 points, three assists and 2.7 steals per game as a senior at H.H. Dow High School in Midland, Michigan. Schroll moved to campus and started summer school on June 15, and she has spent time both on and off the court with her new teammates preparing for the upcoming season.[6]

Roster

NumberNameHeightPositionClass
2Williams, Whitney5'7"GuardSophomore
4Lacey, Alison6'0"GuardSenior
10Stuckey, Denae5'8"GuardSenior
11Bolte, Kelsey6'1"GuardJunior
12Schroll, Jessica5'10"GuardFreshman
13Florzak, Anna5'10"GuardSenior
22Lightbourne, Genesis6'0"ForwardSenior
23Cole, Chassidy5'8"GuardSophomore
30Mosman, Shellie5'10"GuardSenior
33Poppens, Chelsea6'2"Power ForwardFreshman
42Zimmerman, Amanda6'2"Power ForwardFreshman
55Prins, Adrianna6'6"PostFreshman

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Pre-Season (Exhibition)
November 1
2:00 pm
University of Dubuque W 99-57  1-0
Hilton Coliseum (9,552)
Ames, IA
November 8
2:00 pm
Minnesota, Crookston W 98-37  2-0
Hilton Coliseum (9,685)
Ames, IA
Regular season
November 15*
1:00 pm
No. 24 Florida Atlantic W 80-40  3-0
Hilton Coliseum (9,922)
Ames, Iowa
November 22*
2:05 pm
No. 24 at Drake W 78-75  3-1
Knapp Center (3,112)
Des Moines, Iowa
November 27*
3:00 pm
vs. Penn
Northwestern Tournament
W 78-38  4-1
 (N/A)
Evanston, Illinois
November 28*
2:00 pm
vs. Charleston
Northwestern Tournament
W 68-50  5-1
 (N/A)
Evanston, IL
December 1*
7:00 pm
Mississippi Valley State W 83-44  6-1
Hilton Coliseum (9,646)
Ames, IA
December 6*
12:00 pm
Arkansas-Pine Bluff W 80-64  7-1
Hilton Coliseum (9,893)
Ames, IA
December 10*
7:00 pm, Mediacom
Iowa
Cy-Hawk Series
W 85-66  8-1
Hilton Coliseum (12,244)
Ames, IA
December 13*
12:00 pm, Big Ten Network
at Minnesota W 77-60  9-1
 (4,376)
Minneapolis, Minnesota
December 20*
6:00 pm, Mediacom
Northern Iowa W 76-51  10-1
Hilton Coliseum (N/A)
Ames, IA
December 29*
7:30 pm
North Carolina A&T
Cyclone Challenge
W 66-62  11-1
Hilton Coliseum (N/A)
Ames, IA
December 30*
7:30 pm
Fairfield
Cyclone Challenge
W 67-37  12-1
Hilton Coliseum (N/A)
Ames, IA
January 3*
6:00 pm
Lafayette College W 67-25  13-1
Hilton Coliseum (N/A)
Ames, IA
January 5*
7:00 pm, Mediacom
South Dakota W 68-43  14-1
Hilton Coliseum (6,899)
Ames, IA
January 9
7:00 pm
No. 13 Nebraska L 49-57  14-2
(0-1)
Hilton Coliseum (9,066)
Ames, IA
January 13
7:00 pm
at No. 8 Texas A&M L 44-68  14-3
(0-2)
 (5,766)
College Station, TX
January 16
5:30 pm, Fox Sports Net
at Colorado W 68-62  15-3
(1-2)
 (4,198)
Boulder, CO
January 20
7:00 pm, Fox Sports Net
Kansas W 53-42  16-3
(2-2)
Hilton Coliseum (9,798)
Ames, IA
January 23
1:00 pm
at No. 20 Texas W 73-71 OT 17-3
(3-2)
 (4,800)
Austin, TX
January 27
1:00 pm
No. 22 No. 11 Oklahoma W 63-56  18-3
(4-2)
Hilton Coliseum (10,121)
Ames, IA
January 31
2:00 pm
No. 22 at Kansas State L 67-73  18-4
(4-3)
 (4,925)
Manhattan, KS
February 3
7:00 pm
No. 22 Texas Tech W 63-48  19-4
(5-3)
Hilton Coliseum (10,059)
Ames, IA
February 7
3:00 pm, Fox Sports Net
No. 22 at Missouri W 65-39  20-4
(6-3)
 (1,392)
Columbia, MO
February 13
11:00 am, Fox Sports Net
No. 20 No. 11 Baylor W 69-45  21-4
(7-3)
Hilton Coliseum (11,210)
Ames, IA
February 17
7:00 pm
No. 13 at No. 3 Nebraska L 40-50  21-5
(7-4)
 (10,988)
Lincoln, NE
February 20
7:00 pm
No. 13 Missouri W 55-42  22-5
(8-4)
Hilton Coliseum (11,212)
Ames, IA
February 25
6:00 pm, Fox Sports Net
No. 15 at Kansas W 57-54  23-5
(9-4)
 (3,281)
Lawrence, KS
February 27
7:00 pm, Mediacom
No. 15 Kansas State W 48-39  24-5
(10-4)
Hilton Coliseum (12,015)
Ames, IA
March 3
7:00 pm
No. 13 at No. 20 Oklahoma State L 70-78  24-6
(10-5)
 (2,563)
Stillwater, OK
March 6
2:00 pm
No. 13 Colorado W 59-41  25-6
(11-5)
Hilton Coliseum (11,946)
Ames, IA
Big 12 Tournament
March 12*
5:00 pm, Fox Sports Net
No. 14 at No. 21 Oklahoma State
Big 12 Tournament Quarterfinals
L 59-62  25-7
(11-5)
Municipal Auditorium (N/A)
Kansas City, MO
NCAA Division I Tournament
March 21*
 ESPN 2
No. 16 Lehigh
NCAA Tournament First Round
W 79-42  26-7
(11-5)
Hilton Coliseum (6,738)
Ames, IA
March 23*
 ESPN 2
No. 16 Green Bay
NCAA Tournament Second Round
W 60-56  27-7
(11-5)
Hilton Coliseum (6,498)
Ames, IA
March 23*
 ESPN
No. 16 at No. 1 Connecticut
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
L 36-74  27-8
(11-5)
 (5,285)
Dayton, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Regular season

Player stats

PlayerField GoalsThree PointersFree ThrowsAssistsStealsReboundsPoints
Lacey163-369 .44253-142 .37394-107 .87918739148-4.9473-15.8
Bolte136-348 .39184-205 .41037-42 .8814838144-4.5393-12.3
Prins99-223 .44427-67 .40342-54 .778143113-4.2167-9.9
Poppens111-227 .4890-1 .00069-110 .6272219238-7.2291-8.8
Williams63-157 .40148-120 .40020-23 .870521734-1.0194-5.9
Zimmerman58-113 .51315-36 .41725-37 .67618272-2.3156-5.0
Stuckey47-127 .37015-46 .32634-54 .6306841200-6.1143-4.3
Schroll42-93 .4522-12 .16743-61 .705177110-3.3129-3.9
Cole18-50 .36011-33 .33315-27 .55633846-1.562-2.0
Mosman6-19 .3164-17 .2355-8 .6257214-0.921-1.3
Florzak3-9 .3332-8 .2508-8 1.000037-0.516-1.1
Lightbourne5-18 .2780-0 .0002-3 .6673117-1.112-0.8
Totals751-1753 .428261-687 .380394-534 .7384691801253-38.02157-65.4

Postseason

Team players drafted into the WNBA

RoundPickPlayerNBA Club
1st10Alison LaceySeattle Storm

References

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