THE NEED TO KNOWS
NIU (5-2) at Iowa State (6-2)
Ames, Iowa (Hilton Coliseum)
Tipoff: Sunday, Dec. 11, 2 p.m.
Video: Cyclones.TV
Radio: WSQR 92.9 FM/1180 AM

MATCHUP DETAILS
NIU trails Iowa State in the all-time series, 1-0; trails in Ames, 1-0

FREE THROWS
• The NIU women's basketball team leads the nation in scoring offense, averaging 93.1 points per game. The Huskies have scored 90-or-more points four times this season, a feat last accomplished in 1994-95 (five times).
• Senior Ally Lehman recorded her second triple-double of the season at Bradley on Dec. 2, becoming the first player in the NCAA this season and the 19th since 2009-10 to record multiple triple-doubles in a season. No Huskie has ever reached the milestone twice in a season or a career.
• For her effort, she was named the Mid-American Conference's West Division Player of the Week for a third consecutive time. No Huskie has ever received the honor three-straight weeks. Leslie Pottinger was the last NIU player to earn player of the week three times in a season.
• Lehman is nine points shy of becoming the 28th member of NIU's 1,000-point club.
• Courtney Woods has scored 20 points or more eight times in her last 13 games, including five times this season. Six those 20-point performances have occurred on the road.
• Six different Huskies scored 10-or-more points at Bradley, the first time since March 11, 1993 versus Eastern Illinois NIU had registered the feat.
• The NIU offense is averaging 80.83 possessions per game and 1.15 points per possession.

LEHMAN ON THE VERGE OF 1,000
• Senior Ally Lehman enters Sunday's game at Iowa State with 991 career points in 96 career games, an average of 10.3 points per game.
• With nine points against the Cyclones, Lehman would become the 28th 1,000-point scorer in NIU women's basketball history.
• Amanda Corral was the last Huskie to reach the plateau, doing so Feb. 22, 2014 vs Central Michigan.
• Corral, a native of Hobart, Ind., was the seventh Hoosier to reach the milestone.
• With her ascension in the 1,000-point club, Lehman would be only the 10th player in MAC history to record at least 1,000 points, 700 rebounds and 300 assists in a career. See the full chart on page 3 of the notes.

THE HUSKIES VERSUS THE POWER 5
• In her two years on the NIU sideline, Head Coach Lisa Carlsen is 0-2 against Power 5 schools, falling to Kansas (66-58) and Wisconsin (89-62) last season.
• Northern Illinois University's last win over a Power 5 school occurred Dec. 17, 2011 when the Huskies marched into Assembly Hall and defeated the Hoosiers, 60-59, as Courtney Shelton drained a three-pointer with nine seconds left as the program recorded its first win over a Big Ten program since 2006. Since then, NIU has gone 0-5.
• The Huskies nearly beat the streak Dec. 14, 2014 at Missouri as then-sophomore Ally Lehman had two chances to drain a three-pointer to force overtime with under 14 seconds left, however, NIU fell to the Tigers at Mizzou Arena, 47-44.

AND THAT'S A MAGIC NUMBER
• While the Huskies lead the Mid-American Conference in three-point field goals per game at nine, it's Northern Illinois University's team production on the scoreboard that's turned heads
• For the first time since 1993, the Huskies had six scorers reach double figures in the last contest at Bradley, led by Ally Lehman's and Janae Poisson's 12 points.
• NIU last had six players reach the mark March 11, 1993 versus Eastern Illinois in the First Round of the Mid-Continent Conference Tournament at Green Bay.
• The eldest Huskie on this year's team, Ally Lehman, was born July 21, 1994.
• NIU has had five players reach double-digits four times this season.

RUN-AND-SHOOT OFFENSE
• The Northern Illinois University offense is averaging 80.83 possession per game this season with a clip of 1.15 points per possession.
• The Huskies posted a season-high 102 possessions versus Milwaukee in NIU's 114-108 victory over the Panthers, the second-highest scoring performance in the NCAA this season behind Baylor's 118 point game against Grambling State.
• NIU's 108 points versus Illinois State is tied for the 10th-highest offensive output this season, in which, the Huskies averaged 1.403 points per possession (77 total).

NEXT UP
• NIU will return to the court next Friday, Dec. 16 when its hosts SIU Edwardsville in its final non-conference matchup in the NIU Convocation Center.
• Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. Central. The game will air live on ESPN3.