Two top coaches in women’s basketball will have their teams square off on the court Saturday as the No. 7 ISU Cyclones will host the Nebraska Cornhuskers.Bill Fennelly, ISU head coach, is one of the top coaches in the game today, leading Iowa State to a spot in the national spotlight. He owns a career 111-44 record as the Cyclones coach.Cornhusker head coach Paul Sanderford is helping to bring Nebraska to the top rank in the Big 12. Sanderford has taken the Huskers to the NCAA tournament in all three years of his tenure as coach.Sanderford also has a storied history as the head coach of Western Kentucky. There he notched a record of 365-120 and led his team all the way to the NCAA finals in 1991-92. Overall, Western Kentucky made three appearances in the Final Four while Sanderford was there and made it to the tournament 12 times.Fennelly said the two are very similar coaches.”I think we both try to really market our players to the fans,” Fennelly said. “We try and show that women’s basketball is a great spectator sport.”Iowa State will be defending an 11-game home winning streak. Sanderford has a streak of his own going. During each of Nebraska’s last four games against Iowa State, Sanderford has received a technical foul.”He’s a fiery guy,” Fennelly said. “I’m the same way at times; you’re actively involved in the game. I think like most coaches, you want to protect your team.”The Huskers are bringing a 9-6 overall record and a 1-1 conference record to Ames. In its last game, Nebraska beat conference foe Kansas State 67-58.The Cyclones, coming off of a 67-48 win against Kansas, are looking to improve after Wednesday’s performance.The Cyclones shot 45 percent from the floor and 65 percent from the free throw line. Iowa State also collected season lows in field goals made (21) and field goals attempted (47).”Hopefully, we won’t shoot as bad as we did against Kansas,” ISU junior forward Tracy Gahan said. Gahan had 10 points and nine rebounds against the Jayhawks.”We had a lot of open shots [against Kansas] we just didn’t make them,” ISU senior Megan Taylor said.Fennelly explained that a lot of the shooting trouble was a result of the Jayhawks’ physical defense.Gahan said that the Cyclones shot a lot of free throws in practice yesterday as the team hopes to improve its shooting from the line.”[Shooting free throws] is something [Fennelly] really emphasizes,” Gahan said, “Those are just freebies so we gotta get those in.”After the big win versus the rival Jayhawks, the Cyclones are not concerned that there may be a let-down against the Huskers.”I think in every game in the Big 12, every win is such a huge win,” Taylor said, “After every game there could be an emotional let-down.”And the Cyclones are well aware that although the Huskers are only 9-6, they are a big rival, and Fennelly expects a good game.”They’re playing a lot of new players,” Fennelly said. “They were a senior-dominated team last year, and they lost four starters. They’re trying to mix in some youth with some experience, and sometimes that takes awhile.”The Cornhuskers are led in scoring and rebounding by senior center Casey Leonhardt. She is good for 13.3 points per game and 6.1 boards per contest. K.C. Cowgill is the only other Husker averaging double digits this year, with 10.1.Iowa State is led in scoring and rebounding by junior center Angie Welle. She has been scoring more than 17 per game and collecting 10.2 boards. Gahan and Taylor also have solid rebounding numbers with 8.2 and 6.1, respectively.Freshman Lindsey Wilson is setting the pace at point guard with 58 assists. Senior Erica Haugen is second on the team with 47.Game time is 1 p.m. tomorrow at Hilton Coliseum.