The ISU women’s basketball team’s final home game of the 2014-15 campaign does not lack story lines.

When No. 3 Baylor (26-2, 15-1 Big 12) roles into Ames to take on the Cyclones (17-10, 8-8 Big 12), fans will be treated with senior day festivities, as well as a possible record-setting performance and maybe even a milestone victory.

While that is a lot to take in for the Cyclones, one aspect of the weekend’s game stands far above the rest — winning.

A victory against No. 3 Baylor would likely cement the Cyclones’ ticket to the NCAA tournament, and while a loss would not likely knock them out of contention for the tournament, it would leave them squarely on the bubble.

The Cyclones will hope to put aside the rest of the hoopla and focus on the game.

The distractions are many. But, at least in the eyes of ISU coach Bill Fennelly, they should not be a problem.

Nikki Moody will likely break the all-time career assist record after tying the record in the previous game. But that should be a non-issue, since it’s basically a forgone conclusion in the eyes of the team.

“Nikki’s going to get the record,” Fennelly said matter-of-factly. “She going to play at least three more games, so I think if she doesn’t get one assist in three games, then that’s a story probably.”

How about Fennelly potentially earning his 600th career win? Big deal?

“Not really,” Fennelly said. “Someday we’ll get there. I don’t know. It is what it is. It’s just one of those things if you coach long enough and you have good enough players, you’re going to win your share of games. Whenever that number comes then we’ll get it and we’ll worry about 601.”

Those two potentially big moments, plus the senior day festivities and a top-ranked team coming to town is a lot to swallow. Is it too much to take in a single day?

“Not really,” Fennelly said. “The whole senior thing is always a big deal. There are a lot of things that surround that, especially here with the fan base we have.”

But other than that, the team is trying to keep it business as usual. The key word is trying.

“Try and keep things as normal as you can and that’s what we try to do,” Fennelly said. “Doesn’t really happen that way very often, but that’s what you try and do.”

Aside from the festivities and records and milestones, the Cyclones have a big enough task in Baylor, who Fennelly referred to as the “gold standard” in the Big 12.

The stakes are high, as the Cyclones sit on the NCAA tournament bubble. A win almost guarantees they would be in. A loss? Well things get a little murky then.

The game also has implications for Big 12 championship seeding. The Cyclones currently sit in a four-way tie for third place in the conference. With only two games to go, the Cyclones are clinging to every win they can get.

With everything on their plate, it will be an emotional day for the Cyclones, especially the three seniors. Moody, Brynn Williamson and Fallon Ellis will all play their final minutes at Hilton.

“It’s a big day regardless,” Williamson said. “For three people, it’s the end of their careers here at Iowa State and it’s the last time we’ll get to step on this floor.”

And while the game carries big-time postseason implications, senior day festivities, potential records and milestones, the team’s focus is on one thing.

“We’re just always focused on the next 40 minutes,” Williamson said. “Those [other] kind of things are just a cherry on top.”