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Final
Women's Basketball
84
UW-Oshkosh (Ex.)
53
Iowa State University Athletics
Wednesday, December 30
Ames, Iowa
7:30 PM
Iowa State
10-1, 0-0
67
vs
37
Fairfield (Cyclone Challenge)
6-5, 0-0
1
2
F
Fairfield
27
10
37
Iowa State
31
36
67
Cyclones Hold Fairfield to 10 Second Half Points in Win
12.30.2009 | Women's Basketball
AMES, Iowa ? The Iowa State women's basketball team finally came out of its post-holiday haze in the second half against Fairfield, going on a 16-0 run out of the locker room as the Cyclones earned a 67-37 win over Fairfield Wednesday night. Iowa State won the Cyclone Challenge, going 2-0, in the last two days, at Hilton Coliseum.
Senior Alison Lacey and junior Kelsey Bolte led the way for the Cyclones with 21 points each. Lacey earned tournament MVP honors, while Bolte joined her on the all-tournament team. Lacey also added seven rebounds and four assists, while Bolte chipped in nine rebounds and two assists. Whitney Williams also had nine points in the win for ISU.
“I'm really proud of our players and how they handled themselves tonight," ISU coach Bill Fennelly said. "We didn't play great in the first half, but we played hard. I thought in the second half, defensively, we were really good. I don't care who you play, when you hold someone to 10 points, you are doing a lot of good things.
“Alison Lacey certainly continues to play at an amazing level. Kelsey Bolte, I thought, might have played the best game she played all year, even better than the Iowa game. She was engaged from start to finish. I am very proud of her. Kelsey and I had a heart-to-heart talk this afternoon and I am very proud of the way she responded to what was going on."
Iowa State put up a much better effort on the glass in the win over Fairfield, outrebounding the Stags, 47-17. The Cyclones shot 42.9 percent from the field and got their three-point shooting back on track with five treys in the second half and eight for the game. The ISU defense held Fairfield to 31.3 percent shooting for the contest, including a 21.7 percent mark in the second half.
The Cyclones struggled in the first half, trailing by as many as five points on two different occasions. After taking a 13-10 ISU lead, Fairfield countered as three players scored in an 8-0 run for an 18-13 Stag advantage. The two teams traded scores, before the Cyclones finally put together 10 unanswered points, including six by Bolte to swing the momentum ISU's way (25-20).
Lacey hit on back-to-back layups for a 31-25 Cyclone edge, before Fairfield scored the final points of the period to close the margin to four points at the break (31-27). Bolte finished the half with 15 points, while Lacey had nine points, four rebounds and three assists. The Cyclones finished the half shooting 44 percent from the field, despite going 1-for-7 from the field to open the game.
The Cyclones finally gained control of the contest over the opening minutes of the second half. Lacey scored 10 straight points coming out of the locker room and Whitney Williams hit a pair of treys to open a 47-27 ISU lead. The Cyclone defense held Fairfield scoreless over the first seven minutes of the period and Williams drilled her third straight trey after the Stags finally got on the board with a Desiree Pina score.
Fairfield never got closer than 17 points and the Cyclones led by as many as 30 the rest of the way. Iowa State held the Stags to just 10 points in the second half.
Iowa State will next take the court Sunday against Lafayette College. The Cyclones will play host to the Leopards at 6 p.m. at Hilton Coliseum. The ISU men will begin the day at Hilton by facing Houston at 1 p.m.
ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM
Alison Lacey, Iowa State ? MVP
Kelsey Bolte ? Iowa State
Ta'Wuana Cook ? North Carolina A&T
Amber Calvin ? North Carolina A&T
Simone Bridges ? UMKC
Stephanie Geehan - Fairfield
North Carolina A&T 71, UMKC 64
The third game of the Cyclone Challenge followed the first two, being decided in the final two minutes. UMKC took its final lead of the contest (62-61) with 2:40 to go, before North Carolina A&T outscored the Kangaroos 10-2 to clinch the win. Ta'Wuana Cook and Lamona Smalley each scored 17 points in the win for the Aggies. Chazny Morris led the way for UMKC with 19 points. Both teams shot 41 percent from the field and A&T won the battle on the glass, 41-36.
Team Stats
FFD
ISU
FG%
.313
.429
3FG%
.278
.444
FT%
.400
.895
RB
17
47
TO
12
16
STL
5
5
Game Leaders
Pts
21
FGM
7
3FGM
3
FTM
4
Pts
21
FGM
8
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
7
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Players Mentioned
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