No. 15 Iowa State vs. No. 4 South Carolina Primer

Who: No. 15 Iowa State (5-1, 0-0 Big 12) vs. No. 4 South Carolina (5-1, 0-0 SEC)
Where: Suncoast Credit Union Arena – Fort Myers, Fla.
When: Thursday, November 28, 2024 – 12:30 p.m. CT

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WATCH: FOX
PxP: Jeff Levering Analyst: Kim Adams
LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network – Varsity App or Radio Affiliates
PxP: Noah Wolf Analyst: Jamie Steyer Johnson
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Iowa State meets No. 4 South Carolina at the Elevance Health Women's Fort Myers Tip-Off for a Thanksgiving Day showdown. The Cyclones enter the matchup following an 80-78 thriller over in-state foe, Drake in Hilton Coliseum on Sunday.

INSIDE THE SERIES
Overall: SC leads 1-0
At Neutral Sites: First Meeting
Fennelly vs. SC: 0-1

FOUR THINGS
2 – Iowa State had two players named to the Naismith Trophy Women's College Player of the Year Watchlist earlier this season. Audi Crooks and Emily Ryan were two of 50 women's collegiate basketball players selected to the watchlist. It is the second time Ryan has been featured on the top 50 list and the first time Crooks has been added.

6 – Iowa State ranks sixth nationally for assists per game with 22.2 dimes per contest. The mark is third in the Big 12. ISU has passed out 25 or more assists in a game three times this season.

7 – Emily Ryan has finished seven games in her career with at least four assists and no turnovers. Ryan has completed the feat twice this season. She has recorded a 2.01 assist/turnover ratio through 125 career games.

933 – The Cyclones have made at least one 3-point field goal in an NCAA women's record 933 consecutive games, a streak which encapsulates the entirety of the Bill Fennelly Era at Iowa State.

CROOKS COOKS

Iowa State sophomore Audi Crooks has garnered national attention as one of the nation's most exciting post players. Crooks has scored in double figures in 37-straight games and finished with 20+ points 20 times in her career. The 6-3 center scored a season-high 33 points against Drake (Nov. 24), including the game-winner with less than a second on the clock. She finished 15-of-25 from the floor. She also tallied 22 points on 50 percent shooting from the floor while pulling down 10 rebounds at UNI for her second double-double this season.

Crooks was one of the top players in NCAA Division I for field goal percentage last season, shooting nearly 58 percent from the floor. Crooks also reached 100 field goals made with 10 against Baylor (Jan. 13, 2024). She holds the best mark regardless of class in ISU history with 258 makes.

She broke the Iowa State freshman record for made field goals in a season at Texas (Feb. 17). Crooks broke the single-season record regardless of class against Maryland (Mar. 22).

EMILY RYAN DISH-TRIBUTION CENTER
Emily Ryan is one of Iowa State's most prolific point guards, recording top 10 career marks in assists, steals and blocks while becoming the program's 34^th 1,000 point scorer in March 2023. The Claflin, Kansas native has recorded 836 assists and holds the all-time best mark in program history. She is the active NCAA women's basketball leader for assists with her career total, followed by Kentucky's Georgia Amoore with 697 dimes.

The 5-11 guard has recorded a career assist/turnover ratio of 1.99. Over 124 games, she has tallied single-game assists at every mark, 1-17 and has never finished a game with less than one assist. Ryan ranks 29^th for all-time NCAA DI women's basketball assists leaders and is 103 dimes from the Top 10.

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Players Mentioned

Audi Crooks

Emily Ryan

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