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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa St. | 20 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 69 |
| Iowa | 17 | 19 | 17 | 22 | 75 |
No. 18 Iowa State Falls at No. 21 Iowa, 75-69
12.11.2024 | Women's Basketball
IOWA CITY, Iowa – No. 18 Iowa State (8-3, 0-0 Big 12) fell to the home team No. 21 Iowa (9-1, 0-0 Big Ten) by a final score of 75-69 Wednesday night in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series.
Iowa State led for nearly 33 minutes and had two 10-0 runs but the defending national runner-up Hawkeyes took control down the stretch to secure the victory.
Audi Crooks led the game with 31 points, her third career game with 30 or more, while putting up her third straight double-double with 10 rebounds. Addy Brown also scored in double figures with 13 while netting a trio of triples.
How it Happened
Iowa State won the jump ball while Crooks followed with the mid-range jumper to put ISU up first. Iowa tied it up, but Brown had the answer with a triple. That triple sparked a run of 10 as Crooks hit two buckets and Brown capped it with another 3 to bring ISU ahead 12-2. Brown could not be stopped, draining her third 3-pointer at the 3:44 mark as Iowa State held the 19-11 advantage. Iowa came back within three at 20-17 with just over a minute on the clock and that score would hold at the end of one.
Crooks entered double figures to open second quarter scoring, but ISU turnovers would lead Iowa to tie it up at 22s. After another tie at 25-25, Sydney Harris quieted the home crowd knocking down a triple. Iowa followed with one of their own, but on Iowa State's next trip down the court Emily Ryan put in the layup to keep the Cyclones ahead at 30-28 into the media timeout. The battle continued as the Hawkeyes took their first lead at 36-34 at 1:40, but Crooks quickly tied it back up on a layup. With 38 seconds remaining, Kelsey Joens drained a crucial shot from deep to give the Cyclones a 39-36 lead at the half.
Crooks continued what she started making a three-point play, and the sophomore put in two layups after as ISU remained with the lead, 46-40, with the clock at 6:57 in the third. Iowa kept within two at the media timeout, but the Cyclones held the momentum stretching an eight-point advantage, 54-46, with the aid of triples by Lily Hansford and Aili Tanke causing an Iowa timeout at 2:21. As Iowa again fell behind by 10, the Hawkeyes clawed back to make it a one-possession game entering the fourth at 56-53.
After Crooks drew a foul after excessive contact, Ryan stepped to the line to send in a free throw, her 25th straight, as Iowa State led by one at 57-56. The game remained tight as Iowa flipped the lead at 62-61 with 4:16 to play. The home team kept their run alive making nine straight to go up by six (67-61). A layup by Brown put an end to the run with just under two minutes remaining, but the Cyclones could not come back as Iowa took the win.
Top Performer
Audi Crooks, scoring in double figures for the 43rd straight game, was magnificent scoring 31 (14-of-22 shooting) for her fifth 20-plus point game of the season and 22nd of her career. Crooks totaled her fifth double-double of the season and 13th of her career.
Up Next
No. 18 Iowa State returns home to host Eastern Illinois this Sunday, Dec. 15 at 5 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.
Notes
- Iowa State's all-time women's basketball record moves to 856-669 (.561).
- Head coach Bill Fennelly's Iowa State record moves to 619-316 (.662) and his career record moves to 785-369 (.681).
- The Cyclones have made at least one 3-point field goal in an NCAA women's record 938 consecutive games, finishing with six triples tonight. ISU has made 7,608 triples throughout the streak and has finished with 10 or more 3-pointers in a game 287 times.
- Audi Crooks notched her fifth double-double of the season with 31 points and 10 rebounds. It is her 13th career double-double.
- The performance marked her second 30-plus point game of the season and third of her career. Crooks has finished with 10 or more points in 43 consecutive games.
- Crooks notched her 850th career point with her 17th point of the night. She has 864 points in her career and 229 this season. Crooks has made 354 career field goals for the point total.
- Ryan finished with seven assists today, moving her career total to 861 dimes. The mark is good for 21st all-time in NCAA Division I women's basketball and second in the Big 12.
- Ryan's career free throw percentage of 87.6 percent (296-338) is second in Iowa State program history, trailing only Kelsey Bolte's 87.9 clip (211-240).
- Addy Brown scored her 150th point of the season, finishing the game with 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the floor.
