Iowa State vs. No. 4 UConn Primer

Who: Iowa State (9-3, 0-0 Big 12) vs. No. 4 UConn (9-1, 0-0 Big East)
Invesco QQQ Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase
Where: Mohegan Sun Arena – Uncasville, Conn.
When: Tuesday, December 17, 2024 – 7:30 p.m. CT

The Links
WATCH: FS1
PxP: Connor Onion Analyst: Christy Winters Scott
LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network – Varsity App or Radio Affiliates
PxP: Noah Wolf Analyst: Jamie Steyer Johnson
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Iowa State meets UConn in the 2024 Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase at Mohegan Sun Arena on Tuesday night. The Cyclones will face their second top 10 and third ranked opponent of the season as the Huskies enter as the fourth-ranked team nationally.

INSIDE THE SERIES
Overall: UConn leads 2-1
At Neutral Sites: Series tied 1-1
Fennelly vs. UConn: 1-2

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.

2 – National ranking of Audi Crooks' made field goals (104) this season. Crooks has scored in double figures in 44 straight game and tallied 894 career points on 366 made shots.

6 – Iowa State is one of the top assisting teams in the country, passing out over 20 assists per contest. The Cyclones rank sixth nationally for assists per game and third in the Big 12.

939 – The Cyclones have made at least one 3-point field goal in an NCAA women's record 938 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 44 straight games and finished with 20+ points 23 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 scored her 850^th career point at Iowa (Dec. 11).

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 869 assists and holds the all-time best mark in program history by over 100 dimes. She is the active NCAA women's basketball leader for assists with her career total, followed by Kentucky's Georgia Amoore with 728 dimes.

The 5-11 guard has recorded a career assist/turnover ratio of 1.98. Over 131 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 20^th for all-time NCAA DI women's basketball assists leaders and is 70 dimes from the Top 10.

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Audi Crooks

Emily Ryan

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