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12.20.2024 | Women's Basketball
Who: Iowa State (9-4, 0-0 Big 12) vs. Oklahoma State (10-1, 0-0 Big 12)
Where: Gallagher-Iba Arena – Stillwater, Okla.
When: Saturday, December 21, 2024 – 4:00 p.m. CT
The Links
WATCH:Â ESPN2
PxP: Brenda VanLengen Analyst:Â Carolyn Peck
LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network – Varsity App or Radio Affiliates
PxP: Noah Wolf Analyst: Jamie Steyer Johnson
LIVE STATS
IOWA STATE GAME NOTES
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Iowa State opens Big 12 play in Stillwater, Oklahoma for the second straight season. The Cyclones bested Oklahoma State in their first league game a season ago, taking a 76-68 win on Dec. 30. Audi Crooks and Addy Brown combined for 41 points in the victory.
INSIDE THE SERIES
Overall: Series tied 38-38
In Stillwater: OSU leads 19-15
Fennelly vs. OSU: 28-20
FOUR THINGS
1 – National ranking of Audi Crooks' made field goal total (117) this season. Crooks also ranks fourth nationally for points this season (281).
2 – Iowa State had two players named to the Naismith Trophy Women's College Player of the Year Watch list earlier this season. Audi Crooks and Emily Ryan were two of 50 women's collegiate basketball players selected to the watch list. 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 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.
940 – The Cyclones have made at least one 3-point field goal in an NCAA women's record 940 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 45 straight games and finished with 20+ points 24 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 900th career point against UConn at Mohegan Sun Arena (Dec. 17).
Crooks was one of the top players in NCAA Division I for field goal percentage last season, shooting nearly 58 percent from the floor. 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).Â
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 34th 1,000 point scorer in March 2023. The Claflin, Kansas native has recorded 875 assists and holds the all-time best mark in program history by over 130 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 132 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 20th for all-time NCAA DI women's basketball assists leaders and is 64 dimes from the Top 10.