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Iowa State vs. BYU Primer
02.23.2024 | Women's Basketball
Who: Iowa State (15-10, 8-6 Big 12) vs. BYU (15-13, 5-10 Big 12)
Where: Hilton Coliseum – Ames, Iowa
When: Saturday, February 24, 2024 – 6:00 p.m. CT
The Links
WATCH: Big 12 Now on ESPN+
PxP: BJ Schaben Analyst: Derrin Hansen
LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network – Varsity App or Radio Affiliates
PxP: Noah Wolf Analyst: Jamie Steyer Johnson
Iowa State returns to Hilton Coliseum for its annual Play4Kay game while facing BYU for the second time this season. The Cyclones picked up an 80-75 win at the Marriott Center in Provo on January 6.
With & For Each Other.
— Cyclone Basketball (@CycloneWBB) February 22, 2024
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INSIDE THE SERIES
Overall: BYU Leads 2-1
In Ames: BYU Leads 1-0
Fennelly vs. BYU: 1-1
FOUR THINGS
2 – Two Iowa State freshmen have top 10 field goal percentages among NCAA DI freshmen. Audi Crooks (1st) and Addy Brown (7th) also rank second and seventh among all Big 12 players in the category.
12 – The Cyclones own one of the top marks in NCAA DI assists per game. ISU is dishing out 18.8 dimes per game. The mark is 12th in the nation and third among league teams.
24 – Iowa State is one of the nation's best 3-point shooting teams, canning 212 triples this season. ISU ranks 24th in NCAA DI for 3-pointers per game and ranks second in the Big 12 with 8.5 triples per game.
919 – The Cyclones have made at least one 3-point field goal in an NCAA-record 919 consecutive games, a streak which encapsulates the entirety of the Bill Fennelly Era at Iowa State.
LAST TIME OUT
Iowa State won its first road contest since Jan. 6 with a 76-64 triumph over Houston. Audi Crooks led the Cyclones with her fourth-straight 20-point game, scoring 25 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the floor. Her point total brought her to 458 career points, just three from setting a new program best by a freshman in a single season.
Crooks and Addy Brown each finished with double-doubles. Crooks pulled down 12 boards while Brown added 16 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. Emily Ryan was near a triple-double with nine points, 11 rebounds and seven assists. Hannah Belanger also scored in double figures with 11 points. With her third 3-pointer, she became the sixth active NCAA women's basketball player to make 350 career triples.
"Tough catch, tough finish, she got it."@AudiCrooks worked for her fourth-straight 20-point game 😎
— Cyclone Basketball (@CycloneWBB) February 22, 2024
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REIGNING FROM THREE
As has been the case for decades, Iowa State is one of the top 3-point shooting teams in the country. Hannah Belanger leads the ISU effort from deep, canning 53 triples through 24 games and connecting on 36.6 percent of her attempts from deep.
This season, ISU is 23rd in NCAA DI and second in the Big 12 with 8.5 triples per game. The Cyclones have made 212 3-pointers this season, posting 10 or more made triples in seven games this season.
🗣️ SHOOTER ❗️ https://t.co/Jgr1TyU5Q1
— Big 12 Conference (@Big12Conference) February 22, 2024
SHARE AND SCORE
Iowa State has reached the 25-assist threshold in six games this season (25 vs. Southern; 25 vs. Syracuse; 25 vs. UNCW; 26 vs. Troy; 27 vs. Oklahoma State; 25 vs. No. 7 Kansas State). The Cyclones rank 12th in NCAA DI and third in the Big 12 through 24 games with 18.8 assists per game.
Addy Brown leads ISU with 127 assists this season, the most by a Cyclone freshman since Emily Ryan set the best single-season mark with 164 dimes. Against Kansas State, ISU assisted on 25 on its 28 made field goals. Emily Ryan (14) and Addy Brown (9) combined for 23 of ISU's 27 assists against Oklahoma State. It was the first time in the Fennelly era multiple Cyclones had posted nine or more assists in a single contest. In the last five seasons of Big 12 contests, Emily Ryan has posted 14 or more assists three times. Every other conference player has only managed the feat once.
The last time Iowa State had a season of recording 25+ assists in multiple games was 2021-22 when they posted marks of 27 vs. Prairie View A&M (Dec. 19, 2021), 26 vs. West Virginia (Jan. 1, 2022) and 25 vs. TCU (Feb. 12, 2022). The Cyclones have posted 25+ assists in at least three games in a single season six times. In 1999-2000, ISU posted at least 25 assists in a game six times, the top total for single season in program history.
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