Iowa State vs. Arizona Primer

Who: Iowa State (11-6, 2-2 Big 12) vs. Arizona (11-6, 2-2 Big 12)
Where: McKale Center – Tucson, Ariz.
When: Saturday, January 11, 2025 – 3:00 p.m. CT

The Links
WATCH: ESPN+
PxP: Cindy Brunson Analyst: Joan Bonvicini
LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network – Varsity App or Radio Affiliates
PxP: Noah Wolf Analyst: Sarah Duysen
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Iowa State looks to complete the road sweep on Saturday afternoon, traveling to Arizona following a 90-83 win at Arizona State on Wednesday night. The Cyclones travel to Tucson for the first time in program history to face the Wildcats.

INSIDE THE SERIES
Overall: ISU leads 1-0
In Tucson: First Meeting
Fennelly vs. Arizona: 0-1

SERIES NOTE
Iowa State makes the trip to Tucson for the first time in program history, as the sole contest between the Cyclones and the Wildcats took place in Ames in 1988.

FOUR THINGS
1 – National ranking of Audi Crooks' made field goal total (162) this season. Crooks also ranks fifth nationally for points this season (391).

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.

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

944 – The Cyclones have made at least one 3-point field goal in an NCAA women's record 944 consecutive games, a streak which encapsulates the entirety of the Bill Fennelly Era at Iowa State.

1,000 POINT QUEEN
Iowa State sophomore Audi Crooks became the program's 35th 1,000 point scorer with her 23rd point against Utah (Jan. 5). Crooks is the fastest Cyclone to score 1,000 points, reaching the mark in 49 games. She passed all-time leading scorer Ashley Joens as the fastest ISU player to 1,000 points, the previous best in 64 games. Crooks is also the third fastest Big 12 women's basketball player to reach 1,000 points behind Courtney Paris (Oklahoma, 46) and Sheila Lambert (Baylor, 48).

Among a loaded sophomore class nationally, Crooks was the third NCAA Division I player in her class to score 1,000 points at one institution behind Juju Watkins (USC) and Hannah Hidalgo (Notre Dame). Crooks owns the fifth best career scoring average (20.5 PPG) among active NCAA DI women's basketball players and ranks 11th overall. Each of the top five NCAA DI career scorers are sophomores and juniors: Watkins (USC), Hidalgo (Notre Dame), Ta'Niya Latson (Florida State), Annesah Morrow (LSU), Crooks (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 49 straight games and finished with 20+ points 28 times in her career, including each of the last six games. 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 matched the total against Kansas (Jan. 1) in ISU's 78-64 win over the Jayhawks.

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).

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 894 assists and holds the all-time best mark in program history by over 140 dimes. She is the active NCAA women's basketball leader for assists with her career total, followed by Kentucky's Georgia Amoore with 760 dimes.

The 5-11 guard has recorded a career assist/turnover ratio of 1.99. Over 13 6, she has tallied single-game assists at every mark, 1-17 and has never finished a game with less than one assist. Ryan ranks 18^th for all-time NCAA DI women's basketball assists leaders and is 45 dimes from the Top 10.

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