Iowa State vs. Utah Primer

Who: Iowa State (10-5, 1-1 Big 12) vs. Utah (11-2, 2-0 Big 12)
Where: Hilton Coliseum – Ames, Iowa
When: Sunday, January 5, 2025 – 5:30 p.m. CT

The Links
WATCH: ESPN2
PxP: Eric Frede Analyst: Christy Thomaskutty
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 plays host to Utah on Sunday, facing off with the Utes for the first time since the 2005 NCAA Tournament. The Cyclones have won 12 straight games in Hilton and are 9-0 in Ames this season.

STRIPE HILTON
Iowa State fans are encouraged to "Stripe Hilton" on Sunday. Iowa State Athletics is also running a ticket special as fans can purchase five general admission tickets for just $25 here.

Know which color to wear before you go! 🔴🟡🔴 pic.twitter.com/QrDLi0vsZ5
— Iowa State Athletics (@CycloneATH) January 3, 2025

INSIDE THE SERIES
Overall: Utah leads 4-0
In Ames: Utah leads 1-0
Fennelly vs. Utah: 0-2

SERIES NOTE
Iowa State faced Utah in its first ever NCAA Tournament game in 1997. The Cyclones fell 66-57 in first round action in Charlottesville, Virginia.

FOUR THINGS
1 – National ranking of Audi Crooks' made field goal total (142) this season. Crooks also ranks fourth nationally for points this season (342).

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.

942 – The Cyclones have made at least one 3-point field goal in an NCAA women's record 942 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 47 straight games and finished with 20+ points 26 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 matched the total on Wednesday against Kansas (Jan. 1)

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 884 assists and holds the all-time best mark in program history by 140 dimes. She is the active NCAA women's basketball leader for assists with her career total, followed by Kentucky's Georgia Amoore with 751 dimes.

The 5-11 guard has recorded a career assist/turnover ratio of 1.98. Over 134 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 19^th for all-time NCAA DI women's basketball assists leaders and is 55 dimes from the Top 10.

HILTON MAGIC
The Cyclones have been phenomenal at home during Bill Fennelly's tenure, compiling a 390-82 record (.825) in Hilton Coliseum, including a 194-9 (.955) mark against regular-season non-conference opponents. Iowa State has gone undefeated at home three times, most recently during the 2004-05 season.

With a win over Eastern Illinois on Dec. 15, ISU posted a spotless 8-0 non-conference record in Hilton, the 23^rd time under Bill Fennelly the Cyclones finished the regular season non-conference home slate undefeated. The Cyclones finished the 2023-24 regular season 13-2 at home and 7-1 in Big 12 play. Iowa State's 16 wins at Hilton Coliseum in 2021-22 were tied for the third-most in a season in school history.

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