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Iowa State University Athletics
Wednesday, December 31
Houston, Texas
1:00 PM
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Photo by: Oscar Herrera
No. 10 ISU Wins 80-62 at Houston, Matches Best Start
12.31.2025 | Women's Basketball
HOUSTON, Texas – No. 10 Iowa State (14-0, 2-0 Big 12) took the 80-62 win at Houston (6-7, 0-2 Big 12) to remain unbeaten and match the best start in school history, where the 2013-14 Cyclones also began 14-0.
The Cougars took a 14-7 lead in the first quarter, but the Cyclones hit a 12-0 run and did not give up the lead from there. Audi Crooks was classic Audi Crooks making her first seven shots and going on to notch her fifth-straight 30-plus point game with 35. Crooks shot 17-of-21 from the field and had her fourth double-double this season adding 13 rebounds.
Jada Williams also performed to a double-double with hers in points and assists, scoring 16 points while leading the game with 14 assists.
How it Happened
Williams put the Cyclones back in front 5-3 with a shot beyond the arc three minutes into play. The Cougars hit a 6-0 run as the lead flipped again and the first quarter hit the midway point. After falling behind 14-7, the Cyclone scored the next 10 points as Sydney Harris ended the quarter with a 3.
Crooks made her fourth shot on as many attempts to cap the run at 12-0 and put the scoreboard at 19-14. With Houston within one at the 8:18 mark, Kenzie Hare sent in a triple and ISU went on its way to stretch a nine-point advantage (29-20) causing a timeout by the host with 6:13 to play in the second. UH came out of the timeout bringing it back within two, but Addy Brown and Arianna Jackson responded with back-to-back 3s. The deep shots continued to fall as Harris and Jackson put in another two straight, and ISU entered halftime ahead 45-31.
Houston cut its deficit down to single digits briefly at 49-40 with 6:27 on the clock, and at the media timeout Iowa State would lead 52-40. Crooks tallied her eighth point of the third with just over two minutes in the frame, putting the score at 58-46. Crooks kept it going, ending the quarter with an and-one to enter the fourth up 61-46.
Jackson drained her third 3-pointer one minute into the final quarter, the eighth by ISU. Crooks ascended over 30 points as the game drew to a close, and the Cyclones continued on to win it by 18.
Top Performers
Audi Crooks had game No. 80 in a row scoring 10-plus as the streak continues to be the longest by a Cyclone and longest active in NCAA women's basketball. Crooks now owns 11 20-plus point games this season and 52 on her career. Jada Williams went out to her ninth double-figure scoring game and sixth double-double this season.
Up Next
Iowa State returns home for a top 25 matchup this Sunday, Jan. 4 hosting No. 22 Baylor. The game begins at 2 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN.
Notes
- Iowa State women's basketball's all-time record moves to 885-678 (.566) and 347-358 (.492) in conference play.
- Fennelly's career record moves to 814-378 (.683) in his 38-year career and 648-325 (.666) at Iowa State.
- Iowa State is 14-0 for the second time in program history. It matches the best start to a season in program history (2013-14).
- The Cyclones' all-time series record against the Cougars is 3-0.
- With 35 points, Audi Crooks extended her double-figure scoring streak to 80 games, the longest active streak in NCAA women's basketball. It is the longest streak among Big 12 players since Brittney Griner's 116-game streak.
- Crooks has posted 30-plus points in each of her last five games.
- With her ninth rebound of the day, Crooks tallied her 600th career board.
- Finishing with 13 rebounds, Crooks posted her fourth double-double of the season.
- Jada Williams finished with her sixth double-double of the season and fifth points-assists double-double with 16 points and a career-high 14 dimes.
Team Stats
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UH
FG%
.531
.385
3FG%
.500
.500
FT%
.571
.667
RB
38
35
TO
15
12
STL
2
9
Game Leaders
Pts
35
FGM
17
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
3
Pts
9
FGM
3
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
0
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