Completed Event: Women's Basketball versus Kansas on December 21, 2025 , Win , 79, to, 76
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Final
Women's Basketball
79
Kansas
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Iowa State University Athletics
Wednesday, January 14
Boulder, Colo.
8:00 PM
Iowa State
at
Colorado
PRIMER: No. 19 Iowa State at Colorado
01.13.2026 | Women's Basketball
Who: No. 19 Iowa State (14-3, 2-3 Big 12) at Colorado (11-6, 2-3 Big 12)
Where: CU Events Center – Boulder, Colo.
When: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 – 8:00 p.m. CT
The Links
WATCH: ESPN+ (PxP: Thad Anderson, Analyst: Kami Carmann,)
LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network (PxP: Noah Wolf, Analyst: Jamie Steyer Johnson)
No. 19 Iowa State begins a two-game road stretch on Wednesday, traveling to Colorado for the first time in 15 years since the Buffaloes rejoined the Big 12 Conference.
FOUR THINGS
4 – Iowa State junior Addy Brown recorded the fourth triple-double in program history against Norfolk State (Nov. 16), tallying 11 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists. It marks the first time in over a decade that a Cyclone achieved the feat.
11 – Iowa State has the 11th ranked scoring offense nationally, averaging 86.8 points per game. The mark ranks second in the Big 12 Conference.
19 – The Cyclones were picked 19th in the Week 10 AP poll. ISU has been ranked in each poll this season, peaking at No. 10 for five weeks (Week 4-8).
83 – Audi Crooks has scored in double figures in 83 straight games. It marks the longest streak by a Cyclone women's basketball player and longest active streak in NCAA women's basketball. Crooks also holds the longest streak by a Big 12 women's basketball player since Brittney Griner's 116-game run from 2010-2013.
SERIES NOTES
Iowa State travels to Boulder for the first time in 25 years. The Cyclones have not made the trip to Colorado since the Buffaloes rejoined the Big 12 Conference, as CU made the trek to Ames last season. ISU has won five of its last seven matchups with Colorado in Boulder, all during the tenure of head coach Bill Fennelly. Fennelly and CU head coach JR Payne faced off for the first time last season.
LAST TIME OUT
Then-No. 11 Iowa State dropped its third straight game and second consecutive home game to West Virginia on Sunday. The loss marked the first time since January 2021 that the Cyclones dropped consecutive home contests (Texas, Baylor). Audi Crooks led ISU with 22 points on 8-of-9 shooting from the floor and a perfect 5-of-5 at the free throw line. Crooks pulled down 10 rebounds for her seventh double-double of the season. Sydney Harris (15) and Reagan Wilson (11) also joined in double figures. The Cyclones were plagued by turnovers, giving up the ball 25 times for 30 of WVU's 83 points.
CYCLONES GARNER PRESEASON ATTENTION
Iowa State's trio of Addy Brown, Audi Crooks and Jada Williams has received national attention in the preseason, appearing on several watch lists and collecting preseason honors. Brown and Crooks were voted to the All-Big 12 Preseason Team and appeared on the Naismith Trophy Preseason, USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and Wooden Award watch lists. When the Naismith Starting 5 award watch lists were announced, Williams (Nancy Lieberman Award), Brown (Katrina McClain Award) and Crooks (Lisa Leslie Award) were all three selected to their respective position 20-woman watch lists.
CHANGING OF THE (POINT) GUARD
Following the graduation of five-year starting point guard Emily Ryan, Iowa State signed Arizona transfer Jada Williams to direct the Cyclone offense in 2025-26. Williams arrives in Ames following two seasons with the Wildcats where she averaged 12.7 points per game as a sophomore, increasing her average to 13.4 points per contest during conference play.
Through 17 games as a Cyclone, the Kansas City, Missouri native has averaged 12.0 points, 3.3 rebounds and 7.9 assists per contest. Her assist rate has increased by 5.0 dimes per game from last season (2.9 apg) and she has passed her 2024-25 assist total by nearly 50 dimes. She knocked down a career-high six 3-pointers en route to a career-high 28 points against Baylor (Jan. 4) in Hilton Coliseum, the seventh 20-plus point game of her career. Williams tallied 16 points and a career-high 14 assists at Houston for her sixth double-double of the season. She ranks 36th in NCAA DI women's basketball with her double-double count this season and is second in the Big 12. Williams had not recorded a double-double in her collegiate career prior to this season.
LEADING AT THE LINE
Iowa State is historically one of the best free throw shooting teams in women's basketball. The Cyclones have made free throws a point of emphasis in recent years, improving from 72.5 percent in 2023-24 to 72.9 in 2024-25 and now to 76.9 percent through 17 games in 2025-26. Audi Crooks, who has taken the majority of attempts at the line over the last three seasons, has greatly improved her clip at the charity stripe as well, improving from 65.5 percent (114- 174) during her freshman season to 68.4 percent (78-114) this season. Iowa State ranks 21st nationally in free throws made per game (15.8) and 30th in free throw percentage this season, leading the Big 12 with the mark.
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