PRIMER: Iowa State vs. Arizona

Who: Iowa State (15-5, 3-5 Big 12) vs. Arizona (10-8, 1-6 Big 12)

Where: Hilton Coliseum – Ames, Iowa

When: Saturday, January 24, 2026 – 3:00 p.m. CT

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Iowa State looks to go 2-0 this week, hosting Arizona in Hilton Coliseum on Saturday. The Cyclones are coming off a 93-68 win over Cincinnati that snapped a five-game losing streak.

FOUR THINGS

3 – Iowa State has the third-ranked assisting team nationally, averaging 21.3 dimes per contest. The Cyclones also rank third with a 1.70 assist/turnover ratio. Both marks lead the Big 12 Conference.

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.

6 – The Cyclones have the ninth-best field goal percentage in NCAA Division I women's basketball, connecting on 49.5 percent of attempts from the floor.

86 – Audi Crooks has scored in double figures in 86 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 hosts Arizona for the first time since the 1988-89 season. The Cyclones played in Tucson for the first time last season, picking up a 79-58 victory over the Wildcats. Former Wildcat Jada Williams transferred to Iowa State ahead of the 2025-26 season to become the Cyclones' starting point guard. Head coach Bill Fennelly faced Arizona once during his stint at Toledo, a five-point loss in Tucson.

LAST TIME OUT

Iowa State snapped a five-game skid with a 93-68 win over Cincinnati in Hilton Coliseum on Wednesday night. Jada Williams poured in a career-high 44 points on 15-of-22 shooting from the floor with six 3-pointers. Williams' point total was also the second-most all-time by a Cyclone and the most by an ISU player in Big 12 single-game history and Hilton Coliseum history. Williams also passed out eight assists which added to her accounting for 62 percent of ISU's 93 points scored in the contest. Audi Crooks added 24 points, five rebounds and four assists. Arianna Jackson returned to the lineup following an injury sustained at Cincinnati (Jan. 7) and scored 11 points while pulling down a team-high eight boards in 31 minutes of action. With the win, head coach Bill Fennelly secured his 300th career conference win (295 Big 12, five Big Eight) at Iowa State.

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 20 games as a Cyclone, the Kansas City, Missouri native has averaged 13.6 points, 3.2 rebounds and 7.7 assists per contest. Her assist rate has increased by nearly five 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. The Kansas City native bested her career high, pouring in 44 points against Cincinnati (Jan. 21) with six 3-pointers to finish with the ISU all-time top point total in Hilton Coliseum and in a Big 12 Conference game. Williams tallied 16 points and a career-high 14 assists at Houston for her sixth double-double of the season. Williams had not recorded a double-double in her collegiate career prior to this season.

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Addy Brown

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Arianna Jackson

Jada Williams

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