PRIMER: Iowa State vs. UIC - Iowa State Athletics

Who: Iowa State (4-0, 0-0 Big 12) vs. UIC (3-1, 0-0 MVC)
Where: Hilton Coliseum – Ames, Iowa
When: Sunday, November 15, 2026 – 5:00 p.m. CT

Watch: ESPN+ (PxP: BJ Schaben, Analyst: Molly Parrott, Sideline: Shannon Ehrhardt)
Listen: Varsity Network App (PxP: Noah Wolf, Analyst: Jamie Steyer Johnson)

Iowa State women's basketball wraps up a five-game homestand on Sunday evening, facing UIC in Hilton Coliseum.

FOUR THINGS
2 – Freshman Tjaša Turnšek has recorded two double-doubles this season, most recently a 20-point, 12-rebound effort against Howard. She ranks fourth in the country for double-doubles this season.

7 – Iowa State's roster is made up of student-athletes from seven different countries: United States (6), Australia (2), Canada (1), China (1), Denmark (1), Nigeria (1) and Slovenia (1).

16 – Mya Babbitt has made 16 3-pointers this season, the top mark in NCAA Division I women's basketball this season. Babbit also ranks in the top five for 3-pointers per game (5^th, 4.0) and third in the Big 12 for 3-point percentage (.552).

25 – Sienna Harvey ranks 25^th in NCAA DI women's basketball for assists per game with 6.5 dimes per contest. She passed out four assists with no turnovers against Howard and has set and matched her career high with nine assists twice this season.

LAST TIME OUT
Iowa State took down Howard, 77-55, in Hilton Coliseum on Thursday night. The Cyclones got double-figure scoring efforts from three players and limited the Bison to just 28.1 percent shooting on the night.

Freshman Tjaša Turnšek led all scorers with 20 points and pulled down a game-high 12 rebounds with five assists. It marks just the third time this season a women's basketball player has totaled those marks in a single game. Alex-Anne Bessette also had a breakout game, scoring a season-high 15 points with three 3-pointers. Mya Babbitt continued her hot streak from beyond the arc with four 3-pointers and 16 total points.

HILTON MAGIC
The Cyclones have been phenomenal at home during Bill Fennelly's tenure, compiling a 415-87 record (.827) in Hilton Coliseum, including a 208-9 (.959) mark against regular-season non-conference opponents. Iowa State has gone undefeated at home three times, most recently during the 2004-05 season.

ISU finished the 2025-26 non-conference home schedule with a spotless 9-0 record. It was the 24th time Iowa State has gone undefeated in Hilton against regular-season non-conference opponents and second straight under head coach Bill Fennelly. Iowa State's 15 wins at Hilton Coliseum in 2025-26 were tied for the seventh-most in a season in school history.

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Mya Babbitt

Alex-Anne Bessette

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