CINCINNATI, Ohio – The No. 22/16 Iowa State women’s basketball team (2-0, 0-0 Big 12) downed the Cincinnati Bearcats (1-3, 0-0 American) by a score of 78-42 for their first road win of the season. Iowa State used double-digit efforts by senior Hallie Christofferson (25) and freshmen Seanna Johnson (13) and Jadda Buckley (12) to defeat the Bearcats.
The Cyclones grabbed a 15-point lead in the first half after a jumper from junior Fallon Ellis with 5:21 left, but Cincinnati would then go on an 8-2 run to cut the lead to just nine entering the half, 34-25. Iowa State would stave off the Bearcats with a 20-7 run to start the second half, giving the ISU a 55-32 lead which they would hold for the remainder of the game.
