The Cyclones shot at 50 percent from the field while holding Butler to 33 percent shooting. Iowa State also shot at 42.9 percent from deep with nine made 3-pointers by five different Cyclones.
Nyamer Diew led the game with a dominant showing of 19 points and nine rebounds. Isnelle Natabou brought in the next-highest total of 14 on 5-of-7 shooting from the field. Kelsey Joens and Addy Brown rounded out the double-figure scorers in their collegiate debuts, putting up 13 and 11, respectively.
How it Happened
After an 8-8 tie midway through the first, Diew fought through her defenders to muscle in the layup and draw the foul, proceeding to make her awarded free throw. Diew then stretched the scoring run to 7-0 on her next trip down the court to bring ISU’s lead to 13-8. With 16 seconds to go, Joens drained the 3-pointer to put the scoreboard at 16-12 through one quarter.
Jalynn Bristow grabbed the offensive rebound and put in the layup to stretch the lead to 10 (22-12). Hannah Belanger then sunk the Cyclones’ second shot from deep to make the score 25-15 with 5:41 to go in the second. Butler made the final two shots of the quarter off ISU turnovers, but the Cyclones remained with the lead of 29-23.
Out of the break, Diew made Iowa State’s first shot of the half, a 3-pointer to make it 34-29. Butler would battle back within one at 34-33, but the Cyclones answered with a 7-0 run capped with a Diew triple to put the Cyclones up 41-33. Brown then became the fourth Cyclone to net a shot from beyond the arc as ISU went ahead by 12. Joens would follow to make her third 3-pointer to take a 57-42 lead to the final quarter.
Natabou opened scoring for ISU with a layup following a Bristow steal, while Belanger hit a 3-pointer next to extend an 18-point lead (62-44). Arianna Jackson would total five Cyclones to hit a shot from deep as ISU ran out to a run of 10 with under three minutes of play remaining. The Cyclones continued to roll, ending the game ahead 82-55.
Top Performance
Nyamer Diew led the Cyclones with 19 points in her first outing of the season, shooting at 46 percent from the field, while nearly securing a double-double with nine rebounds. It was Diew’s 14th-career 10-plus point game, while the forward also added three assists, a block and a steal to her stat line.
Up Next
Iowa State heads to Des Moines to meet Drake this Sunday, Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcasted on ESPN+.
