AMES – Iowa State (13-7, 7-3 Big 12) retuned to the win column with the 78-67 victory over Oklahoma State (11-10, 4-6 Big 12). The Cyclones seal the season sweep over Oklahoma State with the win.
Iowa State led by four at the half while Oklahoma State took a lead of five in the third quarter, but ISU responded taking back the lead for good. Iowa State made 11 3-pointers, its seventh game with at least 10. Audi Crooks again upped her career high with her third-straight 25-point game of a career-high 29 points. Crooks has scored 20 or more points five of the last six games.
Emily Ryan had her first 10-plus assist game of the season and 13th of her career, while coming just short of a triple double with 14 assists, nine points and nine rebounds.
Addy Brown went out to her 15th double-figure outing with 14 points, while Arianna Jackson recorded her third 10-plus point game with 12 on four shots from deep.
How it Happened
Brown had a blazing start knocking down her first three shots to record seven of the Cyclones’ first nine points before OSU got on the board, causing the visitors to call a timeout at 6:27. Oklahoma State would trim their deficit down to two (15-13) with 1:11 on the clock, while Jalynn Bristow converted on the and-one to bring Iowa State’s lead to five at 18-13 after one.
Iowa State and Oklahoma State traded 3-point makes as the two sides made four straight, putting the score at 28-23, ISU at the midway point of the second frame. Crooks made her fourth bucket of the quarter to enter double figures and put the Cyclones up by nine at 32-23. OSU would make two shots at the end of the half as Iowa State entered the intermission up 32-28.
OSU took its first lead at 35-34 on a run of seven to open the second half. Iowa State would take it right back, while Hannah Belanger delivered her third shot beyond the arc, making it 39-36 with the clock at 6:20. Tie scores and lead changes followed, with Oklahoma State going up by five (47-42). Crooks and Brown answered with back-to-back layups, while Ryan made the crowd erupt with a 3-pointer to pull ISU ahead 49-47 at 1:05. The run continued with another 3, this one by Brown, as Iowa State entered the fourth ahead 52-47.
Jackson sent in a triple, her third, in the opening minutes of the fourth but wasn’t done there. At 7:22, Jackson hit her fourth to bring ISU’s lead to 10 at 62-52. Crooks continued to add to her point total, making two-straight layups on back-to-back trips down the court to extend the lead to 12 (64-52) halfway through the frame. Never letting up, the Cyclones sealed the 11-point win.
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Audi Crooks recorded 10 points in the first half of 5-of-8 shooting, following that up with a 19-point second half. It was Crooks’ ninth 20-plus point game and double-figure performance No. 19.
Emily Ryan showed her versatility with 14 assists, nine rebounds, all defensive, nine points and a steal. Ryan’s 14 assists is a season high.
Notes
Iowa State women’s basketball’s all-time record improved to 840-660 (.560) and 327-348 (.484) all-time in conference games.
Head coach Bill Fennelly’s career record moved to 769-360 (.681). His Iowa State record is now 603-307 (.663) overall.
Iowa State’s all-time record against Oklahoma State is now tied, 38-38, as the Cyclones improve to 21-14 in Ames against the Cowgirls.
The Cyclones recorded assists on 27 of their 32 field goals tonight, the highest total in a conference game since Jan. 29, 2019 against Texas Tech (29). It is the highest season total for ISU in 2023-24 and the fifth time the Cyclones have recorded 25 or more dimes in a game.
With Addy Brown’s 3-pointer in the first quarter, Iowa State has now recorded a triple in an NCAA women’s basketball record 914 consecutive games. Iowa State has made 7,404 triples during the run, as Emily Ryan canned number 7,400 tonight.
Iowa State made double-digit 3-pointers (11-35) for the seventh time this season. It is the 280th time since the beginning of the 3-point streak that the Cyclones have posted 10 or more triples.
ISU has outrebounded every opponent this season, grabbing 40 boards tonight compared to Oklahoma State’s 33.
Audi Crooks recorded her ninth career 20-point game with a career-high 29 points. Crooks has now scored 360 career points and is four points from joining the top 5 ISU freshman scoring list.
With 14 made field goals, Crooks claims the highest total by a freshman in a single game in program history. Her 14 makes from the floor also mark the highest since Bridget Carleton made 16 at Oklahoma State (Jan. 24, 2018).
With 14 field goals tonight, Crooks has made 144 field goals this season. Crooks passed top 5 freshmen season totals from Angie Welle (134) and Ashley Joens (141) with the mark.
Emily Ryan finished with a game-high 14 assists. It is the eighth time in her career and fourth time in a Big 12 contest she has finished with more than 10 dimes in a single game.
Ryan’s assist mark tonight is also the most in a conference game since she handed out 17 at TCU in 2022. It is the most against Oklahoma State in the Fennelly era, best Lyndsey Medders’ 13 in Feb. 2005.
Passing out 14 assists tonight, Emily Ryan has recorded 673 assists throughout her career. The mark is third most in Iowa State program history and 46 behind Lyndsey Medders with the second-highest total (719).
Addy Brown tallied nine assists tonight and passed Jadda Buckley (101) for fourth-most assists by a freshman while tying Lyndsey Medders’ third-best 108 dimes.
With three 3-pointers tonight, Hannah Belanger recorded her 340th career made 3-pointer. Belanger has tallied 2,064 career points.
Up Next
Iowa State now travels to Orlando to meet UCF Saturday, February 3 at 11 a.m. CT. The game will be streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.