FORT MYERS, Fla. – No. 4 South Carolina (6-1) used a big first-half run of 32-0 to defeat No.15 Iowa State (5-2), 76-36, on Thanksgiving Day at the Elevance Health Fort Myers Women’s Tip-Off.
South Carolina’s defense clamped down on the Cyclones, holding ISU to just 23 percent field goal shooting.
Mackenzie Hare opened the game’s scoring with a 3-pointer, but the defending champions settled in defensively and forced eight first-quarter turnovers while holding the Cyclones to just 1-for-11 shooting to lead 19-3 at the end of the opening stanza.
USC extended its run to 32-0 and led 35-9 at the half.
The Cyclones had success in the third quarter, trimming the Gamecock lead down to 17 points midway through the period, but South Carolina bounced back to lead by 26 heading to the fourth.
Top Performers
Audi Crooks finished with 13 points and nine rebounds, her 39th-straight game in double figures.
Hare also reached double figures with 12 points, connecting on three 3-pointers.
South Carolina was paced by 13 points each from Sania Feagin and Joyce Edwards.
Up Next
Iowa State returns to action on Saturday when it faces Middle Tennessee at 12:30 p.m.
Notes
Iowa State’s all-time women’s basketball record moves to 853-668 (.561).
Head coach Bill Fennelly’s Iowa State record moves to 616-315 (.662) and his career record moves to 782-368 (.680).
The Cyclones have made at least one 3-point field goal in an NCAA women’s record 934 consecutive games. ISU has made 7,572 triples throughout the streak and has finished with 10 or more 3-pointers in a game 286 times.
Audi Crooks has finished with 10 or more points in 39 consecutive games after she tallied game-tying-high 13 points.
She was one rebound short of her third double-double this season.
Kenzie Hare made a game-high three 3-pointers, moving her career total to 155 triples, the second-most on Iowa State’s team behind Emily Ryan’s 157.
