PROVO, Utah – Iowa State (19-6, 7-6 Big 12) ended its five-game win streak with the 83-69 loss at BYU (17-8, 6-7 Big 12) Tuesday night.
The first half saw 12 lead changes, but the Cyclones could not come back after a BYU third-quarter burst with the Cougars outscoring the Cyclones 26-10.
Audi Crooks led ISU with 18 points, while Jada Williams added 16. Kenzie Hare scored a season-high 15 points on five 3-pointers.
Arianna Jackson put ISU on the board at 3-2 with an open 3-point shot, while BYU followed going up 9-5. Two more lead changes came before the first media timeout at 4:27, with the Cougars holding the slight 11-10 edge. Hare hit back-to-back 3s to put ISU up 16-13, and the lead flipped twice more to end the quarter as the Cyclones led 21-20.
BYU took the lead as the second began and went up by as much as six (29-23) but Iowa State fought back on an 8-0 run featuring Hare’s third triple to go ahead 31-29. Hare provided another lead change as the half closed sinking her fourth 3, but BYU made the final bucket to enter halftime up 43-42.
The Cougars opened the third jumping out to a double-digit lead and built it up to 20. A three-point play by Crooks ended the third, and Iowa State entered the final frame with a 17-point deficit (69-52).
BYU controlled the lead with the scoreboard at 78-60 at the final media timeout and went on to win it by 14.
Up Next
Iowa State returns to Ames to host Kansas State Sunday, Feb. 15. The game tips at 1 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN.
Notes
Iowa State women’s basketball’s all-time record moves to 890-684 (.566) and 352-364 (.492) in conference play.
Fennelly’s career record moves to 819-384 (.681) in his 38-year career and 653-331 (.664) at Iowa State.
The Cyclones tallied their 500th assist of the season with the seventh assist of the game, a made layup from Audi Crooks on the find from Sydney Harris.
With 18 points today, Audi Crooks extended her double-figure scoring streak to 91 games, the longest active streak in NCAA women’s basketball. It is the longest streak among Big 12 players since Brittney Griner’s 116-game streak.
Crooks’ second make at the free throw line moved her into sole possession of the eighth all-time best made free throw total at Iowa State, passing Lindsey Wilson’s 387 makes. Crooks has totaled 395 makes at the line in her career.
Kenzie Hare knocked down five triples tonight, a season high and the most in her Iowa State career.
Sydney Harris’ first make from beyond the arc marked her 100th made 3-pointer as a Cyclone.
