Articles Tagged: Bill Fennelly

No. 10 Iowa State bounces back from Cy-Hawk loss with big win over Jacksonville

Ashley Joens notched her 16th career 30-point game on just 14 field-goal attempts in Iowa State’s 99-76 win over Columbia. She drilled seven of her 10 3-point tries and added 10 rebounds to record her 52nd career double-double.

Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell is still learning and still growing — and he’s the Cyclones’ best hire from Toledo, according to women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly.

Iowa State’s women’s basketball team just got a lot bigger and better. That’s because 6-6 two-time NAIA player of the year Stephanie Soares will join the Cyclones next season as a graduate transfer.

Iowa State started the game with an 11-0 run and never trailed in beating Georgia 67-44, giving the Cyclones two Sweet 16 basketball teams.

Sleep can wait for the Iowa State women’s basketball team after a late-night NCAA Tournament first-round win over UT Arlington. The Cyclones move on to face Georgia on Sunday.

Iowa State narrowly missed advancing to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2010 a year ago, but now embarks on a new postseason quest beginning with Friday’s first-round tournament game against UT-Arlington at Hilton Coliseum.

Iowa State women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly has taken 20 Cyclones teams to the NCAA Tournament and he said it’s like Christmas every time.

Ashley Joens scored 33 points, but Iowa State fell to Texas, 82-73 in overtime, in the semifinals of the Big 12 women’s basketball tournament.

It’s full-go this year at the Big 12 tournament for the 10th-ranked Iowa State women’s basketball team and its fans, who will give this group of ISU seniors its first so-called “Hilton South” experience Friday.

The 3-pointers were falling and Iowa State’s best players performed like it Wednesday in a 77-62 women’s basketball win over Kansas.

Ashley Joens called last week the toughest the Iowa State women’s basketball team has faced all season. Lexi Donarski and Emily Ryan are helping the team move on.

With Ashley and Aubrey Joens out due to COVID-19 protocols, the Iowa State women’s basketball team didn’t have enough firepower to beat Texas at Hilton Coliseum on Wednesday.

Ashley Joens will likely finish her Iowa State women’s basketball career as the program’s leading scorer. But it’s what Joens has done in every other area of the game that most impresses her head coach.

The key to Iowa State’s unbeaten start in Big 12 women’s basketball play? A collective short memory span.