The transfer from St. Mary’s is healthy again and records double-double in 87-52 win over IU Indianapolis at Hilton Coliseum
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The transfer from St. Mary’s is healthy again and records double-double in 87-52 win over IU Indianapolis at Hilton Coliseum
Cyclones host Indianapolis Monday night in men’s basketball game at Hilton Coliseum with a starting lineup that could change day-to-day, week-to-week
Iowa State sophomore center Audi Crooks fully showcased her “new bag” of offensive moves Thursday against St. Thomas, helping the No. 8 Cyclones (4-0) record a resounding 80-47 win.
6-7 junior has ‘improved immensely’ and scored 16 points in 82-56 win over Roos
She collects a double-double along with Audi Crooks
On a night when Bill Fennelly stood at midcourt to be honored for being in his 30th season as Iowa State’s head women’s basketball coach, his team proceeded to shoot 30 percent from the field — and still beat Indiana State by 22 points.
Tamin Lipsey scored 16 points on 5-for-7 shooting in the Iowa State men’s basketball team’s 83-44 season-opening rout of Mississippi Valley State on Monday. ISU snared 16 steals from the Delta Devils, who won one game last season and are ranked last in the country by KenPom
Iowa State star Audi Crooks scored within 10 seconds. Her sharp-shooting Cyclone teammates drained their first four 3-point attempts. And so it went in No. 8 ISU’s women’s basketball season opener — a 96-56 drubbing of Chicago State.
Iowa State guard Curtis Jones’ 3-point shots refused to fall early last season after he transferred in from Buffalo. So he simply kept working, knowing he’d shine when it mattered most.
Iowa State is No. 5 in men’s basketball, No. 8 in women’s basketball, and No. 9 in football. This isn’t an everyday or every-year thing in college sports.
Women’s basketball: Iowa State is No. 8 in the Associated Press preseason poll. South Carolina is No. 1; Iowa is among others receiving votes.
Iowa State men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger’s devotion to sharply defined daily habits places heavy demands on his players. This is how Otzelberger has built ISU’s program into a consistent winner that will likely be ranked in the preseason top 10.
Audi Crooks is one of four returning sophomores who stayed in tune during last season’s surprising surge, and as long as fifth-year senior point guard Emily Ryan’s serving as the group’s conductor, the Iowa State women’s basketball team will continue to hit high notes throughout a 2024-25 season brimming with big expectations.
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