Articles Tagged: Iowa State women’s basketball

Cyclones don’t have one big scorer, but have many scorers in lopsided win Sunday

The Iowa Hawkeyes defeated the Iowa State Cyclones 67-58 at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023.

Everything unraveled for the young Iowa State women’s basketball team after taking a late 55-54 lead as the Iowa Hawkeyes beat the Cyclones for the seventh time in the past eight meetings, 67-58, before a sellout crowd of 14,267.

A late surge allowed the No. 4-ranked Iowa women’ basketball team to escape Iowa State’s upset bid, 67-58. Caitlin Clark surpassed the 3,000-point mark for her career.

Time, TV and notes for Wednesday’s women’s basketball game between No. 4 Iowa and Iowa State.

Bill Fennelly prepares his freshmen-fueled Iowa State Cyclones (4-3) for Wednesday’s 6 p.m. Cy-Hawk matchup with the No. 4-ranked Iowa Hawkeyes (8-1) in what’s become an annual women’s basketball tradition since his second season in Ames.

Fourth-ranked Iowa (8-1) visits Iowa State (4-3) in their annual Cy-Hawk women’s basketball encounter Wednesday. Look at the various projections, and Iowa is favored by 5 to 8 points, and it seems like it ought to be more. But, as Lisa Bluder said, in this series, things can get “a little wacky.”

Iowa State women’s basketball went ice cold in the second quarter against Drake, but rallied to make it a game.

Iowa State’s freshmen accounted for well above 50 percent of the team’s points, rebounds, made 3-pointers, rebounds and assists in Monday’s win over Butler. Sunday, the Cyclones take on a Drake team that has won 20 or more games in eight of the past nine seasons and has been tabbed to finish second in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Kelsey Joens boldly charted the path she hopes to trace throughout her Iowa State career. “I want (to be) Big 12 freshman of the year,” Joens said during ISU’s media day event on Thursday.

Bridget Carleton knows exactly what fellow Iowa State product Ashley Joens has endured this season as a WNBA rookie.

Former Iowa State and Iowa City High standout Ashley Joens is back in the professional ranks, as the Las Vegas Aces announced she’d been added to the team’s roster Wednesday afternoon.

Six-foot-6 WNBA Draft pick Stephanie Soares returns to Iowa State as a graduate assistant as she continues to rehabilitate a torn ACL.

Iowa was second nationally, Iowa State third in women’s basketball average attendance in the 2022-23 season.

Call it outlandish, implausible or a borderline miracle. Just don’t call Iowa State women’s tennis rising to elite status “impossible.”