Articles Tagged: Iowa State women’s basketball

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Inside or outside. On the move or spotted up. Iowa State women’s basketball all-time leading scorer Ashley Joens was so good, it didn’t matter where her shots came from in an 85-56 win over TCU.

Morgan Kane’s been asked to play many roles in her Iowa State career. She’s back in the spotlight, coming off a season-high 16 point-performance in the Cyclones’ 73-68 loss Wednesday at Oklahoma State.

One thing the Iowa State women’s basketball program had never done is avoid getting swept in the regular season by one or more Big 12 foes. Until now. And that’s not a trivial matter as the Cyclones prepare for a tough four-game stretch to close the regular-season slate.

Ashley Joens scored 27 points and No. 22 Iowa State got double-digit scoring from all five starters, defeating Baylor 81-77 in double overtime on Saturday night.

Denae Fritz’s clutch 3-pointer with 37 seconds left essentially sealed the No. 22-ranked Iowa State women’s basketball team’s rousing 66-61 win over 17th-ranked Texas Monday Night at Hilton Coliseum.

Iowa State star Ashley Joens must ensure getting into foul trouble doesn’t become a trend as the No. 12 Cyclones prepare to face Baylor on Saturday.

Gabby Gregory scored 25 points and combined with Serena Sundell to make 7 of 8 free throws in the last 22 seconds and Kansas State defeated No. 12 Iowa State, the Big 12 Conference co-leader, 78-77 on Wednesday night.

Denae Fritz, a former Miss Basketball in Tennessee, missed most of last season with a foot injury. Now she’s asked to be one of Iowa State’s most stringent defenders — and trusted to develop into one of the Cyclones’ more productive scorers, as well.

Ashley Joens went on a personal 8-0 run in the second quarter and helped first-place Iowa State erase an early 10-point deficit to beat Oklahoma, 86-78.

It’s time for the women’s basketball rematch between Iowa State and Oklahoma. The way the Cyclones played in the first meeting Stephanie Soares went down with a season-ending ACL injury proved to be encouraging despite the loss.

Emily Ryan is the most durable player for the No. 18-ranked Iowa State women’s basketball team. She ranks first in the Big 12 in minutes played per game, and she’ll almost certainly be on the floor every second she’s needed in Wednesday’s 6:30 p.m. matchup with TCU.

AMES — It’s not often that Ashley Joens is stuck in a shooting slump. It’s rarer still that those struggles …

Bill Fennelly will be back coaching the Iowa State women’s basketball team in Saturday’s 5 p.m. matchup with Kansas. He missed Wednesday’s 69-64 win over Oklahoma State while mourning the loss of his mother, Carol, who passed away last Sunday. She was 85.

Emily Ryan scored 14 points, reserve Nyamer Diew had eight of her 12 in the fourth quarter and No. 18 Iowa State defeated Oklahoma State 69-64 on Wednesday night.