Articles Tagged: Iowa State women’s basketball

Denae Fritz notched career highs in points (14) and blocked shots (3) in the 15th-ranked Iowa State women’s basketball team’s 67-56 win Wednesday over Kansas State at Hilton Coliseum.

Iowa State’s women’s basketball team seeks to find contributions from fresh places to make up for Stephanie Soares’ 15 points and 10 rebounds per game. The 6-foot-6 graduate transfer is out for the season because of a torn ACL.

Ana Llanusa scored 23 points, Skylar Vann hit the final go-ahead basket, and No. 17 Oklahoma defeated No. 11 Iowa State 82-79 on Sunday in a matchup of the Big 12’s top two offenses.

Big-time Big 12 stakes are involved Sunday. The No. 11 Iowa State Cyclones will try to keep up with the fast-paced No. 17 Oklahoma Sooners, who are tied for fifth nationally in scoring offense at 87.0 points per game.

Stephanie Soares grabbed 20 boards in 25 minutes as the No. 11-ranked Iowa State women’s basketball team cruised past West Virginia, 70-50. She also scored 13 points and blocked three shots.

Iowa State women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly considers the Cyclones’ 4-for-26 3-point shooting performance in Saturday’s 81-58 win at Texas Tech an anomaly — and for good reason.

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Ashley Joens and Lexi Donarski scored 22 and 21 points, respectively, and No. 15 Iowa State used a strong finish to beat Texas Tech 81-58 in a Big 12 Conference opener Saturday.

The 15th-ranked Iowa State women’s basketball team will open the Big 12 portion of its schedule Saturday against Texas Tech after a 13-day layoff that started with the blizzard-based cancellation of the annual game against Drake.

Freshman had breakout game last Sunday and Bill Fennelly is hoping for more big things down the road

Cyclones coach Bill Fennelly isn’t too woried - yet - about low percentage from 3-point range, confident it will turn around

Women’s basketball: Trailing at halftime, 16th-ranked Iowa blitzes No. 10 Iowa State in the third quarter, reclaims Cy-Hawk superiority, 70-57.

Lexi Donarski’s ongoing mission? Guard the opponent’s best scorer — and when 10th-ranked Iowa State (6-1) meets No. 16 Iowa (6-3) at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, that means trying to control Hawkeye All-American Caitlin Clark.

There’s just one thing for a college basketball coach to do after a 50-point win. That’s nitpick — and Iowa State head coach Bill Fennelly obliged after the No. 8 Cyclones dispatched Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, 93-43, Tuesday night at Hilton Coliseum.

Deja Kelly scored 29 points to power No. 8 North Carolina to a 17-point comeback over No. 5 Iowa State and win 73-64 in the championship game of the Phil Knight Invitational tournament Sunday.