Rob Gray

Crooks has scored 20 or more points in 10 straight games stretching back to last season. She’s shooting an eye-popping 70.6 percent from the field in that relatively lengthy span, and is averaging a career-high 23 assists and career-low one turnover this season.

The 6-3 junior scored 43 points in just under 20 minutes, draining an astonishing 18 of 23 shots from the field as the No. 16 Cyclones shook off a sluggish start to trounce the overmatched Crusaders, 97-50, before a crowd of 8.954 at Hilton Coliseum.

Senior guard Tamin Lipsey led a dominant Iowa State performance against Mississippi State, guiding the Cyclones to a 96-80 win behind relentless defense and balanced scoring.

Cyclones focused on themselves against Mississippi State, coached by Fairbank native and former Kirkwood coach Chris Jans

Cyclones earn 99-34 win at Hilton Colieum behind Audi Crooks’ 21 points and Williams’ career-high 14

TE made return Saturday after big hit as Cyclone football team heads into another bye before hosting Kansas in home finale on Nov. 22

ISU (6-4, 3-4 Big 12) snapped a mistake-filled four-game losing streak, erased an 11-point early-fourth quarter deficit, and finally because bowl eligible for the seventh time in the past eight seasons.

ISU football coach Matt Campbell said it’s too soon to talk about when Brahmer may return to the playing field after the frightening incident.

Freshman guard Jamarion Batemon calmly drilled his third 3-pointer with 23 seconds remaining to get his team to triple digits and cap a 102-62 triumph Thursday night that played out before a crowd of 13,609.

The Cyclones have played with plenty of the former, but far less of the latter during their four-game slide, and must find a way to have fun on the field again as they seek to secure bowl eligibility for the seventh time in the past eight seasons.

And the star Cyclone center did it in just her 70th game — a splendid 29-point, 14-rebound performance that helped her team subdue Southern, 85-58, Wednesday before a crowd of 8,908 at Hilton Coliseum.

The 6-foot-11 Buchanan’s wide-ranging abilities have been fully on display in practice, but outside of a soaring alley-top dunk in Monday’s 88-50 rout of FDU, the Hilton Coliseum crowd hasn’t seen much from him.

Iowa State is running the football better than it has since the 2021 season. Why isn’t that success on the ground producing more wins?

LB Will McLaughlin is done for the season after injury on Saturday as Cyclones head to TCU

Iowa State’s Milan Momcilovic erupted for a career-high 29 points and seven 3-pointers in a dominant 88-50 season-opening Iowa State win over Farleigh Dickinson.