Ashley Joens, Iowa State’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder took the floor for what proved to be the last time in an ISU uniform Saturday, as her fifth-seeded team fell, 80-73, to 12th-seeded Toledo at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tenn.
Denae Fritz is back in Tennessee, ready to help lead No. 5-seed Iowa State against 12-seed Toledo at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in a first-round NCAA women’s basketball tournament matchup at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville.
Iowa State women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly’s career had come full circle, as the surging fifth-seed Cyclones will face No. 12-seed Toledo — the first school that gave him a head coaching job 35 years ago — in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
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