Moody Scores 30 as Iowa State Falls to OU, 75-66

NORMAN, Oklahoma – Despite a career-best scoring performance from Nikki Moody, the Iowa State women's basketball team fell to Oklahoma 75-66 Wednesday morning at the Lloyd Noble Center. The loss dropped ISU to 14-7 overall, 5-5 in Big 12 play, OU improved 14-7 on the season and are now 8-2 in conference competition.

Nikki Moody led the Cyclone effort, posting a career-high 30 points on 11-of-18 shooting from the field while also contributing five assists. Moody's 30 points is the first 30-point game by a Cyclone since Hallie Christofferson's 33-point effort against Cal State Fullerton on Dec. 8, 2013.

How It Happened
After trading leads early on the Sooners ran off 17 of 21 points to get up to a 24-10 lead. Though Oklahoma was committing more fouls, ISU could not take advantage on the scoreboard, shooting just 3-of-13 from the field before head coach Bill Fennelly was forced to call his first timeout down nine.

Things were not going better out of the timeout as the Sooners reeled off five more points to the aforementioned 24-10 margin. A Moody lay-in looked to have gotten the Cyclones back on track, but the Sooners continued to fire from deep, making five 3-pointers en route to a 32-17 lead.

Down 38-25 to start the second half, Iowa State found itself in a bigger hole as OU ran out to a 20-point lead at 47-27. On the back of Moody, the Cyclones battled back to reduce the deficit back to the halftime margin of 13 points, but Peyton Little hit her third 3-pointer of the game to restore Oklahoma's lead to 16 points at 55-39.

The Cyclones were able to reduce the OU lead to 12 points on multiple occasions in the second half, but each time the Sooners had an answer and were able to restore its larger advantage. It was not until 3:30 to go that ISU was able to reduce the deficit to single-digits as Nikki Moody hit a corner 3-pointer to make it 67-58 Sooners. However, Little again struck, making a corner 3-ball of her own to restore OU's 12-point lead and guide the Sooners to victory.

Cyclone GameBall Goes to…
Nikki Moody. A valiant performance by the Cyclone point guard in defeat. Moody led all players with a career-high 30 points on 11-of-18 shooting, which included three 3-pointers. Moody's 30-point performance marked the first 30-point game by a Cyclone since Hallie Christofferson's 33-point effort against Cal State Fullerton on Dec. 8, 2013.

Moody also contributed five assists, her 78th game of her ISU career with at least five dimes.

Game Notes
*Iowa State extended its NCAA record for consecutive games with a 3-pointer to 633 games.
*Nikki Moody finished with a career-high 30 points, her 58th game in double-figures of her career, and 13th in 2014-15. Moody's previous career-high for scoring was 24 against Stony Brook on Dec. 7.
*Moody also finished with five assists, her 78th career game with at least five dimes.

Up Next
Iowa State returns home for a game Saturday against West Virginia. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. and the game will be televised on Cyclones.TV Powered by Mediacom. The game will be a “White Out”, as fans are encouraged to wear white to the game.

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