No. 15 Iowa State vs. Middle Tennessee Primer

Who: No. 15 Iowa State (5-2, 0-0 Big 12) vs. Middle Tennessee (6-1, 0-0 CUSA)
Where: Suncoast Credit Union Arena – Fort Myers, Fla.
When: Saturday, November 30, 2024 – 12:30 p.m. CT

The Links
WATCH: Women's Sports Network
PxP: Ryan Urquhart Analyst: Chloe Marotta
LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network – Varsity App or Radio Affiliates
PxP: Noah Wolf Analyst: Jamie Steyer Johnson
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IOWA STATE GAME NOTES
MEDIA CENTER

Iowa State looks to bounce back against Middle Tennessee on Saturday following its loss to No. 4 South Carolina on Thanksgiving Day. The Cyclones are seeking their first neutral site win of the season.

INSIDE THE SERIES
Overall: First Meeting
At Neutral Sites: First Meeting
Fennelly vs. MTSU: First Meeting

FOUR THINGS
2 – Iowa State had two players named to the Naismith Trophy Women's College Player of the Year Watchlist earlier this season. Audi Crooks and Emily Ryan were two of 50 women's collegiate basketball players selected to the watchlist. It is the second time Ryan has been featured on the top 50 list and the first time Crooks has been added.

7 – Emily Ryan has finished seven games in her career with at least four assists and no turnovers. Ryan has completed the feat twice this season. She has recorded a 1.99 assist/turnover ratio through 126 career games.

10 – Iowa State ranks 10th nationally for assists per game with 20.1 dimes per contest. The mark is third in the Big 12. ISU has passed out 25 or more assists in a game three times this season.

934 – The Cyclones have made at least one 3-point field goal in an NCAA women's record 934 consecutive games, a streak which encapsulates the entirety of the Bill Fennelly Era at Iowa State.

CROOKS COOKS

Iowa State sophomore Audi Crooks has garnered national attention as one of the nation's most exciting post players. Crooks has scored in double figures in 39-straight games and finished with 20+ points 20 times in her career. The 6-3 center scored a season-high 33 points against Drake (Nov. 24), including the game-winner with less than a second on the clock. She finished 15-of-25 from the floor. She also tallied 22 points on 50 percent shooting from the floor while pulling down 10 rebounds at UNI for her second double-double this season.

Crooks was one of the top players in NCAA Division I for field goal percentage last season, shooting nearly 58 percent from the floor. Crooks also reached 100 field goals made with 10 against Baylor (Jan. 13, 2024). She holds the best mark regardless of class in ISU history with 258 makes.

She broke the Iowa State freshman record for made field goals in a season at Texas (Feb. 17). Crooks broke the single-season record regardless of class against Maryland (Mar. 22).

EMILY RYAN DISH-TRIBUTION CENTER
Emily Ryan is one of Iowa State's most prolific point guards, recording top 10 career marks in assists, steals and blocks while becoming the program's 34^th 1,000 point scorer in March 2023. The Claflin, Kansas native has recorded 837 assists and holds the all-time best mark in program history. She is the active NCAA women's basketball leader for assists with her career total, followed by Kentucky's Georgia Amoore with 714 dimes.

The 5-11 guard has recorded a career assist/turnover ratio of 1.99. Over 126 games, she has tallied single-game assists at every mark, 1-17 and has never finished a game with less than one assist. Ryan ranks 29^th for all-time NCAA DI women's basketball assists leaders and is 102 dimes from the Top 10.

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Players Mentioned

Audi Crooks

Emily Ryan

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