Iowa State vs. No. 20 West Virginia Primer

Who: Iowa State (13-6, 4-2 Big 12) at No. 20 West Virginia (12-6, 3-2 Big 12)
Where: WVU Coliseum – Morgantown, W. Va.
When: Sunday, January 19, 2025 – 12:00 p.m. CT

The Links
WATCH: FOX
PxP: Sloane Martin Analyst: Kim Adams
LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network – Varsity App or Radio Affiliates
PxP: Noah Wolf Analyst: Jamie Steyer Johnson
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Iowa State travels to No. 20 West Virginia for a matchup on FOX. The Cyclones have won each of their last three contests, going 2-0 on the road at Arizona State and Arizona before downing Texas Tech in Hilton Coliseum.

INSIDE THE SERIES
Overall: WVU leads 14-12
In Morgantown: WVU leads 9-3
Fennelly vs. WVU: 12-14

SERIES NOTE
Last season, ISU rallied from a 19-point deficit, its largest in program history at the time, in the 3rd quarter against then-No. 24 WVU to take the win, 74-64, in Hilton Coliseum (Jan. 10, 2024).

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

9 – Number of times ISU has held its opponent to 60 points or less in a game this season. The Cyclones most recently held Texas Tech to under 60, picking up the 71-58 win in Hilton Coliseum.

13 – Iowa State is one of the top ballhandling teams in the country, recording a 1.34 assist/turnover ratio this season. The Cyclones rank 13^th nationally and third in the Big 12 with the mark.

51 – Audi Crooks has scored in double figures in 51 straight games. Angie Welle holds the program's best mark with 64 consecutive games with double-figure scoring (Nov. 29, 2000-March 18, 2002).

1,000 POINT QUEEN
Iowa State sophomore Audi Crooks became the program's 35th 1,000 point scorer with her 23rd point against Utah (Jan. 5). Crooks is the fastest Cyclone to score 1,000 points, reaching the mark in 49 games. She passed all-time leading scorer Ashley Joens as the fastest ISU player to 1,000 points, the previous best in 64 games. Crooks is also the third fastest Big 12 women's basketball player to reach 1,000 points behind Courtney Paris (Oklahoma, 46) and Sheila Lambert (Baylor, 48).

Among a loaded sophomore class nationally, Crooks was the third NCAA Division I player in her class to score 1,000 points at one institution behind Juju Watkins (USC) and Hannah Hidalgo (Notre Dame). Crooks owns the fifth best career scoring average (20.5 PPG) among active NCAA DI women's basketball players and ranks 12th overall. Each of the top five NCAA DI career scorers are sophomores and juniors: Watkins (USC), Hidalgo (Notre Dame), Ta'Niya Latson (Florida State), Annesah Morrow (LSU), Crooks (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 51 straight games and finished with 20+ points 29 times in her career, including seven of her last eight contests. 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 matched the total against Kansas (Jan. 1) in ISU's 78-64 win over the Jayhawks.

Crooks was one of the top players in NCAA Division I for field goal percentage last season, shooting nearly 58 percent from the floor. 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 overall single season record 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 904 assists and holds the all-time best mark in program history by over 150 dimes. She is the active NCAA women's basketball leader for assists with her career total, followed by Kentucky's Georgia Amoore with 775 dimes.

The 5-11 guard has recorded a career assist/turnover ratio of 1.99. Over 138 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 13^th for all-time NCAA DI women's basketball assists leaders and is 35 dimes from the Top 10.

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