PRIMER: Iowa State at BYU

Who: Iowa State (19-5, 7-5 Big 12) at BYU (16-8, 5-7 Big 12)

Where: Marriott Center – Provo, Utah

When: Tuesday, February 10, 2026 – 8:00 p.m.

The Links

WATCH: ESPN+ (PxP: Spencer Linton, Analyst: Kristen Kozlowski, Sideline: Aleigha McDonough)

LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network (PxP: Noah Wolf, Analyst: Jamie Steyer Johnson)

Iowa State travels to Provo for its second of a two-game stretch on the road. The Cyclones took down Utah in Salt Lake City on Saturday and will look to complete the sweep of the state Tuesday.

FOUR THINGS

3 – Iowa State is the only Big 12 program to have three different players named the league's Player of the Week this season (Addy Brown, Audi Crooks, Jada Williams).

4 – Iowa State junior Addy Brown recorded the fourth triple-double in program history against Norfolk State (Nov. 16), tallying 11 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists. It marks the first time in over a decade that a Cyclone achieved the feat.

6 – The Cyclones have the sixth-best field goal percentage in NCAA Division I women's basketball, connecting on 49.2 percent of attempts from the floor.

90 – Audi Crooks has scored in double figures in 90 straight games. It marks the longest streak by a Cyclone women's basketball player and longest active streak in NCAA women's basketball. Crooks also holds the longest streak by a Big 12 women's basketball player since Brittney Griner's 116-game run from 2010-2013.

SERIES NOTES

Iowa State has gone 3-0 against BYU since the Cougars joined the Big 12 Conference ahead of the 2023-24 season. The Cyclones are 3-0 when scoring 70 or more points against the Cougars. In its first three meetings with BYU, ISU allowed the Cougars to average 75.5 points per game, but limited them to 54.0 points per game in the last two meetings.

LAST TIME OUT

Iowa State took down Utah in Salt Lake City on Saturday, 79-72. The Cyclones are the first Big 12 women's basketball team to win five straight games immediately following a five-game skid. Audi Crooks led ISU with 26 points, 24 of which came in the second half. Three other Cyclones joined in double figures, including Jada Williams with 14 and Arianna Jackson and Sydney Harris with 12 apiece. Iowa State shot nearly 46 percent from the floor and 41.7 percent from distance while holding the Utes to 38 percent shooting from the field.

CYCLONES GARNER PRESEASON ATTENTION

Iowa State's trio of Addy Brown, Audi Crooks and Jada Williams has received national attention in the preseason, appearing on several watch lists and collecting preseason honors. Brown and Crooks were voted to the All-Big 12 Preseason Team and appeared on the Naismith Trophy Preseason, USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Award and Wooden Award watch lists. When the Naismith Starting 5 award watch lists were announced, Williams (Nancy Lieberman Award), Brown (Katrina McClain Award) and Crooks (Lisa Leslie Award) were all three selected to their respective position 20-woman watch lists.

2,000 POINT QUEEN

Iowa State junior Audi Crooks became the program's 35th 1,000 point scorer last season with her 23rd point against Utah (Jan. 5) and joined three other Cyclones in the 2,000 point club on Jan. 28. Crooks is the fastest Big 12 women's basketball player to score 2,000 points, reaching the milestone in 89 games. She was five games faster than the next-fastest Big 12 player, Courtney Paris (Oklahoma, 94 games), to reach the mark.

Crooks was 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 was 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). She scored her 1,500th career point against Southern (Nov. 5) in her 70th collegiate game.

Her 2,050 points rank fourth all-time at Iowa State behind Ashley Joens, Angie Welle and Bridget Carleton. Crooks owns the fourth best career scoring average (22.5 ppg) among active DI women's basketball players and ranks sixth overall in the NCAA.

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Players Mentioned

Addy Brown

Audi Crooks

Sydney Harris

Arianna Jackson

Jada Williams

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