No. 18 Iowa State vs. Eastern Illinois Primer

Who: No. 18 Iowa State (8-3, 0-0 Big 12) vs. Eastern Illinois (3-6, 0-0 OVC)
Where: Hilton Coliseum – Ames, Iowa
When: Sunday, December 15, 2024 – 5:00 p.m. CT

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No. 18 Iowa State returns home to Hilton Coliseum on Sunday evening to take on Eastern Illinois. The Cyclones are seeking their 11th straight win at home, a streak that dates back to last season's double overtime win against seventh-ranked Kansas State (Feb. 14, 2024).

HILTON HOLIDAYS THIS SUNDAY
Wear your favorite holiday sweater to the Iowa State women's basketball game on Sunday, December 15th vs. Eastern Illinois. Bring a new and unwrapped toy to the game for our Holiday Toy Drive!

INSIDE THE SERIES
Overall: ISU leads 3-0
In Ames: Iowa leads 3-0
Fennelly vs. EIU: 3-0

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.

3 – National ranking of Audi Crooks' double-double count this season. Crooks has posted five double-doubles this season and three straight.

7 – Iowa State is one of the top assisting teams in the country, passing out over 20 assists per contest. The Cyclones rank seventh nationally for assists per game and third in the Big 12.

938 – The Cyclones have made at least one 3-point field goal in an NCAA women's record 938 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 43 straight games and finished with 20+ points 22 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 scored her 850^th career point at Iowa (Dec. 11).

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 862 assists and holds the all-time best mark in program history by over 100 dimes. She is the active NCAA women's basketball leader for assists with her career total, followed by Kentucky's Georgia Amoore with 726 dimes.

The 5-11 guard has recorded a career assist/turnover ratio of 1.97. Over 130 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 21^st for all-time NCAA DI women's basketball assists leaders and is 77 dimes from the Top 10.

HILTON MAGIC
The Cyclones have been phenomenal at home during Bill Fennelly's tenure, compiling a 388-82 record (.825) in Hilton Coliseum, including a 193-9 (.955) mark against regular-season non-conference opponents. Iowa State has gone undefeated at home three times, most recently during the 2004-05 season.

The Cyclones finished the 2023-24 regular season 13-2 at home and 7-1 in Big 12 play. Iowa State's 16 wins at Hilton Coliseum in 2021-22 was tied for the third-most in a season in school history.

ISU's 5-0 non-con home record in 2022- 23 marked the 22nd time Iowa State has gone undefeated at home in regular season non-conference contests under head coach Bill Fennelly.

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