Completed Event: Women's Basketball versus UW-Oshkosh (Ex.) on October 28, 2025 , Win , 84, to, 53
Final
Women's Basketball
84
UW-Oshkosh (Ex.)
53
Iowa State University Athletics
Sunday, November 16
Ames, Iowa
1:00 PM
Iowa State
vs
Norfolk State
PRIMER: No. 16 Iowa State vs. Norfolk State
11.14.2025 | Women's Basketball
Who: No. 16 Iowa State (4-0, 0-0 Big 12) vs. Norfolk State (2-2, 0-0 MEAC)
Where: Hilton Coliseum – Ames, Iowa
When: Sunday, November 16, 2025 – 1:00 p.m. CT
The Links
No. 16 Iowa State hosts Norfolk State on Sunday in Hilton Coliseum. It is the second of three new opponents for the Cyclones this season (Valparaiso, Mercyhurst).
FOUR THINGS
3 – Iowa State has three players that rank in the Top 50 nationally for assists: Jada Williams (27, 6th), Addy Brown (19, 33rd) and Reese Beaty (17, 49th).
16 – The Cyclones were picked 16th in the Week 2 Associated Press national poll. It marks the 196th week in program history that ISU has been ranked as a Top 20 team, all in the Bill Fennelly era.
43 – Audi Crooks broke the Iowa State single-game scoring record on Wednesday night, finishing with 43 points on 18-of-23 shooting from the floor and 7-of-9 from the free throw line in just 20 minutes of action. She bested Tonya Burns' 42 points against Nebraska (Jan. 18, 1984), a record that stood for 41 years.
71 – Audi Crooks has scored in double figures in 71 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 and Norfolk State meet for the first time in program history. NSU is one of three first-time opponents ISU will face during the 2025-26 campaign. The Cyclones defeated Valparaiso in Hilton Coliseum (Nov. 12) and will host Mercyhurst (Nov. 23) for the first series meeting.
LAST TIME OUT
Iowa State defeated Valparaiso, 97-50, behind record-breaking performances and career milestones from multiple Cyclones. Audi Crooks broke the Iowa State single-game scoring record, posting 43 points in just 20 minutes of action. Crooks finished 18-of-23 from the floor and 7-of-9 at the free throw line with seven rebounds and two assists. Addy Brown scored her 1,000th career point, finishing with a season-high 18 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the floor with seven rebounds and four assists. Jada Williams posted her first career double-double with 11 points and a career-high 10 assists. Â Williams also swiped a team-high three steals in the victory.
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 and USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale 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.
#HILTONMAGIC
The Cyclones have been phenomenal at home during Bill Fennelly's tenure, compiling a 400-84 record (.826) in Hilton Coliseum, including a 199-9 mark against regular-season non-conference opponents. Iowa State has gone undefeated at home three times, most recently during the 2004-05 season. ISU finished the 2024-25 non-conference home slate with a spotless 8-0 record. It was the 23rd time Iowa State has gone undefeated in Hilton against regular-season non-conference opponents during head coach Bill Fennelly's 30 seasons.
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