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
Wednesday, November 5
Ames, Iowa
6:30 PM
Iowa State
2-0,0-0Big 12
85
vs
58
Southern
0-2,0-0SWAC
1
2
3
4
F
Southern U.
14
7
18
19
58
Iowa St.
16
25
24
20
85
Photo by: LUKE LU @KL6PHOTO
Crooks Leads ISU to Win vs. Southern, 85-58
11.05.2025 | Women's Basketball
With ISU and Southern within three as the second quarter began, Sydney Harris sparked a run of 15 as the Cyclone broke away and never looked back.
Audi Crooks had her second-straight 20-plus game, also bringing in a double-double with 29 points and 14 rebounds. Jada Williams went out to score 17 points for her first double-figure scoring game as a Cyclone. Addy Brown joined Crooks with 10-plus rebounds totaling 13, also totaling eight assists and six points.
How it Happened
Williams scored right away as the game began and hit another jumper at 8:26 to score four of ISU's first six points. With the game within two with six minutes to go, freshman Reese Beaty muscled in a layup to make it 10-6. Williams put in her third bucket to make it a five-point game midway through the first, but Southern came back to tie it at 12s with just over two minutes left. The game was brought to another tie at 14, while Kenzie Hare put ISU back up with a pair of free throws to close the opening quarter.
At 20-17 three minutes into the second, Harris nailed the game's first three pointer, and on ISU's next trip down the court Harris sent in another. The run continued with a shot by Brown, causing a Southern timeout at 28-17. Out of the timeout, Arianna Jackson put in another 3 while the scoring run would stretch to 15 straight. At the end of two, Iowa State led by 20 at 41-21.
Hare opened the second half with a triple as the Cyclones continued to roll. At 6:28, Crooks tallied her 20th point to make it 48-29. Williams made two tough baskets as the third drew to a close, and Iowa State entered the final quarter ahead 65-39.
Iowa State would go on to win it by 27.
Top Performers
Audi Crooks scored in double figures for the 69th-straight game, putting up 16 in the first half and 13 in the second. It was her 43rd-career 20-plus point game and 19th double-double.
Jada Williams totaled 17 points on 8-of-13 shooting and also had five assists and a rebound.
Up Next
Iowa State hosts Sacred Heart this Sunday, Nov. 9 at 1 p.m. The game will be streamed on ESPN+.
Notes
- Iowa State women's basketball's all-time record moves to 873-678 (.563) and 636-325 (.661) in the Bill Fennelly era.
- Fennelly's career record moves to 802-378 (.679) in his 38-year career.
- Iowa State won its fifth straight game in Hilton Coliseum, a streak dating back to last season's win over Colorado on February 8, 2025. The Cyclones are 398-84 (.826) in the Fennelly era when playing in Hilton Coliseum and 197-9 (.956) in regular season non-conference games.
- ISU held Southern to just 58 points tonight, the second time in as many games holding an opponent to under 60 points. Iowa State is 360-31 under Fennelly when its opponent scores less than 60 points.
- Scoring a game-high 29 points, Audi Crooks extended her double-figure scoring streak to 69 games. She has scored in double digits in every collegiate game except for her Cyclone debut in 2023.
- Crooks scored her 1,500th career point as well, reaching the mark in 70 games. She passed Stacy Frese as Iowa State's 13th all-time leading scorer.
- With her sixth field goal of the night, Crooks eclipsed 600 makes in her career. She is just the eighth Cyclone to reach the total.
- Crooks also recorded the 43rd 20-point performance of her career.
- She finished 12-of-16 from the floor (.750), the 15th time in her career she has shot 75 percent or better in a single game.
- Addy Brown pulled down a season-high 13 rebounds, just one off her career high.
- Jada Williams scored a season-high 17 points, finishing 8-of-13 from the floor. She was one field goal from matching her career high.
Team Stats
SU
IowaSt
FG%
.317
.569
3FG%
.429
.294
FT%
.680
.737
RB
27
44
TO
15
16
STL
10
5
Game Leaders
Pts
29
FGM
12
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Pts
17
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Pts
8
FGM
2
3FGM
2
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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