Iowa State vs. Kansas State Primer

Who: Iowa State (15-7, 6-3 Big 12) at No. 11 Kansas State (19-2, 7-1 Big 12)

Where: Bramlage Coliseum – Manhattan, Kan.

When: Thursday, January 30, 2025 – 7:30 p.m. CT

The Links

WATCH: ESPN

PxP: Eric Frede Analyst: Christy Thomaskutty

LISTEN: Cyclone Radio Network – Varsity App or Radio Affiliates

PxP: Noah Wolf Analyst: Jamie Steyer Johnson

LIVE STATS

IOWA STATE GAME NOTES

MEDIA CENTER

 

Iowa State returns to the road to take on No. 11 Kansas State on Thursday night in Manhattan. Thursday marks the 104th all-time meeting between the Cyclones and Wildcats and 49th in Manhattan.

INSIDE THE SERIES

Overall: K-State leads 54-49

In Manhattan: K-State leads 29-19

Fennelly vs. K-State: 41-22

SERIES NOTE

ISU has faced K-State at least once in each academic year since the program’s first season in 1974. Thursday marks the 104^th all-time meeting between the Cyclones and Wildcats.

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.

11 – Iowa State is one of the top ballhandling teams in the country, recording a 1.38 assist/turnover ratio this season. The Cyclones rank 11^th nationally and third in the Big 12 with the mark.

 

12 – Number of times ISU has held its opponent to 60 points or less in a game this season. The Cyclones most recently held UCF to under 60 in an 90-56 win in Hilton Coliseum.

54 – Audi Crooks has scored in double figures in 54 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 (20.4 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 53 straight games and finished with 20+ points 30 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 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 made field goal mark regardless of class in ISU history with 258 makes. She broke the Iowa State sophomore record against UCF (Jan. 25) with her 192^nd make of the 2024-25 season. 

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 918 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 788 dimes.

The 5-11 guard has recorded a career assist/turnover ratio of 2.02. Over 140 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 12^th for all-time NCAA DI women’s basketball assists leaders and is 21 dimes from the Top 10.