(Ames, IA) — Iowa St. downed Arizona St. 90-64 on Wednesday night in a Big 12 women’s basketball game. Iowa State (21-6, 9-6) took the lead for good on a shot beyond the arc by Jada Williams with 7:57 on the clock in the first. Williams went on to score 26 while making four 3-pointers.
Audi Crooks joined Williams with over 20 points, leading all players with 28. Crooks also led all with 12 rebounds.
Addy Brown, making her return to the court for the first time since January 4, helped lead ISU to the win with seven rebounds, six assists and six points in 20 minutes of play.
Williams scored eight of the Cyclones’ first 12 points, netting her second triple at the 6:54 mark to make it 12-6. At the midway point of the frame, ASU came back within two (12-10) and tied it out of the timeout but ISU followed taking the next five. Alisa Williams put in a last-second layup to give the Cyclones a 21-15 lead into the second.
Arizona St. (21-7, 8-7) cut their deficit to three with a triple as the second began, but Arianna Jackson answered with one of her own. Crooks halted a 6-0 Arizona State run to bring Iowa State ahead 28-24, and ISU remained ahead by four or more from there ending the half with a 42-32 advantage.
Crooks scored six in the first four minutes of the third, making it 50-41. Just before the media timeout, Reese Beaty delivered a 3 to again bring ISU’s lead to double digits (53-43), and that bucket would spark a 9-0 run to force an ASU timeout with 2:42 to play in the quarter. ISU would only allow two Sundevil points from there as the Cyclones carried a 19-2 scoring run into the final quarter.
Williams opened scoring in the fourth with her fourth triple to put the scoreboard at 72-45. Iowa State’s run from the third quarter remained alive as Brown sent in two free throws and a layup to cap it at 16-straight points, growing the lead to 31. The clock would hit zero with Iowa State up 26 at 90-64.
Audi Crooks had the 60th game of her career scoring 20-plus, with 19 this season. Crooks totaled her 11th double-double this season with 28 points and 12 rebounds. Jada Williams scored over 20 for the 11th time of her career and sixth this season with her final stat line at 26 points, eight assists and four rebounds.
