Four Cyclones scored in double figures, led by 19 from juniors Audi Crooks and Jada Williams. It was not enough as Iowa State fell to Oklahoma State, 88-77, Wednesday at Hilton Coliseum.
Crooks scored double figures for the 95th straight game and passed Bridget Carleton (2,142) and Angie Welle (2,149) on the Iowa State all-time scorers list. The Algona native also hauled in seven of the Cyclones 27 boards.
Oklahoma State had a pair of Cowgirls score 20 plus: Achol Akot scored 25 points and Stailee
Heard tallied 22 points.
The Cowgirls hit 14-of-19 from the free-throw line, compared to an 11-of-15 effort by Iowa State.
Sydney Harris, the lone senior on the 2025-26 Cyclone women’s basketball roster, opened the scoring with a 3-point basket. Teammates Addy Brown and Arianna Jackson each connected on a shot from deep which gave Iowa State an early 9-0 lead, forcing Jacie Hoyt to call timeout for the Cowgirls.
The Cyclones pushed their lead to 13-3 and Oklahoma State responded with a 12-0 run.
Jadyn Wooten scored five of the Cowgirls’ six points over the last 3:38 of the first quarter and the teams were tied at 18 following the conclusion of the first 10 minutes.
Iowa State led 31-24 with 5:06 remaining in the first half, but Oklahoma State responded again, this time with a 11-4 run to close out the first half, a 35-all deadlock going into halftime.
Harris put the Cyclones up five with 5:36 remaining in the third stanza, but the Cowgirls went on an 11-1 run. A 3-point basket by Brown gave Iowa State their final lead, 60-58, with 30 seconds remaining in the third quarter.
Much like the prior two quarters, the Cyclones and Oklahoma State were knotted, this time at 60-all.
Back-to-back layups by both teams opened the fourth quarter, but a 10-0 run and a 6-0 run spelled doom for the Cyclones. BYU transfer guard Amari Whiting scored seven of nine points in the fourth quarter, going a perfect 3-of-3 from the field and 1-of-1 at the free throw line.
Iowa State made 12 3-point baskets, four by Harris, three by Brown, two by Jackson, two by Kenzie Hare and one by Williams.
Wooten came off the bench and scored 13 of her team’s 20 bench points to lead Oklahoma State in the win.
The Cyclones travel to Kansas State for the last regular season game at 1 p.m. this Sunday.
