GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Iowa State 74, Villanova 62
(AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Associated Press
UNCASVILLE, Conn. - Emily Ryan had 16 points in a balanced Iowa State attack and missed a triple-double by a rebound and the No. 14 Cyclones defeated No. 25 Villanova 74-62 in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase.
Ashley Joens had 17 points and 10 rebounds as she became in the leader in games played for the Cyclones (8-2) with 136. Ryan finished with 10 assists and nine rebounds. Stephanie Soares also had a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds. Denae Fritz had a career-high 13 points and Lexi Donarski scored 10.
Iowa State was 10 of 20 from 3-point range behind Fritz's 3-for-3 effort. The Cyclones made 14 of 17 from the foul line and had a 52-27 rebound advantage.
Maddy Siegrist led Villanova (9-3) with 32 points, going 12 of 13 from the foul line, and 12 rebounds. It was her fourth 30-point game of the season and fifth double-double, giving her 21 30-point games and 42 double-doubles in her career.
Siegrist was 9-of-22 shooting and Lucy Olsen, who added 14 points, was 5 of 12 but the rest of the Wildcats made 7 of 28. Villanova was 15 of 17 from the foul line and forced 19 turnovers.
The Cyclones went 6 of 10 from 3-point range and kept Villanova off balance on the other end to take a 42-23 lead at the half. The Wildcats shot 30% with three 3s and didn't get to the foul line.
Joens had a pair of 3-pointers as Iowa State spanned the first and second quarter with an 11-0 run to go up 26-12. Joens and Donarski hit consecutive 3s in the middle of the quarter and than ignited a 13-2 run that made it 42-21.
Halfway through the third quarter, Iowa State had failed to score, missing its first five shots and tossing the ball away seven times but the cold-shooting Wildcats couldn't get the deficit to single digits.
Villanova will wrap up Big 5 play against La Salle on Wednesday, entering the game unbeaten against its three other Philadelphia rivals. Iowa hosts Drake on Thursday.
December 18, 2022
| Iowa State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| S. Soares | F | 24 | 6-11 | 2-4 | 0-3 | 3-11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 14 |
| L. Donarski | G | 40 | 4-14 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 0-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| E. Ryan | G | 39 | 4-11 | 7-7 | 1-4 | 0-9 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 16 |
| A. Joens | G | 38 | 5-14 | 3-4 | 4-6 | 2-10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| D. Fritz | G | 31 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 3-3 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| M. Kane | 12 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 4-5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| N. Diew | 11 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Espenmiller-McGraw | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 25-60 (.417) |
14-17 (.824) |
10-20 (.500) |
17-52 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 17 | 74 | |
| Villanova | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| M. Siegrist | F | 40 | 9-22 | 12-13 | 2-5 | 4-12 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 |
| C. Dalce | F | 27 | 1-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| L. Olsen | G | 35 | 5-12 | 2-2 | 2-5 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| B. Mullin | G | 30 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0-4 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| M. Burke | G | 28 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| B. Runyan | 19 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| K. Orihel | 13 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| A. Cauley | 6 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198 | 21-62 (.339) |
15-17 (.882) |
5-17 (.294) |
7-27 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 16 | 62 | |
Officials: Cameron Inouye, Fatou Cissoko-Stevens, Nykesha Thompson
Attendance: 7,654
