GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Iowa State 66, Texas 61
(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Associated Press
AMES, Iowa - Ashley Joens scored 24 points, Emily Ryan had 12 points and eight assists and No. 22 Iowa State beat No. 17 Texas 66-61 to snap a three-game losing streak.
Joens completed a three-point play with 2:37 left to give Iowa State a 61-55 lead, but she missed two free throws at 1:45 and Texas took advantage when Rori Harmon sank a baseline jumper to make it 61-57. Iowa State had two chances at the other end following an offensive rebound and Denae Fritz made a 3-pointer from the corner for a seven-point lead. Joens added two free throws with 14.2 seconds left to seal it.
Lexi Donarski had 11 points and Fritz scored 10 for Iowa State (16-7, 8-5 Big 12). Donarski and Joens had three 3-pointers apiece as the Cyclones went 8 of 15.
Joens and Donarski each made a 3-pointer in the final minute of the third quarter to help Iowa State extend its lead to 52-40. Donarski added an open 3-pointer in the opening 70 seconds of the fourth quarter for a 15-point lead.
Texas' first 3-pointer of the game, in 12 attempts, came with 4:18 left in the fourth. Shay Holle added another 3-pointer on the Longhorns next possession to get within 57-53 after a 13-2 run.
Harmon scored nine of her 19 points in the first quarter and Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda added 10 points for Texas (20-7, 11-3), which had a seven-game winning streak end. The Longhorns were 5 of 12 from the free-throw line compared to 12 of 20 for Iowa State.
February 13, 2023
| Texas | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| D. Gaston | F | 29 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| K. Faye | C | 12 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| R. Harmon | G | 40 | 9-21 | 1-2 | 0-4 | 2-4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 |
| S. Gonzales | G | 32 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 1-3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| S. Holle | G | 28 | 2-6 | 1-2 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| A. Muhammad | 30 | 3-8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 6-11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| N. Mwenentanda | 20 | 4-9 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
| T. Jones | 9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| F. Masudi | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 200 | 27-69 (.391) |
5-12 (.417) |
2-14 (.143) |
22-43 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 25 | 61 | |
| Iowa State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| N. Diew | F | 22 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| E. Ryan | G | 40 | 5-6 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| A. Joens | G | 39 | 7-16 | 7-11 | 3-6 | 1-8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 24 |
| L. Donarski | G | 33 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| D. Fritz | G | 33 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0-7 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| M. Kane | 18 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| I. Zingaro | 14 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| M. Espenmiller-McGraw | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 201 | 23-47 (.489) |
12-20 (.600) |
8-15 (.533) |
8-33 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 66 | |
Officials: Dee Kantner, Felicia Grinter,
Attendance: 10,681
