GAMEDAY Womens Basketball
Iowa State 70, West Virginia 50
Associated Press
AMES, Iowa - Ashley Joens scored 19 points and set a pair of Iowa State records in leading the No. 11 Cyclones to a 70-50 victory over West Virginia.
Joens, named to the Wooden Award midseason watch list on Wednesday, made two 3-pointers for 288 in her career and passing Heather Ezell (2006-09) and Megan Taylor (1998-2001). She also grabbed 11 rebounds for her 55th career double-double, breaking a tie with Angie Wells (1999-02).
Both of her 3-pointers came in the third quarter when Iowa State (10-2, 2-0 Big 12) outscored the Mountaineers 20-4, including the final 16 points of the period after the teams had been tied at halftime.
Stephanie Soares had 13 points and a career-high 20 rebounds for the Cyclones. Lexi Donarski added 15 points, passing 1,000 in her career.
Ja'Naiya Quinerly scored 16 points and Kyah Watson 12 for West Virginia (9-4, 0-2),
The teams were tied at 37-all at halftime, when the Mountaineers used four more 3s and an 8-0 advantage on points off turnovers to keep pace. But after both teams shot over 40% in the first half, the Mountaineers fell off to 17% in the second, missing all 13 3-point attempts.
January 4, 2023
| West Virginia | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| K. Blacksten | F | 20 | 2-7 | 1-1 | 0-2 | 2-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| J. Quinerly | G | 35 | 7-20 | 0-0 | 2-9 | 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| K. Watson | G | 33 | 5-12 | 0-0 | 2-4 | 1-7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| M. Smith | G | 30 | 2-14 | 0-0 | 2-7 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Hemingway | G | 26 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 2-6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| S. Samuel | 17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| I. Beh | 16 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 2-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| D. Nichols | 16 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| T. Diggs | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| S. Bates | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| W. Rogers | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Hunter | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 201 | 21-72 (.292) |
2-5 (.400) |
6-27 (.222) |
12-34 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 50 | |
| Iowa State | ||||||||||||
| Player | Pos | Min | FG-FGA | FT-FTA | 3P-3PA | OR-TR | Ast | Blk | Stl | TO | PF | Pts |
| S. Soares | F | 25 | 5-15 | 2-2 | 1-5 | 6-20 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| A. Joens | G | 38 | 6-15 | 5-6 | 2-7 | 2-11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| L. Donarski | G | 37 | 6-11 | 2-2 | 1-6 | 0-5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| E. Ryan | G | 33 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0-2 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| D. Fritz | G | 20 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 4-5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| N. Diew | 20 | 2-4 | 2-2 | 1-3 | 3-7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| M. Kane | 13 | 2-3 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| M. Espenmiller-McGraw | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| S. Dawkins | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| M. Vick | 2 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| I. Zingaro | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 199 | 24-56 (.429) |
16-23 (.696) |
6-26 (.231) |
15-55 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 70 | |
Officials: Michael McConnell, Julie Krommenhoek, Bill Larance
