Iowa State Cyclones Women's Basketball News

Iowa State's success this season was predicated on its sterling outside shooting.

Good fortune has smiled upon the Iowa State women through their run in the NCAA basketball tournament.

Nicky Wieben had been waiting her entire career to celebrate a trip to the second weekend of the NCAA tournament.

David Letterman hasn't called. Not yet anyway. If upstart Ball State keeps winning, it's most famous gap-toothed alum just might.

Iowa State didn't play like a team that was looking ahead. Alison Lacey made six of Iowa State's record-tying 16 3-pointers and the fourth-seeded Cyclones routed East Tennessee State 85-53 in the opening round of NCAA tournament on Sunday.

Nicky Wieben had 20 points and nine rebounds as No. 23 Iowa State closed out the regular season with a 59-49 win over Kansas on Saturday night in the Big 12 Conference.

Heather Ezell was 8-for-8 from the free throw line in the last 35 seconds and finished with 19 points as No.

Theresa Lisch scored a school-record 37 points to lead the St. Louis University women's basketball team to a 77-73 overtime victory over La Salle on Saturday in Philadelphia.

Kansas State was itching to get back on the floor after suffering its first loss of the season Wednesday at Oklahoma, but after a sluggish first half it became clear the Wildcats would have a battle on their ...

The Nebraska men's basketball team battled its way back from a 12-point halftime deficit Wednesday night against Iowa State but fell to the Cyclones 65-53 in Ames, Iowa.

The 20th-ranked Iowa State women's basketball team hit 10 three-pointers in the second half, but the Cyclone comeback fell short as No.5 Baylor knocked off ISU 68-57 Wednesday night at the Ferrell Center.

Iowa State's Craig Brackins is the Big 12 Conference's second-leading scorer at 18.4 points a game.

Beating two ranked teams in eight days has catapulted the Iowa State women's basketball team into the Associated Press' top 25 poll.

Iowa State is known for its 3-pointers, but the Cyclones needed a six-point possession to put away No.

Ames, Ia. - Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly is hoping the homecourt advantage versus Oklahoma State reappears after a two-year hiatus when the teams open Big 12 Conference women's basketball play at 3 p.m. ...

Time for a game of word association: Texas basketball. "Kevin Durant," Iowa State point guard Diante Garrett said.

By Nirmalendu Majumdar/The Tribune Iowa State's Heather Ezell steals the ball from IPFW's Tina Moen during the first quarter Wednesday at Hilton Coliseum.

By Nirmalendu Majumdar/The Tribune Iowa State's Justin Hamilton and Bryan Petersen, right, try to block Houston Baptist's Mario Flaherty during the first half at Hilton Coliseum Tuesday in Ames.

Christopher Daniel Fulwider passed away on January 6, 2009, at the home of his parents in West Liberty following a courageous battle with neuro-endocrine cancer.

Even after winning by 27 points, the Iowa State women's basketball team was in no mood to celebrate Wednesday.