Madison Wise
Madison Wise
Women's BasketballWomen's Sports

WBB: Intensity ramps up as Iowa State enters gauntlet stretch with Big 12 opener

The Iowa State women’s basketball team has played two non-conference games so far this year, splitting the pair of games to kick off the season. Four of the team’s normal, rotation players are freshmen, and haven’t gotten adjusted yet to the demands of college basketball. On Wednesday, the intensity ramps up, maybe quicker than it …

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Ashley Joens
Ashley Joens
Women's BasketballWomen's Sports

WBB: Joens hits 25, Cyclones overcome slow start to win opener

The start of the college basketball season following the off-season – abreviated as it was – during a global pandemic was not supposed to be crisp and clean. It definitely wasn’t in Ames on Wednesday in No. 15 Iowa State’s 69-43 win over Omaha. “It probably wasn’t our best,” associate head coach Jodi Steyer, who …

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Kristin Scott
Kristin Scott
Women's BasketballWomen's Sports

WBB: Fennelly says Cyclones are ready for unique year, which will start without HC

It wasn’t the off-season that anybody in college basketball was accustomed to. The previous season was cut short, things got weird, and frankly, at times it seemed like there may not even be a season. Nonetheless, the season is here, and the Cyclones – with four freshmen expected to be in the rotation regularly – …

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Bill Fennelly
Bill Fennelly
Women's BasketballWomen's Sports

WBB: Fennelly to quarantine after coming in contact with COVID-Positive individual

Less than 48 hours prior to Iowa State’s season opening game against Omaha on Wednesday, head coach Bill Fennelly has revealed that he will be starting a 14-day quarantine after coming in contact with an individual that tested positive for COVID-19. Fennelly revealed that he has since been tested and it came back negative, but …

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Madison Wise
Madison Wise
Women's BasketballWomen's Sports

WBB: Success, Big Wins and an X-Factor could spur from Wise in 2020-21

When Bill Fennelly was asked on media day which one of his players he thought could be a big x-factor in the upcoming season, he had a straight forward answer. Madison Wise. “I’ve said this to other people,” Fennelly said. “We’re asking (Wise) to play a lot of different positions. Obviously, she wasn’t healthy last …

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