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WBB: Notes leading up to tonight’s matchup with UNI

ABOVE: Freshman Rae Johnson will be a critical piece to Iowa State’s roster tonight with Emily Durr out with a knee injury. Photo by Chad Bassman.  AMES — It doesn’t matter what the sport is. UNI always presents a challenge when matched up against Iowa State. Tonight’s matchup between Bill Fennelly’s women’s basketball program and the Panthers (7 p.m. …

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WBB: Iowa State overcomes halftime deficit to win season opener

ABOVE: Iowa State’s Bridget Carleton scored 19 of her game-high 24 points to lead Iowa State to a narrow season opening victory over South Dakota.  AMES — Iowa State’s 81-76 season opening victory over South Dakota will be remembered as the Bridget Carleton show, but that certainly wasn’t the story early on. Iowa State’s best …

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WBB: News and notes heading into Sunday’s exhibition

AMES — With a handful of questions surrounding this year’s Iowa State women’s basketball team, what can we be certain of heading into the 2017-18 season? Here are a couple notes heading into Sunday’s exhibition matchup against Division III Wisconsin-La Crosse (noon on Cyclones.tv). Fennelly experimenting with lineup combinations Head coach Bill Fennelly made it …

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WBB MEDIA DAY: This is Bridget Carleton’s team

AMES — “I wouldn’t trade Bridget Carleton for any other player in the country. And I mean that.” That was just some of the high praise delivered from head coach Bill Fennelly during Iowa State women’s basketball media day that took place on Monday.  This is now Bridget Carleton’s team. Following an eventful summer in which she …

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