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Iowa State women's basketball opens the season with a win over Chicago State

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Iowa State women's basketball opens the season with a win over Chicago State

AMES – The Iowa State women's basketball team opened the season with high expectations as a preseason top-10 team and one of the favorites to win the Big 12 Conference.

The Cyclones quickly showed why on Monday.

Ninth-ranked Iowa State scored the first 29 points of the game and secured an easy 96-56 season-opening victory over Chicago State at Hilton Coliseum.

Addy Brown scored 20 points, grabbed nine rebounds and dished out five assists for the Cyclones. Audi Crooks had 16 points and four rebounds for Iowa State, which won its 30th straight season opener.

Iowa State had no problems against a Chicago State team that won just one game last season. The Cyclones led from start to finish and were able to hang on for most of the day.

The day couldn't have started much better for Iowa State, which hit five of its first seven shots from the field, including its first four from 3-point range. It took a 29-0 lead.

Chicago State missed its first 14 shots from the field and didn't get a basket until a three-pointer in the final seconds of the first quarter.

By this point the damage had already been done. Iowa State shot 58.8 percent (10 of 17) from the field in the first quarter and got scoring contributions from seven different players.

The Cyclones didn't let up either and took a 52-19 lead at halftime. The lead grew to 82-34 by the end of the third quarter.

Freshman Aili Tanke, who got the start, finished with 12 points, including 3 of 4 from 3-point range. Iowa State shot 50.8% from the field on the day. Alisa Williams contributed 12 points for the Cyclones.

Iowa State faces Indiana State on Thursday at Hilton Coliseum.

Tommy Birch, a Register sports writer and reporter, has worked for the newspaper since 2008. He is the 2018, 2020 and 2023 Iowa Sportswriter of the Year. Reach him at [email protected] or 515-284-8468

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