ISU women gun home 18 treys
Posted: Monday, December 15, 2008
AMES, Iowa -- The Iowa State women’s basketball team tied a school record with 18 three-pointers including eight by Heather Ezell as the Cyclones routed the University of Detroit Mercy 75-39 Sunday afternoon at Hilton Coliseum.
Ezell led the Cyclones with 24 points, all in the first half, going 8-for-16 from three-point range for the game. She hit all eight of her treys in the first half and went 0-for-5 in the second half. The eight three-pointers were her most since hitting eight against Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship quarterfinals last season.
As a team, the Cyclones attempted a school-record 48 three-pointers, and six players contributed treys.
Iowa State's Kelsey Bolte, a sophomore starter from Ida Grove, contributed to the long range barrage with two three-pointers to account for her six points. She also grabbed four rebounds.
Ezell was the only Cyclone in double figures, but Alison Lacey and Nicky Wieben each contributed nine points apiece. Iowa State, now 7-2, shot 38.4 percent from the field. Detroit Mercy slumped to 2-6.
“Overall I was pleased,” ISU head coach Bill Fennelly said. “These are really hard games in the sense that our kids have finals starting tomorrow. It’s been a tough week with the Iowa game and the Drake game. Detroit is a team on paper that we should beat and we hadn’t faced that kind of zone all year. It was just weird. It’s something we don’t normally see. No one ever plays us zone.”
Detroit went on a 9-2 run to close the gap 30-13 as the Cyclones went through a scoring drought. The ISU offense quickly got back on track, however, as it answered with an 11-3 run, including three more treys from Ezell, giving her eight and the team 11 treys for the half. Iowa State took a 41-18 advantage into halftime.
Ezell led the Cyclones with 24 points, all in the first half, going 8-for-16 from three-point range for the game. She hit all eight of her treys in the first half and went 0-for-5 in the second half. The eight three-pointers were her most since hitting eight against Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship quarterfinals last season.
As a team, the Cyclones attempted a school-record 48 three-pointers, and six players contributed treys.
Iowa State's Kelsey Bolte, a sophomore starter from Ida Grove, contributed to the long range barrage with two three-pointers to account for her six points. She also grabbed four rebounds.
Ezell was the only Cyclone in double figures, but Alison Lacey and Nicky Wieben each contributed nine points apiece. Iowa State, now 7-2, shot 38.4 percent from the field. Detroit Mercy slumped to 2-6.
“Overall I was pleased,” ISU head coach Bill Fennelly said. “These are really hard games in the sense that our kids have finals starting tomorrow. It’s been a tough week with the Iowa game and the Drake game. Detroit is a team on paper that we should beat and we hadn’t faced that kind of zone all year. It was just weird. It’s something we don’t normally see. No one ever plays us zone.”
Detroit went on a 9-2 run to close the gap 30-13 as the Cyclones went through a scoring drought. The ISU offense quickly got back on track, however, as it answered with an 11-3 run, including three more treys from Ezell, giving her eight and the team 11 treys for the half. Iowa State took a 41-18 advantage into halftime.
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