The Lowdown

Iowa State did something on Sunday it hasn’t usually done this season: Lose on its home floor.

No. 24 Iowa State lost in the closing seconds to West Virginia 68-66 on Sunday afternoon in Hilton Coliseum despite turning in a 27-point effort from forward Hallie Christofferson. The loss by the Cyclones (18-6, 9-5 Big 12) was just the second home loss of the season for them.

After jumping out to a 10-0 lead, Iowa State allowed the Mountaineers (15-10, 7-7) to close the first half on a 10-4 run and go into the break with a 27-22 lead.

X-Factor

Hallie Christofferson— After a career performance against Oklahoma on Sunday, Christofferson responded again with a career-tying scoring day with 27 points. The junior shot 9-of-12 from the floor and 8-of-11 from the free-throw line.

Christofferson added six rebounds and surpassed 1,000 career points on Sunday, just the 25th ISU player to do so. Going into the game, she needed 23 to reach the 1,000-point mark.

Turning Point

With 1:53 left in the first half and Iowa State leading 23-12, West Virginia went on a 10-4 run after two 3s, a layup and two Bria Holmes free throws to close the gap to five points.

West Virginia continued to climb in the second half taking the lead at the 14:47 mark, 37-34. For the rest of the game, it was shot-for-shot before the Mountaineers were able to secure the win in the final seconds.

By the Numbers

4:38— Minutes West Virginia went without scoring to start the game. The ISU lead was 10-0 before forward Jess Harlee made a fast break layup for the Mountaineers.

6— Rebounds needed by forward Chelsea Poppens to surpass 1,000 career rebounds for the Cyclones. Poppens had seven rebounds in the … on Sunday.

1,004— Career points by Christofferson at Iowa State. She had 27 points in the loss on Sunday.

79.3— Free throw percentage for Iowa State. The Cylcones were 23-of-29 from the charity stripe.

Quotables

“As always it’s attack the basket in a straight line to the basket. Nikki obviously thought she saw something going to the left. Like I said we practice that, get out and go, try to score while the other guy is either celebrating or jogging back.” — ISU coach Bill Fennelly on one of the last plays where Moody was called for charging

“We just kind of fell apart there at the end. They were playing good defense throughout the entire game and that really pressured us. When we got the looks we had to take them.” — Christofferson on the biggest difference towards the end of the game

“I can’t say, I don’t want fined. It might have been a good call, I don’t know. A lot of times, you’re not at a good angle like the referee so I’ll look at it on film.” — WVU coach Mike Carey on the charging call that fouled Ayana Dunning out of the game