While senior Kelsey Bolte played her last game at Hilton on Tuesday and closed the door on her career at Iowa State, another Cyclone gave the crowd of 10,333 fans a glimpse of the future.

Sophomore Amanda Zimmerman proved during Iowa State’s 72-36 rout of Kansas that the team has a future beyond Bolte.

Zimmerman, who has averaged only 3.3 points per game this season, came in during the second half and scored 11 points, including two three-pointers, within three minutes and 39 seconds.

“I had no idea this was coming,” Zimmerman said, “but coach [Bill] Fennelly always says ‘your time is gonna come,’ and my time finally came. It’s hard work and I’m glad it paid off tonight.”

Bolte referred to Zimmerman’s scoring run as a spark off the bench, and Fennelly said her points were a turning point in the game.

“Every single person on this team has a very high level of respect for Amanda Zimmerman. She’s a kid that hasn’t gotten as many minutes and that’s just the way it goes,” Fennelly said. “Sometimes it’s your night and she was open and she made it.”

After she made her first 3-pointer in the second half, Zimmerman didn’t celebrate for herself, but she ran up to Bolte and gave her a hug. She said she told Bolte that the 3-pointer was for her and that she deserved it.

Zimmerman has had Bolte to look up to for two years now, and is saying her good-byes just like the rest of Cyclone fans.

“I wrote her a card and everything before the game,” Zimmerman said. “The support she’s has brought to me over the last two years, I couldn’t ask for a better senior leader, teammate and great friend.”

The 11 points Zimmerman had Tuesday against the Jayhawks were the first she had scored since putting up three points the last time the Cyclones played Kansas on Feb. 9.

They were also her only second double-figure scoring output of the season.

“It certainly energized our team because of what they think of [Zimmerman] and what she means to our university,” Fennelly said. “So it was a very neat way for her to end her time at Hilton too, at least this season.”