For their first game in front of a Hilton Coliseum crowd Sunday, the newcomers for the ISU women’s basketball team passed their test with flying colors.

All three were among the eight players who scored in double figures for Iowa State and had solid all-around games in the Cyclones’ 101-38 win over the Iowa Wesleyan Tigers.

Each player started a half, with Denae Stuckey starting the game and Kelsey Bolte and Jocelyn Anderson starting the second half. Alison Lacey, Nicky Wieben and Heather Ezell started both halves, and Amanda Nisleit started the first half to go along with the newcomers.

Coach Bill Fennelly said he was impressed with the fact that the newcomers were not nervous in their first college game experience.

“They just seemed like they were ready to play and contribute,” Fennelly said. “They seemed to do the things we asked them to do.”

Sophomore junior college transfer Stuckey had the best all-around game of the three with 13 points, and led the team with seven rebounds and had five steals.

Stuckey said she was just anxious to get out on the court for her first game as a Cyclone.

“All I was thinking about was just going out there playing hard, contributing to my team and just helping us get a victory today,” Stuckey said. “It was an exhibition game but it got us ready to play for the season.

“It was some activity besides practicing every day.”

Bolte, a freshman, had 13 points along with four assists, and Anderson, a junior transfer from Des Moines Area Community College, had 11 points, five rebounds and five blocks.

Senior forward Toccara Ross said the newcomers fit really well into the Cyclone program.

“Denae adds a lot of good things for us speed-wise on the defensive end and Jocelyn is a beast on the boards,” Ross said. “There are certain things that these kids can do that we didn’t have before and that we have now, and we just mesh so well together.

“I hope that we can carry this on into the Big 12 and really have a powerhouse.”

The combination of Bolte, Stuckey and Anderson shot 14 of 17 from the field and 5 of 7 from 3-point range. They did only shoot 4 of 9 from the free-throw line, however.

Fennelly said making shots early helped settle down the new players, especially Bolte.

“When you’re making shots, life is good,” Fennelly said. “I told Bolte when I put her in the game that every freshman for Iowa State in her first game has always shot an airball on the first shot – don’t shoot an airball.”

Bolte instead made her first two shots.