GAMER: Women’s basketball topples Midwestern State in exhibition
Kelby Wingert/Iowa State Daily
Sophomore guard Seanna Johnson pushes her way to an open shot against Oklahoma State in the third game of the 2015 Big 12 Championship in Dallas, Texas. The Cyclones fell to the Cowgirls 67-58. Johnson had 16 points, 12 rebounds and three assists for Iowa State.
November 5, 2015
The Lowdown
The ISU women’s basketball team unofficially kicked off the 2015-16 season with a 79-36 exhibition win against Midwestern State on Nov. 5 at Hilton Coliseum.
The Mustangs stayed with the Cyclones for the majority of the first half as Iowa State led 32-24 at the break. The Cyclones quickly pulled away in the second half, however, beginning the third quarter on a 21-0 run, preventing the Mustangs from scoring for nearly nine minutes.
The Cyclones carried their momentum into the fourth, finishing the game on a 47-12 run.
Iowa State played without freshman TeeTee Starks, who was out with a concussion, and sophomore Bryanna Fernstrom, who was serving a one-game suspension due to a public intoxication charge in September.
X-Factor
Freshman Bridget Carleton: Carleton, who made her collegiate debut on Thursday, led all scorers with 19 points on 8-for-17 shooting from the field. She also led the Cyclones in minutes, playing in 36 out of 40 minutes.
Carleton, an Ontario, Canada native, led the ISU scoring effort from the beginning, notching four straight buckets in the first quarter to put Iowa State up early. Carleton also finished with five rebounds and one assist.
By the Numbers
4: Number of quarters in the game due to a set of NCAA rule changes. Each quarter spanned 10 minutes.
30: The NCAA also implemented a new 30-second shot clock for both women’s and men’s college basketball games, which was in effect for the first time on Thursday.
33: The Cyclones recorded their 33rd consecutive exhibition win on Thursday and will try for No. 34 on Nov. 8 against Concordia-St. Paul.
12: Number of points scored by Midwestern State in the second half.
36: The ISU freshman — Bridget Carleton, Meredith Burkhall and Claire Ricketts — combined for 36 points for the Cyclones. The trio accounted for 45.5 percent of Iowa State’s overall scoring output.
9: Junior Seanna Johnson led all players with nine rebounds on the night, capping off a near double-double performance with 16 points. Johnson led the Big 12 in rebounds last season.
Up Next
The Golden Bears of Concordia-St. Paul will make the trip to Ames on Nov. 8 to square off against Iowa State in the Cyclones’ second and final exhibition of the season. Tipoff is scheduled for 2 p.m.
