The lowdown

The ISU women’s basketball team started its season off with a 98-76 win against USC Upstate.

Iowa State came out on fire, jumping ahead 14-0 early and never looking back. ISU center Bryanna Fernstrom led her team’s charge with 25 points, while Brynn Williamson and Seanna Johnson both put up double-doubles for the Cyclones.

X-Factor

Bryanna Fernstrom: The 6-foot-5 freshman got the first start of her career Nov. 16 and took full advantage of it. Fernstrom connected on her first four shot attempts to help Iowa State build a 14-0 lead. She went on to finish with 25 points, the most ever by an ISU women’s basketball player in a freshman debut.

By the numbers

2: Double-doubles for the ISU women’s basketball team. ISU senior Brynn Williamson scored 13 points and grabbed 12 boards and sophomore Seanna Johnson netted 20 points to go with 10 rebounds.

42.6: The Cyclones held the Spartans to 42.6 percent shooting from the field on the afternoon.

28: The ISU women’s basketball team made 28-of-32 free throws in the game, compared to USC Upstate’s 9-of-15 shooting from the charity stripe.

8: Iowa State finished the game with eight three-pointers, extending its streak of games with at least one triple made to 613.

20: Consecutive wins in season openers for the Cyclones.

Up next

The ISU women’s basketball team has a quick turnaround to its Nov. 18 game against Drake. Tipoff between the Cyclones and Bulldogs is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Hilton Coliseum.