The Cyclones have got off to a rocky start. This team had a lot of expectations, a tremendous player in Ashley Joens, but the success of this team will rely on the players around Joens. Tonight, they showed up.
The aforementioned Joens, the nation’s leading scorer coming into tonight, was held to zero, yes zero, points in the first half. Iowa State shot abysmally from the 3 point line but found ways to stick in the game.
The two biggest contibutors that stepped up in the absence of Joens were freshman Lexi Dornaski who had a coming out party of sorts this game.