After breezing past Georgia in the round of 32, Iowa State was looking to get into the same type of game against the Bluejays as the Cyclones took on Creighton in their first Sweet 16 since the 2009-2010 season.
Nyamer Diew got the scoring started for the twister sisters with a quickfire 3 made it feel as if it was going to be more of the same. However, after that early bucket, Iowa State came out of the gates cold from behind the arc. After both teams played some lock-up defense for a majority of the quarter the basket opened up from deep for both sides.