Iowa State's Jadda Buckley will be back on the court for the Cyclones' exhibition game against Midwestern State tonight after missing most of last season with a foot injury. Photo by Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune.
When Jadda Buckley takes the court on Thursday for the Cyclones’ first exhibition game of the season, it will have been 303 days since she last donned an Iowa State jersey. To say she is excited step back out underneath the lights inside Hilton Coliseum would be an understatement.
“Really excited,” Buckley said. “It’s been almost a year, I feel like. I’m pretty happy to be back out.