Heading into Friday’s matchup with Texas Tech, Iowa State (8-3, 0-0 Big 12) faced an uphill battle as Texas Tech came into the game with an unblemished record of 11-0 (0-0 Big 12) on the road in Lubbock, Texas.

Heading into the fourth quarter of Monday’s game against the North Alabama Lions (9-3), Iowa State (8-3), looked well on its way to securing a victory as it held a 16 point lead, 61-45.

Iowa State (7-4) hosts the North Alabama Lions (9-2) at 6:30 p.m. on Monday at Hilton Coliseum. North Alabama is a team that is red hot as of late, making the Lions a team Iowa State can't afford to overlook. 

Coming into Sunday’s matchup versus the Northern Iowa Panthers, the Iowa State Cyclones had not beaten an in-state opponent all season.

In its last five games, Iowa State (7-2) has been without junior forward Madi Wise due to migraines. Wise had been playing 27 minutes as a starter this season.

After scoring 68 points combined for the Iowa State Cyclones in its games against the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Wright State Raiders, junior forward Ashley Joens earned espnW's national player of the week award.

As a whole, Iowa State struggled offensively against the Wright State Raiders on Sunday.

Iowa State took down Wright State at home Sunday 79-71 behind a career night from Ashley Joens.

My grandpa died two summers ago when I was 19. He was 83 and had been battling cancer for a long time, so it was not a surprise when he passed.

Iowa State looked to end its three-game losing streak to the Iowa Hawkeyes by defeating them on Wednesday at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones had a strong chance of doing that as the game was tied at 48 at the end of the third quarter.

For the fourth-straight win in the series, Iowa took the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk game 75-69 with the Cyclones losing at home in Hilton Coliseum on an emotional day for coach Bill Fennelly. Fennelly's father passed away Wednesday, and a moment of silence was held before tip-off. 

Iowa State (6-1) is heading into Wednesday’s matchup with the Iowa Hawkeyes (6-2) with revenge on its mind, as Iowa won 73-70 in Iowa City last season, thanks to a three-pointer by Tania Davis with 2.6 seconds left.

Iowa State trailed for almost the entirety of the first quarter on Thursday against the Alabama Crimson Tide, as the Cyclones did not hold a lead in the first quarter at all.

Iowa State women's basketball (5-1) travels to the University of Alabama (5-2) on Thursday in a SEC/Big 12 Challenge game for the Cyclones’ first game against a Power Five opponent.

Iowa State beat non-conference opponent New Orleans 71-53 on Sunday, but Coach Bill Fennelly was "disappointed" in the Cyclones’ performance.

The New Orleans Privateers (2-4) looked poised to come into Hilton Coliseum and give Iowa State (4-1) a close battle, having beaten the Ole Miss Runnin’ Rebels 69-64 on the road and only losing by two to the Texas State Bobcats on the road.

For the first time in program history, the Iowa State Cyclones will take on the New Orleans Privateers. The Cyclones are 4-1 this season and are 3-0 in Hilton Coliseum this season, while the Privateers are 2-4 this season and are 1-3 on the road.

A lot of young Iowan girls have dreamt of playing on the Iowa State women’s basketball team.

Iowa State (4-1) beat Arkansas-Pine Bluff (0-5) 90-40 on Saturday behind strong Cyclone scoring performances.

After a historic week where she became the only player in Cyclone history to score 30 points and grab 20 rebounds and scored 56 points and grabbed 34 rebounds in two games, sophomore Ashley Joens earned Big 12 Player of the Week honors.

Coming in to Friday's matchup with the North Dakota State Bison, Iowa State had yet to win road game in this young season. 

For only the second time in program history, the Iowa State women’s basketball team faces the North Dakota State Bison. This matchup will be the first meeting between the two teams in Fargo, North Dakota.

Despite earning a 20-point victory over the Texas Southern Tigers on Tuesday, Iowa State struggled offensively in the first half, only scoring 31 points and leading by just five points at halftime.

Iowa State (2-1) defeated Texas Southern (1-2) 79-59 on Tuesday in the Cyclones’ second home game of the season.

Iowa State continues its non-conference slate against Texas Southern at 11 a.m. on Tuesday.

Coming into this year, the Iowa State women’s basketball program had never signed a top-10 recruiting class nationally, according to ProspectsNation.com. 

Seeing as how the last two matchups between Iowa State and Drake have gone-with both teams scoring 80 or more- the Cyclones knew it needed to put up a lot of points to defeat the Drake Bulldogs on Sunday at the Knapp Center in Des Moines, Iowa.

Iowa State opened up the regular season with a nice 69-36 win over Southern University on Thursday.

Iowa State came into its regular-season opener against the Southern Jaguars with its starting center Kristin Scott dealing with a back injury. Scott was able to play on Wednesday, but she wasn't 100% healthy, so senior center Ines Nazerwa earned the start at center, her first in her career.

Iowa State will take on Southern University in the team’s season opener Thursday.

Iowa State beat Missouri Western State 87-54 on Wednesday in the team’s last exhibition before the season starts against Southern University on Thursday.

Last season, Iowa State won its exhibition game 90-51 against Southwest Baptist, a Division II school, but struggled in the first half.

Before its regular season begins on Nov. 7 against the Southern Jaguars, Iowa State hosts the Missouri Western State Griffons on Wednesday in an exhibition game.

Gone from the Iowa State women's basketball program are Bridget Carleton, Alexa Middleton and Meredith Burkhall, who all graduated from last year's NCAA Tournament team.

Iowa State will be without two of its best players from a season ago, guard Alexa Middleton and forward Bridget Carleton. However, the rest of the Big 12 sees Iowa State being one of the better teams in the conference, picking the Cyclones to finish fourth in the preseason poll with 49.

Iowa State’s Kristin Scott and Ashley Joens were both honored with preseason All-Big 12 awards on Wednesday.

On Monday, the Iowa State women’s basketball team held its media day, which gave insight on what the team may look like moving forward. 

Bridget Carleton is a free agent no more.

Ashley Joens won her second straight gold medal for the U.S. in international play when the U.S. beat Australia in the championship game of the FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup.

Iowa State sophomore guard Ashley Joens played 18 minutes⁠ — the most she’s played in the 2019 U19 FIBA Women’s World Cup ⁠— in the United States’ 35-point quarterfinal win over Canada on Friday.

In the the first round of tournament play at the U19 FIBA Women’s World Cup, the U.S. beat Germany 79-61.

In its last game of group play, the U.S. had an all-you-can-eat offensive buffet against Hungary at the U19 FIBA Women’s World Cup.

Iowa State guard, Ashley Joens, has seen some playing time on the United States squad in the 2019 FIBA U19 Women's World Cup.

With defending gold-medalist Russia failing to qualify, the U.S. will be the top team at the U19 Women’s FIBA World Cup.

After a historic 2019 season, Iowa State's Bridget Carleton was named the 2019 Celia Barquin Arozamena Iowa State Female Athlete of the Year.

Being a WNBA second round draft pick doesn't guarantee a roster spot in the WNBA as evident by Dallas cutting former Iowa player and Player of the Year Megan Gustafson, but former Iowa State player Bridget Carleton made Connecticut's regular season roster.