Ames, Iowa ? Iowa State’s game with Kansas went just as expected: slow, physical and downright ugly at times. Only this time, Iowa State won.
Angie Welle scored 17 points and Erica Haugen hit three key three-pointers at the start of the second half as No. 7 Iowa State overcame a lackluster game offensively to beat Kansas 67-48 Wednesday.
| Kansas | 20 | 28 | 48 |
| Iowa State | 29 | 38 | 67 |
Attendance: 11,129.
Iowa State (12-1, 3-0 Big 12) lost to the Jayhawks twice in similar games last season. The loss in Ames ended the Cyclones’ 26-game homecourt winning streak and they remembered that one.
“We kind of walked on the court last year and thought we were going to win just because we were at home,” Welle said. “I think it really taught us a lesson. You can’t have that mentality. We have the score posted up in the locker room from last year. We were definitely aware of it.”
Kansas (6-7, 0-2) again gave Iowa State trouble with its trapping, man-to-man defense and 15 minutes into the game, the Cyclones had only 19 points. But the Jayhawks could not get anything going offensively and lost for the fourth straight time, their longest losing streak since dropping four in a row in the 1992-93 season.
“We didn’t shoot very well tonight and that hurt as much as anything,” KU coach Marian Washington said. “In the second half we allowed too many drives and open threes.”
Only Jaclyn Johnson’s 21 points kept Kansas from being blown out.
“It’s kind of what we talked about, it’s what we tried to practice against physical defense, slow pace on offense,” Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly said. “Our team has been known as an offensive team, but tonight it was our defense that won us the game.
“We had 13 points with 71/2 minutes to go in the half, but they only had 11. You’ve got to guard until you score, so I thought that was good.”
Haugen finished with 13 points.
KU shot just 38.5 percent and was 1-for-13 from three-point range. Kansas was called for 25 fouls to 10 for Iowa State, leading to a 19-7 free throw advantage for ISU.
“It’s very difficult to establish any kind of momentum with the number of fouls that were called,” Washington said. “I thought that was the difference in the games, the fouls.”
Notes
Johnson snared eight rebounds to reach 730 for her career, 10th on KU’s all-time charts. … KU’s point total of 48 points was a season low. … KU shot a season-low .077 percent (1-for-13) from three-point range. … KU is 0-2 in the conference for the first time since 1997-98, when it eventually reached the Sweet 16.
Three-point goals: 1-13 (Bosi 1-3, Jackson 0-1, Johnson 0-2, Scott 0-3, Hilgenkamp 0-4). Assists: 16 (Scott 5, Hilgenkamp 4, Jackson 3, Bosi 2, Reves, Johnson). Turnovers: 16 (Johnson 4, Scott 3, Geoffroy 3, Reves, Hilgenkamp, Jackson, Bosi, White, Brown). Blocked shots: 4 (Reves, Geoffroy, Bosi, Brown). Steals: 5 (Johnson 4, Scott). |
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Three-point goals: 6-17 (Haugen 3-5, Taylor 2-4, Gahan 1-4, Wilson 0-2, Junod 0-2). Assists: 15 (Wilson 4, Taylor 4, Haugen 2, Junod 2, Gahan, Welle, Bordewyk). Turnovers: 13 (Haugen 3, Welle 3, Wilson 2, Bordewyk 2, Gahan, Taylor, team). Blocked shots: 2 (Gahan, Welle). Steals: 3 (Junod 2, Haugen). |
