West Virginia women win 83-70 over slumping No. 11 Iowa State

Iowa State Cyclones’ guard Reagan Wilson (22) takes a three-point shot around West Virginia Mountaineers forward Kierra Wheeler (22 ) during the second quarter in the Big-12 women’s basketball on Jan. 11, 2026, at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa.(Photo: Nirmalendu Majumdar/Ames Tribune).

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Kierra Wheeler scored 25 points, Jordan Harrison added 19 and West Virginia defeated slumping No. 11 Iowa State 83-70 on Sunday.

Iowa State has lost three consecutive games after starting the season 14-0.

Wheeler established her season-high in points, making 10 of 18 shots and 5 of 7 free throws to go with seven rebounds. Harrison had eight assists, seven steals and five rebounds.

Audi Crooks had 22 points and 10 rebounds for Iowa State. She has eight consecutive games with 20-plus points and a double-double in six of the last seven. Sydney Harris had 15 points and Reagan Wilson 11 for the Cyclones (14-3, 2-3 Big 12).

Wheeler scored 12 points in the second quarter and the Mountaineers (14-3, 4-1) led 30-29 at halftime. They scored the first nine points of the third quarter for their first double-digit lead of the game, 49-39. Iowa State cut the deficit to four but West Virginia bounced back to lead 59-50 heading to the fourth quarter.

A 9-0 run in the middle of the fourth gave the Mountaineers their biggest lead at 73-56.

West Virginia is 7-6 against Iowa State when the Cyclones are ranked in the top 25.

West Virginia has forced 22-plus turnovers and 12-plus steals in 10 games this season, 25 and 15 in this one.

Iowa State Notes

Iowa State women’s basketball’s all-time record moves to 885-681 (.565) and 347-361 (.490) in conference play.
Fennelly’s career record moves to 814-381 (.681) in his 38-year career and 648-328 (.664) at Iowa State.
Reese Beaty made her first career start.
With 22 points tonight, Audi Crooks extended her double-figure scoring streak to 83 games, the longest active streak in NCAA women’s basketball. It is the longest streak among Big 12 players since Brittney Griner’s 116-game streak.
The performance marked her 53^rd career 20-point game.
With her 14^th point of the day, Crooks scored her 1,900^th career point. She is ISU’s fourth all-time leading scorer with 1,906 points.
The Algona, Iowa native finished 8-of-9 from the floor today, matching her best single-game field goal percentage this season.
Crooks was 5-of-5 at the free throw line. With her third make of the day, she entered Iowa State’s all-time top 10 for makes at the charity stripe, besting Stacy Frese’s 352 made free throws. She has made 354 free throws through 84 career games.
With a game-high 10 rebounds, Crooks finished with her seventh double-double of the season. She has posted 25 double-doubles in her career.
Sydney Harris made the 200^th 3-pointer of her career with her first basket of the day. It also marked her 350^th career field goal.
Harris pulled down her 300^th career rebound with her first board of the day.
Jada Williams scored her 200^th point as a Cyclone on her first triple of the day. Williams has scored 204 points at Iowa State.