Iowa State at Texas...surprising margin!

[Blakeon18]

We have seen in a couple of predictions that ISU might well be in Bridgeport...with us. They have been hot of late and are currently ranked ahead
of us...#7. Texas is good...and the game was at home...but they beat ISU by over 20 points.

 

[JellyBean]

This is going to be a wild finish to the season. That 3rd quarter by Texas (22-9) opened the game up.

 

[donalddoowop]

The ISU offense in the third quarter consisted mostly of Joens dribbling and dribbling and mainly playing one on one and getting stopped. Then she would make a bad pass. She did not play smart at all in that third quarter.

 

[southie]

The ISU offense in the third quarter consisted mostly of Joens dribbling and dribbling and mainly playing one on one and getting stopped. Then she would make a bad pass. She did not play smart at all in that third quarter.

The stats don't lie. 2 of ISU's three best players (Joens and Ryan) accounted for 14 of ISU's 19 turnovers; most due to too much dribbling.

Women's Basketball vs Iowa State on 2/16/2022 - Box Score - University of Texas Athletics

The official box score of Women's Basketball vs Iowa State on 2/16/2022

texassports.com

 

[Carnac]

We have seen in a couple of predictions that ISU might well be in Bridgeport...with us. They have been hot of late and are currently ranked ahead
of us...#7. Texas is good...and the game was at home...but they beat ISU by over 20 points.

Blake you know as well as I do that any team can have "an off night." It doesn't make any difference what their record is or how well or poorly they played their last game. Villanova caught us on a bad night and came away with a win. It happens. Shots that normally drop don't, there seems to be a lid on the basket, the ball is not bouncing your way, the refs aren't calling the fouls equally...etc.

 

[Bjbod]

Iowa State has lost 4 games this year, and 3 of them haven't really been a contest. All 4 losses were to teams that are noticeably more athletic than they are. While I agree that any team can have an off night, especially a team like ISU that relies heavily on the 3, they will struggle against any team that is athletic and gets in their faces. I agree with the other posters that noticed excessive dribbling by Joens and Ryan...a complete recipe for disaster when the person guarding you is quicker. Poor coaching by Fenneley by not pointing this out and demanding they move the ball in their offense. I can pass the ball faster than Usain Bolt can run. I counted one total pass in 4 possessions during the 4th quarter. Love the women on this team but they'll need a very favorable draw to go deep in the tourney unless they dramatically alter their strategy vs these kinds of opponents.

 

[LETTERL]

When I saw this score, I initially thought that either a few players must have been out with injury or that the Cyclones had a bad shooting night. Neither assumption was correct. Iowa State simply didn't play well. Reading comments on this thread filled in the blanks.

 

[southie]

When I saw this score, I initially thought that either a few players must have been out with injury or that the Cyclones had a bad shooting night. Neither assumption was correct. Iowa State simply didn't play well. Reading comments on this thread filled in the blanks.

And, no real foul trouble. ISU's PG Emily Ryan did pick up her third foul midway through the second quarter; so, she had to sit until midway through the third quarter.

ISU starting SG Lexi Donarski played 31 minutes and went 0-6 from the floor and scored zero points. Nobody else picked up their scoring average to make up for that lack of offensive production.