NCAA.com Team of the Week, the Iowa State Cyclones not only put themselves back in top-16 seed conversation for the upcoming NCAA championship, but also avenged a pair of earlier season losses with wins over Texas and Baylor.
The Cyclones broke a three-game losing streak with a wire-to-wire 66-61 home win over No. 17 Texas on Feb. 13 as senior standout Ashley Joens led the way with 24 points and head coach Bill Fennelly notched his 750th career victory. The victory snapped a seven-game series skid to the Longhorns.
Fennelly became part of elite company as the 27th NCAA women’s basketball head coach to reach the milestone of 750 and one of nine active coaches. Fennelly is also the 13th to get the total at the Division I level, with his first 166 career wins coming at Toledo. Fennelly is the longest-tenured coach in Big 12 Conference women’s or men’s basketball, and has led the Cyclones to 20 NCAA tournament appearances during his time in Ames, Iowa.
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