For the first time in nearly 30 years, Iowa State’s women’s basketball team did not make a shot from beyond the arc Tuesday. It ended the Cyclones’ 945-game NCAA-record streak for having at least one 3-pointer in a game.
Iowa State still beat Texas Tech 71-58 at Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa, but went 0 for 7 from long range. The streak dated back to Feb. 19, 1995, at Colorado. That was in the Cyclones’ final season under coach Theresa Becker, when Iowa State was still in the Big Eight.
Coach Bill Fennelly took over the next season and has led the program to 22 NCAA tournament appearances and three Big 12 tournament titles, the most recent in 2023. Fennelly always has championed the 3-pointer as a staple of his offense, and under his guidance the Cyclones never played a game without making at least one — until Tuesday.
To put the streak in a women’s basketball historical perspective, the last time Iowa State didn’t make a 3-pointer, the WNBA didn’t exist (launched in 1997), UConn had not won any of its 11 NCAA titles (the…
