SPORTS SHORTS: No. 8 Cyclone women stomp Sycamores
AMES — Audi Crooks scored 16 points, Addy Brown had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 8 Iowa State beat Indiana State 64-42 on Thursday night.
Crooks scored in double figures for the 34th straight game and had eight rebounds. Brown, a sophomore, had the 11th double-double of her career.
Sydney Harris added 11 points on 4-of-6 shooting for the Cyclones (2-0). Emily Ryan was scoreless but had eight rebounds, seven assists, two blocks and two steals.
Keslyn Secrist and Deja Jones each scored 12 points for Indiana State (0-2).
Hawkeyes sink 18 treys to top Southern
IOWA CITY — Pryce Sandfort had career highs with six 3-pointers and 22 points to lead Iowa to an 89-74 victory over Southern on Thursday night.
Payton Sandfort scored 17 points to go with eight rebounds and seven assists for Iowa (2-0). Owen Freeman added 15 points, Josh Dix had 14 and Drew Thelwell 12.
Payton Sanfort, a senior, made four 3-pointers against the Jaguars and has 20 career games hitting at least four from deep.
Iowa shot 32 of 60 (53%) from the floor and made 18 of 40 (45%) from long range. Seven Hawkeyes made at least one 3.
AJ Barnes scored 14 points on 7-of-11 shooting to lead Southern (0-2). DaMariee Jones and Brentay Noel added 10 points apiece.
The Hawkeyes took the lead for good about three minutes in and built a 48-37 halftime advantage. Pryce Sandfort scored 11 first-half points and Josh Dix added nine.
Southern pulled within 53-42 early in the second half but didn’t get closer. Iowa had its largest lead, 85-64, when Payton Sandfort made a 3-pointer with 3:15 remaining.
Iowa has a 3-0 lead in the series and is 21-0 against the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
Panthers put down Milwaukee, 87-68
CEDAR FALLS — Tytan Anderson had 19 points in Northern Iowa’s 87-68 victory against Milwaukee on Thursday night.
Anderson shot 6 for 8 (4 for 5 from 3-point range) and 3 of 3 from the free-throw line for the Panthers (2-0). Trey Campbell scored 16 points while shooting 6 for 10, including 4 for 6 from beyond the arc and added seven rebounds. Jacob Hutson shot 6 of 10 from the field and 3 for 6 from the line to finish with 15 points, while adding eight rebounds and three blocks.
Themus Fulks led the way for the Panthers (1-1) with 18 points and seven rebounds. AJ McKee added 16 points for Milwaukee. Jamichael Stillwell also had 10 points and nine rebounds.