Audi Crooks

AMES — Audi Crooks scored 30 points, Addy Brown added 20 points and 11 rebounds and No. 18 Iowa State never trailed as the Cyclones beat Eastern Illinois 87-55 on Sunday for their 11th consecutive home win.

Crooks made 12 of 16 from the field and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line and Brown was 8-of-14 shooting.

Macy McGlone led Eastern Illinois (3-6) with 14 points but fouled out with 1:55 left in the third quarter. Alex Rouse added 13 and Sydney-James Desroches scored 12.

Crooks, who scored 31 in a loss to No. 21 Iowa on Wednesday, has scored at least 30 points three times this season. The 6-foot-3 sophomore scored a career-high 40 in a 93-86 win over Maryland in the first round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament.

Iowa State (9-3) scored the final nine points of the first quarter to take a 23-12 lead and led by as many as 15 in the second before an 8-2 spurt — including six consecutive points by McGlone — pulled the Panthers to 38-29 going into halftime. Georgia Fox hit a 3-pointer that made it an eight-point game with 1:42 to go in the third quarter but Crooks answered with a layup and Aili Tanke hit a 3-pointer to make it 60-47 going into the fourth.

Crooks has scored in double figures in 44 straight games.

Iowa State announced that junior guard Kenzie Hare would be medically redshirting the 2024-25 season due to a hip injury. Hare had made eight starts through 10 games.

No. 18 Iowa St. 87, Eastern Illinois 55

E. ILLINOIS (3-6) — Desroches 4-11 2-2 12, McGlone 6-14 2-2 14, Flowers 1-8 0-0 2, Johnson 0-3 0-0 0, Rouse 5-9 2-2 13, Cox 1-3 0-0 3, Johnston 0-1 0-0 0, Lune 1-2 0-0 2, Colson 0-1 0-0 0, Arroyo 1-4 0-0 3, Lewis 2-6 1-2 6, Phillipo 0-2 0-0 0. TOTALS 21-64 7-8 55.

IOWA ST. (9-3) — Brown 8-14 2-2 20, Crooks 12-16 6-6 30, Jackson 2-6 0-0 6, Ryan 2-5 0-0 5, Tanke 1-4 0-0 3, Williams 0-2 2-2 2, Taulelei 1-1 0-2 2, Hansford 1-1 0-0 3, Harris 3-6 0-0 9, Joens 1-2 2-2 5, Wilson 0-1 2-2 2. TOTALS 31-58 14-16 87.

E. Illinois 12 17 18 8 — 55

Iowa St. 23 15 22 27 — 87

3-Point Goals–E. Illinois 6-21 (Desroches 2-6, McGlone 0-1, Flowers 0-3, Johnson 0-2, Rouse 1-1, Cox 1-3, Arroyo 1-2, Lewis 1-1, Phillipo 0-2), Iowa St. 11-24 (Brown 2-4, Jackson 2-5, Ryan 1-1, Tanke 1-4, Hansford 1-1, Harris 3-6, Joens 1-2, Wilson 0-1). Assists–E. Illinois 10 (Flowers 8), Iowa St. 26 (Ryan 7). Fouled Out–McGlone. Rebounds–E. Illinois 27 (McGlone 8), Iowa St. 42 (Brown 11). Total Fouls–E. Illinois 16, Iowa St. 12. A–10,122.