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Hare’s Buzzer-Beater Keeps No. 10 Iowa State Perfect as Crooks Scores 41 Against Kansas

Kansas chose single coverage on the nation’s leading scorer, setting up Iowa State’s Big 12-opening escape.

Overview

  • Kenzie Hare hit a corner 3 at the horn off an Addy Brown pass to beat Kansas 79-76, her only points of the game.
  • Audi Crooks shot 19-for-28 for 41 points, her third 40-point outing this season and fourth of her career, tying for the second-most by a Big 12 player this century.
  • Iowa State improved to 13-0 overall and 1-0 in Big 12 play, with Crooks’ scoring average at about 28.9 points per game.
  • Kansas stayed home on shooters and mostly single-covered Crooks, holding Iowa State to two made threes while the Jayhawks hit 12 from long range.
  • S’Mya Nichols scored 29 and tied the game with 5.2 seconds left as Kansas rallied from 11 down in the fourth despite injuries to Regan Williams and Jaliya Davis.