Ames, IA (Dec. 18, 2016) --- Seanna Johnson scored a game-high 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead Iowa State to an 88-57 women's basketball victory over Delaware State at ISU's Hilton Coliseum this afternoon.
The Cyclones won for the third time in four games to improve to 8-2 this season, while the Lady dropped their fifth straight to fall to 1-8.
NaJai Pollard and Mikah Aldridge led Delaware State with 16 points each. Pollard also had a team-high 10 rebounds to post her sixth double-double of the season and 14th in 39 collegiate games. She also had four blocks to give her nine in the last two games.
Aldridge was six-for-six at the free throw line, and also led the Lady Hornets with three assists and four steals to tie her season best.
Iowa State hit its first four shots, each a three-pointer, en route to a 14-1 lead less than three minutes into the contest.
The Cyclones nailed six threes in the first quarter to lead 28-15 after the first 10 minutes. That was as close as the as the Lady Hornets would get for the rest of the contest.
Iowa State led 50-30 at the half and 74-42 after three quarters.
Bridget Carleton added 18 points, highlighted by four three-pointers, and Jadda Buckley 14 points (8-8 FTs) for Iowa State.
Freshman Kia Abrams came off the beach to score a career-high nine points for Delaware State. She was three-for-six from the field, including two-of-five from three-point territory, in the contest.
The Lady Hornets were 19-for-57 from field (33.3%) and five-of-21 on three-point shots (23.8%) in the contest.
After hitting its first four shots, Iowa State connected on just 23-of-69 the rest of the way.
The Cyclones held a big rebound advantage, 59-31, in the game.
The Iowa State contest was the first of four consecutive road games for the Lady Hornets. Delaware State returns to action on Wed. (Dec. 21) at La Salle. The contest begins at 1 p.m. in Philadelphia.
DSU will also visit Longwood (Dec. 28) and Virginia Tech (Dec. 30) before returning home to face Cornell on Jan. 5, 2017 (6 p.m.).
