Women's Basketball Associated Press

Green Bay Defeats Cyclones In First Round

 
NCAA Second Round - Kingston Region
  1 2 FINAL
Iowa State 23 34 57
Green Bay 42 29 71
 
 Quick Stats Iowa State Green Bay
Points 57 71
FG Made - Attempted 17-37 25-57
FG Percentage .459 .439
3PT Made - Attempted 9-21 11-29
3PT Percentage .429 .379
FT Made - Attempted 14-19 10-13
FT Percentage .737 .769
Rebounds 34 22
Turnovers 30 13
 
 Statistical Leaders
Iowa State Pts Rbs Asst St Blk
 Hallie Christofferson 12 3 1 1 1
 Chelsea Poppens 11 8 2 2 1
Green Bay Pts Rbs Asst St Blk
 Lydia Bauer 16 2 2 2 1
 Sarah Eichler 16 0 5 3 0
 
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By Wendell Barnhouse | wendell@big12sports.com
Big12Sports.com Correspondent

Bill Fennelly didn't rely just on Hilton Magic for Iowa State's women's NCAA Tournament opener. With the game played on St. Patrick's day, he tried to summon up some luck o' the Irish with a tie decorated with shamrocks.

It turns out that nothing the Cyclones could conjure made a difference. Green Bay, steamed that its 30-1 record didn't earn better than a No. 7 seed, dismantled 10th-seeded Iowa State 71-57 in Ames Saturday. The Phoenix advance to the second round of the Kingston Regional.

Green Bay forced 30 turnovers - 19 in the first half on the way to a 42-23 lead at the break - to take Iowa State (18-13) out of the game almost before it started.

"We played a lot of really good teams this season, but their defense is one of the best I've seen," Iowa State's Brynn Williamson said. "Not just the fact they're making us turn the ball over - they're converting off those turnovers as well."

Iowa State played better in the second half but when the Cyclones appeared close to making a run, Green Bay would hit a big shot. Iowa State never got closer than 10 points after halftime.

"We were defending better in the second half. For the most part we secured the ball a little bit better," Fennelly said. "But it was a big hole. They made a lot of big shots. You turn the ball over that many times, it's borderline impossible to win unless you do a lot of other great things, and we were far from perfect in that."

Lydia Bauer and Sarah Eichler each scored 16 points for Green Bay and Adrian Ritchie added 15. Hallie Christofferson led five players in double figures with 12 points for Iowa State, which lost its NCAA tournament opener for the second straight year.

"I don't think we've seen quite the amount of pressure they put on us," said Iowa State's Chelsea Poppens, a first-team all-Big 12 pick. "They definitely could compete in the Big 12."