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Ashley Joens named Big 12 Player of the Week

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November 22nd, 2021 by admin

IRVING, Texas – Iowa State women’s basketball’s Ashley Joens was named the Big 12 Player of the Week after leading the Cyclones to three wins in seven days, the league announced Monday.

The honor is Joens’ 10th Big 12 weekly honor, which ranks fourth all-time in Big 12 history, passing Baylor’s Odyssey Sims and Nebraska’s Kelsey Griffin.

Joens began the week with a 17-point performance against South Dakota State, where she hauled in eight boards. Joens helped the Cyclones to a 19-point win over SDSU, who earned a No. 7 seed in last year’s NCAA Tournament.

Joens was spectacular at Drake, going 11-of-19 from the field scoring 31 points and grabbing 10 rebounds for her first double-double of the year. Joens’ performance helped push Iowa State past Drake on the road for the first time since 2013. Joens also stuffed the stat sheet against the Bulldogs, adding four assists and three steals.

Joens capped the week going 4-of-6 from the floor against Southern for 16 points.

Iowa State travels to Florida for the Gulf Coast Showcase, with three games starting on Friday with Charlotte at 4 p.m. Central Time. All the games will be streamed on FloHoops.