2013–14 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team

The 2013–14 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team represented Iowa State University in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. This was head coach Bill Fennelly's 19th season at Iowa State. The Cyclones were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones earned their 14th NCAA tournament appearance.^[2] They finished the season with a record of 20–11 overall, 9–9 in Big 12 play for a tie to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the 2014 Big 12 Conference women's basketball tournament to Oklahoma State. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Florida State in the first round.

2013–14 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball
NCAA Tournament West Region 7 Seed, first round
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 23
Record	20–11 (9–9 Big 12)
Head coach	Bill Fennelly (19th season)
Assistant coaches	Jodi Steyer Billy Fennelly Latoja Schaben
Home arena	Hilton Coliseum
Seasons ← 2012–13 2014–15 →

2013–14 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Baylor †	16	–	2		.889			32	–	5		.865
No. 7 West Virginia	16	–	2		.889			30	–	5		.857
Texas	11	–	7		.611			22	–	12		.647
No. 21 Oklahoma State	11	–	7		.611			25	–	9		.735
Iowa State	9	–	9		.500			20	–	11		.645
Oklahoma	9	–	9		.500			18	–	15		.545
TCU	8	–	10		.444			18	–	15		.545
Kansas	5	–	13		.278			13	–	19		.406
Kansas State	5	–	13		.278			11	–	19		.367
Texas Tech	0	–	18		.000			6	–	24		.200
† 2014 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll [1]

Radio

All Cyclones games were carried on the Iowa State Cyclone Radio Network. Not all affiliates carried women's basketball, and some affiliates only carried select games.

Roster

2013–14 Iowa State Cyclones women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Lexi Albrecht 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Carroll Kuemper Carroll, IA G 4 Nikki Moody 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Euless Trinity Euless, TX F 5 Hallie Christofferson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Exira Hamlin, IA G 11 Jadda Buckley 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Fr Mason City Mason City, IA G 12 Seanna Johnson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr DeLaSalle Brooklyn Park, MN G 15 Nicole "Kidd" Blaskowsky 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Austin Sugar Land, TX G/F 22 Brynn Williamson 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Staley Kansas City, MO G 23 Ashley Hagedorn 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr DMACC I-K-M Manning Irwin, IA G 24 Elly Arganbright 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Panorama Panora, IA G/F 32 Fallon Ellis 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Westbury Christian Missouri City, TX F/C 34 Madison Baier 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So South Tama Tama, IA F 35 Jordan Jensen 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Mountain View Gilbert, AZ	Head coach Bill Fennelly (William Penn) Assistant coach(es) Jodi Steyer (Colorado State) Billy Fennelly (Iowa State) Latoja Schaben (Toledo) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Source^[3]

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2013* 12:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		Wayne State	W 76–52	–	Hilton Coliseum (10,036) Ames, IA
11/06/2013* 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		Carthage	W 78–49	–	Hilton Coliseum (9,586) Ames, IA
Regular Season
11/10/2013* 5:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	No. 23	North Dakota	W 84–55	1–0	Hilton Coliseum (10,072) Ames, IA
11/13/2013* 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	No. 22	South Dakota	W 88–72	2–0	Hilton Coliseum (9,628) Ames, IA
11/21/2013* 6:00 pm	No. 22	at Cincinnati	W 78–42	3–0	Fifth Third Arena (609) Cincinnati, OH
11/24/2013* 2:05 pm, MC-22	No. 22	at Drake	W 89–47	4–0	Knapp Center (3,241) Des Moines, IA
11/29/2013* 9:30 pm	No. 23	vs. Eastern Washington South Point Shootout	W 88–60	5–0	South Point Arena (N/A) Paradise, NV
11/30/2013* 9:30 pm	No. 23	vs. Auburn South Point Shootout	W 68–57	6-0	South Point Arena (413) Paradise, NV
12/04/2013* 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	No. 20	Northern Iowa	W 83–55	7–0	Hilton Coliseum (9,932) Ames, IA
12/08/2013* 2:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	No. 20	Cal State Fullerton	W 79–52	8–0	Hilton Coliseum (10,996) Ames, IA
12/12/2013* 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	No. 17	No. 21 Iowa Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series	W 83–70	9–0	Hilton Coliseum (11,543) Ames, IA
12/28/2013* 3:30 pm, Cyclones.tv	No. 14	Holy Cross Cyclone Challenge	W 72–50	10–0	Hilton Coliseum (7,758) Ames, IA
12/29/2013* 3:30 pm, Cyclones.tv	No. 14	William & Mary Cyclone Challenge	W 85–65	11–0	Hilton Coliseum (7,127) Ames, IA
01/02/2014 7:00 pm	No. 14	at TCU	W 71–49	12–0 (1–0)	Daniel–Meyer Coliseum (2,062) Ft. Worth, TX
01/05/2014 5:00 pm, FCSC	No. 14	No. 25 Oklahoma	W 82–75 OT	13–0 (2–0)	Lloyd Noble Center (6,207) Norman, OK
01/08/2014 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	No. 11	Texas Tech	W 74–48	14–0 (3–0)	Hilton Coliseum (7,089) Ames, IA
01/11/2014 6:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	No. 11	No. 15 Oklahoma State	L 62–69	14–1 (3–1)	Hilton Coliseum (10,505) Ames, IA
01/15/2014 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	No. 13	West Virginia	L 59–73	14–2 (3–2)	Hilton Colisuem (9,824) Ames, IA
01/18/2014 7:00 pm, FCSP	No. 13	at Kansas State	L 74–80	14–3 (3–3)	Bramlage Coliseum (8,221) Manhattan, KS
01/21/2014 6:00 pm, FS1	No. 20	Oklahoma	L 54–75	14–4 (3–4)	Hilton Coliseum (10,121) Ames, IA
01/25/2014 7:00 pm, FSSW+	No. 20	at Texas Tech	W 85–76 OT	15-4 (4–4)	United Spirit Arena (3,937) Lubbock, TX
01/29/2014 7:00 pm	No. 23	at No. 20 West Virginia	L 56–67	15–5 (4–5)	WVU Coliseum (1,229) Morgantown, WV
02/01/2014 8:00 pm, Cyclones.tv	No. 23	Kansas State	W 84–65	16–5 (5–5)	Hilton Coliseum (11,480) Ames, IA
02/05/2014 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		TCU	L 60–61	16–6 (5–6)	Hilton Coliseum (10,028) Ames, IA
02/09/2014 1:00 pm, FS1		at Texas	L 64–71	16–7 (5–7)	Frank Erwin Center (3,443) Austin, TX
02/15/2014 6:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		Kansas	W 72–69	17–7 (6–7)	Hilton Coliseum (11,988) Ames, IA
02/19/2014 7:00 pm, FCS		at No. 6 Baylor	L 51–89	17–8 (6–8)	Ferrell Center (6,758) Waco, TX
02/22/2014 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		Texas	W 81–64	18–8 (7–8)	Hilton Coliseum (13,187) Ames, IA
02/26/2014 7:00 pm, FSOK+		at No. 15 Oklahoma State	W 86–69	19–8 (8–8)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,179) Stillwater, OK
03/01/2014 7:00 pm, FSN		at Kansas	W 87–79	20–8 (9–8)	Allen Fieldhouse (2,334) Manhattan, KS
03/04/2014 7:00 pm, Cyclones.tv		Baylor	L 54–70	20–9 (9–9)	Hilton Coliseum (10,539) Ames, IA
Big 12 tournament
03/08/2014 11:00 am, FSN		vs. No. 18 Oklahoma State Quarterfinals	L 57-67	20–10	Chesapeake Energy Arena (N/A) Oklahoma City, OK
NCAA tournament
03/22/2014* 3:00 pm, ESPN2		Florida State First Round	L 44–55	20–11	Hilton Coliseum (N/A) Ames, IA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. For NCAA tournament, number in parentheses is seed, letter indicates region.

Rankings

Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Improvement in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██NR = Not Ranked. RV = Receiving Votes.

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	23	22	22	23	20	17	15	14	14	11	13	20	23	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	20	18	16	15	12	11	11	10	10	9	11	17	21	23	RV	23	24	21	23	23