AMES, Iowa — Lexi Donarski scored 18 points, making six 3-pointers, Ashley Joens added 15 points and No. 12 Iowa State beat Omaha 65-38 in a season opener for both teams.
Donarski, the Big 12 freshman of the year last season, was 6 of 12 from distance and Joens, who led the conference and ranked fifth nationally with 24.2 points per game last season, went 3 for 9.
Omaha didn’t make its first 3-pointer until early in the fourth and finished 2 for 10.
Emily Ryan tied an Iowa State record with nine steals, joining Tracy Horvath’s mark set in the 1988-89 season.
The Cyclones finished with 15 steals, and Omaha turned it over 22 times.
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