With a roster full of experienced players returning from last season’s successful campaign, the Iowa State women’s basketball team was expected to cruise through the early part of the non-conference schedule and show why there are high expectations for the team.

On a night when Bill Fennelly stood at midcourt to be honored for being in his 30th season as Iowa State’s head women’s basketball coach, his team proceeded to shoot 30 percent from the field — and still beat Indiana State by 22 points.

AMES - Iowa State women's basketball rolled through its first test of the year by beating Central College in an easy exhibition victory on Oct. 30. Now things are for real. The highly anticipated Cyclones season will kick off Monday when the ninth-ranked Cyclones host Chicago State at 11 a.m. CT Monday at Hilton Coliseum in Ames.

Michigan football will look to get back into the win column on Saturday but it will be a difficult matchup as the Wolverines head to Bloomington to face the College Football Playoff rankings' No. 8 team in the country in the Indiana Hoosiers.

AMES - The Iowa State women's basketball team easily passed its first test of the season. Now comes the next. Ninth-ranked Iowa State will take on Indiana State in the second game of the season on Thursday at 6:30 p.