The Iowa State Cyclones have demonstrated an ability to get the job done defensively.

In Sunday’s win over East Tennessee State, the Cyclones proved they can be a pretty good offensive team, too.

No. 4 seed Iowa State equaled an NCAA Tournament record with 16 treys – blitzing the upset-minded Lady Bucs 85-53 in the first round of the tournament at E.A. Diddle Arena.

With the victory, Iowa State will meet No. 12 Ball State at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.

“Offensively, that is as well as we have played in a long time,” Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly said. “We did a lot of great things and obviously shot the ball great. East Tennessee did some different things defensively and I commend their effort. They didn’t stop playing. It was a great game and a great environment. I am fortunate that I get to coach again Tuesday night.”

Playing a team known for its up-tempo style, Iowa State (25-8) set the tone early. The Cyclones made four 3-pointers in the first seven minutes and built a 19-5 lead.

The 3s continued to fall, with Iowa State dropping 10 in the opening half to generate a sizable 47-25 cushion.

The lead grew to 57-27 early in the second half, before East Tennessee State used a 16-5 run to trim the deficit to 62-43 midway through the second.

The comeback ended there. Iowa State put the game away with three more 3s – two from junior guard Alison Lacey, who was 6-for-11 from behind the arc and led ISU with 18 points.

“The coaches just kept telling me to shoot it,” Lacey said. “I always listen to them and do what they tell me. Luckily tonight, they went in. Everyone shot the ball great and everyone passed the ball well. It was a good effort by the whole team.”

With the game in hand, the bench got in on the offensive outburst in the final minutes. Junior Shellie Mosman hit the final 3 with 1:44 left – her first points of the season – helping Iowa State equal a record set by Harvard in a loss to Vanderbilt on March 15, 1996.

“I didn’t even know that we did that,” senior forward Amanda Nisleit said. “It’s exciting and I am so proud of our team for how hard we have worked and how hard and well we played today.”

Coincidentally, Iowa State and Harvard were joined in the record books Sunday by South Dakota State, which hit 16 shots from 3-point range in a first-round win over Texas Christian.

ISU finished 16-for-38 from long range and shot 48.3 percent from the field.

Kelsey Bolye had 12 points, Heather Ezell added 11 points and Nisleit and Nicky Wieben chipped in 10 points each.

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“We knew that they were a very gifted basketball team and we wish them much luck throughout the tournament,” ETSU coach Karen Kemp said. “Like I said in the locker room to the young ladies, I hate to lose more than anybody but I’m disappointed in our defensive effort tonight. We knew that they were great 3-point shooters and we did not get out and defend the way that we should have.”

Taronda Wiles led ETSU with 16 points, while Latisha Belcher added 11 points.

East Tennessee State shot 30.8 percent from the field and was just 5-for-20 from 3-point range.

“It’s not any different than what we have done all year,” Fennelly said. “We are really lucky to have kids that can adapt to scouting reports and put it out on the floor. I really thought that we did that tonight and we did it very the opening tip of the game.”