AMES - Iowa State women’s basketball player Addy Brown remembers looking into the Hilton Coliseum crowd during her team’s matchup with Iowa on Dec. 6, 2023, and seeing how packed the arena was.

Brown, who can still recall how loud the announced crowd of 14,267 fans was that night, still hasn’t seen anything quite like it on a basketball court.

“That matchup was crazy,” Brown said. “That’s something I’ll never forget, stepping on the floor for my first Cy-Hawk game.”

Brown and her teammates are likely in store for another memorable environment when the two teams return to the court in Ames for the first time since that matchup. The 10th-ranked Cyclones (10-0) will face the No. 12 Hawkeyes (9-0) in the latest installment of the state’s biggest basketball rivalry on Wednesday, Dec. 10

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