Audi Crooks set a program record with 43 points in just 20 minutes for No. 16 Iowa State in a 97-50 rout over Valparaiso on Wednesday in the first-ever meeting between the two programs.

The accomplishment came despite Crooks battling a bug that had her throwing up earlier in the game, according to The Des Moines Register .

Crooks kept the ailment to herself.

“I’m not going to tell anybody that I’m not feeling good because then they’re not going to play me,” Crooks said.

Crooks set the program’s single-game record on a free throw with 8:42 remaining in the fourth quarter, passing Tonya Burns’ mark of 42 against Nebraska on Jan. 18, 1984. Crooks scored the first six points of the fourth for a 73-42 lead before being subbed out.

“They stood behind her and played one-on-one,” Iowa State

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