“Iowa State in the final four”: College hoops fans hyped as Jada Williams shows off quick, skilled fadeaway shot

Now Iowa State Cyclones guard Jada Williams is actively working on her game in the current offseason. The Kansas City, Missouri native is coming off of her sophomore year, where she averaged 12.7 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 1.7 steals per contest in what became her final campaign with the Arizona Wildcats.

As she now heads into a new program for her third year of collegiate hoops, she, along with @grindhousebasketball on Instagram, uploaded an eight-second reel that shows Williams working on her game. In the video, the spitfire scorer is shown working on her handles and stepback skill sets.

College basketball fans and spectators then dropped their own takes on what this could mean for Jada Williams and the whole Cyclones team moving forward.

"I got Iowa State in the Final Four," one user claimed.

(image credits: @grindhousebasketball on Instagram)

"She's gonna be a threat in the W," another user shared with an emoji.

"I feel like it's more powerful and faster," a user wrote with a plethora of emojis.

Other users all over the comment section, especially the Iowa State faithful, simply got hyped over Williams' adding to her bag of moves for next season.

"Jada been her," one fan said.

"Love her energy," another user posted with several emojis.

"Strength, Control, Discipline. Keep going @cbg.jada24 and @grindhousebasketball," another fan asserted with fire emojis.

"Geez!," a user commented.

In the 2024-2025 season, Williams helped the Wildcats to finish with an overall record of 19-14, 10-8 during Big 12 conference play earlier this year. They did not make it into the 2025 NCAA national tournament and instead played in the WBIT, where they were bounced out by the Nothern Arizona Lumberjacks in the first round, 71-69.

Jada Williams will be playing out her third season of college basketball with the Iowa State Cyclones

After two seasons of college basketball with the Arizona Wildcats under the tutelage of coach Adia Barnes, who has now moved on to the SMU Mustangs, Jada Williams announced through her Instagram account that she is transferring to the Iowa State Cyclones for her junior year on March 30. The incoming third-year standout first confirmed she entered her name into the transfer portal on March 24.

Williams is now set to join a Cyclones squad coached by Bill Fennelly and finished the 2024-2025 campaign with an overall record of 23-12, 12-6 during 2025 Big 12 conference play. In this year's March Madness, they were eliminated in the first round on March 20, a day after their First Four win over the Princeton Tigers, by the Michigan Wolverines with a score of 80-74.

About the author

Koby del Rosario is a college sports journalist at Sportskeeda who took up BS in Advertising Management at De La Salle University, one of the big "four" universities in the Philippines. Koby has over four years of experience with Complex PH, M2.0 Communications, The LaSallian, Daily Tribune, and Time Attack Manila.

Koby's favorite college team would have to be the North Carolina Tar Heels. Apart from being MJ's alma mater, Koby has always been fond of the Jordan silhouettes that release in the school's colors (being a sneakerhead himself).

His past favorite college players would have to be Russell Westbrook (UCLA) and Markelle Fultz (Washington). With Russ, his 1-2 punch with Kevin Love during their UCLA days was something Koby marveled at as Russ became his favorite player to watch post-Kobe.

Besides playing basketball, Koby enjoys nightlife, collecting sneakers, and playing video games. Apart from hosting parties and taking pictures for parties/bars/clubs, Koby is learning to DJ as a hobby with all sorts of house and hip-hop as the main genres.

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