IOWA CITY — Bennett Stirtz scored 22 points as No. 25 Iowa finished the non-conference part of its schedule with a 90-62 win over UMass Lowell on Monday inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Iowa (11-2), which moved into The Associated Press Top 25 last week for the first time since the third week ...

AMES — Joshua Jefferson scored a season-high 23 points, Blake Buchanan had five dunks and 16 points and No. 3 Iowa State beat Houston Christian 89-61 on Monday night at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones (13-0) led by as many as 14 points in the first half and 31 in the second. Jefferson’s ...

CEDAR FALLS — Will Hornseth’s 16 points helped Northern Iowa defeat Valparaiso 58-48 on Monday. Hornseth added seven rebounds for the Panthers (10-3, 2-0 Missouri Valley Conference). Trey Campbell scored 12 points while going 3 of 7 from the floor, and Ben Schwieger had nine points and ...

DIKE — East Marshall senior Jackson Bidwell scored a school-record 44 points as the Mustang boys’ basketball team bounced Dike-New Hartford 83-57 in a North Iowa Cedar League contest right before the holiday break. Bidwell shot 18-for-24 from the field, including 5-of-7 from 3-point ...

IOWA CITY — Ava Heiden scored a career-high 27 points to lead six Hawkeyes in double figures and No. 14 Iowa cruised to a 99-76 victory over Penn State on Sunday in Big Ten Conference play. The 6-foot-4 sophomore made 13 of 19 shots and her only free throw for the Hawkeyes (11-2, 2-0), who ...

OTTUMWA — The Marshalltown boys’ swimming squad closed out the first month of the winter season with a win at the Ottumwa Quad on Monday, Dec. 22, at Beach Ottumwa. The Bobcats won five of 11 events to take the top spot in the team standings with 199 points. Host Ottumwa was second (155) ...