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Bobcats beat back Ames to claim Alliance North crown

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AMES — The Iowa Alliance Conference’s North Division crown now must go through Marshalltown. The Bobcat girls’ tennis team beat Ames for the second year in a row to secure its second-straight conference crown, beating the Little Cyclones 8-3 on Monday in Ames. The Marshalltown girls ...

Cyclone women add another guard with Wofford’s Paulk

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AMES — Iowa State women’s basketball coach Bill Fennelly has announced the signing of Evangelia Paulk ahead of the 2025-26 season. Paulk comes to Ames from Wofford College and will have two years of eligibility remaining. She is the second transfer to commit to the Cyclones, joining ...

Caitlin Clark returns to Iowa in exhibition game against Brazil

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IOWA CITY — Caitlin Clark made the shot everyone came to see. Clark stopped late in the third quarter of Sunday’s WNBA preseason game between the Indiana Fever and the Brazilian national team and launched a 3-pointer near the “22” logo on Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena court. It was ...

Haliburton ignites Pacers’ push past Cavs

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CLEVELAND — Tyrese Haliburton made a go-ahead 3-pointer midway through the fourth quarter that sparked a decisive burst for the Indiana Pacers, who stunned the top-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers 121-112 on Sunday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals. Haliburton finished with 22 ...

Drake women add Rotert to hoops coaching staff

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DES MOINES — Drake women’s basketball has added to its coaching staff with the hiring of new assistant Kristin Rotert, head coach Allison Pohlman announced. Rotert joins assistants Kelli Greenway, Whitney Moia, Cortni Rush and Becca Hittner on the Bulldogs’ staff. “We are thrilled ...