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No. 11 Iowa women handle Oregon

IOWA CITY (AP) — Hannah Stuelke and Addison Deal combined to score 36 points and No. 11 Iowa beat Oregon 74-66 in a wire-to-wire win on Thursday. Stuelke had 18 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and a pair of steals. Deal had 18 points — a career high — on 7-of-9 shooting and made ...

Family affair for Hoibergs at Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — It’s too early to tell where the Nebraska men’s basketball team will end up, but Fred Hoiberg and two of his sons sure are enjoying the ride. The Cornhuskers are 17-0, have the nation’s longest winning streak at 21 games and, at No. 8, the program’s highest ...

Hawks can’t hold off No. 5 Purdue

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Braden Smith scored all 16 of his points in the second half and tied the Big Ten record for assists in conference play, and No. 5 Purdue overcame a nine-point to beat Iowa 79-72 on Wednesday night. Trey Kaufman-Renn added 12 points, Fletcher Loyer had 11 and Oscar ...

Cyclone men suffer first loss

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Tre White scored 19 points, Darryn Peterson added 16 and Kansas answered a second-half run by Iowa State with a big charge of its own, sending the second-ranked Cyclones to their first loss of the season, 84-63 on Tuesday night. Melvin Council Jr. added 15 points and ...

Iowa women rally past Indiana on the road

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Ava Heiden and Chazadi Wright each scored 13 points, Hannah Stuelke had a double-double and No. 14 Iowa outlasted Indiana 56-53 on Sunday. After shooting 25%, missing all eight of their 3-pointers and trailing 35-19 in the first half, the Hawkeyes outscored the ...

Cyclone women drop their third straight

AMES (AP) — Kierra Wheeler scored 25 points, Jordan Harrison added 19 and West Virginia defeated slumping No. 11 Iowa State 83-70 on Sunday. Iowa State has lost three consecutive games after starting the season 14-0. Wheeler established her season-high in points, making 10 of 18 shots and 5 ...

Iowa rally not enough vs. Illinois in Top-20 matchup

IOWA CITY (AP) — Keaton Wagler scored 19 points, Andrej Stojakovic and Kylan Boswell each had 17 and No. 16 Illinois continued to win on the road in the Big Ten Conference, holding off No. 19 Iowa 75-69 on Sunday. The Illini (13-3, 4-1) won their fifth consecutive game and stayed tied for ...

Iowa State men now program-best 16-0

AMES (AP) — Joshua Jefferson had 19 points and five assists and Milan Momcilovic scored 16 of his 18 points in the first half to lead No. 3 Iowa State to an 83-71 victory over Oklahoma State on Saturday. The Cyclones’ best start in program history continued as they improved to 16-0 overall ...

Purdy leads Niners back to Philly

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — When Brock Purdy walked off the field following his first playoff trip to Philadelphia, his future was in question. The former Iowa State star had gone from the last pick of the 2022 draft to an improbable starting quarterback in the NFC title game for the San ...

Cyclone men reach a new level

WACO, Texas (AP) — Iowa State point guard Tamin Lipsey, the senior who grew up near campus in Ames, is now part of something that had never been done by the Cyclones. They have a 15-game winning streak to start the season. “I’ve been a Cyclone all my life. Just got on the court four ...

Road win for Iowa women

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Ava Heiden scored 23 points on 9-of-11 shooting Monday night to help No. 14 Iowa beat Northwestern 67-58 and hand the Wildcats their ninth straight loss. Chit-Chat Wright had 12 points, seven assists, five rebounds and three steals for Iowa (13-2, 4-1 Big Ten). Hannah ...

Wetjen repeats as Jet Award winner

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Iowa’s Kaden Wetjen was named winner of the Jet Award as the top return specialist in college football for the second straight year, the Jet Award Foundation announced Monday. Wetjen, the first repeat winner in the 15-year history of the award, led the nation in total ...

Becht decides to follow Campbell to Penn State

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Rocco Becht has announced he will follow coach Matt Campbell from Iowa State to Penn State, giving the Nittany Lions a veteran quarterback to replace Ethan Grunkemeyer. Becht stated his decision in a social media post late Sunday. Grunkemeyer posted at about the ...

ISU women tripped up in Top-25 matchup

AMES (AP) — Taliah Scott hit the winning shot with 2.9 seconds left and scored all 21 of her points in the second half, leading No. 22 Baylor past No. 10 and previously unbeaten Iowa State 72-70 on Sunday. Baylor (13-3, 2-1 Big 12) let the clock run down after Iowa State (14-1, 2-1) had tied ...

Stirtz powers Iowa again

IOWA CITY (AP) — Bennett Stirtz scored 27 points and No. 25 Iowa held off a second-half comeback attempt by UCLA for a 74-61 win on Saturday. The Hawkeyes (12-2, 2-1 Big Ten) led by as many as 24 points in the first half and 20 points early in the second half before the Bruins (10-4, 2-1) ...

No. 3 Cyclone men dominate again

AMES (AP) — Milan Momcilovic made eight 3-pointers and scored 26 points, Joshua Jefferson had a triple-double and No. 3 Iowa State beat West Virginia 80-59 in its Big 12 opener Friday night. The Cyclones’ 14-0 start matched the 2013-14 team for the best in program history. Iowa State ...

Hawkeyes topple Vandy for bowl victory

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Mark Gronowski threw two touchdowns and rushed for another to lead Iowa to a 34-27 win over No. 13 Vanderbilt in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Wednesday. Gronowski was 16 of 22 passing for 212 yards, throwing touchdowns passes of 10 and 21 yards to Reece Vander Zee and DJ ...

Hawkeye women handle Nebraska, move to 3-0 in Big Ten

IOWA CITY (AP) — Chit-Chat Wright scored 24 points, Hannah Stuelke made 7 of 11 from the field and finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 14 Iowa beat 20th-ranked Nebraska 86-76 on Thursday. Wright made 11 of 12 from the free-throw line and Stuelke hit 7 of 7. Ava Heiden scored 18 ...

Crooks powers ISU as Cyclones reach 14-0

HOUSTON (AP) — Audi Crooks had 35 points and 13 rebounds, Jada Williams added 16 points and a career-high 14 assists and No. 10 Iowa State beat Houston 80-62 on Wednesday. Williams and Crooks combined for 25 points on 11-of-15 shooting in the first half as the Cyclones (14-0, 2-0 in the Big ...

Iowa women rout Penn State

IOWA CITY (AP) — 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), ...