By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer AMES — Iowa State is finally on the board in the Big 12 thanks to freshman Lindell Wigginton’s most electrifying performance yet. Wigginton scored a career-high 30 points — four days after scoring 27 points at Kansas — and Iowa State beat Baylor ...
By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer AMES — Iowa State’s Steve Prohm has lost four games in a row for the first time in his seven seasons as a head coach. If the Cyclones keep improving like they have over the last two weeks, it might be the last time Prohm goes through this kind of misery ...
By TERRY TOWERY Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Jordan Bohannon scored 29 points to help Iowa rally from a 20-point deficit for a 104-97 overtime win over Illinois on Thursday night. It was Iowa’s second-largest comeback in school history. The biggest comeback was 22 points, also ...
By TERRY TOWERY Associated Press CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Jordan Bohannon scored 29 points as Iowa rallied from a 20-point deficit for a 104-97 overtime win over Illinois on Thursday night. It was Iowa’s second-largest comeback win in school history. The biggest comeback was 22 points, also ...
By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer IOWA CITY — Iowa expected to lose cornerback Josh Jackson to the NFL after his standout junior season. The Hawkeyes also weren’t surprised to see junior center James Daniels go — and he might be just as hard to replace as Jackson. Iowa (8-5 in 2017) ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. — Malik Newman scored a career-high 27 points, Svi Mykhailiuk added 23 and No. 12 Kansas staved off an upset bid by Iowa State, pulling away in the closing minutes for an 83-78 victory Tuesday night. Devonte Graham added 11 points for the ...
By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer IOWA CITY — Iowa cornerback Josh Jackson and center James Daniels are leaving to enter the NFL draft. The school made the announcement on Friday. Eastern Michigan said this week that reserve quarterback Tyler Wiegers would join its program as a graduate ...
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer A quick-thinking coach averted what could have been a terrible bus accident for the University of Dubuque women’s basketball team. The Division III team from Iowa was driving back from a tournament in Nashville, Tenn., on Sunday morning. About 90 ...
By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer IOWA CITY — Michigan has leaned heavily on its starters all season. But Big Blue got a huge lift from its bench on Tuesday night — an encouraging sign now that Big Ten play has resumed. Zavier Simpson and Muhammad-Ali Abdur-Rahkman each scored 15 points ...
By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer AMES — After dropping its first two overtime games, Texas finally survived an extra session thanks to a career-best shooting effort from Dylan Osetkowski. Osetkowski scored a career-high 25 points with seven 3-pointers — including the go-ahead bucket ...
By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer It might have been the most satisfying 8-5 season in the history of college football. Iowa State, which had gone five years without reaching a bowl game and seven without a winning record, capped an exhilarating 2017 by beating No. 14 Memphis 21-20 on ...
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Iowa State proved its season-long bid to raise its standards was more than just a slogan. Allen Lazard tied a Liberty Bowl record with 10 catches and put Iowa State ahead with a remarkable 5-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter ...
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Illinois — Seven Hawkeyes advanced to the semifinals following the quarterfinal round of the Ken Kraft Midlands Championships on Friday night at the Sears Centre Arena. Defending champion Michael Kemerer pinned his fourth straight opponent to advance at 157, and Brandon ...
IOWA CITY (AP) — Luka Garza scored 25 points and Iowa cruised past Northern Illinois 98-75 for its fifth straight win. From the game’s opening tip, Iowa (9-6) controlled the tempo and jumped out to a quick 13-0 lead in the first three minutes thanks in part to Tyler Cook’s aggressive ...
By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer AMES — Junior Dean Wade poured in a career-high 34 points, Kamau Stokes added 23 and Kansas State opened Big 12 play by pounding Iowa State 91-75 on Friday night for its first win in Ames since 2011. Barry Brown Jr. had 21 points for the Wildcats (11-2, ...
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis will be playing the Liberty Bowl in familiar territory, but the chilly weather could have Iowa State feeling right at home. Saturday’s forecast calls for highs in the upper 30s and lows in the upper teens at Liberty Bowl ...
By LUKE MEREDITH AP Sports Writer For Iowa, 2017 was always going to be remembered as the year of “The Wave,” the heart-warming gesture for ailing children from fans and players alike during home games. It might also be the season where the Hawkeyes established a foundation for ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer NEW YORK — Akrum Wadley had never been to Yankee Stadium, even though he grew up about 20 miles across the river in New Jersey. On his first visit, he seemed to bring out all of Newark to cheer him on. His 40 tickets to give away weren’t enough to satiate ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Iowa has gone bust in bowl games. The Hawkeyes have become the worst program in football this decade when it comes to winning bowl games. Coach Kirk Ferentz has lost the late-season mojo of his early years and Iowa has struck out in bowl season since 2010. The ...
By MARCUS TRAXLER Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — It will be listed as a neutral site game in the record books, but Iowa took full advantage of the heavily partisan crowd in their favor Friday. The Hawkeyes shot 58 percent in the second half to pull away from Colorado late and beat ...