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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), ...

Purdy has career night in Indy

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Brock Purdy threw a career-high five touchdown passes and Dee Winters returned an interception of Philip Rivers’ final pass 74 yards for a score to lead the San Francisco 49ers to a 48-27 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Monday night. The former Iowa State Cyclone ...

Becht graduates, enters the portal

By DANA BECKER dbecker@messengernews.net AMES — Rocco Becht has officially entered the transfer portal, while another current Iowa State quarterback has made it official he plans to remain at the school. Becht, who set a number of Cyclone records during his career playing under Matt ...

Cyclone men now 12-0

AMES (AP) — Milan Momcilovic made seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points and No. 4 Iowa State routed Long Beach State 91-60 on Sunday to improve to 12-0. Momcilovic, who entered the game leading the Big 12 in 3-point shooting accuracy at 52.6%, made his first six shots from beyond the arc for ...

Iowa men pummel Bucknell in Des Moines

DES MOINES (AP) — Reserve Alvaro Folgueiras scored 15 of his 17 points before halftime and Iowa overwhelmed Bucknell 94-39 on Saturday. Tavion Banks scored 16 points, Kael Combs 13 and Iowa saw 11 players score — finishing the night with a 60%-shooting effort (38 of 63). Ruot Bijiek ...

UConn too much for Hawkeye women in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) — Azzi Fudd scored 27 points and Sarah Strong added 23 to help No. 1 UConn beat 11th-ranked Iowa 90-64 on Saturday in the Women’s Champions Classic. Strong also had seven rebounds and six steals for the Huskies (12-0), who remained unbeaten on the season heading into the ...

Grand View repeats as NAIA national champ

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Dalten Van Pelt rushed for 144 yards, including an 80-yard touchdown, Jackson Waring threw a tiebreaking TD pass, and undefeated Grand View (Iowa) beat Keiser (Florida) 22-16 on Saturday for its second straight NAIA championship. Grand View (14-0) defeated Keiser ...

Cyclone women tip Kansas by a ‘Hare’ at the buzzer

AMES (AP) — Kenzie Hare hit a winning 3-pointer as time expired, Audi Crooks scored 41 points and No. 10 Iowa State beat Kansas 79-76 on Sunday. The Cyclones (13-0, 1-0 Big 12) fended off Kansas’ late run when Hare took a pass from Addy Brown and shot over Elle Evans from the corner in ...

Long-time Hawkeye Woods is leaving nest

By DANA BECKER dbecker@messengernews.net IOWA CITY — Long-time Iowa Hawkeye LeVar Woods is headed to Michigan State to become the new assistant head coach and special teams coordinator. Woods, a former Iowa linebacker who played seven seasons in the NFL, was hired by new Spartan head coach ...

Iowa men rout WMU

IOWA CITY (AP) — Bennett Stirtz and reserves Alvaro Folgueiras and Brendan Hausen all scored 13 points to power Iowa to a 91-51 romp over Western Michigan on Sunday. Stirtz added six assists for the Hawkeyes (9-2), who are unbeaten in seven home games. Hausen shot 4 for 7 from 3-point ...

11 in a row for Cyclone men

By ZANDER WHITE Associated Press AMES — Milan Momcilovic scored 18 points to lead four players in double figures, and No. 4 Iowa State opened a season 11-0 for the third time in program history with a 78-53 victory over Eastern Illinois on Sunday. Blake Buchanan had three dunks while ...

Brown leads ISU past Panthers

By ZANDER WHITE Associated Press AMES — Addy Brown had 21 of her season-high 28 points in the first half, and No. 10 Iowa State routed in-state rival Northern Iowa 81-53 on Sunday with national scoring leader Audi Crooks sitting out with an injury. Crooks, who averages 27.6 points per ...

Cyclone men rally, then hold off Iowa

AMES (AP) — Joshua Jefferson scored 24 points and No. 4 Iowa State overcame a 13-point deficit to stay unbeaten with a 66-62 win over Iowa on Thursday night. The Cyclones (10-0), who entered leading the nation in field-goal percentage after a 23-point victory at then-No. 1 Purdue, were ...

No. 4 Iowa State hosts rival Hawks

AMES — New Iowa head coach Ben McCollum is introduced to the Cy-Hawk Series on Thursday as his squad faces the daunting task of challenging fourth-ranked and unbeaten Iowa State. Tip is set for 7 p.m. The contest, which is at Hilton Coliseum, is being televised by Fox Sports 1. The Hawks ...

Cyclone women deliver vs. Iowa

AMES (AP) — Audi Crooks had 30 points and 10 rebounds, Addy Brown had 20 points and 12 boards, and No. 10 Iowa State held off No. 11 Iowa’s comeback bid for a 74-69 victory Wednesday night. The Cyclones (11-0) led by 17 points late in the third quarter before Iowa went on a 26-12 run to ...

Iowa State hosts Iowa in Top-15 women’s showdown

AMES — A Top-15 basketball showdown between the unbeaten Iowa State and Iowa women is set for Wednesday night inside Hilton Coliseum. The No. 10 Cyclones (10-0 overall) take on the 11th-rated Hawkeyes (9-0) at 6 p.m. The contest will be televised by ESPN. This will mark the highest-ranked ...