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Cyclones secure spot in Big 12 title game after first 10-win season

AMES — Rocco Becht threw for two touchdowns and ran for another and No. 17 Iowa State’s defense came up with big stops in the second half to help the Cyclones beat Kansas State 29-21 on a cold Saturday night for the first 10-win season in program history. About three hours after the game ...

Johnson declares for NFL Draft

IOWA CITY — Two days after the Iowa football team’s regular-season finale, junior running back Kaleb Johnson capped his collegiate career by declaring for the NFL Draft. Johnson assembled one of the best seasons by a running back in Hawkeye history, finishing with 1,537 yards and a ...

Laube drops 10 triples in Panther win

ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands — Kayba Laube made a school-record 10 3-pointers as the UNI women’s basketball team walloped Pittsburgh 90-74 in Saturday’s finale at the Paradise Jam Island Tournament. Laube, a senior guard, shot 10-of-15 from 3-point range on her way to a career-high ...

ISU gets back on track with Tip-Off victory over MTSU

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Audi Crooks scored 21 points and No. 15 Iowa State rebounded from a 40-point loss to South Carolina with a 75-59 win over Middle Tennessee in the Fort Meyers Women’s Tip-Off on Saturday. The Cyclones closed the first half on a 10-2 run to lead 41-33. Mackenzie Hare had ...

No. 13 seed Tarleton St. wins inaugural FCS playoff game, beats Drake 43-29

STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Victor Gabalis and Kayvon Britten each accounted for two touchdowns, Darius Cooper had 190 yards receiving with a score and No. 13 seed Tarleton State won its inaugural FCS playoff game with a 43-29 victory over unseeded Drake on Saturday in a first-round ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Second-half struggles hamper MCC men again

MOBERLY, Mo. — The second half plagued the Marshalltown Community College men’s basketball team again as the Tigers suffered their fourth-straight loss, falling 81-61 to Moberly Area CC on Saturday night in the finale of the Moberly Thanksgiving Classic. For the second time in as many ...