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Jefferson, Lipsey named to Naismith Defensive Player of the Year watch list

ATLANTA — Iowa State seniors Tamin Lipsey and Joshua Jefferson have been named to the 2026 Naismith Men’s College Defensive Player of the Year Presented by MOLECULE Watch List. Iowa State is one of six schools (Duke, Illinois, UConn, Michigan and Vanderbilt) to have multiple players ...

SPORTS SHORTS: GMG girls fall on the road at Baxter

BAXTER — The GMG girls’ basketball team couldn’t overcome 28 turnovers in a 32-24 loss to Baxter in Tuesday’s Iowa Star Conference clash. Addison Elmore made a pair of 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and led GMG (7-8, 6-3) with eight points off the bench to go with five rebounds. Skyler Murty had four points and five rebounds, while Rhianna Murty got four points as well. Taelyn Sash chipped in with three points and a team-high six rebounds. Olivia Parrie paced Baxter (11-6, 8-2) with 10 points and six steals, while Emileigh Beals had nine points and six steals. Kamdyn Krampe ...

Tigers steal one from Reivers

The Tigers trudged through flashbacks of similar scenarios from earlier this season. Finally, the Marshalltown Community College women’s basketball team got one to go their way. One of the worst free-throw shooting teams in the nation won at the free-throw line down the stretch as the ...

Hawkeyes net topsy-turvy win over USC

IOWA CITY — Bennett Stirtz scored 20 points, including two free throws with 4.6 seconds remaining, as Iowa survived USC’s comeback bid to win 73-72 on Wednesday night. The Hawkeyes (15-5, 5-4 Big Ten) led by as many as 17 points in the second half, but a rally by USC put the Trojans ...

No. 15 Iowa Western sails past MCC men, 80-58

All five Iowa Western starters scored in double figures as the 15th-ranked Reivers rattled off the game’s first 20 points in an eventual 80-58 victory over the Marshalltown Community College men’s basketball team Wednesday night at the Student Activity Center. The Tigers (7-17) didn’t ...

Crooks helps Cyclones top No. 21 Texas Tech, 84-70

LUBBOCK, Texas — Audi Crooks had 33 points and 12 rebounds, Jada Williams had 15 points and nine assists and the Iowa State women’s basketball team beat No. 21 Texas Tech 84-70 on Wednesday night. Iowa State’s Bill Fennelly became the winningest coach in Big 12 Conference history, ...