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Strong’s 39 powers No. 2 UConn past No. 10 Iowa

STORRS, Conn. — Sarah Strong scored 26 of her career-high 39 points in the first half as No. 2 UConn beat No. 10 Iowa 91-79 on Sunday. Blanca Quinonez had 21 points and hit her fourth 3-pointer of the game with 2:57 remaining after Iowa pulled within 10 points. KK Arnold added 14 points ...

No. 21 Iowa hands Wildcats first loss at new stadium

EVANSTON, Ill. — Hank Brown threw for a touchdown and ran for another, and Braeden Jackson returned a kickoff for a TD for the second time this season as No. 21 Iowa beat Northwestern for the fifth straight time and dealt the Wildcats their first loss at the new Ryan Field, 24-10 on Saturday ...

Lagway leads Baylor to 42-31 win over Iowa State

WACO, Texas — DJ Lagway threw for 229 yards with two touchdowns and ran for a career-high 119 yards and another score as Baylor surged past Iowa State 42-31 on Saturday in the first home game for the Bears since the firing of coach Dave Aranda. Baylor (6-3, 4-2 in Big 12) trailed 17-7 in the second quarter before scoring four consecutive touchdowns to improve to 2-0 under interim coach Joe Klanderman. "Guys just played, man," said Klanderman, Baylor's first-year defensive coordinator. "They played for each other, they played loose and free. And that's the game. You're going to get ...

Singleton leads No. 18 ISU past Southern Miss

AMES — Tre Singleton scored 19 of his career-high 28 points in the first half to lead No. 18 Iowa State past Southern Mississippi 83-57 on Friday night. The Cyclones (1-1), who lost their opener to Memphis on a neutral court Monday, have won nine straight home openers and 25 of their last 26. Iowa State dominated inside in the first half, outscoring the Golden Eagles 26-6 in the paint while jumping out to a 46-29 halftime lead. The Cyclones took a double-digit lead late in the first half on Dominykas Pleta’s fast-break dunk, and they were up by 29 in the middle of the first ...

Iowa’s bench buries Eastern Illinois

IOWA CITY — Peyton McCollum scored 14 points and fellow reserve Ty’Reek Coleman scored 13 as Iowa’s bench alone outscored Eastern Illinois in a 91-47 victory on Friday. Backup Tre Thompson scored 11 points as the Hawkeyes (2-0) bench scored 61 points. Tate Sage was the only Iowa starter in double-figures scoring with 10. Collectively, Iowa shot 33 of 52 (63%), including 14 of 30 (47%) from 3-point range. Reserve Tanner Vogel scored 11 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Eastern Illinois (0-2). Isaia Howard threw down a dunk with 13:42 before halftime to give Iowa its first ...

11th heaven

JOHNSTON — The two weeks leading up to the state-qualifying meet went toward board work and fine-tuning her dive list. And stressing. For Marshalltown senior Harlie Thatcher, all that tension melted away by the time she had completed her 11-dive routine and finished in fourth place in the ...