IOWA CITY — Addison Deal scored 17 points of the bench, Ava Heiden had her fourth double-double of the season, and No. 11 Iowa defeated Western Illinois 86-69 on Wednesday night. The Hawkeyes made 16 of 20 shots inside the arc in the first, 19 of 31 overall, and led 44-25 at the break. ...

PALM DESERT, Calif. — Tylen Riley's 13 points helped Tulsa defeat Northern Iowa 63-60 on Wednesday to capture the Acrisure Holiday Invitational. Riley shot 3 of 8 from the field and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Golden Hurricane (6-1). Jaylen Lawal scored 12 points while shooting 4 ...

The Marshalltown girls’ basketball team earned the lead that allowed them to not have to score in the fourth quarter to beat South Tama. That wasn’t exactly the plan, however. The Bobcats tipped off the new year with a win over South Tama for the third season in a row, stopping the ...

The Marshalltown boys’ bowling team tried to rally from a first-round deficit but fell short against defending Iowa Alliance Conference North Division champion Waterloo East in Tuesday’s season-opening dual meet at Wayward Social, 3,015-2,928. The Bobcats trailed the Trojans by 224 points ...

LAS VEGAS — Freshman Killyan Toure scored a career-high 20 points and No. 15 Iowa State beat Creighton 78-60 on Tuesday in the second round of the Players Era Championship. Despite missing co-leading scorer Tamin Lipsey, who injured his groin in Monday’s 83-82 win over St. John’s, the ...

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. — Bennett Stirtz scored a season-high 29 points and Cooper Koch added 14 for Iowa in a 74-69 win over Mississippi in the first round of the Acrisure Series on Tuesday night. Koch also had 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the season. The game was tied at 31 ...