Two of the area’s top boys basketball players are teaming up to play in the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association’s 2026 Pizza Ranch All-Star Games. Marshalltown senior Kyle Smith and East Marshall senior Jackson Bidwell both have been selected as members of the Northeast Iowa boys ...
ST. LOUIS — The ninth-seeded Drake men’s basketball team delivered one of the biggest surprises of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Friday, routing top-seeded Belmont 100-79 in the quarterfinals at the Enterprise Center. Drake (14-19) became the first No. 9 seed ever to reach the semifinals, extending the program’s MVC tournament winning streak to 11 games with a dominant offensive performance. Senior guard Jalen Quinn led the Bulldogs with 31 points, recording his 18th game of the season with at least 20 points. Quinn went 13-for-16 at the free-throw line and ...
ST. LOUIS — Leon Bond III had 19 points in Northern Iowa's 74-52 upset victory over Illinois State on Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. No. 6 seed Northern Iowa advances to play No. 2 seed Bradley in a Saturday semifinal. No. 5 seed UIC and No. 9 seed Drake square off in the other semifinal. Bond shot 9 for 13, including 1 for 4 from beyond the arc for the Panthers (21-12). Trey Campbell totaled 12 points and six rebounds, while Ben Schwieger scored 11. Chase Walker led the way for the Redbirds (20-12) with 11 points and two ...
TULSA, Okla. — Iowa State pushed four wrestlers through to the Big 12 finals during session two of the Big 12 Wrestling Championships Friday night inside the BOK Center. Stevo Poulin (125), Anthony Echemendia (141), Rocky Elam (197) and Yonger Bastida (285) will wrestle for conference titles on Saturday night. Ultimately, Iowa State went 4-4 in the semifinal round as Jacob Frost (149), Connor Euton (165), MJ Gaitan (174) and Isaac Dean (184) were unsuccessful in their semifinal matches and dropped to the consolation semifinals Saturday afternoon. Garrett Grice (133) and Poulin ...
IOWA CITY — Morez Johnson Jr. and Yaxel Lendeborg scored 16 points apiece, and Aday Mara had two tiebreaking shots in the final 1:22 as No. 3 Michigan defeated Iowa 71-68 on Thursday night. The Wolverines (28-2, 18-1 Big Ten) were held 18 points below their season scoring average, but ...
KANSAS CITY — Gabby Elliott had 22 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists, and No. 10 seed Arizona State beat No. 7 seed Iowa State 77-68 on Thursday in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament. Arizona State (24-9) advances to face No. 2 seed West Virginia in the quarterfinals on Friday and strengthened its case for an NCAA Tournament berth. The Sun Devils improved their win total dramatically under first-year coach Molly Miller after finishing with 11 victories last season. Arizona State set the tone early, jumping to a 17-2 lead behind Heloisa Carrera, who scored 12 of her 17 ...
