MASON CITY — The Marshalltown girls’ basketball team used a fourth-quarter surge to score back-to-back wins over Mason City for the first time in 17 years, beating the Riverhawks 45-41 on Tuesday night. The Bobcats (8-5, 3-2) led by as many as five in the first half before Mason City ...

MASON CITY — Drake Gersema scored a career-high 24 points, Kyle Smith poured in seven 3-pointers and the Marshalltown boys’ basketball team ran its series streak to four games over Mason City, beating the Riverhawks 64-53 on Tuesday night. The Bobcats (9-5, 4-1) sank 14 3-pointers in all, ...

AMES — Joshua Jefferson had 17 points, 10 rebounds and a career-high 12 assists for his second triple-double of the season as No. 9 Iowa State defeated UCF 87-57 on Tuesday night. Milan Momcilovic scored 20 points as the Cyclones (17-2, 4-2 Big 12), coming off their first losses of the ...

IOWA CITY — Bennett Stirtz scored 20 points, reserve Tate Sage added 17 and Iowa held off Rutgers 68-62 on Tuesday night for the Hawkeyes’ second straight win. Tavion Banks had 12 points for Iowa (14-5, 4-4 Big Ten), which shot 47% (24 of 51) from the field. Darren Buchanan Jr. scored ...

Tre’Von Coney matched his season-high with 27 points to lead the Marshalltown Community College men’s basketball to a 75-67 victory over the Grand View University junior varsity squad on Monday night. The Tigers (6-15) also got a career-high 22 points from Hassan Bush, who shot 10-of-11 ...

BETTENDORF — Marshalltown senior Nicholas Wise won the 144-pound championship to lead the Bobcat boys’ wrestling team to a seventh-place finish at the 13-team Midwest Shootout on Saturday at Bettendorf High School. Wise, ranked second in Class 3A by IAwrestle, improved to 26-0 this season ...