CEDAR FALLS — Tristan Smith scored 18 points as Northern Iowa beat Northern Illinois 70-57 on Tuesday. Smith had five rebounds and three blocks for the Panthers (4-0). Trey Campbell scored 15 points and added six steals. Leon Bond III shot 4 for 9 to finish with 12 points. Dylan Ducommun ...

The Marshalltown High School volleyball team graduated six players who earned all-conference honors a year ago, opening the window of opportunity for this year’s Bobcats. Marshalltown honored six first-time all-Iowa Alliance Conference selections with the completion of the 2025 campaign, ...

AMES — Joshua Jefferson and Tamin Lipsey scored 23 points apiece and No. 16 Iowa State pulled away late in the first half of a 96-57 win over Stonehill on Monday night. Jefferson added nine rebounds, seven assists and four steals in a terrific all-around performance that helped the Cyclones ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Jalen Quinn’s 17 points helped Drake defeat Charleston 71-62 on Monday. Quinn also had seven rebounds for the Bulldogs (3-2). Andrew Alia scored 13 points while shooting 5 for 9, including 3 for 5 from beyond the arc. Okku Federiko shot 5 for 10 (1 for 6 from 3-point ...

AMES — Iowa State women’s basketball players Audi Crooks and Addy Brown earned Big 12 recognition as members of the league’s Starting 5, announced by the Conference on Monday. Crooks was named the Player of the Week while Brown made her debut on the Starting 5 team. Crooks broke ...

LOS ANGELES — The Coliseum’s mood was as dark as the halftime sky when Southern California went to the locker room soaked in nonstop rain and trailing Iowa by 11 points. With their postseason hopes under a serious cloud, the Trojans gathered themselves and responded with a rally that ...