CHICAGO — Nicholas Baer made five of Iowa’s 12 3-pointers and scored 17 points, helping the Hawkeyes pull away from Illinois for an 83-62 victory on Thursday in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament. Iowa turned up its play in the second half to stop a four-game losing streak and ...
MOLINE, Ill. — For the second consecutive season, Drake University junior Becca Hittner was selected as the Jackie Stiles Missouri Valley Conference Women’s Basketball Player of the Year and Bulldog senior Sammie Bachrodt was named the MVC Defensive Player of the Year. Hittner is the ...
University of Iowa senior Megan Gustafson has been selected as a first-team All-American by ESPNW, while Iowa State University senior Bridget Carleton was named to the second team. Gustafson was a unanimous first-team selection along with Napheesa Collier from the University of Connecticut, ...
ATLANTA — University of Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder has been named one of 10 semifinalists for the 2019 Naismith Women’s Basketball College Coach of the Year award, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Tuesday. Blucer led the Hawkeyes to their first Big Ten Conference Tournament title since ...
GREEN BAY — Getting to the office between 5 a.m. and 6 a.m. and sometimes not leaving until 10 p.m. or 11 p.m. is the reality for professional coaches. A 1989 West Marshall graduate knows that well. Born in Marshalltown and raised in Melbourne, Shawn Mennenga was recently named the new ...
South Tama County senior Jessica Musgrave has been selected to play in the Iowa Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Games. Musgrave, a three-time all-state selection in her time with the Trojans, will play for the Southeast Iowa Girls team, coached by West Burlington head coach John ...
ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Valley All-Conference teams have been announced and headlining that list were three repeat selections from Drake University. Bulldog senior Sammie Bachrodt and juniors Becca Hittner and Sara Rhine were all named to the first team for the second-straight season, ...
The Iowa Star Conference All-Star game will be held on March 22 at Dunkerton High School. The girls all-star game will start at 6 p.m. and the boys will follow at 8. There will also be a 3-point shooting contest and a dunk contest between the two games. For the south girls all-star team, ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Just about the only good thing that comes with failing to win at least a share of the Big 12 title for the first time in 15 years is Kansas knows its first-round opponent in the league tournament. It’s not much. But it’s something. The No. 3 seed Jayhawks, who were ...
While it might not land a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, the Big Ten was arguably the nation’s top conference during the regular season. The league’s upper-class depth and middle-class drama could make for a fascinating postseason tournament, which starts Wednesday in Chicago. The ...
ST. LOUIS — Iowa State University redshirt senior Marial Shayok, University of Iowa junior Tyler Cook and Drake University senior Nick McGlynn have been selected to the all-District VI by the United States Basketball Writers Association. Cook is the fifth Hawkeye to earn the all-district ...
The North Iowa Cedar League East vs West All-Star Game will take place on Friday in Reinbeck, with the girls game starting at 6:15 p.m. and the boys following at 7:45. The two games will feature seniors from the NICL West and East divisions facing off against each other in one last battle at ...
OKLAHOMA CITY — Baylor accomplished its mini-goal. Now the Lady Bears are ready to chase the big one. Kalani Brown had 17 points and seven rebounds to help No. 1 Baylor defeat No. 13 Iowa State 67-49 in Monday night’s Big 12 Tournament championship game. Brown, a 6-foot-7 senior center, ...
ROSEMONT, Ill. — The University of Iowa had four players represented on the Big Ten All-Conference teams, the league announced Monday. Junior Tyler Cook was named to the all-conference second team by the Big Ten media members and to the third team by the coaches. Junior Jordan Bohannon was ...
DES MOINES — For the first time in 20 seasons, there were two boys selected as Mr. Basketball in Iowa. Of 49 votes cast by sportswriters and coaches in attendance at the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association all-state meetings on Saturday, there was a tie vote for two Mr. Basketball ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Megan Gustafson kept challenging Maryland inside. One by one, she batted each defender away. Gustafson scored 26 points in the first half, finished with 45 and led No. 10 Iowa past No. 8 Maryland 90-76 on Sunday for the Hawkeyes’ first Big Ten Tournament title since ...
OKLAHOMA CITY — Alexa Middleton scored 24 points, Bridget Carleton and Ashley Joens had double-doubles and the No. 19 Iowa State women’s basketball team took control down the stretch on Sunday to beat No. 21 Texas 75-69 in the Big 12 Conference Tournament semifinals. The second-seeded ...
ST. LOUIS — A huge rally by Bradley resulted in quite a reward — its first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2006. Down by 18 points with 17 minutes left, Elijah Childs and the Braves surged past Northern Iowa 57-54 Sunday in the Missouri Valley Conference championship game. “You ...
LINCOLN, Neb. — If this was the farewell to Nebraska coach Tim Miles at Pinnacle Bank Arena, it surely was one he’ll never forget. Neither will the ardent 12,300 fans who showed up to see the Cornhuskers wrap up a regular season in which they badly underachieved. What happened previously ...
MINNEAPOLIS — University of Iowa sophomore Alex Marinelli won the 165-pound Big Ten title on Sunday, defeating Penn State’s top-ranked Vincenzo Joseph, 9-3, in the finals of the conference tournament at Williams Arena. Marinelli used a six-point move to gain control of the match in the ...