In the last game before the holiday break, Marshalltown’s leading scorer stepped aside as his supporting cast stepped forward. On Friday afternoon back inside the Roundhouse, Kyle Smith stood on business. Smith made five of the Bobcat boys’ basketball team’s season-best 10 3-pointers ...

AMES — Milan Momcilovic poured in 26 points and Joshua Jefferson registered a triple-double to lead the No. 3 Iowa State men’s basketball team to an 80-59 victory over West Virginia in its Big 12 Conference opener Friday night inside Hilton Coliseum. Iowa State (14-0, 1-0 Big 12) closed ...

DES MOINES — Four days after setting her career-high, Abbie Aalsma was at it again. Aalsma scored 29 points to power the Drake women’s basketball team to an 89-75 victory over Southern Illinois, collecting the 1,000th win in program history. Aalsma shot 12-for-19 from the field with ...

STATE CENTER — The West Marshall boys’ basketball team made a second-half comeback that came up just short in a 53-48 loss to Roland-Story in Friday’s Heart of Iowa Conference clash. Eli Van Hove scored a game-high 19 points to help the host Norsemen (5-1, 5-1) hold off West Marshall’s ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Mark Gronowski threw two touchdowns and rushed for another to lead No. 23 Iowa to a 34-27 win over No. 14 Vanderbilt in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Wednesday at Raymond James Stadium. Powered by balanced offense, opportunistic defense, and clutch late play-calling, Iowa outlasted ...

IOWA CITY — Chit-Chat Wright scored 24 points, Hannah Stuelke made 7 of 11 from the field and finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds, and the No. 14 Iowa women’s basketball team beat 20th-ranked Nebraska 80-61 on Thursday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Wight made 11 of 12 from the free-throw ...