LOS ANGELES — Two women’s basketball teams had to fly to Los Angeles for the first round of the NCAA Tournament, even though they’re only a three-hour drive from each other’s home arenas: sixth-seeded Iowa (24-7) and 11th-seeded Creighton (18-12). “I saw a tweet that said something ...
CLEVELAND — Zain Retherford hasn’t spent much time considering his place in the college wrestling world or even his Penn State legacy. On Friday night, the Nittany Lions senior allowed himself a moment of reverie. Shortly before his 92nd straight win propelled him into the finals of the ...
DUNKERTON — The Iowa Star Conference Basketball Senior All-Star Event is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. tonight at Dunkerton High School. The Iowa Star senior series begins with the girls’ all-star game at 5 p.m. and will be followed by 3-point shootouts for boys and girls as well as a dunk ...
CEDAR FALLS — There was a new school record set in the first round game of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament between Milwaukee and Northern Iowa in McLeod Center on Thursday, but unfortunately for the UNI faithful it wasn’t their Panthers setting the record. Milwaukee shot an ...
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — DePaul and Oklahoma don’t take long to warm up. On Nov. 13, in the second game of the season, Amarah Coleman’s overtime 3-pointer at the buzzer gave the Blue Demons a 111-108 win over Oklahoma. They meet again in the women’s basketball NCAA Tournament, ...
CLEVELAND — When Kyle Snyder stepped into Ohio State’s wrestling room last summer, the reigning Olympic champion took a mental note. This team, buoyed by a handful of former national champions and invigorated by a pair of talented transfers, looked like it could be unstoppable. “In ...
IOWA CITY — Judging by her stats, junior center Megan Gustafson might be the best player in America. Unfortunately for Gustafson, not many people outside of Iowa see it that way. Gustafson leads the nation with 25.6 points a game for the sixth-seeded Iowa women’s basketball team (24-7), ...
CEDAR FALLS — The University of Northern Iowa women’s basketball team gets its postseason started today with a game against Milwaukee in the first round of the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. This is the ninth overall meeting between the Panthers from Cedar Falls and the ...
The Drake University men’s basketball team will travel to Greeley, Colo., to face the University of Northern Colorado in the next round of the Collegeinsider.com Postseason Tournament. The Bulldogs and Bears will meet Sunday in UNC’s Bank of Colorado Arena. Drake advanced to Sunday’s ...
AMES — Track action has started with area teams competing in the Iowa State Girls High School Classic on Monday and the West Marshall girls track team has started the season off strong. The Trojans finished in the top-10 in three events, winning the 4x400-meter relay with a time of four ...
West Marshall senior Isabelle Gradwell isn’t done with her high school basketball career just yet, as she has been selected to compete in a pair of all-star games by coaches around the state. Gradwell will be featured in the Iowa Girls Coaches Association Larry Niemeyer Senior Game on April ...
AMES — Iowa State men’s basketball player Jakolby Long intends to transfer to another school. The 6-foot-5 sophomore guard from suburban Oklahoma City averaged 1.9 points in 9.5 minutes over 22 games this season despite ample opportunities to earn his way into a thin rotation. Head coach ...
DES MOINES — The inaugural Iowa Print Sports Writers Association all-state boys’ basketball teams welcomed representatives from a pair of area schools for the first time in a long time. Marshalltown senior forward Luke Appel was named to the Class 4A second team while South Tama County ...
DES MOINES — On Monday in the club room at the Knapp Center, the Drake women’s basketball team anxiously waited to find out who it would face in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. From the moment the selection show started, there was a dense tension hanging in the air. Some of the ...
DES MOINES — At the end of regulation in Monday’s Collegeinsider.com Tournament first round between the Drake men’s basketball team and Abilene Christian, things were all knotted up at 69 points apiece. The Wildcats scored first in overtime, carrying the momentum they earned on a 10-0 ...
IOWA CITY — The Iowa women’s basketball team has received an at-large berth into the NCAA Championships, as announced on Monday. The Hawkeyes (24-7) are a No. 6 seed and will play the No. 11 seed Creighton from the Big East at 5 p.m. on Saturday in Los Angeles inside Pauley Pavilion. The ...
CEDAR FALLS — For the eighth time in the past nine years under head coach Tanya Warren, the Northern Iowa women’s basketball team will be in postseason action as the Panthers earned an at-large selection to the Women’s National Invitational Tournament. UNI (19-13) will host Horizon ...
MOLINE, Ill. — Apparently it doesn’t matter who is in the game for Drake, the result is the same. Nicole Miller, Sara Rhine and Maddy Dean — all reserves — each scored in double figures and the top-seeded Drake women’s basketball team won its second-straight Missouri Valley ...
DES MOINES — The Drake women’s basketball team will host a watch party for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament Selection Show tonight in the Courtside Club at the Shivers Basketball Practice Facility. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the event is open to the public. Drake (26-7) won its ...
Marshalltown senior Luke Appel has been named to the CIML Iowa All-Conference first team after his historic year for the Bobcats. Appel, just the third Bobcat to reach the 1,000-point mark for his career, led the entire conference in both points per game (20.1) and total points (201) in CIML ...