FORT DODGE — Kinsley Bowie made an off-balance layup with 5.6 seconds left to lift the Marshalltown girls’ basketball team to its first-ever Iowa Alliance Conference North Division victory, a 33-32 triumph over Fort Dodge on Tuesday night. The Bobcats trailed by as many as eight points ...

GRUNDY CENTER — Check one off the list for Grundy Center boys basketball. The Spartans led from start to finish against East Marshall on Tuesday, winning 67-42 to clinch an outright claim to the NICL West title for the second-consecutive season. Grundy Center, ranked fifth in Class 2A, ...

FORT DODGE — The Marshalltown boys’ basketball team led Fort Dodge by as many as 11 points but couldn’t put the win away, falling 58-52 in overtime to the host Dodgers in Tuesday’s Iowa Alliance Conference clash. Marshalltown had won nine of the last 10 games in the series before the ...

GRUNDY CENTER — Grundy Center girls basketball let it fly on Tuesday night. The Spartans made a season-best 10 three-point baskets and poured it on East Marshall, 66-18, in an NICL West matchup at Grundy Center High School. Kali Aldrich made five treys for a team-high 15 points; Raelyn ...

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa women’s basketball team won its second straight, beating Northwestern 85-80 on Tuesday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Hannah Stuelke returned after missing two games and led the Hawkeyes with a season-high 26 points. Lucy Olsen tallied 16 points and six ...

Marshalltown girls basketball didn’t have the consistency to catch Grinnell on Monday, falling 44-39 at the Roundhouse. The Bobcats battled back from a 7-0 opening deficit to take the lead at several moments in the second half, but the Tigers’ pressure defense wore away at the Bobcats, ...