KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jada Walker scored 18 points to help 17th-ranked Baylor beat No. 7 seed Iowa State 69-63 on Friday night to advance to the Big 12 Tournament semifinals. It was Baylor’s first Big 12 quarterfinal victory in three seasons after Iowa State knocked them out the past two ...

ST. LOUIS — Isaia Howard helped lead top-seeded Drake over eighth-seeded Southern Illinois on Friday with a career-high 21 points off of the bench in a 70-53 victory in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. The Bulldogs advance to the quarterfinals on Saturday to play fourth-seeded ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Thirteenth-ranked Ohio State survived another scare from the Iowa women’s basketball team when Hannah Stuelke’s jumper at the final horn missed its mark, giving the Buckeyes a 60-59 victory in Friday’s Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Ohio ...

CORALVILLE — The top-ranked University of Iowa women’s wrestling team had a strong showing on day one of the National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships, sending all 15 athletes into Day 2. Ten Hawkeyes advanced to Saturday’s semifinals, guaranteeing them each All-American ...

ST. LOUIS — All Wright led Valparaiso with 29 points and sealed the victory with a layup with 47 seconds left as the 11th-seeded Beacons took down No. 3-seed Northern Iowa 64-63 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Valparaiso posted its second ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Former Drake head coach Lisa Bluder’s induction into the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame became official on Friday. She is one of six honorees in the 2025 Hall of Fame class. A former student-athlete at the University of Northern Iowa, Bluder served as Drake ...