NEW YORK — Azzi Fudd scored 27 points and Sarah Strong added 23 to help No. 1 UConn beat 11th-ranked Iowa 90-64 on Saturday in the Women’s Champions Classic. Strong also had seven rebounds and six steals for the Huskies (12-0), who remained unbeaten on the season heading into the holidays. ...

AMES — Kenzie Hare hit a winning 3-pointer as time expired, Audi Crooks scored 41 points and the No. 10 Iowa State women’s basketball team beat Kansas 79-76 on Sunday at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones (13-0, 1-0 Big 12) fended off Kansas’ late run when Hare took a pass from Addy Brown ...

DES MOINES — Reserve Alvaro Folgueiras scored 15 of his 17 points before halftime and Iowa overwhelmed Bucknell 94-39 on Saturday. Tavion Banks scored 16 points, Kael Combs 13 and Iowa saw 11 players score — finishing the night with a 60%-shooting effort (38 of 63). Ruot Bijiek scored ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Jaehshon Thomas had 18 points to help Drake hold on for a 66-65 victory over Evansville on Sunday. Thomas went 7 of 12 from the field (4 for 6 from 3-point range) for the Bulldogs (7-6, 1-1 Missouri Valley Conference). Wilguens Jr. Exacte scored 11 points, shooting 5 for ...

The Marshalltown boys’ basketball team played its final game before the holiday break without its starting point guard, and the team’s leading scorer was held to two points. Not the way MHS head coach Michael Appel drew it up, but it turned out to be a masterpiece nonetheless. Sophomore ...

The last time the Marshalltown girls’ basketball team faced Fort Dodge, the Bobcats broke a 21-game Iowa Alliance Conference losing streak and an 11-game slide against the Dodgers with a one-point win on the road. Friday’s triumph has the Bobcats seeking a new streak. Jorja Janssen ...