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SPORTS SHORTS: Bulldogs’ Berg honored with MVC’s weekly player award

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Graduate forward Grace Berg punctuated the Bulldogs’ 3-0 opening week with the first MVC Player of the Week award of the season. The start to Berg’s 2023-24 season exemplifies exactly why she opted to return to Drake for her final season. The veteran wing has led the ...

Clark passes Gustafson as Hawkeyes hammer UNI

CEDAR FALLS — Caitlin Clark became Iowa’s all-time career scoring leader and finished with the 12th triple-double of her career as the No. 3 Hawkeyes beat Northern Iowa 94-53 on Sunday. Clark had 24 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, joining Sabrina Ionescu as the only NCAA Division I ...

BIG FOUR HOOPS: Drake women stave off Cyclones 85-73

DES MOINES — Taylor McAulay’s career game coupled with a fast start carried the Drake women’s basketball team to an 85-73 victory over Iowa State on Sunday at the Knapp Center. In the first of two straight in-state rivalry games for the Bulldogs, Drake (3-0) raced to a 20-point lead in ...

Hawkeyes deny Rutgers, 22-0

IOWA CITY — Drew Stevens kicked three field goals, and Iowa added two fourth-quarter touchdowns on the way to a 22-0 win over Rutgers on Saturday that helped the Hawkeyes clinch a share of the Big Ten West Division title. Iowa’s defense posted its first shutout since the end of last ...

ISU stomps BYU for another road win

PROVO, Utah — Rocco Becht threw for 203 yards and two touchdowns to lead Iowa State to a 45-13 victory over BYU on Saturday night. Becht has thrown 15 touchdown passes this season, one shy of matching the freshman record set by current San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy. Becht had ...

Panthers can’t keep up with Missouri St

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Jordan Pachot threw four touchdown passes and Missouri State beat Northern Iowa 35-16 on Saturday. Pachot was 27-of-35 passing for 326 yards. He threw for three scores in the first half to give Missouri State (4-6, 3-4 Missouri Valley Football Conference) a 21-3 lead at ...