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Iowa State women to square off with Syracuse

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AMES — The Iowa State women’s basketball team earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Women’s Tournament and will open postseason play as the No. 8 seed against No. 9 Syracuse in the first round. The game will be played in Storrs, Conn., as part of the regional hosted by top-seed UConn. The winner will advance to face the winner of the matchup between the host Huskies and No. 16 Texas-San Antonio. Iowa State enters the tournament with a 22-9 overall record after finishing 10-8 in the Big 12 Conference. The Cyclones fell 77-68 to Arizona State in the conference tournament ...

Hawkeyes feel right at home

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IOWA CITY — Home is where the Hawkeyes start. The Iowa women’s basketball team earned a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Women’s Tournament and will host No. 15 seed Fairleigh Dickinson in the first round at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The Hawkeyes enter the tournament with a 26-6 record under ...

Cyclones find themselves on the 2-line

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TIMES-REPUBLICAN AMES — The Cyclones got the No. 2 seed they deserved. Iowa State men’s basketball was presented with its path in the NCAA Tournament at a watch party at Johnny’s inside Hilton Coliseum on Selection Sunday, drawing a first-round matchup with No. 15 seed Tennessee ...

Tigers’ Cherry, Stewart honored with all-region

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The two most impactful players on the Marshalltown Community College women’s basketball roster were honored accordingly on the season-ending all-region teams. MCC sophomores Shenell Stewart and Kenijae Cherry both were named to the National Junior College Athletic Association’s ...

UNI pushes past Braves to reach MVC semifinal

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CORALVILLE — Jenna Twedt scored 25 points and Northern Iowa held off a late Bradley rally for a 74-73 victory in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference women’s basketball tournament on Friday at Xtream Arena. The Panthers (18-13) led for most of the afternoon and built a ...

Wild finish foils Cyclones

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Second-ranked Arizona and seventh-ranked Iowa State traded shot-for-shot down the stretch in their Big 12 Tournament semifinal Friday night, and it seemed almost inevitable that whichever team had the ball last would win. It wound up in the hands of Wildcats guard Jaden ...