IOWA CITY — Ava Heiden scored a career-high 29 points, including 12 straight for Iowa in the fourth quarter, and the No. 2-seeded Hawkeyes survived an upset bid from 15th-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson with a 58-48 victory in an NCAA Tournament first-round game on Saturday. Hannah Stuelke ...
STORRS, Conn. — Syracuse headed into the NCAA Tournament opener against Iowa State without their injured point guard and something to prove. The Orange did just that with freshman Uche Izoje matching All-American Audi Crooks basket for basket in the first half and reserve guard Olivia ...
IOWA CITY — Iowa had a recovery plan after surviving Saturday’s near upset in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament. The Hawkeyes, the No. 2 seed in Sacramento Regional 4, held off 15th-seeded Fairleigh Dickinson 58-48, but it didn’t take long for them to shake that off and ...
SAN DIEGO — Rick Pitino is now in his sixth decade of coaching, and he claims he had never studied more film of an opponent than he did this week to prepare St. John’s for Northern Iowa. The 73-year-old coach is still putting in the effort he expects from his players, and it propelled his ...
TAMPA, Fla. — Bennett Stirtz scored 16 points and No. 9 seed Iowa weathered his erratic shooting to hold off eighth-seeded Clemson 67-61 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night. The Hawkeyes (22-12), making their March Madness debut under coach Ben McCollum, move on to a ...
ST. LOUIS — Nobody on the Iowa State bench knew how badly Joshua Jefferson was hurt when the All-American forward landed awkwardly on his left ankle in the opening minutes of their first-round game against Tennessee State on Friday. They certainly didn’t seem too worried about ...
