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BYU sets 3-point record, rallies past ISU 96-92 in Big 12 quarters

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — BYU coach Kevin Young still remembers the day then-Philadelphia 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie pulled the up-and-coming assistant into a conference room and showed him what amounted to a heat map of 3-pointers. The analytical revolution was in full swing in the NBA, and ...

Sports Shorts: Three area girls selected for IGCA senior games

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West Marshall’s Bella Borgos, North Tama’s Ava Breakenridge and BCLUW’s Savannah Moeller have been invited to this weekend’s Larry Niemeyer Senior All-Star girls basketball games, held by the Iowa Girls Coaches Association at Cedar Falls High School on Saturday, March 15. Borgos will ...

Hold the line: G-R boys topple North Linn, advance to 1A semis

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DES MOINES – North Linn put one of Gladbrook-Reinbeck’s worst free-throw shooters this season on the line, with the game on the line, time and time again in a 1A boys basketball state quarterfinal on Wednesday morning. The savvy move for a savvy Lynx program, defending champions and aiming ...

SPORTS SHORTS: Bobcats’ Moellers wins at Dickinson Relays

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CEDAR FALLS — Marshalltown senior John Moellers won the 3,200-meter invitational race at Monday’s Dickinson Relays at the UNI-Dome. Moellers’ gold was part of a 1-2 Bobcat finish as sophomore Preston Johnson finished as runner-up. Moellers won in 9 minutes, 23.90 seconds, Johnson was ...

Sandfort named Honorable Mention All-Big Ten

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IOWA CITY — University of Iowa senior Payton Sandfort has been named honorable mention All-Big Ten men’s basketball by both the coaches and media, it was announced Tuesday on the Big Ten Network. It is the third honor of Sandfort’s career. He was the Big Ten Sixth Man of the Year as a ...