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Hawkeyes topple Vandy for bowl victory

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Mark Gronowski threw two touchdowns and rushed for another to lead Iowa to a 34-27 win over No. 13 Vanderbilt in the ReliaQuest Bowl on Wednesday. Gronowski was 16 of 22 passing for 212 yards, throwing touchdowns passes of 10 and 21 yards to Reece Vander Zee and DJ ...

Hawkeye women handle Nebraska, move to 3-0 in Big Ten

IOWA CITY (AP) — Chit-Chat Wright scored 24 points, Hannah Stuelke made 7 of 11 from the field and finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds, and No. 14 Iowa beat 20th-ranked Nebraska 86-76 on Thursday. Wright made 11 of 12 from the free-throw line and Stuelke hit 7 of 7. Ava Heiden scored 18 ...

Crooks powers ISU as Cyclones reach 14-0

HOUSTON (AP) — Audi Crooks had 35 points and 13 rebounds, Jada Williams added 16 points and a career-high 14 assists and No. 10 Iowa State beat Houston 80-62 on Wednesday. Williams and Crooks combined for 25 points on 11-of-15 shooting in the first half as the Cyclones (14-0, 2-0 in the Big ...

Iowa women rout Penn State

IOWA CITY (AP) — Ava Heiden scored a career-high 27 points to lead six Hawkeyes in double figures and No. 14 Iowa cruised to a 99-76 victory over Penn State on Sunday in Big Ten Conference play. The 6-foot-4 sophomore made 13 of 19 shots and her only free throw for the Hawkeyes (11-2, 2-0), ...

Purdy has career night in Indy

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Brock Purdy threw a career-high five touchdown passes and Dee Winters returned an interception of Philip Rivers’ final pass 74 yards for a score to lead the San Francisco 49ers to a 48-27 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Monday night. The former Iowa State Cyclone ...

Becht graduates, enters the portal

By DANA BECKER dbecker@messengernews.net AMES — Rocco Becht has officially entered the transfer portal, while another current Iowa State quarterback has made it official he plans to remain at the school. Becht, who set a number of Cyclone records during his career playing under Matt ...

Cyclone men now 12-0

AMES (AP) — Milan Momcilovic made seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points and No. 4 Iowa State routed Long Beach State 91-60 on Sunday to improve to 12-0. Momcilovic, who entered the game leading the Big 12 in 3-point shooting accuracy at 52.6%, made his first six shots from beyond the arc for ...

Iowa men pummel Bucknell in Des Moines

DES MOINES (AP) — 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 ...

UConn too much for Hawkeye women in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) — 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 ...

Grand View repeats as NAIA national champ

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Dalten Van Pelt rushed for 144 yards, including an 80-yard touchdown, Jackson Waring threw a tiebreaking TD pass, and undefeated Grand View (Iowa) beat Keiser (Florida) 22-16 on Saturday for its second straight NAIA championship. Grand View (14-0) defeated Keiser ...

Cyclone women tip Kansas by a ‘Hare’ at the buzzer

AMES (AP) — Kenzie Hare hit a winning 3-pointer as time expired, Audi Crooks scored 41 points and No. 10 Iowa State beat Kansas 79-76 on Sunday. The Cyclones (13-0, 1-0 Big 12) fended off Kansas’ late run when Hare took a pass from Addy Brown and shot over Elle Evans from the corner in ...

Long-time Hawkeye Woods is leaving nest

By DANA BECKER dbecker@messengernews.net IOWA CITY — Long-time Iowa Hawkeye LeVar Woods is headed to Michigan State to become the new assistant head coach and special teams coordinator. Woods, a former Iowa linebacker who played seven seasons in the NFL, was hired by new Spartan head coach ...

Iowa men rout WMU

IOWA CITY (AP) — Bennett Stirtz and reserves Alvaro Folgueiras and Brendan Hausen all scored 13 points to power Iowa to a 91-51 romp over Western Michigan on Sunday. Stirtz added six assists for the Hawkeyes (9-2), who are unbeaten in seven home games. Hausen shot 4 for 7 from 3-point ...

11 in a row for Cyclone men

By ZANDER WHITE Associated Press AMES — Milan Momcilovic scored 18 points to lead four players in double figures, and No. 4 Iowa State opened a season 11-0 for the third time in program history with a 78-53 victory over Eastern Illinois on Sunday. Blake Buchanan had three dunks while ...

Brown leads ISU past Panthers

By ZANDER WHITE Associated Press AMES — Addy Brown had 21 of her season-high 28 points in the first half, and No. 10 Iowa State routed in-state rival Northern Iowa 81-53 on Sunday with national scoring leader Audi Crooks sitting out with an injury. Crooks, who averages 27.6 points per ...

Cyclone men rally, then hold off Iowa

AMES (AP) — Joshua Jefferson scored 24 points and No. 4 Iowa State overcame a 13-point deficit to stay unbeaten with a 66-62 win over Iowa on Thursday night. The Cyclones (10-0), who entered leading the nation in field-goal percentage after a 23-point victory at then-No. 1 Purdue, were ...

No. 4 Iowa State hosts rival Hawks

AMES — New Iowa head coach Ben McCollum is introduced to the Cy-Hawk Series on Thursday as his squad faces the daunting task of challenging fourth-ranked and unbeaten Iowa State. Tip is set for 7 p.m. The contest, which is at Hilton Coliseum, is being televised by Fox Sports 1. The Hawks ...

Cyclone women deliver vs. Iowa

AMES (AP) — Audi Crooks had 30 points and 10 rebounds, Addy Brown had 20 points and 12 boards, and No. 10 Iowa State held off No. 11 Iowa’s comeback bid for a 74-69 victory Wednesday night. The Cyclones (11-0) led by 17 points late in the third quarter before Iowa went on a 26-12 run to ...