AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Andrew Jones scored 23 points and No. 4 Texas held off Iowa State 78-72 on Tuesday night to continue its torrid start to the season. Texas (9-1, 3-0 Big 12) led by as much as 15 early in the second half and appeared to be cruising to an easy win over an Iowa State team ...
GLENDALE, Ariz. — No. 12 Iowa State finished first in the Big 12 regular season for the first time and set a school record with eight conference wins. The breakthrough earned the Cyclones a spot in their first New Year’s Six bowl, Saturday against No. 25 Oregon in the Fiesta Bowl. Like ...
IOWA CITY — Jordan Bohannon scored 24 points, CJ Fredrick added 19 and Luka Garza finished with 18 as No. 10 Iowa defeated No. 16 Northwestern 87-72 on Tuesday night. The Hawkeyes (8-2, 2-1 Big Ten) won their eighth consecutive home game against a ranked opponent. Bohannon was 7 of 11 from ...
Iowa State running back Breece Hall and linebacker Mike Rose are The Associated Press Big 12 offensive and defensive players of the year after the Cyclones’ best conference season ever also earned Matt Campbell coach of the year honors. The Big 12 runner-up Cyclones will play in a New ...
IOWA CITY (AP) — Iowa defensive tackle Jack Heflin is right where he always wanted to be. The Prophetstown, Ill., native has turned his childhood aspirations into reality, suiting up this season for the No. 17 Hawkeyes after four years at Northern Illinois. “It’s lived up to all the ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Brandon Johnson made all four his 3-point attempts in overtime and finished with 26 points and nine rebounds, leading Minnesota’s late surge to upset No. 4 Iowa 102-95 on Friday night. Marcus Carr had 30 points on 6-for-13 shooting from 3-point range and eight assists, and ...
IOWA CITY (AP) — Luka Garza scored 22 points, Joe Wieskamp added 17 and No. 4 Iowa beat Purdue 70-55 on Tuesday night. Garza, who came into the game leading the nation in scoring at 29.3 points per game, scored 10 of the first 16 points for the Hawkeyes (7-1, 1-0 Big Ten), who were coming ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — In early December, Gonzaga paused all activities because of the coronavirus. The top-ranked Bulldogs had five games canceled due to the shutdown, and hadn’t played a game since Dec. 2 before Saturday’s showdown with No. 3 Iowa. Despite the layoff, Gonzaga showed ...
AMES (AP) — Solomon Young scored 18 points, Jalen Coleman-Lands added 16 and Iowa State beat Jackson State 60-45 on Sunday. The Cyclones (2-4) ended their four-game losing streak while the Tigers (0-5) remain winless with their fifth consecutive loss following the cancelation of their first ...
ARLINGTON, Texas — Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley remembered two specific moments right after the No. 12 Sooners won their sixth consecutive Big 12 championship. There was the uncertainty of what was next when players were sent home after one spring practice in March at the start of the ...
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Fiesta Bowl could add another high-scoring game to its history with No. 12 Iowa State scheduled to face No. 25 Oregon on Jan. 2. The Cyclones (8-3) dropped four spots in the College Football Playoff rankings to No. 10 after losing to No. 8 Oklahoma in the Big 12 ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Miles McBride scored 18 points, including the go-ahead free throws with 21 seconds left, to lift No. 8 West Virginia to a 70-65 victory over Iowa State on Friday night. Derek Culver had 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Mountaineers (7-1, 1-0 Big 12), who scored the ...
By DANA BECKER sports@messengernews.net SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — It is being billed as the biggest game of the year, and for obvious reasons. Third-ranked Iowa takes on No. 1 Gonzaga here Saturday inside the Sanford Pentagon. Tip is set for 11:06 a.m. with the game airing live on CBS. Coming ...
ARLINGTON, Texas — Charlie Kolar grew up a diehard Oklahoma fan but his hometown Sooners never offered a scholarship. The new coach at Iowa State did, before the Cyclones were championship contenders. Now in coach Matt Campbell’s fifth season, the No. 8 Cyclones (8-2, 8-1 Big 12, No. 6 ...
Jay Chapman earned his bachelor’s and master’s degree from Iowa State, was a member of the marching band and has attended all but one home football game since 1986. The president of the Cyclone Gridiron Club booster group has seen a lot of losing. Some good players came through and there ...
IOWA CITY — As the snow accumulated in Kinnick Stadium, Iowa piled on the points. The 19th-ranked Hawkeyes scored three touchdowns as the snow picked up in intensity in the second half Saturday, and they pulled away for a 28-7 victory over No. 25 Wisconsin. “If I had my way, it would be ...
IOWA CITY — Joe Wieskamp and the rest of the starters for No. 3 Iowa got to take a second-half break Sunday. Luka Garza scored 23 points and Wieskamp added 20 in the Hawkeyes’ 106-53 romp over Northern Illinois. Garza and Wieskamp left at the 15:22 mark of the second half and didn’t ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Kirk Ferentz used the Wisconsin football program as his template when he started building Iowa’s program in 1999. Good choice. The Badgers of that period were in the top 10 and going to Rose Bowls, and they’ve been the dominant team in the Big Ten ...
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Associated Press IOWA CITY — Luka Garza was angry as he sat, and it showed in the second half. Garza surged after halftime and finished the game with 34 points in just 17 minutes, lifting No. 3 Iowa over Iowa State 105-77 on Friday night. Garza missed nearly 11 minutes ...
IOWA CITY — Third-ranked Iowa takes on rival Iowa State on Friday night in men’s basketball action inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Tip is set for 8 p.m. The contest will be broadcast live by the Big Ten Network. The Hawkeyes (4-0 overall) defeated No. 16 North Carolina at home on Tuesday ...