Lipsey always wins those tendon-testing battles. Eventually, anyway. Now he’s back in the No. 4 Cyclones’ starting lineup for the second straight time after missing three games because of a groin injury — and the opponent just happens to be Cy-Hawk rival Iowa (8-1).
The Hawkeyes struggled on the road against Michigan State last week. Heading into another true road game against No. 4 Iowa State, Iowa expects to apply the corrections it learned since the Big Ten opener.
Michigan State dismantled Iowa’s men’s basketball team Tuesday night in the Big Ten Conference opener for each team, 71-52. It’ll be interesting how the Hawkeyes respond from that shellacking when they host Maryland on Saturday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
See photos as the Iowa Hawkeyes hosted the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City.
McCollum and many of his Iowa players have experienced winning and postseason success. Now they try to add to that at college basketball’s highest level.
Iowa’s Bennett Stirtz strongly considered turning pro after last season at Drake, but instead is spending a fourth year with Ben McCollum, this time at Iowa.
Redshirt freshman forward Cooper Koch is the only returning scholarship player on Iowa’s roster.
Peyton McCollum averaged 13.1 points, 5.2 steals for Waukee Northwest’s state runner-up team
Hawkeyes Coach Ben McCollum says Stirtz, who has been with him the last three years, will be an NBA first-round draft pick next year.
The new Iowa men’s basketball coach said there’s no magic in building a winner. McCollum said he looks at the emotional side of players as much or more as their physical attributes.
Tate Sage, who was recruited to Drake by Ben McCollum, will join McCollum’s Iowa program.
The men’s basketball teams of Iowa and Northern Iowa will participate in a tournament in Palm Desert, Calif., in the last week of November.
Folgueiras, a Spaniard, helped Robert Morris win the Horizon’s regular-season and tournament titles.
Hausen averaged 10.9 points for K-State in 2024-25. He has made 178 career 3-pointers.
The 6-foot-9 senior from state-champ West Des Moines Valley switched his commitment from Northern Iowa to Iowa.
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