Catching up with six WNBA players with Iowa ties, through games played Thursday.
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Catching up with six WNBA players with Iowa ties, through games played Thursday.
Iowa State was a school-best 17th in latest Division I Director’s Cup standings after a winter of winners.
Tamin Lipsey played hurt the final nine weeks of last season, guiding his team to its second NCAA tournament Sweet 16 appearance in three years. Now Iowa State’s star guard must rest and recuperate.
Indiana Pacers star point guard Tyrese Haliburton has the game of his career to date Sunday in New York, a Game 7 against the Knicks.
Bill Fennelly often jokes about how long he’s been coaching women’s basketball. The self-deprecating riffs are laced with humor, but Fennelly’s longevity in the profession is no laughing matter. He’s entering his 30th season as Iowa State’s head coach and that experience has helped him deftly maneuver within the murky waters of the transfer portal, where potential prizes and pitfalls seem to lurk around every corner.
Longtime ISU head coach Bill Fennelly brought Stephanie Soares back as a graduate assistant, which allowed her to delve into coaching while also practicing with the team and rehabbing her knee. The fourth pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft by Washington, which traded her rights to Dallas for two draft picks, Soares, 24, signed with the Wings in February and recently started training camp with them.
Former Iowa State star Tyrese Haliburton completed a three-point play with 1.6 seconds left, capping his first postseason triple-double in his first home playoff game to give the Indiana Pacers a 121-118 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks. Indiana leads the best-of-seven series 2-1, with Game 4 on Sunday in Indianapolis.
Former Saint Mary’s forward Joshua Jefferson announced Tuesday on social media that he’ll be joining the Iowa State men’s basketball program.
Iowa State’s potential roster for the 2024-25 season is filled with scorers and lockdown defenders, particularly at the guard position, where standouts Keshon Gilbert, Curtis Jones and Tamin Lipsey are expected to return after helping to guide the Cyclones to their second Sweet 16 appearance in the past three years.
Iowa State came up short against Illinois, 72-69, in the Sweet 16 Thursday night. Say what you want about this Cyclone team, but maximum “effort” and “fight” defined a season that included a second-place finish in the Big 12, a sixth conference tournament title.
Tre King and Robert Jones were on the Iowa State men’s basketball roster when the team reached the Sweet 16 two years ago before falling, 70-56, to Miami, but Jones is the only returner who actually played. Both will start Thursday night against Illinois.
T.J. Otzelberger constantly stresses the importance of strictly adhering to daily habits. That includes no yawning in the weight room
Iowa State eventually flipped the script against Washington State by ramping up its disruptive defense, which is ranked No. 1 nationally according to KenPom. Then Ward skied for one of his patented alley-pop dunks to help set up a high-level, late-night Sweet 16 confrontation with Illinois.
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