Deja Kelly scored 29 points to power No. 8 North Carolina to a 17-point comeback over No. 5 Iowa State and win 73-64 in the championship game of the Phil Knight Invitational tournament Sunday.
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Deja Kelly scored 29 points to power No. 8 North Carolina to a 17-point comeback over No. 5 Iowa State and win 73-64 in the championship game of the Phil Knight Invitational tournament Sunday.
Caleb Grill hit seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 31 points and Iowa State rallied in the final five minutes to stun No. 1 North Carolina 70-65 on Friday in the semifinals of the Phil Knight Invitational.
If you’re couch-potatoeing and you like Iowa and/or Iowa State sports, you’ll have a smorgasbord this weekend with men’s and women’s basketball and football galore.
The fifth-ranked Iowa State women’s basketball team begins a challenging, but welcomed two-game run at the Phil Knight Invitational at 4:30 p.m. Thursday against high-scoring Michigan State in Portland, Ore.
Iowa State takes on Villanova on Thursday in the Phil Knight Invitational in Portland, Ore. Other possible foes include top-ranked North Carolina, Portland No. 12 Michigan State, No. 18 Alabama, No. 20 Connecticut or Oregon.
The Iowa State men’s basketball team forced 15 turnovers in the first half and 27 overall in a 68-53 win over Milwaukee.
Ashley Joens notched her 16th career 30-point game on just 14 field-goal attempts in Iowa State’s 99-76 win over Columbia. She drilled seven of her 10 3-point tries and added 10 rebounds to record her 52nd career double-double.
Iowa State has been solid on both ends of the floor in blowout wins over IUPUI and North Carolina A&T. But these are obviously not juggernaut programs. The Cyclones should get an opportunity to work on themselves against Milwaukee on Sunday.
No. 7 Iowa State survived a nail-biting women’s basketball upset bid at McLeod Center Wednesday night, squeaking its way past Northern Iowa, 88-85.
Cyclones win in-state battle, 88-85
Each of the Iowa State women’s basketball team’s past eight meetings with UNI have been decided by single digits, so the tense nature of this in-state matchup isn’t confined to the most recent games.
Iowa State topples North Carolina A&T inside Hilton Coliseum as forward tries to be more aggressive
Iowa State struggled in multiple areas in a 79-55 win over Southern. The good news for the Cyclones is their uncharacteristic long-range shooting woes have come in blowout wins.
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