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The added energy of a rivalry game did not outweigh defensive miscues as Northern Iowa lost its sixth straight game, 82-74, to Drake Wednesday night at McLeod Center.

Five-game losing streaks are never timely, but Northern Iowa’s recent run of poor play elicited the word “weird” from men’s basketball coach Ben Jacobson ahead of the Panthers’ rivalry game against Drake Wednesday night.

Bowen Born forced two overtime periods with buzzer-beating 3-pointers, but his Northern Iowa men’s basketball team still came up short at Drake, 88-81, Wednesday at Knapp Center.

UNI guard Maya McDermott — who made a game-winning floater against the Bulldogs at Knapp Center on January 11 — once again sent the Bulldogs home with a loss with another floater at the buzzer for a 49-47 win.

Northern Iowa and Drake among three teams tied for third place in the Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball standings. The rivals meet Wednesday night in Des Moines.

Northern Iowa women’s basketball is readying for its annual trip to Knapp Center in Des Moines to take on Missouri Valley Conference rival Drake Wednesday night.

Drake pushed No. 4 Iowa to overtime, but the Hawkeyes made the necessary plays in the extra five minutes and escaped a women’s basketball thriller, 92-86, before a sellout crowd of 6,424 Sunday afternoon at the Knapp Center.

Iowa women’s basketball: No. 4 Hawkeyes renew acquaintances with former teammate Megan Meyer when they travel to Drake on Sunday.

Macy Daufeldt of West Liberty is the 2022 Gazette Female Athlete of the Year.

Today, The Gazette reveals its 2022 finalists for Athlete of the Year.

Former Iowa standout Matt Gatens has come home, to help Fran McCaffery coach Hawkeyes men’s basketball.

Former Iowa men’s basketball player Matt Gatens is returning to the Hawkeyes as an assistant coach after a coaching stint at Drake.

What a season for college basketball in the state of Iowa. The UNI men and Iowa women claimed conference titles this weekend, Iowa State is playing for a women’s title, and the Iowa and ISU men have 20-win seasons with league games left to play.

Anna Miller’s three-point play with 1:48 remaining proved to be the difference in a back-and-forth women’s basketball battle that sent Drake past Northern Iowa, 73-68.

UNI men’s basketball got redemption Saturday night at Knapp Center, slipping past Drake, 74-69, in overtime.