No. 1-ranked teams in Iowa high school basketball picked up some big wins last week: Class 1A’s top-ranked North Linn girls beat 3A No. 1 Mount Vernon, while the 4A top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy boys handled West Des Moines Valley. And there’s another big boys’ game on Friday, when 1A No. 1 Bellevue Marquette hosts No. 3 North Linn. The Call It Both Ways podcast discusses those games on this week’s episode, plus more notable performances.
Linn-Mar grad Kiah Stokes is Kelsey Plum’s teammate on the two-time WNBA-champion Las Vegas Aces. Stokes and her teammates are interested and excited to see how Clark does in their league.
Iowa officially named Tim Lester as its next offensive coordinator in a news release on Wednesday in a move that had been anticipated since last weekend.
As Caitlin Clark and Iowa women’s basketball experience a surge in popularity in 2022-23, it has resulted in a surge in revenue for the program, according to data from Iowa’s most recent NCAA financial filing.
Two episodes of the Pinning Combination podcast are publishing this week with Hall of Fame coach Dick Briggs. First up, a look at the college wrestling scene in Iowa, including Hawkeyes you shouldn’t overlook, Iowa’s sweep of Illinois and Northwestern, 1-1 trips to Oklahoma for Iowa State and Northern Iowa and Augsburg’s win over Wartburg.
Indiana scored the last eight points for a 74-68 victory over Iowa, despite a second-straight 26-point effort from Payton Sandfort
Time, TV and notes for Wednesday’s women’s basketball game between No. 3 Iowa and Northwestern.
Analysis, guesses and projections on the second half of the 2023-24 Big Ten women’s basketball race
Even when many other facets of Iowa’s offense struggled in recent years, Iowa’s tight ends have thrived. The 2024 season should be no exception as Luke Lachey leads the tight ends room.
Previewing Tuesday’s Iowa men’s basketball game at Indiana: The Hawkeyes seek their fifth-straight win over the Hoosiers in order to get to .500 in the Big Ten.
Iowa won 18 of 20 matches in duals at Illinois and Northwestern, UNI and ISU split duals on their Oklahoma tour, Augsburg got revenge in the Battle of the Burgs and Prairie won the MVC team title.
Tony Perkins is a hot Hawkeye, averaging 22.7 points and shooting very well over last three games. He scorched the Hoosiers at Assembly Hall last season.
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