Long-struggling Kansas secured a 45-36 win on Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium that all but nixed Iowa State’s hopes of competing in the Big 12 title game.
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Long-struggling Kansas secured a 45-36 win on Saturday at Arrowhead Stadium that all but nixed Iowa State’s hopes of competing in the Big 12 title game.
The Iowa State defense has yielded an early touchdown in four consecutive games, but always rose up late to help secure victory — until last week’s loss to Texas Tech. The players took that personally.
Iowa State simply can’t afford a loss to Kansas if it wants to remain in contention for the Big 12 title. Here are three keys for the Cyclones against the Jayhawks.
The Gazette’s Pick ‘Ems for Week 11 of the college football season, including Iowa’s journey to the Rose Bowl and Iowa State’s trip to Arrowhead Stadium.
On a night when Bill Fennelly stood at midcourt to be honored for being in his 30th season as Iowa State’s head women’s basketball coach, his team proceeded to shoot 30 percent from the field — and still beat Indiana State by 22 points.
The former Iowa City West three-time state champion and four-time finalist Hunter Garvin returns to his home state for Stanford’s duals at Iowa State on Friday before visiting his hometown Saturday for a dual against Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Even though Iowa State suffered its first loss of the season last Saturday, running back Abu Sama looked like himself in the second half, bounding for 82 yards on nine carries.
The past informs the present for Jaylin Noel, who shared a heartfelt message with his Iowa State football teammates after last week’s 23-22 setback to Texas Tech at home.
Tamin Lipsey scored 16 points on 5-for-7 shooting in the Iowa State men’s basketball team’s 83-44 season-opening rout of Mississippi Valley State on Monday. ISU snared 16 steals from the Delta Devils, who won one game last season and are ranked last in the country by KenPom
Iowa State star Audi Crooks scored within 10 seconds. Her sharp-shooting Cyclone teammates drained their first four 3-point attempts. And so it went in No. 8 ISU’s women’s basketball season opener — a 96-56 drubbing of Chicago State.
Iowa State is a three-point favorite against the Kansas, and its fans could make Saturday’s game at Arrowhead Stadium almost feel like a home game. Expect another tense game, regardless — and here are five Kansas players to know as the countdown to kickoff continues.
Iowa State guard Curtis Jones’ 3-point shots refused to fall early last season after he transferred in from Buffalo. So he simply kept working, knowing he’d shine when it mattered most.
In Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell’s football program, there’s no brooding, grousing, nor gnashing of teeth. The Cyclones grind on — even after absorbing the effects of Saturday’s 23-22 loss to Texas Tech, which knocked them from the ranks off the unbeaten.
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