Audi Crooks’ favorite word isn’t “score.” It’s not “rebound.” It’s not even “win.” No, Iowa State’s star 6-foot-3 center — the program’s first freshman to attain Big 12 player of the week honors on Monday — adores a different word that embodies all of the aforementioned ones: “Growth.”
No. 20 BYU utterly dominated the 24th-ranked Cyclones in every facet of the game — including defense, which is what Iowa State Coach T.J. Otzelberger’s team “hangs its hat on.”
Even as “dangerously cold temperatures” have pushed all three of Iowa’s public universities
Iowa State dismantled Oklahoma State, 66-42, before a paid, but blizzard-affected crowd of 14,267 at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones trailed 15-10 early before springing a 12-0 run on the Cowboys to help build a 37-26 halftime lead.
Iowa State upended No. 4 Baylor, 66-63, Saturday to move to 5-0 in the Big 12 women’s basketball standings. The Cyclones rallied from a 24-11 deficit at the end of the first quarter.
Demarion Watson has taken zero shots in seven of the past nine games he’s logged minutes. Why? The versatile 6-foot-7 Iowa State sophomore guard’s too busy supplying his team with hustle plays
Iowa State honored Bill Fennelly for winning his 600th game as the Cyclones’ head women’s basketball coach before Wednesday’s matchup with No. 24 West Virginia. But what his young ISU team did to conjure up win No. 601 stole the show.
The first weekend of wrestling tournaments in 2024 gave the Pinning Combination podcast plenty to discuss this week, from the NWCA National Duals in Cedar Falls to high school action returning around the state.
Iowa State freshman Milan Momcilovic swished a fadeaway jumper in the final minute — and Hilton Coliseum erupted Tuesday night as the Cyclones eventually toppled Houston, the nation’s lone remaining unbeaten team, 57-53, before an officially sold-out crowd of 14,267
There’s a wall at the Iowa State women’s basketball practice facility dedicated to several former Cyclones who made the WNBA. And someday, versatile freshman forward Addy Brown could be on it.
Wartburg captured its 13th title, while Coe and Upper Iowa rebounded after opening-round losses at the NWCA Multi-Divisional Dual Championships at the UNI-Dome. Life University got a title sweep. Iowa State swept out west, UNI got its 800th dual win and the Alburnett boys and Decorah girls impressed during the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
If there’s one thing Iowa State men’s basketball coach T.J. Otzelberger has learned about life in the Big 12, it’s that every team will find itself with a seemingly faint pulse at least once during the conference season, making tumult a day-to-day feature with no relief in sight.
Sportsbooks would be required to maintain a list of prohibited bettors -- including players, coaches, trainers and referees -- to make sure those people are not placing bets. Bettors would have to provide more information, including the last four digits of their Social Security number.
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