Rob Gray

Tamin Lipsey, an Ames native and true freshman, has loved Cyclone basketball his entire life — and now he’s No. 23 Iowa State’s protagonist at the point of attack, just like his childhood heroes.

The reshaping of the Iowa State football coaching staff has begun. Head coach Matt Campbell announced the program has parted ways with offensive coordinator Tom Manning and director of strength and conditioning Dave Andrews.

Suddenly hot-shooting Caleb Grill drilled 4 of his 5 long-range shots to help the No. 23 Iowa State Cyclones overcame a sluggish start in a grinding 63-44 win over North Dakota.

Defensive end M.J. Anderson’s first season with Iowa State looks to be his last. The talented junior transfer from Minnesota announced on social media that he will forgo his final season of eligibility and declare for the NFL Draft.

There’s just one thing for a college basketball coach to do after a 50-point win. That’s nitpick — and Iowa State head coach Bill Fennelly obliged after the No. 8 Cyclones dispatched Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, 93-43, Tuesday night at Hilton Coliseum.

Five. That’s how many different leading scorers No. 23 Iowa State has leaned on while starting the season 5-1.

Astonishingly error-prone Iowa State once again could not get out of its own way Saturday, instead giving fourth-ranked and unbeaten TCU ample assistance in rolling to a 62-14 regular season-closing rout at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth.

Iowa State closes out its 2022 football season at No. 4 TCU Saturday. Here are three keys for the Cyclones.

Saturday’s matchup pits two underdogs against each other: The snakebit Iowa State Cyclones, who have lost seven games by an average of 5.4 points, and TCU quarterback Max Duggan, who lost his starting job in preseason camp, but regained it because of a twist of fate and has put together a stellar senior season to become a dark horse Heisman Trophy candidate.

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.

By almost every measure — except the obviously disappointing tilt of the win-loss column — Iowa State’s first-year starting quarterback Hunter Dekkers has grown and matured throughout a season defined by a spate of near-misses, not soaring success.

Expect another reasonably tight game pitting Iowa State’s Big 12-best defense against TCU’s conference-leading scoring offense. Here are five Horned Frogs to watch as the Cyclones make their upset bid this weekend.

The Iowa State men’s basketball team forced 15 turnovers in the first half and 27 overall in a 68-53 win over Milwaukee.

The Iowa State football team can finish on a very high note if it can upset TCU on Sunday in Fort Worth.