Rob Gray

Aljaz Kunc powers Cyclone men’s basketball team to 77-40 win over McNeese State at Hilton Coliseum

No. 10 Iowa State bounces back from Cy-Hawk loss with big win over Jacksonville

Filip Rebraca scored an Iowa career-high 22 points on 9-of-11 shooting, matched a season high with 11 rebounds and doled out a Hawkeye career-high four assists while helping his team race to a 15-0 lead early in a rivalry game that was never close. Iowa beat No. 20 Iowa State, 75-56.

Iowa State’s Robert Jones honed his technique and toughness, and now provides a valuable and reliable spark off the bench. Jones has scored in double figures in five of the past six games — and will be looked to for more clutch production Thursday against Iowa.

Lexi Donarski’s ongoing mission? Guard the opponent’s best scorer — and when 10th-ranked Iowa State (6-1) meets No. 16 Iowa (6-3) at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, that means trying to control Hawkeye All-American Caitlin Clark.

Nate Scheelhaase is young, smart and highly regarded as an offensive coach. Because of those attributes — and many more — Iowa State football coach Matt Campbell announced Monday he had elevated Scheelhaase to the program’s offensive coordinator position.

Iowa State (5-0) hasn’t beaten Iowa (5-0) since 2004, but carries the second-longest dual meet win streak (18) in the country into what’s likely to be a highly-competitive match.

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.