Michigan handed Iowa its first loss, Iowa State and Northern Iowa were unkind hosts to West Virginia, Wartburg thumped Coe, plus final thoughts on the IGHSAU state tournament in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
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Michigan handed Iowa its first loss, Iowa State and Northern Iowa were unkind hosts to West Virginia, Wartburg thumped Coe, plus final thoughts on the IGHSAU state tournament in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
The worst half of Northern Iowa’s men’s basketball season became the worst home loss of Coach Ben Jacobson’s 18-year tenure. Murray State routed the Panthers at McLeod Center Saturday afternoon, 71-43, in a Missouri Valley Conference game.
Panthers have lost 2 straight, host Murray State on Saturday
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.
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.
Without second-leading scorer Bowen Born (illness), Northern Iowa fell short to Drake in a Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball game at Knapp Center Saturday night, 77-63.
Clutch free throw shooting helped send Northern Iowa past Evansville at McLeod Center Tuesday night, 70-63.
The UNI men’s basketball team has won eight of its last nine games and wants to keep pushing for more progress.
UNI women’s basketball coach Tanya Warren still thinks her team is good and can contend for the MVC title despite Sunday’s 72-67 loss to Belmont.
Northern Iowa outlasted Southern Illinois at McLeod Center Saturday night, 61-57, moving Coach Ben Jacobson past Naismith Hall of Fame coach Henry Iba of Oklahoma State with 188 Missouri Valley Conference men’s basketball wins, the most in league history.
After a slow start to its season, the Northern Iowa men’s basketball team has played like the team its Missouri Valley Conference peers anticipated over the past month.
Weather wiped out much of the wrestling schedule in Iowa last week, but there still are plenty of topics to discuss on this week’s episode of the Pinning Combination, including Iowa’s impressive win over Nebraska and Ben Kueter’s debut.
With a UNI women’s basketball team searching for any positive momentum, Coach Tanya Warren’s open mind created just that when she added standout UNI volleyball player Emily Holterhaus to the roster.
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