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Northern Iowa women visit Indiana State Thursday night

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March 6th, 2024 by Seth Tiegs

The Northern Iowa women open the final week of the regular season at Indiana State on Thursday night. The Panthers are 12-6 and tied for fourth in the Missouri Valley race with Indiana. They will close the regular season Saturday at Evansville.

That’s UNI coach Tanya Warren. The Sycamores are 6-12 in the Valley.

The Panthers opened the season 1-9 due to a rash of injuries but with two wins this week would finish the regular season with a 15-14 overall mark.

DINNEBIER NAMED FINALIST FOR BECKY HAMMON MID-MAJOR PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD

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March 6th, 2024 by Seth Tiegs

HOPEWELL, N.J. – Junior guard Katie Dinnebier was named a Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Semifinalist, Her Hoop Stats announced this morning.

The junior point guard has been the Bulldogs’ top scorer this season with 18.0 points per game on percentages of .518 from the field, .333 from three-point territory, and .874 from the free throw line. Dinnebier is also leads the team and the Missouri Valley Conference with 200 total assists, good enough for a 6.9 apg average, and 73 total steals, a 2.5 spg average.

Dinnebier is one of five finalists for the 2024 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award. The five being considered for this honor are listed below.

In order to be eligible for this honor, players must compete in one of the 26 leagues considered “mid-major.” Dinnebier was named to the 25-player preseason watch list in October and was again included on the midseason watch list in January. Finalists will be announced in early March with the winner named around the Final Four.

2024 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Finalists
McKenna Hofschild – Gr. – Guard – Colorado State
Abbey Hsu – Sr. – Guard – Columbia
Katie Dinnebier – Jr. – Guard – Drake
Yvonne Ejim – Sr. – Forward – Gonzaga
Rachael Rose – Jr. – Guard – Wofford

Twin Cities set for B1G basketball

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March 6th, 2024 by Ric Hanson

Big Ten basketball fans will converge on the Twin Cities during the next two weeks. Meet Minneapolis C-E-O Melvin Tennant says the Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament starts today (Wednesday) at Target Center and is sold out for the first time because of N-C-A-A all-time scoring leader Caitlin Clark:

An estimated 109 thousand fans are expected for the women’s tourney and the Big Ten Men’s Basketball Tournament is at Target Center next week.

The third ranked Hawkeye women open Friday night against the winner of Thursday’s game between Penn State and Wisconsin.

The Athletic Names Caitlin Clark National Player of the Year

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March 6th, 2024 by Seth Tiegs

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa senior guard, Caitlin Clark, was unanimously named the National Player of the Year for the second consecutive season on Wednesday The Athletic announced.

A native of West Des Moines, Iowa, Clark is once again a finalist for every major national player of the year award, most recently being named a finalist for the Nancy Lieberman Award as the nation’s top point guard (an honor she earned the last two seasons). Clark leads the nation in assists (8.6 assists per game) and in scoring (32.3 points per game) after becoming the first player to finish No. 1 in both categories in back-to-back seasons. She also owns a nation-leading six triple-doubles this season, giving her a conference-record 17 for her career (second in NCAA history). Clark also became the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer in men’s and women’s basketball on March 3, 2024.

Clark was recently tabbed as the Big Ten Player of the Year and is the first player in program history to be named First Team All-Big Ten four times in four years of competition.

In Iowa’s win over, No. 2 Ohio State last Sunday, Clark surpassed LSU’s Pete Maravich to become the NCAA’s men’s and women’s scoring champion. Clark recorded her 19th game with 35+ points, 5+ assists, 5+ rebounds which is the best in NCAA women’s basketball since 2009-10.

UP NEXT
The 2-Seed Hawkeyes will either face 10-Seed Wisconsin or 7-Seed Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinals on Friday. Tip-off is set for 5:30 p.m. (CT) inside a sold-out Target Center. The game will air on the Big Ten Network and the Hawkeye Radio Network.

Wednesday High School Boy’s State Basketball Schedule

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March 5th, 2024 by Seth Tiegs

Class 4A – Quarterfinals

  • #1 Cedar Rapids Kennedy (23-0) vs #8 Dallas Center-Grimes (20-3) @ 10:30 a.m
  • #4 Dubuque Senior (21-2) vs #5 Ankeny (17-6) @ 12:15 p.m
  • #2 Valley (18-5) vs #7 Johnston (14-9) @ 2:00 p.m.
  • #3 Cedar Falls (20-3) vs #6 Bettendorf (17-6) @ 3:45 p.m.

Class 1A – Semi-Finals

  • #1 North Linn (24-1) vs #4 Winfield-Mt. Union (21-2) @ 5:30 p.m.
  • #2 Marquette Catholic (26-1) vs #3 Lake Mills (25-1) @ 7:15 p.m.

Tuesday High School Boy’s State Basketball Scores

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March 5th, 2024 by Seth Tiegs

Class 2A

#2 Hudson 55, #7 Grundy Center 51
#6 Unity Christian 59, #3 Underwood 55

Class 3A

#1 Decorah 66, #8 Williamsburg 42
#4 Assumption 84, #5 Ballard 73

#3 MOC-Floyd Valley 67, Bondurant-Farrar 50
#2 Waverly-Shell Rock 65, #7 Pella 64

Hawkeyes Down Tommies, 9-3

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March 5th, 2024 by Seth Tiegs

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The University of Iowa baseball team defeated St. Thomas on Tuesday evening, 9-3, at Duane Banks Field.

The Hawkeyes held the Tommies to just three hits and struck out eight St. Thomas batters.

“It was much better,” said head coach Rick Heller. “Much cleaner, lots of positives on the mound. Few blips here and there, Elliot walks three in the first and then gets out of it, and then goes out and gives us a 1-2-3 inning. It was good to see him work out of it. We only had six free bases tonight which is a big improvement from where we have been the last few games.”

Elliot Cadieux-Lanoue got the start for Iowa and improved to 3-0 on the season. The freshman threw two innings, didn’t allow a hit or a run, and struck out two and walked three.

Eight other Hawkeyes saw action out of the bullpen. They combined to strike out six, while walking three.

“I thought the offense was just steady,” said Heller. “Kept putting pressure on them and scoring runs. Big hit by Blake Guerin, 3-2 count, he fouls off several pitches and gets a big bases loaded hit with two outs. Michael Seegers had a big game; it was good to see him bounce out of it.”

Michael Seegers had a 3-for-4 night with three RBIs and a home run off the scoreboard. Blake Guerin added two RBIs for Iowa, and Andy Nelson and Gable Mitchell each added a RBI.

No. 6 Iowa State men host No. 20 BYU Wednesday night

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March 5th, 2024 by Seth Tiegs

The sixth ranked Iowa State men will try to close the regular season unbeaten at home on Wednesday night by hosting 20th ranked BYU. The Cougars are the top scoring team in the Big-12 and connected on 13 three pointers in an 87-72 victory in the first meeting back in mid-January.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger. BYU leads the Big 12 by averaging more than 11 made three pointers per game.

Defensively the Cyclones work to keep the ball out of the paint so that can lead to more three point attempts by an opponent.

Iowa State is 23-6 overall and 12-4 in the Big 12.

AHSTW Vikings Boys Basketball 2023-2024 season recap

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March 5th, 2024 by Seth Tiegs

The AHSTW Vikings boy’s basketball team ended their season with a 60-57 loss in the first round of the Class 2A-Region 7 bracket. The Vikings were led in scoring by sophomore Collin Harder who had 19 points in that game. AHSTW Vikings ended with a 5-17 overall record and went 3-13 in the Western Iowa Conference this season.

The Vikings were led in scoring by junior Luke Sternberg who scored 343 points and averaged 16 points per game this season.

AHSTW Vikings will lose one senior this season to graduation. Nick Denning

Vikings coach Grant Harris gave his thoughts on playing a very good Clarinda team this post season.

Vikings coach Harris talked about what it meant to have senior Nick Denning part of the team over the years.

AHSTW coach Harris commented on what he encouraged his team will be doing over the summer.

 

Iowa’s Molly Davis to miss B1G Tournament

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March 5th, 2024 by Seth Tiegs

Iowa coach Lisa Bluder says senior guard Molly Davis will not be available for this week’s Big Ten Tournament in the Twin Cities. Davis suffered a knee injury in Sunday’s win over Ohio State but is hoping to return for the NCAA Tournament.

Bluder says they feared the worst when Davis was helped off the floor on Sunday.

The third ranked Hawkeyes are 26-4 and open the Big Ten Tournament on Friday night against the winner of Thursday’s game between Penn State and Wisconsin.