AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State men’s basketball team has announced its home non-conference schedule for the 2020-21 season. The remaining road non-conference game will be announced by the home institution.

The schedule is subject to change. Times and television will be announced at a later date.

The Cyclones will have five non-conference home games on the schedule, with the season opener on Nov. 29 against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.

Iowa State will then face South Dakota State on Dec. 2, followed by DePaul on Dec. 6.

The remainder of the non-conference home slate includes Jackson State (Dec. 20) and Chicago State (Dec. 22).

The Big 12 Conference portion of the schedule, as well as the SEC/Big 12 Challenge game, was released in late October. To view the complete schedule, click here.

2020-21 Non-Conference Home Games

Sunday, Nov. 29 – vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Wednesday, Dec. 2 – vs. South Dakota State
Sunday, Dec. 6 – vs. DePaul
Sunday, Dec. 20 – vs. Jackson State
Tuesday, Dec. 22 – vs. Chicago State

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa men’s basketball All-American Luka Garza has been named the 2020-21 Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year. The announcement was made on Monday by the Big Ten Conference.

Additionally, Garza and Joe Wieskamp were named to the 10-player Preseason All-Big Ten Team, with Garza being a unanimous selection. Iowa and Illinois were the only teams to have multiple players recognized on the list.

Garza was a dominant force in 2019-20, earning National Player of the Year (six national media outlets) and Big Ten Player of the Year distinction, along with earning consensus first-team All-America laurels and earning the Kareem Abdul Jabbar Award for the nation’s top center. Garza (740 points and 305 rebounds) was one of three Big Ten players to ever to total 740+ points and 300+ rebounds in a single season. He ranked second nationally with 12 20-point/10-rebound performances and 20-point games (25); fifth in scoring (23.9); 10th in 30-point games (5); 19th in double-doubles (15) and offensive rebounds per game (3.58), and 34th in rebounding (9.8). His 15 double-doubles are third most in a single-season by a Hawkeye in three decades. Garza averaged 26.7 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks in 12 games against AP ranked opponents in 2019-20, including recording 11 straight 20-point performances.

The native of Washington, D.C., finished the 20-game league schedule averaging 26.2 points per game, becoming the first player to average at least 26 points in Big Ten play since Purdue’s Glenn Robinson in 1994 (31.1 ppg). Garza scored a school-record 740 points in 2019-20, breaking the program’s 50-year old record. He scored 20 points or more in a school-record 16 straight Big Ten games, the longest streak by any player in the Big Ten since Ohio State’s Dennis Hopson 16 in 1987.

Wieskamp was a third-team All-Big Ten, USBWA All-District honoree, and a semifinalist for the Jerry West Award as a sophomore in 2019-20. He ranked second on the team in points per game (14.0) and rebounds (6.1), and tied for 13th in the Big Ten in 3-pointers made per contest (1.7). The native of Muscatine, Iowa, ranked first in the Big Ten in free throw accuracy (.856) and made his last 22 straight free throw attempts dating back to Feb. 13, 2020. Wieskamp posted three double-doubles, led the team in steals 10 times, and scored 15 points or more 13 times this past season.

2020-21 BIG TEN PRESEASON PLAYER OF THE YEAR

• Luka Garza, Iowa

2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL PRESEASON ALL-BIG TEN TEAM

• Kofi Cockburn, Illinois
• Ayo Dosunmu, Illinois
• Trayce Jackson-Davis, Indiana
• Luka Garza, Iowa
• Joe Wieskamp, Iowa
• Aaron Henry, Michigan State
• Marcus Carr, Minnesota
• Trevion Williams, Purdue
• Geo Baker, Rutgers
• Nate Reuvers, Wisconsin

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa redshirt junior wide receiver Charlie Jones has been named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week, following Iowa’s 49-7 win over Michigan State. The announcement was made Monday by the Big Ten Conference office. 

Jones (5-foot-11, 187-pounds) is a native of Deerfield, Illinois, and earns his first career weekly honor. Jones is the first Hawkeye this season to garner a weekly award by the Big Ten. 

In the second quarter, Jones returned a punt 54 yards for a touchdown. It was his first career punt return for a touchdown, and Iowa’s first since 2018 (Kyle Groeneweg, 61 yards at Illinois).  

Jones totaled 105 punt return yards on five returns (21.0 avg). He averages 15 yards on 10 punt returns this season to lead the Big Ten and rank fifth nationally. Jones also had two rushes for 38 rushing yards to tally a game-high 143 all-purpose yards.  

Iowa (1-2, 1-2) will face Minnesota (1-2, 1-2) Friday at 6 p.m. (CT) in Minneapolis, Minn. The game will be televised on FS1. 

The Iowa State-Kansas State football game on Nov. 21 in Jack Trice Stadium will kickoff at 3 p.m. CT. The game is televised by Fox.

Girls Regional Swimming competitions were held across the state on Saturday. The top 32 times qualified for the State Meet that will be held on Friday, November 13th and Saturday, November 14th at the Marshalltown YMCA/YWCA.

Atlantic’s Lexi Reynolds qualified in two events: the 200 Yard Freestyle and 500 Yard Freestyle.

Here is a list of other qualifiers from the area:

200 Yard Medley
Carroll
Lewis Central

200 Yard Freestyle
Lexi Reynolds, Atlantic

50 Yard Freestyle
Melea Axman, Carroll
Jenna Currier, Caroll
Waren Graeve, LC

100 Yard Butterfly
Jenna Currier, Carroll
Melea Axman, Carroll

100 Yard Freestyle
Waren Graeve, LC

500 Yard Freestyle
Lexi Reynolds, Atlantic

200 Yard Freestyle Relay
Carroll
Lewis Central

100 Yard Backstroke
Sydnie Collins, Lewis Central

100 Yard Breaststroke
Kylie Brown, Lewis Central

400 Yard Freestyle Relay
Lewis Central
CB Abraham Lincoln

The Atlantic girls swimming team hit the water for Regional competition on Saturday in Johnston. The top 32 performances across the state qualified for the State Meet. Here’s a look at Atlantic and other area times on Saturday and their Regional placing.

200 Yard Freestyle
4th- Lexi Reynolds, Atlantic 2:02.05
8th- Abby Hoss, LC 2:07.10
9th- Hannah Steinmetz, LC 2:11.88
10th- Katie Ramos, LC 2:11.90
11th- Ava Bruckner, Atlantic 2:12.23
12th- Camryn Moon, CB AL 2:18.03
17th- Brooke Leichtner, CB AL 2:38.96

200 Yard Medley Relay
3rd- Lewis Central (Sydnie Collins, Kylie Brown, Elaine Morgan, Waren Graeve) 1:54.63
4th- CB Abraham Lincoln (Lilian Lefeber, Jocelyn Miller, Elaina Vrchoticky, Aurora Miller) 2:03.09

200 Yard IM
8th- Mia Hansen, LC 2:24.40
9th- Anne Schewe, LC 2:43.58

50 Yard Freestyle
6th- Waren Graeve, LC 25.18
9th- Bryer Rose. Atlantic 26.26
10th- Aubri Smith, CB AL 27.21
13th- Izzy McDermott, LC 27.99
16th- Jennifer Kidder, LC 28.81
19th- Meredith Stuebing, CB AL 31.29
20th- Dazia Sorensen, Atlantic 33.30
21st- Sydney Nelson, CB AL 34.84
DQ- Victoria Hiatt, Atlantic

100 Yard Butterfly
7th- Katie Ramos, LC 1:07.33
8th- Elaine Morgan, LC 1:07.58

100 Yard Freestyle
2nd- Waren Graeve, LC 54.66
9th- Bryer Rose, Atlantic 57.38
10th- Aubri Smith, CB AL 58.72
12th- Jennifer Kidder, LC 1:03.21
13th- Izzy McDermott, LC 1:04.03
14th- Luciana Gruber, CB AL 1:04.31
16th- Victoria Hiatt, Atlantic 1:05.45
20th- Taylor Hamilton, CB AL 1:06.86

500 Yard Freestyle
3rd- Lexi Reynolds, Atlantic 5:30.32
7th- Elaine Morgan, LC 5:38.36
8th- Abby Hoss, LC 5:38.96
11th- Camryn Moon, CB AL 6:07.61
12th- Anne Schewe, LC 6:18.58

200 Yard Freestyle
3rd- Lewis Central (Hannah Steinmetz, Sydnie Collins, Kylie Brown, Waren Graeve) 1:44.28
4th- CB AL (Elaina Vrchoticky, Clarie Crilly, Jocelyn Miller, Aurora Miller) 1:45.70
5th- Atlantic (Ava Bruckner, Victoria Hiatt, Bryer Rose, Lexi Reynolds) 1:48.78

100 Yard Backstroke
6th- Sydnie Collins, LC 1:01.46
8th- Hannah Steinmetz, LC 1:06.98
9th- Lillian Lefeber, CB AL 1:09.21
10th- Meredith Struebing, CB AL 1:14.35
12th- Tess Sauser, LC 1:19.97
13th- Kate Spitznagle, CB AL 1:21.22
DFS- Dazia Sorensen, Atlantic

100 Yard Breaststroke
3rd- Kylie Brown, LC 1:09.07
8th- Mia Hansen, LC 1:14.15
9th- Jocelyn Miller, CB AL 1:16.98
12th- Lily Caigoy, LC 1:24.91
13th- Taylor Hamilton, CB AL 1:28.22

400 Yard Freestly Relay
3rd- LC (Hannah Stienmetz, Mia Hansen, Sydnie Collins, Kylie Brown) 3:51.64
4th- CB AL (Aubri Smith, Claire Crilly, Aurora Miller, Elaina Vrchoticky) 3:53.57
DFS- Atlantic (Ava Bruckner, Victoria Hiatt, Bryer Rose, Lexi Reynolds)