AMES, Iowa – Iowa State volleyball is back in the NCAA Tournament, as the Cyclones were selected for the 2021 NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship on Sunday night. ISU will travel to Minneapolis to take on Stanford on Friday, December 3. Game time will be announced by the NCAA later tonight

Should ISU win, the Cyclones would play the winner of No. 12 Minnesota and South Dakota on Saturday, December 4.

This is the 15th all-time NCAA Championships appearance for Iowa State, with 14 coming in the 16-year tenure of head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch.

The Cyclones finished the regular season 16-11, 8-8 in Big 12 play. Middle blocker Candelaria Herrera was a force on both sides of the ball, getting her 2.48 kills per set at .326 hitting and leading the Big 12 with her 1.28 blocks per set. Senior right side Eleanor Holthaus led the ISU offense with 3.21 kills per set, while ranking second on the team with 2.58 digs per set. Libero Marija Popovic led the Big 12 with her 4.65 digs per set.

More information will be posted on cyclones.com as the evening goes along, including ticket information for the First and Second Rounds.

Creighton men’s basketball improved to 6-1 on the season with a 70-65 victory at home over SIU Edwardsville on Saturday. The Bluejays trailed by 12 at half but rallied for the win.

Ryan Hawkins had 14 points, 7 rebounds, 5 steals, and 2 blocks in the victory. Ryan Kalkbrenner added 13 points. Creighton held the Cougars scoreless over the final 5:07 of the game.

Next up for the Bluejays is a home game against North Dakota State on Tuesday before hosting Iowa State on Saturday.

The UNI men’s basketball team knocked off 16th ranked St. Bonaventure 90-80 on Saturday in Allegany, NY. AJ Green tied his career high wiht 35 points to lead the Panthers to the win.

UNI shot 51.6% from the field and 48.4% from three point range as the Panthers led the entire second half and led by as many as 19.

The Panthers improved to 2-3 and handed the Bonnies their first loss of the year (5-1).

Next up for UNI is a road trip to Bradley on December 1st at 7:00 p.m.

Maddax DeVault became Nodaway Valley’s all-time leading scorer on Saturday, scoring 15 points in a Wolverine loss to Springville 88-53. The two teams squared off in the Rivalry Saturday event that was hosted by Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids.

DeVault passed Josie Clarke on the Wolverines scoring list with 1,300 points now for her career.

Springville, ranked 4th in Class 1A, scored 28 points in the second quarter to open up a 20 point lead by halftime. Two other Wolverines finished in double figures with Lindsey Davis scoring 13 and Annika Nelson 10. The Wolverines came in ranked 2nd in Class 2A.

Next up for Nodaway Valley is a home game on Friday against Creston.

(Radio Iowa) Iowa will bid for its 12th Big Ten Championship on Saturday when the Hawkeyes head to Indianapolis to play second ranked Michigan in the league title game. The 15th Hawkeyes overcame a mid-season two game losing streak to finish 10-2 and opened as a nearly 11 point underdog.

That is Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz who was not ready on Sunday to name a starting quarterback. Spencer Petras relieved Alex Padilla in the second half at Nebraska and helped rally the Hawkeyes to a 28-21 win over the Huskers.

Ferentz says they plan to name a starter on Tuesday.

Despite a struggling offense the Hawkeyes have been finding ways to win and erased double digit deficits in their last two games.

After a disastrous 2-4 COVID shortened 2020 season that put coach Jim Harbaugh on the hot seat the Wolverines are 11-1 and a win away from a spot in the College Football Playoff.

The Wolverines are coming off a breakthrough win against arch rival Ohio State and Harbaugh says the stakes are even higher this week.

Harbaugh says the championship is on the line as well as a shot at the national title.

Harbaugh says the Hawkeyes are a fundamentally sound team that excels in special teams play.

That game is a 7:00 p.m. kickoff on Saturday. Our coverage on KJAN will start at 5:00 p.m. on the Hawkeye Radio Network.

ESTERO, Florida – No. 13 Iowa State (6-0) cruised past Penn State (4-2), 93-59, to advance to the Gulf Coast Showcase Championship game in Estero, Florida.

Competing with a limited roster, the Cyclones made the most of their opportunities, shooting 47.1 percent from the field and connecting on a season-high 18 triples to rout PSU.

Iowa State competed for the first 33 minutes of action with just six players with Emily Ryan (9), Ashley Joens (13), Aubrey Joens (21), Morgan Kane (11), Beatriz Jordão (13) and Lexi Donarski (12) giving the Cyclones a 73-43 lead before the ISU bench was emptied. All 10 Cyclones who saw action would score, as Iowa State completed the rout of PSU.

Up Next
Iowa State will take on UMass in the Gulf Coast Showcase championship game on Sunday, Nov. 28 at 6:30 p.m. All the games will be streamed on FloHoops.

The UNI Panther football team saw their postseason run come to an end on Saturday with a 19-9 loss to No. 4 Eastern Washington. Eastern Washington led the entire way behind one touchdown pass and one touchdown run from quarterback Eric Barriere. The Eagles led 9-7 at half and scored ten straight in the second half to seize control.

Matt Morrissey came out in the second half to replace Panther starting quarterback Theo Day. Day threw the Panthers only touchdown in the second quarter to Sam Schnee on a 14 yard connection.

Eastern Washington was held well below their offensive averages but still piled up 412 yards of offense. The Eagles advance to face No. 6 seed Montana on Friday, December 3td in Missoula, Montana at 6:00 p.m.

UNI ends their season with a record of 6-6. It was UNI’s 22nd appearance in the FCS Playoffs.

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa coach Fran McCaffery will find out a lot more about his team Monday night (11/29) when the Hawkeyes visit Virginia in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge. The Hawkeyes are 6-0 against a soft early schedule.

After stumbling early with losses to Navy and Houston, Virginia has won four straight and McCaffery says the Cavaliers excel on defense.

It is Iowa first true road game since a 78-76 loss at Illinois on March eighth of 2020 right before the pandemic shut the season down.

It is a 6:00pm, Iowa time tip-off in Charlottesville.

The Drake Bulldogs fell 80-71 to No. 10 Alabama on Friday in the second round of the ESPN Events Invitational in Orlando. Jahvon Quinerly scored eight points in the final 4:29 to lead Alabama to the victory after the game was tied at 61 with 5:16 left. Quinerly finished with 18 points to lead all scorers.

DJ Wilkins led the Bulldogs with 17 points and Shanquan Hemphill had 15 points and 6 rebounds. The Bulldogs were down 33-18 in the first half before and 11-0 run before half brought them back into the game.

Next up for the Bulldogs is a matchup on Sunday against North Texas at 9:30 a.m. to finish their trip to Orlando.

AMES, Iowa – No. 13 Iowa State (5-0) topped Charlotte (1-4) 75-59 in the first game in the Gulf Coast Showcase in Estero, Florida. Iowa State would take the lead off the bat, using a balanced scoring effort in the first half to push ahead of the 49ers as seven different Cyclones scored in the first half alone.

Leading the way was All-American Ashley Joens, who finished with 27 points and a season-high 15 rebounds for her second double-double on the year. Joining Joens in double-figures was Morgan Kane, who was an efficient 4-of-6 from the field, scored a career-high 13 points and hauled in four boards. Emily Ryan added 12 points off 4-of-7 shooting and led ISU with five dimes, while Aubrey Joens added a career-high 10 rebounds.

Up Next
Iowa State advances to take on Penn State on Saturday, Nov. 27 at 6:30 p.m. in the semifinal game at the Gulf Coast Showcase, All the games will be streamed on FloHoops.