(mvc-sports.com) ST. LOUIS — Six repeat first-team All-Missouri Valley Conference selections from a year ago, including Drake’s Grace Berg, Illinois State’s Juliunn Redmond, Missouri State’s Brice Calip, UNI’s Karli Rucker, SIU’s Makenzie Silvey and Valparaiso’s Shay Frederick, headline a list of 11 players named to the all-conference first team unit, the league office announced Wednesday.

Joining the six repeat selections on the first team is Evansville’s Abby Feit, a 2021 honorable mention choice. Drake’s Megan Meyer, Illinois State’s DeAnna Wilson, Missouri State’s Abigayle Jackson and SIU’s Abby Brockmeyer, all first-time honorees, round out the first team selections.

The honorable mention team includes Drake’s Maggie Bair, Evansville’s Je’Naiya Davis, Indiana State’s Del’Janae Williams, Loyola’s Allison Day, UNI’s Grace Boffeli and SIU’s Gabby Walker.

Players from four different schools land spots on the MVC All-Defensive Team. Indiana State’s Del’Janae Williams, Missouri State’s Brice Calip and Abigayle Jackson, SIU’s Abby Brockmeyer and Valparaiso’s Grace White all join the all-defensive unit.

Three schools are represented on the MVC All-Freshman Team. Bradley’s Abbie Draper and Caroline Waite, Drake’s Anna Miller and Katie Dinnebier and Indiana State’s Arianna Smith appear on the five-player rookie team.

Four schools are represented on the MVC All-Newcomer Team. Drake’s Megan Meyer, Evansville’s Myia Clark and Je’Naiya Davis, Missouri State’s Mariah White and Valparaiso’s Olivia Brown appear on the five-player newcomer team.

Missouri Valley Conference specialty awards for Player, Newcomer, Freshman, Defensive Player, Most Improved Player and Sixth Player of the Year will be announced, in addition to the league’s Coach of the Year, at an awards ceremony in between Games 1 and 2 of the MVC Tournament on Thursday, March 10, at TaxSlayer Center in Moline, Ill.

The Panthers returned to the practice floor Tuesday, as they get set for next week’s start of the NIT. UNI lost to Loyola in the semifinals of the Missouri Valley Tournament but gets an automatic spot in the field after winning the regular season title. UNI coach Ben Jacobson…

The pairings will be announced Sunday night and Jacobson expects the Panthers to open on the road.

Jacobson says the Panthers will have a normal week of practice to get ready.

Top seeded Dallas Center-Grimes outscored Carroll 17-6 in the third quarter and raced away to a 65-45 win in a 3A quarterfinal. Senior forward Jackson Jones led the Mustangs with 18 points.

Jones on what triggered the second quarter run.

Carroll ends the season with a record of 16-9.

That’s Carroll coach Randy Bissen.

Winterset outscored Marion 12-8 in overtime to claim a thrilling 81-77 victory in a class 3A quarterfinal. The victory came three days after a tornado claimed the lives of six people in Madison county. Winterset coach Josh Henry.

Henry was pleased with way his team responded after a couple of emotional days.

Junior guard Brayden Dinkla led the Huskies with 26 points.

Dinkla says the Huskies did their best to focus on the game in the wake of the devastation.

Brayson Laube led Marion with 35 points. The Wolves close the season with a record of 19-6.

That’s Marion coach Pete Messerli.

Class 2A Quarterfinals

Monticello 46, Mid-Prairie, Wellman 43 
-Monticello won a back and forth affair to reach the semis. The Panthers outscored the Hawks 20-7 in the second quarter to lead by 11 at the break. Mid-Prairie held Monticello scoreless in the 3rd to regain the edge by 4 before Monticello rallied in the 4th. Tate Peterson led Monticello with 19 points and 4 rebounds. The Panthers move to 22-3. Mid Prairie was led by 11 from Carter Harmsen and they end the season at 24-1.

Rock Valley 73, Jesup 61
-Rock Valley led by 13 at half and as many as 20 late in the fourth quarter to advance to the semifinals. Brys Van Grootheest led Rock Valley with 28 points and Sam Remmerde dropped in 22 and grabbed 14 rebounds. Rock Valley improved to 20-5 on the season. Jesup got 18 points and 11 rebounds from Caron Lienau. Their season ends with a mark of 19-6.

Class 3A Quarterfinals

Dallas Center-Grimes 65, Carroll 45
Top-seed Dallas Center-Grimes hit the gas in the second quarter and raced past Carroll in the first 3A Quarterfinal game of the tourney. The Mustangs shot 58% from the field and hit 9 threes on their way to the win. Jackson Jones led three players in double-figures with 18. Jacob Runyan had 10 points and 10 assists for DC-G. The Mustangs improved to 20-5 on the season. Carroll got 12 points from Kaleb Booth and their season closes at 16-9.

Winterset 81, Marion 77 (OT) | BOX SCORE
Marion got a couple of late buckets to send the game to overtime, but Winterset earned a victory at the foul line in the extra session. The Huskies went 7-12 at the free throw line in overtime and Charlie McDonald hit a big three to help Winterset advance. Brayden Dinkla led Winterset with 26 points and 6 rebounds. Nathan Avery had 22 points and Levi Gurwell added 16. The Huskies improved to 20-5. Marion was led by 35 points from Brayson Laube and they end the season at 19-6.

Central DeWitt 67, Decorah 59 | BOX SCORE
Central DeWitt outscored Decorah 13-7 in the first quarter and held the lead the rest of the way to move to the semis. The Sabers shot 56% from the field and improved to 19-6. Gibson McEwen score 24 points and Shawn Gilbert had 11. Decorah was led by 22 points from Trey McCain and they end the year at 22-2.

Assumption, Davenport 69, Humboldt 65 (OT) | BOX SCORE
Assumption rallied from a 12 point deficit heading into the fourth quarter and to send the game to overtime. Assumption converted on two and-one opportunities in the final minute of regulation and made enough shots in overtime to get the win. Noah Mack had 17 points and 4 rebounds and Luke Klostermann had 16 points and 10 boards. Assumption improves to 20-5. Humboldt was led by 17 points from Will Orness and they end the year at 21-4.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa sophomore forward Keegan Murray, sixth year senior Jordan Bohannon, and redshirt sophomore Patrick McCaffery have earned postseason recognition by the league head coaches and selected media panel, the Big Ten Conference announced on Tuesday.

Murray was a unanimous first team selection by both the media and coaches, marking the third straight season a Hawkeye has been a unanimous first team selection (Luka Garza in 2020 and 2021). Murray was also tabbed a unanimous first-team all-conference honoree by the Associated Press. Bohannon earned honorable mention recognition, while McCaffery is the recipient of Iowa’s Big Ten Men’s Basketball Sportsmanship Award.

Head coach Fran McCaffery has coached a first-team All-Big Ten honoree in seven of the last nine seasons, the most over a nine-year span since 1944-52. Murray joins Devyn Marble (2014), Aaron White (2015), Jarrod Uthoff (2016), Peter Jok (2017), and Garza (2020 and 2021) as first team selections.

Murray ranks first in the country in Player Efficiency Rating (37.8); fourth in points per game (23.3); 29th in field goal percentage (.554); 39th in blocks per contest (2.1); and 46th in double-doubles (9). His 23.3 points per game average is tops among players from a major conference.

Murray is the only player nationally to average 23+ points, 8+ rebounds, and 2+ blocks this season and one of three players from a major conference with those averages over the last decade.

The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native averaged 7.2 points per game last year and is averaging 23.3 this season (+16.1). The last Big Ten player to increase his scoring by 16 points per game from one season to the next was Illinois’ Rick Schmidt, who went from 3.8 ppg in 1972-73 to 21.4 ppg in 1973-74 (+17.6).

Murray, who was voted to the five-player All-Big Ten Freshman Team a year ago, has tallied 20+ points 22 times and 25+ points 13 times this season, both of which rank first among players from major conferences. He has scored 30 points or more four times, the most ever by a Hawkeye underclassman (freshman or sophomore) in a single season.

Bohannon has earned postseason conference recognition for a fifth time, voted to the third team as a junior, honorable mention three times, and voted to the All-Freshman Team in 2017.

The native of Marion, Iowa, ranks second on the team in points (10.9) and assists per game (1.7), and first in 3-pointers per game (2.45).

Bohannon is the program’s career leader in four statistical categories: assists (692), 3-pointers made (440), games played (174), and free throw percentage (.887, 361-407). Bohannon sank a school and Xfinity Center record 10 3-pointers at Maryland on Feb. 10, 2022. The 10 triples were one shy of tying the Big Ten record. His 440 triples are the most in Big Ten history and second most by a player from a major conference (457 by Duke’s J.J. Reddick) in NCAA history. He ranks third in career scoring at Iowa (1,975) and eighth in field goals made (587). He is believed to be the only Division I player to amass more than 675 assists and 440 3-pointers.

McCaffery ranks third on the team in points per game (10.5), and fourth in rebounds (3.8) and blocks (0.5) per contest. The Iowa City native has been playing his best basketball the past month. He has netted double figures in scoring eight of the last 13 games played.

Joining Murray on the first team, by both coaches and media, were Kofi Cockburn of Illinois, Ohio State’s E.J. Liddell, Jaden Ivey of Purdue, and Wisconsin’s Johnny Davis. Purdue’s Trevion Williams was named Sixth Man of the Year by the coaches. The All-Defensive Team consisted of Trent Frazier (Illinois), Trayce Jackson-Davis (Indiana), E.J. Liddell (Ohio State), Caleb McConnell (Rutgers), and Eric Hunter Jr. (Purdue).

Both the media and coaches voted Greg Gard of Wisconsin as the league’s Coach of the Year. The coaches selected McConnell as Defensive Player of the Year and both groups named Ohio State’s Malaki Branham as Freshman of the Year.

No. 24 Iowa (22-9, 12-8) will open Big Ten Tournament play on Thursday in the second round versus Northwestern or Nebraska. Tipoff is scheduled for approximately 1 p.m. (CT) at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

First-Team All-Big Ten: Keegan Murray (unanimous)

Honorable Mention All-Big Ten: Jordan Bohannon

Sportsmanship Award: Patrick McCaffery

Full list of awards here: 2022 All-Big Ten Team and Postseason Honors

IRVING, Texas. – Following the best regular season campaign in school history, the Cyclones were rewarded when the Big 12 honors came rolling in on Monday. Iowa State placed a league-high three on the All-Big 12 First Team for the first time in school history with Ashley Joens, Lexi Donarski and Emily Ryan earning nods from the Big 12 coaches. Donarski was also awarded Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, becoming the first Cyclone ever to earn the honor.

Donarski is a force on defense. Her defensive abilities might be Iowa State’s best-kept secret nationally, but to those in the Big 12 it is no secret the best lock-down defender is Donarski. She held opponents she guarded to a mere 9.3 points and 30 percent shooting, as she was often tasked with defending the opposition’s top performer. Donarski also becomes just the third Cyclone to earn a spot on the Big 12’s All-Defensive Team and the first since Chelsea Poppens in 2011.

In addition to her defensive honors, the La Crosse, Wisconsin native, was also awarded a spot on the All-Big 12 First Team for the first time in her career. The sophomore is currently second on the team in scoring, averaging 14.3 points per game, while netting 38.9 percent from the floor. Her 76 3-pointers also ranks third in the Big 12 and in the top-20 nationally.

Joens earned unanimous All-Big 12 First Team honors for the third time in her Iowa State career, joining Bridget Carleton and Stacy Frese as the only other Cyclones to do so. The Iowa City, Iowa native, leads Iowa State with 20.3 points and 9.2 rebounds per game, while averaging a career best 2.2 assists per game and connecting on a career-best 77 treys. Joens is also shooting at a 41.2 percent clip, the fifth-best mark in the league.   Joens has been a staple for the Cyclones, earning All-America consideration and being named to the Cheryl Miller Award Top 10 yet again.

After leading the Big 12 and ranking in the top-five nationally in assists per game (7.1), Emily Ryan garnered First Team honors for the first time in her career. Ryan has been widely recognized as one of the best floor generals, with 213 dimes on the year, checking in at fourth and counting in the ISU record books. Ryan dished 20 or more dimes to six different Cyclones on the season and recorded five or more assists 20 times this season. A native of Claflin, Kansas, Ryan also averaged 12.6 points per game and has a team-high 53 steals on the season. In league games, Ryan’s stats are even better, averaging 14.6 points and 7.3 dimes per contest.

Iowa State finished the regular season with a school record­ 25 regular-season wins, while also amassing 14 Big 12 wins for the first time. The Cyclones also swept seven Big 12 opponents and won a school record seven Big 12 road games. Iowa State enters the Big 12 Championship as the No. 2 seed with a 25-5 overall record and a 14-4 Big 12 record.

2021-22 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Awards
Coach of the Year: Brandon Schneider, Kansas (Seventh season at Kansas)
Player of the Year: NaLyssa Smith, Baylor, F, 6-4, Sr., Converse, Texas*
Defensive Player of the Year: Lexi Donarski, Iowa State, G, 6-0, So. La Cross, Wis.
Newcomer of the Year: Jordan Lewis, Baylor, G, 5-7, Gr., Windmere, Fla.
Freshman of the Year: Rori Harmon, Texas, G, 5-6, Fr., Houston, Texas
Sixth Player Award: Skylar Vann, Oklahoma, G/F, 5-11, So., Edmond, Okla.

All-Big 12 First Team (honors listed alphabetical by school)

* Unanimous Selection

All-Big 12 Second Team

All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
Ja’Mee Asberry (Baylor), Queen Egbo (Baylor), Zakiyah Franklin (Kansas), Taiyanna Jackson (Kansas), Serena Sundell (Kansas State), Lauren Heard (TCU), Lauren Ebo (Texas), Aliyah Matharu (Texas), K.K. Deans (West Virginia), Kari Niblack (West Virginia), Madisen Smith (West Virginia).

* Unanimous First Team Selection (coaches cannot vote for own players, unanimous denotes voted first team by other nine coaches)

Big 12 All-Defensive Team

Big 12 All-Freshman Team

* Unanimous Selection (coaches cannot vote for own players, unanimous denotes selected for team on other nine ballots)