The 14th ranked Iowa Hawkeye women open the second half of the regular season on Sunday with a visit to Indiana. The Hawkeyes are 13-2 overall and 4-0 in the Big Ten.

That’s Iowa coach Jan Jensen, who feels balance is one of their biggest strengths.

Under veteran coach Teri Moren the Hoosiers are off to an injury plagued, disappointing start to Big Ten play. They take an 0-4 league record into tonight’s game at 25th ranked Nebraska.

Jensen says the series with Indiana has been very competitive and she expects nothing different on Sunday.

Injuries and poor shooting were too much to overcome as the 11th ranked Iowa State women were stunned at Cincinnati 71-63. The Cyclones shot less than 36 percent, were without junior forward Addy Brown due to a back injury and junior guard Arianna Jackson was helped off the court in the fourth with an apparent leg injury.

That’s ISU coach Bill Fennelly. It was the Cyclones second straight loss and Cincinnati’s first Big 12 win.

The Cyclones return to action Sunday by hosting West Virginia.

Northern Iowa suffered its first Missouri Valley Conference loss, Wednesday. Belmont raced out to a 14-point first half lead and beat the Panthers 78-65 in the McLeod Center. The Bruins shot 60 percent for the game, including 10-of-21 from three point range.

That’s UNI coach Ben Jacobson, who says the Panthers were not good enough on the defensive end.

UNI got to within three midway through the second half but Belmont followed with a 15-2 run to put the game away.

Third ranked Iowa State opened the second half with a 14-3 run and went on to a 70-60 win at Baylor, Wednesday night. The Cyclones move to 15-0 for the first time in school history.

That’s ISU coach T. J. Otzelberger. The Cyclones trailed by eight in the opening half before rallying to take a one point lead at the break.

Senior guard Tamin Lipsey scored 20 of his game high 24 points in the second half as the Cyclones move to 2-0 in the Big 12.

Bradley raced out to a 40-19 lead at halftime and blasted Drake 93-66, Wednesday night, in Peoria. The Bulldogs trailed by as many as 40 points in falling to 2-3 in the Missouri Valley Conference race.

That’s Drake coach Eric Henderson. The Bulldogs shot less than 36 percent and put up little resistance on defense as the Braves connected on nearly 51 percent for the game.

Drake falls to 8-8 overall.

The 11th ranked Iowa State women are on the road this (Wednesday) evening in the Big 12, to take on Cincinnati. The Cyclones are 14-1 and looking to bounce back from their first loss of the season to Baylor. The Bearcats are 5-10 overall and 0-3 in the conference.

That’s ISU coach Bill Fennelly. Cincinnati is giving up nearly eight three pointers per game.

TEMPE, Arizona – No. 3 Iowa State won its Big 12 dual opener at Arizona State, 29-14, Tuesday night inside Desert Financial Arena. The Cyclones won seven of ten bouts, including five by bonus-point margin, as they improved to 8-1 in league openers under head coach Kevin Dresser.

Iowa State won the takedown battle, 25-12.

After an Arizona State fall at 133 pounds to open the dual, No. 4 Anthony Echemendia got two of the bonus points back for the Cyclones with a tech fall at 141 pounds. After allowing the first takedown of the match, Echemendia rattled off seven straight takedowns of his own to win, 24-8, in 6:15.

No. 6 Jacob Frost made it back-to-back tech falls for ISU with a dominant 16-1 victory over Daniel Miranda at 149 pounds. The sixth-ranked Cyclone used two takedowns and three turns to end the match early in the second period.

After Arizona State won matches at 157 and 165 pounds, No. 14 MJ Gaitan made his return to the lineup and earned a timely tech fall for the Cyclones at 174 pounds. He recorded six takedowns to defeat Leo Tukhlynovych, 20-5, in his first action since the Cliff Keen Invitational in early December.

At 184 pounds, No. 13 Isaac Dean allowed a first period takedown to Azizbek Fayzullaev but recorded two of his own in the second period to earn an 8-5 decision. The win pushed the team score to 18-14 in favor of the Cyclones with three matches remaining.

CJ Carter earned a quality win with a 4-3 decision over three-time NCAA Qualifier Colton Hawks. It was a low scoring affair with the Cyclone getting the match’s only takedown with a clever reattack in the third period.

No. 1 Yonger Bastida maintained his unblemished record with a top-20 victory over No. 19 David Szuba. Bastida had a slow start to the match as they wrestled to a scoreless first period but turned on the jets for five takedowns in an 18-5 major decision.

The dual closed with the lightweights as No. 13 Stevo Poulin started fast with two takedowns and four near fall points to lead 10-1 after the opening period. Poulin managed only an escape and a riding time point the remainder of the match in a 12-1 major decision over Damian Moreno.

UP NEXT
Iowa State continues its road trip Sunday, Jan. 11 at North Dakota State. That dual will start at 1 p.m. on NDSU All-Access.

MATCH-BY-MATCH RESULTS
No. 3 Iowa State 29, Arizona State 14
133: No. 6 Kyler Larkin (ASU) WBF Adrian Meza (ISU), 4:45
141: No. 4 Anthony Echemendia (ISU) TF Benji Alanis (ASU), 24-8 (6:15)
149: No. 6 Jacob Frost (ISU) TF Daniel Miranda (ASU), 16-1 (4:09)
157: No. 3 [149] Kaleb Larkin (ASU) dec. No. 3 Vinny Zerban (ISU), 4-1
165: No. 14 Nicco Ruiz (ASU) TF No. 18 Connor Euton (ISU), 19-3 (6:05)
174: No. 14 MJ Gaitan (ISU) TF Leo Tukhlynovych (ASU), 20-5 (6:07)
184: No. 13 Isaac Dean (ISU) dec. Azizbek Fayzullaev (ASU), 8-5
197: CJ Carter (ISU) dec. Colton Hawks (ASU), 4-3
285: No. 1 Yonger Bastida (ISU) maj. dec. No. 19 David Szuba (ASU), 18-5
125: No. 14 Stevo Poulin (ISU) maj. dec. Damian Moreno (ASU), 12-1
*InterMat Rankings (1/6/26)

PANORAMA INVITATIONAL 

Team Scores

1. SWAT – 112 pts

2. Atlantic – 110.5 pts

3. Creston – 100 pts

4. Panorama – 88 pts

5. Interstate-35 – 76 pts

6. Mount Ayr – 63 pts

7. Perry – 44.5 pts

8. Harlan – 23

Top Finishers:

Atlantic – Cadence Kinzie (1st – 115), Leiah Thomas (1st – 155), Haley Armstrong (1st – 235), Aspen Smith (2nd – 110), Willow Drake (2nd – 125), Josephine Miller (3rd – 170), Faithlynn Scholl (5th – 130)

SWAT – Nadia South (1st – 110), Bailey Lillard (1st – 145), Megan Gerlock (1st – 190), Destiny Fry (2nd – 115), Alivia Knuth (2nd – 135), Jenna Hardisty (3rd – 120), Jelina Gutierrez (3rd – 125), Erin South (3rd – 130)

DUALS AT EAST UNION 

Griswold – 18 vs Shenandoah – 18

East Mills – 19 vs Griswold – 18

East Union -42 vs Griswold – 6

Southwest Valley – 38 – Griswold – 0

Southwest Valley – 35 vs East Mills – 18

Southwest Valley – 36 vs Shenandoah – 6

Southwest Valley – 31 vs East Union – 30

Individual Winners 

Griswold – Brianna Dofner (2), Alexis Dofner (2), Addalynn Phelps (2), Payton Miles

Southwest Valley – Josslyn Benge (4), Kenzie Maeder (4), Akima Whipple (4), Alice Bell (4), Deklyn Mullen (3), Journey Hartley (3), Destiny Easley (3)

QUAD AT OABCIG 

Atlantic – 49 vs Logan-Magnolia – 30

Atlantic – 57 vs OABCIG – 6

Atlantic – 65 vs Woodbine – 6

Individual Wins

Atlantic – Dayton Van Horn (3), Braxton Hass (3), Landon Hagen (3), Kalvin Hayes (3), Jayden Harter (3), Drevan Smith (3), Donovan Hedrington (3), Dayton Van Horn (3), Cooper Woolley (3), Callan Kluever (2), Brogan Duff

QUAD AT KUEMPER CATHOLIC

Audubon – 41 vs Kuemper Catholic – 36

Audubon – 45 vs Coon Rapids-Bayard – 26

Carroll – 56 vs Audubon – 15

Individual Wins

Audubon – Karson Julesgaard (3), Leyton Elmquist (3), Jon Rasmussen (3), Karter Obermeier (2), Thomas Houge (2), Mason Kasperbauer (2), Lane Meyer (2), Ethan Haubrich

QUAD AT CLARINDA

Southwest Valley – 42 vs Clarinda – 39

Southwest Valley – 47 vs Red Oak – 26

Southwest Valley – 49 vs St. Albert – 15

Individual Wins

Southwest Valley – Degan Farwell (3), Ben Waddell (3), Wyatt Shires (3), Brody Sparks (2), Brody Crozier (3), Brylan Marks (3), Gavin Wetzel (3), Lucas James, Griffin Wetzel, Carson Cooper

TRINGULAR AT SHENANDOAH

Shenandoah – 53 vs AHSTW – 6

Southwest Iowa – 54 vs AHSTW – 15

Individual Wins

AHSTW – Roman Scheffler (2), Nikko Stearns, Drake Kiesel

Hawkeye Ten Conference 

Atlantic – 50 vs Glenwood – 40

Lewis Central – 39 vs Harlan – 27

Red Oak – 32 vs Denison-Schleswig – 30

Creston – 52 vs Clarinda – 50

Western Iowa Conference 

Riverside – 37 vs Underwood – 17

AHSTW – 48 vs IKM-Manning – 43

Treynor – 54 vs Tri-Center – 18

Corner Conference 

Stanton – 48 vs Griswold – 44

Fremont-Mills – 42 vs Bedford – 30

East Mills – 58 vs Essex – 22

Rolling Valley Conference 

CAM – 56 vs Glidden-Ralston – 50

Coon Rapids-Bayard – 59 vs Boyer Valley – 22

Woodbine – 43 vs Paton-Churdan – 34

Pride of Iowa Conference 

Nodaway Valley – 58 vs Southwest Valley – 44

Mount Ayr – 61 vs Lenox – 14

West Central Activities Conference 

Des Moines Christian – 73 vs ACGC – 37

Non-Conference 

Missouri Valley – 52 vs Ar-We-Va – 37