The 12th ranked Iowa Hawkeye women shot a sizzling 59 percent in a 93-64 win over Northwestern.

Iowa coach Lisa Bluder. Caitlin Clark had 20 points and added 14 assists. Freshman Hannah Stuelke was a big lift off the bench with 17 points and nine rebounds. Bluder called it a consistent effort.

Iowa is now 5-1 in the Big Ten.

A balanced effort led the 15th ranked Iowa State women over Kansas State. Emily Ryan was one of four Cyclones with 14 points in 67-56 win in Ames.

It was ISU’s first game without senior center Stephanie Soares. She is out for the season with an ACL injury.

That’s Iowa State coach Bill Fennelly.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa redshirt senior Spencer Lee has been named the Big Ten Co-Wrestler of the Week, it was announced Wednesday by the league office.  It is Lee’s fifth career weekly honor.

The Murrysville, Pennsylvania, native earned the distinction after recording two first-period falls last week in dual victories over Illinois and Purdue.  They were Lee’s second and third consecutive pins this season, moving his record to 7-0 with seven bonus point victories.

Lee opened the weekend with a fall in 2:22 against Illinois’ Maximo Renteria and he followed it up with a 2:54 fall of Purdue’s ninth-ranked Matt Ramos.  Lee fought back from an early 8-1 deficit in the first period to tie the match before eventually notching his fourth fall of the season.

In seven matches, Lee has wrestled seven minutes twice and he has been on the mat a total of 25:02.

The win over Ramos was Lee’s first over a ranked opponent this season and it ran his winning streak to 45 dating back to the 2018-19 season.  Lee has 73 career bonus point victories amongst his 85 career wins.

Lee was previously recognized as the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week once during the 2017-18 season, twice (in consecutive weeks) during the 2020-21 campaign and once last season.

He is the second Hawkeye to earn the weekly distinction this season, joining junior Cobe Siebrecht, who was honored on Nov. 30.  Lee shared this weekly honor with Illinois’ Zac Braunagel.

The second-ranked Hawkeyes (9-0, 2-0) return to action Friday, hosting No. 11 Northwestern at 8:05 p.m. (CT) on Mediacom Mat inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.  The dual will be televised live on ESPNU.

Landowners/tenants with land registered with the Iowa DNR in one of the 21 counties open to the January antlerless season are eligible to participate on the farm unit in the open county. The January antlerless season is Jan. 11- 22. Licenses will be available beginning Jan. 11, from license vendors in the open counties.

The January antlerless season is open in Adair, Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Clarke, Clayton, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Fayette, Jefferson, Lee, Lucas, Madison, Monroe, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Wayne and Winneshiek counties. Landowner/tenant licenses are not subject to county quotas.

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@ Griswold

Red Oak 12, Denison-Schleswig 0
Red Oak 6, SWAT 0
Southwest Iowa 3, Red Oak 0
Southwest Iowa 18, Denison-Schleswig 0
SWAT 42, Denison-Schleswig 30
(SWAT Winners: Haley Armstrong, Jazz Christensen, Ady Lundquist, Quincy Sorensen, Lilly Johnson, Grace Britten, Ellen Gerlock)

Pella Tournament

Martensdale-St. Marys had three winners at the Pella Tournament. Zoey Donehoo at 130B, Rylie Parker at 190C, and Makenna Fetters at 235B.

Iowa women’s coach Lisa Bluder says Northwestern is much better than its 0-5 Big Ten record. The 12th ranked Hawkeyes host the Wildcats tonight (Wednesday night).

Bluder says Northwestern has played a brutal schedule to start Big Ten play.

Iowa is coming off a win at nationally ranked Michigan that Bluder feels was their most complete performance to date.

The Hawkeyes are 3-1 in the Big Ten. Listen for the game on KJAN beginning at 6:15-p.m.

The Drake and UNI women collide tonight (Wednesday night) in Des Moines. Both teams are 3-1 in Missouri Valley play and UNI coach Tanya Warren says the Bulldogs like to change defenses.

Warren says the Bulldogs will be difficult to guard.

The Bulldogs are coming off home wins over Belmont and Murray State.

That’s Drake coach Allison Pohlman. The Bulldogs have won three straight in conference play despite losing senior guard Megan Meyer to a season ending knee injury.

That’s senior forward Grace Berg.

Iowa State women’s coach Bill Fennelly says replacing Stephanie Soares will be a work in progress. ISU’s senior center suffered a season ending ACL injury in Sunday’s loss at Oklahoma. The 15th ranked Cyclones are at home Wednesday night against Kansas State.

Fennelly says the Cyclones will be a different type of team going forward.

Fennelly says they will try to get Soares another season.

Iowa State is 4-0 in the Big 12. The 14th ranked Cyclones raced out to a 19-point lead at halftime and clobbered Texas Tech 84-50, Tuesday. Gabe Kalscheur had a season high 25 points to go along with seven rebounds.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger. The Cyclones dominated the glass and forced 18 turnovers.

Otzelberger says the key to the fast start was defense.

Drake finally broke through on the road. Tucker DeVries scored seven points in the final minute-11 of overtime, Tuesday, as the Bulldogs won at Illinois-Chicago 76-71. Drake won despite squandering a late five point lead in regulation.

That’s Drake coach Darian DeVries who says while the Bulldogs made some mistakes a number of players stepped up when needed.

Drake improves to 4-3 in the Missouri Valley.