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The top two wrestling teams in the country collide tonight (Friday night) in Iowa City, when top ranked Penn State visits second ranked Iowa. The Hawkeyes put their 29-match win streak in duals on the line. Iowa coach Tom Brands.
A sold out crowd of nearly 15 thousand will be on hand at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Brands says it will be up to the Hawkeyes to make the crowd a factor.
Iowa 197 pounder Jacob Warner says the Hawkeyes and Nittany Lions begin each season with the goal of winning an NCAA title.
Iowa 174-pounder Michael Kemerer says it has developed into a great rivalry.
Iowa opened the season top ranked but fell to second after three time national champion Spencer Lee had to cut his season short for ACL surgery on both knees.
The 23rd ranked Iowa Hawkeye women look for their seventh straight win tonight (Friday night), with a visit to Northwestern. The Hawkeyes last loss was at home to the Wildcats back on January sixth. Hawkeye coach Lisa Bluder.
Bluder says the Hawkeyes are a much more confident team than the first time they played Northwestern.
After setting a Big Ten record with 18 assists in a win at Penn State Hawkeye sophomore Caitlin Clark heads into the game as the nation’s leader in scoring and assists.
Clark says limiting turnovers against Northwestern is a key.
The Hawkeyes are 7-1 in the Big Ten.
The 2022 Southwest Iowa District Coaches and Official of the Year awards were announced on Thursday.
Coach of the Year honors from each class were:
1A- Joe Stephens, Underwood
2A- Cody Downing, Creston
3A- Clint Manny- Indianola
The Official of the Year in the Southwest Region is Shawn Angell.
AMES, Iowa – Iowa State freshman guard Tyrese Hunter is one of 15 players named to the Naismith Men’s Defensive Player of the Year Watch List.
The Racine, Wisconsin, native is leading the Big 12 Conference with 42 steals, which also leads all freshmen nationally. He has 12 games with multiple steals and five games with at least four steals. Additionally, Hunter has five blocks.
He is one of three Big 12 players on the list, joining Baylor’s Jonathan Tchamwa Tchatchoua and Texas Tech’s Kevin McCullar.
Hunter and the No. 23 Cyclones return to action Saturday when they host Missouri in the Big 12/SEC Challenge at Hilton Coliseum at 1 p.m.
Naismith Men’s Defensive Player of the Year Watch List
(Radio Iowa) – The annual University of Okoboji Winter Games begin today (Thursday) with thousands of people expected to take part through the weekend. Okoboji Director of Tourism Rebecca Peters estimates the games for the fictional university have a three-million-dollar economic impact on the area.
The games feature everything from a polar plunge, broom ball, snowmobiles, and a kite festival. Most of the tourism in the area happens when the lakes aren’t frozen and there’s no snow on the ground.
Peters says there’s another benefit to the winter games as she says finding ways for locals to enjoy Okoboji beyond the summer months has helped fuel population growth in Dickinson County.
(By Kendall Crawford, Iowa Public Radio)
The Drake Bulldogs edged out a one-point overtime victory at Illinois State on Wednesday night. Roman Penn split a pair of free throws late in regulation to send it to the extra session. Garrett Sturtz hit a pair of free throws in overtime with 1:24 left that would prove to be the winning points.
The two teams went back and forth all-night before the defenses locked down at the end of the overtime period. DJ Wilkins and Tucker DeVries both scored 18 points. ShanQuan Hemphill dropped in 15 points and Garrett Sturtz had 14.
The Bulldogs have now won three games by one point on the road in MVC play. Drake improved to 15-6 overall and 6-2 in the Valley.
Next up for the Bulldogs is a home meeting with Loyola on Sunday at 1:00 p.m.
The UNI Panthers picked up a road win over Evansville on Wednesday night 64-59. AJ Green led the charge with 18 points and Nate Heise added 12 points and 7 rebounds.
UNI shot a blistering 51% from the field to grab the win. The Panthers led by 8 at halftime and held of the Purple Aces the rest of the way.
The Panthers improved to 10-9 overall and are now 6-3 in Missouri Valley Conference play.
Next up for UNI is a home game on Saturday against Illinois State.
Iowa State finally broke through on the road in the Big 12 in overtime.
(John Walters on the Cyclone Network.) Izaiah Brockington scored 26 points Wednesday night, as the 23rd ranked Cyclones beat Oklahoma State 84-81 as they move to 3-5 in the Big 12.
Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger. The game featured 28 lead changes and neither team led by more than four points.
Otzelberger was happy with the way his team bounced back from a home loss to TCU.
The 13th ranked Iowa State women outscored Kansas 24-12 in the opening quarter, Wednesday night, and cruised a a 77-62 win as the Cyclones snapped a two game losing skid. ISU coach Bill Fennelly.
Ashley Joens had 21 points and 11 rebounds. The Cyclones are 6-2 in the Big 12 and visit Texas Tech on Saturday.
Winners of three of their last four the Iowa Hawkeyes are at home tonight (Thursday night) against Purdue. Iowa is 4-4 in the Big Ten and must answer the physical challenge the Boilers offer in the paint.
That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery who says the Hawkeyes want to push the tempo.
Iowa’s defense and rebounding has improved in recent weeks and McCaffery says that needs to continue.
Iowa leading scorer Keegan Murray missed the first meeting against Purdue with an ankle injury. It was a 77-70 Hawkeye loss in Mackey Arena back on December third.
Murray hopes the homecourt is an advantage for the Hawkeyes.
Murray says watching the first game from the bench helps him going into Thursday’s game.
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