Missouri State outscored Drake 38-27 in the second half on their way to a 61-56 win. The Bears were led by 15 points from Donovan Clay and 13 from Gaige Prim.

Garrett Sturtz led Drake with 16 points and 11 rebounds. Roman Penn added 13 points as the Bulldogs drop to 10-6 on the season and 1-1 in the Valley.

Next up for the Bulldogs is a home game against Indiana State on Saturday at 5:00 p.m.

The UNI men’s basketball team opened up Missouri Valley Conference play with a 83-61 win over Evansville on Sunday in Cedar Falls. AJ Green led 5 Panthers in double figures with 18 points.

UNI built a 7 point halftime lead and blew the game wide open in the second half. Trae Berhow had 16 points and Noah Carter added 15.

UNI improved to 6-7 on the season and Evansville falls to 4-10. Next up for the Panthers is a Wednesday home game against Valparaiso at 8:00 p.m.

The Iowa women’s basketball team improved to 7-3 with a dominating 93-56 win over Evansville on Sunday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The game was a replacement for a match-up with Illinois that was postponed due to COVID-19 issues within the Illinois program.

Caitlin Clark had a historic day scoring a Carver-Hawkeye Arena record 44 points. That total was a career high for Clark and in the process she surpassed 1,000 point mark for her career in the first quarter. She reached the mark faster than any other women’s basketball player in Big Ten history.

Up Next: Iowa returns to Big Ten play as it hosts Northwestern on Thursday, Jan. 30 inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. (CT) on B1G Network.

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee – A trio of Hawkeye wrestlers took home top four finishes at the Southern Scuffle at McKenzie Arena on Sunday. Freshman Drake Ayala picked up a third place finish while redshirt freshman Cullan Schriever and senior Aaron Costello finished fourth to cap off their weekends.

Ayala began his day with a hard-fought 6-5 loss against Minnesota All-American Patrick McKee in the 125-pound semifinals. In the consolation semifinals, Ayala got back in the win column, defeating Appalachian State’s Caleb Smith in a 5-2 decision. In the third-place match, Ayala trailed 7-0 entering the third period. The freshman scored a takedown at the edge of the mat with 1:36 remaining, and eventually scored three more takedowns in the period. Trailing by two in the final seconds, Ayala secured his final takedown followed by four nearfall points to win a 14-10 decision in spectacular fashion.

Schriever dropped his 133-pound semifinal bout to the bracket champion, Michigan State’s Rayvon Foley via 5-0 decision, before rebounding with a 9-2 decision over Missouri’s Trey Crawford in the consolation semifinals. In the third-place match, Chattanooga’s Brayden Palmer defeated Schriever, 4-2.

In his semifinal matchup Costello fell to Lewis Fernandes of Cornell via major decision, 9-0. Costello then won by decision, 7-5, to Tyrie Houghton of North Carolina State in the consolation semis to earn his way to the third-place match. In the third-place matchup, North Dakota State’s Brandon Metz defeated Costello by decision, 4-1.

At 141 pounds, freshman Wyatt Henson finished his weekend going 3-0 on the day. Henson defeated Appalachian State’s Heath Goyner, 6-2, to begin his day and followed it up with a win over Rider’s Quinn Kinner (7-3). Henson won via medical forfeit to finish fifth.

Redshirt freshman Patrick Kennedy and senior Brennan Swafford each wrestled back to sixth-place finishes.

Up Next: The No. 1 Hawkeyes play host to No. 14 Minnesota on Jan. 7 at 8 p.m. (CT). The dual will be broadcast live on the Big Ten Network.

AMES, Iowa – No. 14 Iowa State (12-1, 1-0 Big 12) rang in 2022 and Big 12 action with an 88-72 win over West Virginia (7-4, 0-1 Big 12). As a team, the Cyclones finished with 26 assists on 33 made baskets, while outrebounding the Mountaineers 45-34 en route to its fifth-straight win of the season.

In total, five Cyclones finished in double figures, led by a 29-point, 11-rebound performance from Ashley Joens, marking her 38^th career double-double. Beatriz Jordão tied her season high with 14 points, while tying her career-high with three assists. Lexi Donarski added 14 points, while Morgan Kane chipped in 10 points off the bench.

Emily Ryan had another tremendous performance at the point, recording her second-straight double-double with 10 points and 16 dimes. She finished just one rebound shy of a triple double with nine boards. Her 16-assist performance tied the ISU school record, set by Lyndsey Medders on Dec. 30, 2005 against IPFW. Her 16 dimes also set a new career high for the second time in as many games, following a 15-assist performance in ISU’s last game against Prairie View A&M.

Up Next

Iowa State hits the road to face Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., on Wednesday, Jan. 5. The game will be at 6 p.m. on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

Alex O’Connell hit a three at the buzzer of overtime to force another extra session and Creighton outscored Marquette 8-2 the rest of the way for a 75-69 double overtime win on Saturday.

Marquette rallied all the way back from 17 points down early in the second half to get the game to overtime in the first place. The Bluejays then overcame a five point deficit in the final 62 seconds of overtime to keep the game alive.

Ryan Hawkins had 18 points with 12 rebounds for his 34th career double-double. He hit a big three in the second overtime that broke a 69-all tie. Ryan Kalkbrenner had a monster game with 20 points and 12 rebounds, both career highs to go along with 4 blocks.

Creighton improved to 10-3 overall and 2-0 in the Big East. Marquette fell to 8-6 overall and 0-3 in the Big East.

Next up for the Bluejays is a Wednesday visit to Villanova for a 7:30 p.m. game on FS1.

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee – Six Hawkeyes advanced to the quarterfinal round and four moved on to the semifinals at the Southern Scuffle at McKenzie Arena on Saturday. Drake Ayala, Aaron Costello, Cullan Schriever and Brennan Swafford all advanced to the semifinals slated for noon (CT) on Sunday. 

Ayala, a freshman from Fort Dodge, Iowa, picked up a tech fall in the first round before topping Oklahoma State’s Reece Witcraft via 17-6 major decision in the round of 16. In the quarterfinals, Ayala handled Missouri’s Noah Surtin, winning a 9-3 decision over the tournament’s No. 3 seed while accumulating 2:41 of riding time. The unseeded Ayala will square off with No. 2 seed Patrick McKee of Minnesota in the semifinals. 

Senior Aaron Costello put on a dominating performance in the round of 64 defeating Josiah Hill of Arkansas-Little Rock by major decision, 14-5.  In the round of 32 he made quick work of Stanford’s Seamus O’Malley pinning him in 2:20. Costello defeated Michael Wolfgram of West Virginia by decision, 5-3, to advance to the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, with the score tied 1-1 with six seconds remaining in the third period, Costello scored a takedown to win by decision and advance. Costello matches up against Cornell’s No. 2 seed Lewis Fernandes in the semifinals. 

Redshirt freshman Cullan Schriever picked up three decisions and a major decision, going 4-0 on his way to the semifinals. Schriever defeated Buffalo’s Derek Spann, 3-2, in his quarterfinal match. Schriever escaped to begin the second period to tie the match at 1-1, before scoring a takedown at the start of the third period that proved to be the difference in the match. Schriever will wrestle Michigan State’s Rayvon Foley – the bracket’s No. 1 seed – in the semifinals. 

Senior and two-time NAIA National Champion Brennan Swafford earned a major decision in round one and won by decision in both the round of 16 and the quarterfinals to advance to Sunday’s semifinals. Swafford won a dominant 9-0 major decision in the round of 32 over Chattanooga’s Thomas Sell, and defeated North Dakota State’s Riley Habisch, 9-6, in the quarterfinals. Swafford wrestles South Dakota State’s Cade DeVos, a Southeast Polk High School alum and the bracket’s No. 2 seed, in the semifinals. 

Freshman Wyatt Henson and redshirt freshman Patrick Kennedy each advanced to the quarterfinal round. Henson was pinned by Missouri’s Allan Hart and Kennedy lost a 6-4 decision to West Virginia’s Peyton Hall in sudden victory. In the consolations Kennedy will face Caleb Fish of Michigan State, and Henson will face Heath Gonyer of Appalachian State. 

Action resumes at 10 a.m (CT). Live results and a video stream are available at FLO.

The University of Iowa wrestling program announced Saturday that senior Spencer Lee will undergo surgery and miss the remainder of the 2021-22 season. The decision to have season-ending surgery was made collectively by Lee, his family, and the Iowa coaching staff and medical team.

DES MOINES, IOWA – Six members of the Drake University women’s basketball team scored in double-digits to conquer Evansville, 97-54 on a snowy New Year’s Day in the Knapp Center.

The Bulldogs took the early lead and never looked back. The Aces tied the game in the first four minutes, 2-2, but were unable to come out on top. Entering halftime, Drake led 47-23.

All 13 of Drake’s players entered the game and all recorded a stat in at least one category. The Bulldogs tied a season high of 31 assists during their 40 minutes on the court and grabbed a season high 59 rebounds.

Freshman forward Anna Miller recorded her second career double-double to pace the Bulldogs. She tallied 13 points and nine rebounds in the first half alone. She finished with 16 points and a career high 14 rebounds.

The Bulldogs resume Valley play on Friday Jan. 7 in Chicago, as they take on Loyola.

Wan’Dale Robinson hauled in a 52 yard reception from Will Levis down to the Iowa 1 yard line with under three minutes left, setting up the winning touchdown for Kentucky in the Citrus Bowl Saturday. The Wildcats punched it in after a penalty pushed them back to the 6 yard line and the Wildcats hung on for a 20-17 win.

Iowa had one final chance to get down the field to tie or win the game but a Spencer Petras pass was intercepted by Deandre Square at the Kentucky 26 yard line, sealing the Wildcat win.

Levis finished the game 17-28 for 233 yards, 1 touchdown, and 1 interception. Robinson had 10 catches for 170 yards on the day. The Wildcats finished 10-3 on the season.

Petras finished 19-30 passing or 211 yards, 1 touchdown, and 3 interceptions. Sam LaPorta had 7 catches fro 122 yards and 1 score.

Iowa finishes the year at 10-4 and their streak of 15 straight wins against non-conference opponents was snapped. Iowa opens the 2022 season hosting South Dakota State on September 3rd at Kinnick Stadium.