The Iowa State women took command in the fourth quarter and won at Kansas State 93-79. Junior Center Audi Crooks scored 41 points and added 13 rebounds. Crooks was 16-of-19 from the field and nine-of-nine at the free throw line.

The Cyclones finish the regular season 10-8 in the Big 12. ISU avoids the play-in round. The Cyclones will be the seventh seed in the conference tournament and open on Thursday.

Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger says rebounding and defense is the focus as the fourth ranked Cyclones get ready for Monday night’s visit to second ranked Arizona. The Cyclones are coming off an 82-73 loss at home to 16th ranked Texas Tech. The Red Raiders shot better that 58 percent for the game and out-rebounded the Cyclones 35-29.

Saturday’s loss knocked Iowa State of of the Big 12 regular season title hunt. Arizona clinches sole possession of the title with a victory Monday night.

Iowa State senior guard Tamin Lipsey says playing the Wildcats allowed them to shift their focus quickly.
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Matt Walker was formally introduced as the new football coach at Drake. The former Wisconsin-River Falls coach takes over a Bulldog program that has won three straight Pioneer Football League titles. Walker led River Falls to the NCAA Division III national championship this past season.

Walker says he inherits a program with winning tradition and a strong culture.

In the age of the transfer portal, Walker expects nearly the entire roster to remain with the program.

Walker is bring several of his assistants from River Falls but is also retaining several members of the previous Drake staff.

Walker replaces Joe Woodley, who resigned to join the staff at Rutgers.

Substate 1:

Dowling Catholic – 64 vs Sioux City East – 37

Norwalk – 81 vs Sioux City West – 52

Substate 2:

Ames 60 – vs Mason City – 54

Urbandale – 71 vs Ankeny Centennial – 51

Substate 3: 

Waukee Northwest – 101 vs Iowa City Liberty – 58

Ankeny – 72 vs Valley – 36

Substate 4:

Cedar Falls – 78 vs Iowa City High – 45

Linn-Mar – 63 vs Davenport North – 50

Substate 5: 

Dubuque Senior – 71 vs Pleasant Valley – 48

Muscatine – 65 vs Cedar Rapids Kennedy – 58

Substate 6: 

Prairie – 59 vs Davenport Central – 42

North Scott – 62 Bettendorf – 47

Substate 7:

Des Moines Roosevelt – 79 vs Des Moines East – 52

Johnston – 61 vs Dallas Center-Grimes – 43

Substate 8:

Waukee – 85 vs Lewis Central – 44

Council Bluffs-Lincoln – 78 vs Southeast Polk – 53

The Riverside Boys Wrestling team capped off a successful season by sending seven wrestlers to state, which included a state title winner in Drew Anderson, who won the 138-weight division. Riverside consistently sends multiple wrestlers to state every year, and this season they were rewarded with a state champion. Head Coach Casey Conover is very happy with how the team performed this season. He thinks the success of this season made it very rewarding and thought his boys did a great job from start to finish.

A lot of the success of the team can be attributed to the work put in by the seniors and leaders of the team:

Coach Conover is looking forward to what his younger wrestlers can do for the future of the program:

Riverside’s success can be traced back to their mindset before every match:

The Bulldogs finished with one state title this season. Drew Anderson took home the title in the Class 1A 138 division.

Substate 1:

Carroll – 77 vs Saydel – 51

Sioux Center – 58 vs MOC Floyd-Valley – 46

Substate 2:

North Polk – 54 vs Clear Lake – 52

Gilbert – 63 vs Knoxville – 40

Substate 3:

Wahlert Catholic – 86 vs Decorah – 55

Xavier – 64 vs Waverly Shell-Rock – 52

Substate 4:

Solon – 71 vs Assumption – 51

Central Dewitt – 54 vs Marion – 52

Substate 5:

Pella – 76 vs Washington – 38

Keokuk – 64 vs Center Point-Urbana – 58

Substate 6:

ADM – 76 vs Benton – 35

Nevada – 70 vs Bondurant-Farrar – 53

Substate 7: 

Ballard – 78 vs Des Moines Christian – 52

Oskaloosa – 53 vs Winterset – 38

Substate 8:

Storm Lake – 82 vs Algona – 36

Sergeant Bluff-Luton – 54 vs Bishop Heelan – 47

Slow starts have been too common for the Iowa basketball team and coach Ben McCollum says the Hawkeyes can’t afford another one tomorrow when they visit Penn State. Under third year coach Mike Rhoades the Nittany Lions are just 2-15 in the Big Ten but there have been several near misses against some of the top teams, especially at home.

Penn State averages fewer than six thousand fans per home game so the crowd may not provide a lot of energy.

After struggling for a few weeks McCollum feels the Hawkeyes have gotten back to playing good defense.

The Hawkeyes are 10-7 in the Big Ten and 20-8 overall.

The Drake women saw a 15-point second half lead evaporate but held on for an 87-85 win Thursday, at Evansville. Anna Becker’s layup with 11 seconds remaining was the game winner.

That’s Drake coach Allison Pohlman. Drake improved to 8-9 in the Missouri Valley Conference despite giving up 27 fourth quarter points.