bennett koch keeps the ball, drives and he throws it down firing up the crowd... he had a double- - uble, 22 popots and 11 rebounds ... later, uni in transition... it's waverly-shell rock grad klint carlson with the rim-rocker... panthers down by 3 ... the salukis pushed their lead back to 10... cedar rarads washington grad wes washpun drives, count the basket and one... he had 16, deficit is down to 8 ... the salukis went up 11, but uni continues to fight... karlson wide open for the easy two-handed flush... panthers trail 23-17 ... closing minute of the first half... linn-mar grad matt bohannon buries the three-ball corner pocket.. he had 12... uni wins back-to- ... to the wrestling mat, northern iowa hosting ohio in the west gym ... 125, denver native dylan peters fires up the crowd with this first period pin against shakur laney... panthers start off the atch with six points ... but ohio comes back to wiwi the next three matches... this is 141, noah forrider gets two points for the takedown... he'd get the 10-4 decision... ohio leads 9-6 ... uninswers back at

bennett koch had a double- double, 22 points and 11 rebounds uni wins back- to-back games with the 67-58 win women's scores from today. northwestern. and it's sweep for the hawks. 79-64 the final. 5 players finished in double figures, led by chase coley's 19. freshman megan gustafson recorded her 2nd straight double double with 15 and 13. hawks back in action, thursday at indiana. then in the valley, drake takes down loyola chicago, 81-65. lizzy wendell led all scorers with 25. and uni holds off bradley, 55-47. madison weekly led all scorers in that one with 18. bulldogs and panthers remain tied for first atop the valley. both play again on friday. jordan: dorothy said it best, there's no place like home. iowa state wrestling is probably thinking the same thing. the cyclone grapplers haven't been at hilton since december 12th. they're also hoping it can snap their current three game skid... 14th ranked isu hosting #20 central michigan. 133 pounds. 9th ranked earl hall gets the 2 point takedown. he went on to get the 6-2 decision. 165 pounds, 9th ranked tanner another takedown. he won

bennett koch with the inside track... he goes off the window to tie it up 21-21 ... later in the first half, matt bohannon kicks it out to wes wasphun in the corner... play that string music... panthers down 3... they trailed 40-38 at the break ... 2nd half, washshn goes to work....he drills another deep three from the top of the key... uni down 43-41... the former cedar rapids washington grad had a team-high 23 points as he drives for two more... panthers still down two ... but it was all illinois state after that... mikyle mcintosh hits a three to beat the shot clock... uni's ... iowa state women's basketball hosting 4th ranked baylor at hilton coliseum ... it was back and forth in the first quarter... south tama grad madison baier powers her way through for the deuce... cyclones lead 12-9 ... baylor led 37-26 at halftime... iowa state tries to come back in the third... jadda buckley with the catch and shoot three- pointer ... next possession, seanna johnson dialal long distance and connects for three of her 22... cyclones down by six ... but it was all baylor afte

quickly out to a 4 point edge -- wes washpun -- with a solid outing -- 23 in the ballgame ---- and bennett koch -- keeping things going -- panthers up 8 in just the first 7 minutes -- but illinois state -- finshes the half strong -- tony wills from downtown -- redbirds would lead 40, 38 at the half -- second half -- panthers down 2 -- washpun hits the j to knot things at 43 apiecece-- devaughn akoon- purcell -- the board and the bucket -- part of an 8-oh runun-- anan it's another tough one for uni -- they fall 76-67 -- oklahoma -- still number one for the time being -- at 13th ranked baylor -- looking to bounce back from theirr loss in ames -- and doing it with the longball -- jordan woodard on fire in the ballgame -- 5 of 8 from the arc -- 20 points -- sooners led by 7 at the break -- and idn't slow down in the second half -- ryan spangler from downtown -- oklahoma comes back with 16 treys -- impressive win at baylor today 82 to 72 -- baylor women also in action today as iowa state played host to the number four bears -- and the cyclones fell behind early -- alexis prince hits the trey -- bayl

drake x to x at the half -- and in the second half -- they away -- washpun with the nice pass to bennett koch for a 49, team high 21 tonight -- panthers roll 77, 44 -- iowa state going after a couple straight big 12 wins, hosting baylor -- cyclones came hot out of the gate -- matt thomas drills the trey for an early 12 point edge -- later in the half -- georges niang with the lob to abdel nader -- iowa state would hald a 4 point lead at the break -- but things went south in the second half -- johnathan motley from the corner -- three-ball cuts the lead down to 5 -- later -- bears down 2 -- that's lester medford on the opposite half -- cyclones drop their first game at hilton -- they fall 94 to 89 -- we learned prior to the rose bowl that kirk ferentz would be honored with the eddie robinson award -- and tonight that happened -- as he received the prestigous coach of the year honor in arizona ahead of monday's national title game -- ferentz is the first hawkeye to and oh regular season and the team's first rose bowl since 1991 -- waterloo native, former uni assistant chris klieman looking to l

first -- siu's anthony beane makes it a 5 point game early -- panthers storm back -- though -- bennett koch wakes up the mc-leod center with the hammer -- minutes later -- wes washpun finds klint carlson -- 2 more high precentage points for uni -- panthers down 3 -- but not after this -- matt bohannon from the corner -- drops one home -- ties it at 25 panthers rally from a 10 point deficit for a 67 to 58 win -- panther wrestlers looking to go one and one on the weekend hosting dylan peters -- his first weekend back in a couple months after an injury -- looked great today -- gets the 33rd p panthers to another win at 157 -- only needed an escape plus riding time for a 2-, nothing decision -- but overall -- the panthers fell just short in the match -- ohio squeaks it out 18, 17 -- more than 150 young wrestlers descended on waterloo east high school for the third annual willie gadson youth tournament this morning -- the meet -- put on by the future trojan wrestling club -- honors the memory of long-time trojan coach -- the late willie gadson -- and featured a message from his son -- kyven -- t

bennett koch wakes up the mc-leod center with the hammer --22 for washpun finds klint carlson -- 2 more with a 2-handed flush -- panthers down 3 -- but not after this -- matt bohannon from the corner -- drops one home -- ties it at 25. uni gets a much needed win, over the salukis drake women, win again. 81-65 over loyola. lizzy wendell 25 points. bulldogs now 7 and 2 in the valley tied for 1st. wrestling from ames. 14th ranked iowa state and central michigan. 165. 9th ranked tanner weatherman 2 nearfall points. weatherman a winner 8-3 to tie the match at 12. 197. freshman marcus harrington, the ankle pick, plus back points! harrington wins 11-10. iowa state wins the dual 24-12 steven michael-eck is not a household hockey name. in fact michaelek made his ahl debut yesterday in goal for the wild. michaeleck stopped 32 shots, helped iowa win 5-1, but his debut will be remembered more for this. a goalie fight with charlotte goalie dan altshuller. michaelek says its the first fight he's gotten in to. but its 1 game and done for steven, he has been assigned back to quad city. he was rated a+

wasphun -- takes it hard to the rack for two plus 1 -- he finished with 16 points and 4 4 boardsand bennett koch -- was a beast down low -- koch tied a career high with 18 points -- the panthers led by 7 at the breakbut the second half belonged to the sycamores and brenton scott -- who dropped in a cool 30 points -- panthers lose 72 to 60. playing on the road requires tremendous ecution... tremendous attention to detail... and you've got to do it the entire time... and right now we haven't been able to do it consistently enough to find one on the road... junior college hoops -- the eagles were scorchin' the nets from the start... josh bartlett spots up from deep.. and starts this one the right way... 3-0 kirkwood.. then it was hunter rhodes getting a good look at the rim... and he knocks down the triple... kirkwood wins 100 to 59 the final. . bluder's bunch is in the middle of a brutal strecht -- 5 big 10 games in a span of 12 days -- with three of them on the road -- the good news for their tired legs and sore arms -- they're taking on the badgers a team iowa has beaten 15 straight times -- haw

wichita state -- they're not winning the valley first half -- the offense struggled -- but not bennett koch -- matt bohannon finds him down low -- and koch -- fires up the kitchen with the nice post movethen it's wes wasphun's turn -- the former washington warrior connects from deep for 3 of his 14 points -- he also had 7 dimes and 7 boardsspeaking of threes -- bo knows em -- bohannon hits another triple -- he finished with 14 pointsbut first half -- and couldn't stop ron baker -- he beats the buzzer -- for 2 of his game high 21 as the panthers lose their third straight -- 74 to 55 " it's tough, it's not fun to lose games, you always want to find the answer right away, and it's not always a quick fix. we've just got to keep working and keep pushing each day and try to figure out a way to put some points on the board and get some stops." "you've got to find some things to build on. that i think is the most important thing and we've got some things in that second half in particular that we can build on and take with us as we go on the road." two things have been bothering lisa bluder lately -

washpun -- with a solid outing -- 23 in the ballgame -- jumper pushes the uni lead to 10-4 -- and bennett koch -- keeping things going -- panthers up 8 in just the first 7 minutes -- but illinois state -- finishes the half strong -- tony wills from downtown -- redbirds would lead 40, 38 at the half -- second half -- panthers down 2 -- washpun hits the j to knot things at 43 but it fell apart from there -- devaughn akoon- purcell -- the board and the bucket -- part of an 8-oh run -- and it's another tough one for uni -- they fall 76-67 -- baylor women also in action today as iowa state played host to the number four bears -- and the cyclones fell behind early -- alexis prince hits the trey -- baylor held a 37, 26 lead at the break -- (35-24) but iowa state put together a run early in the second half -- jadda buckley from downtown -- triple pulls the cyclones within 8 (39-31) forty seconds later -- it's seanna johnson -- johnson with 22 in the game -- iowa state makes it a 5 point game (39-34) but it was all baylor down the stretch -- kristy wallace from deep -- part of a 12 - oh run -- (66-45)

bennett koch with the flush for 2 of his team high 18.. and matt bohannon had the hot hand from behind the arc with three triples and he finished with 11.. uni led by as many as 12 in the first half.. but it was a tail of two halves.. it was all sycamores in the second half they hit 12 3's and the panthers did not have an answer for brenton scott who torched uni for a game high indiana state win.. the panthers fall to 2-3 in the valley and 10-8 overall. bluders bunch was trying to snap a two game losing streak tonight in madtown. and the hawks came out firing on all cylinders in the first half. ally disterhoft with the baseline drive for two of her game high 18. allycat was 8-9 from the field.. and iowa led 30-25 at the break.. and a good start to the second half kali peschel connects from behind the e c and iowa led by as many as many 16 in the third quarter.. wisconsin came back and cut the lead to two but iowa holds on for the 57-54 win to raise their record to 3-2 in the big 10 and 13-4 overall. the iowa men will head into the lions de

bennett koch with the inside track... he goes off the window to tie it up 21-21 ... later in the first half, matt bohannon kicks it out to wes wasphun in the corner... play that string music... panthers down 3... they trailed 40-38 at the break ... 2nd half, washpun goes to work... he drills another deep three from the top of the key... uni down 43-41... the former cedar rapids washington grad had a team-high 23 points as he drives for two more... panthers still down two ... but it was all illinois state after that... mikyle mcintosh hits a three to beat the shot clock... uni's losing streak is now 4 with the 76-67 loss ... iowa state women's basketball hosting 4th ranked baylor at hilton coliseum ... it was back and forth in the first quarter... south tama grad through for the deuce... cyclones lead 12-9 ... baylor led 37-26 at halftime... iowa state tries to come back in the third... jadda buckley with the catch and shoot three- pointer ... next possession, seanna johnson dials long distance and connects for three of her 22... cyclones down by six ... but it was al

then it's big man bennett koch fighting off the double team, count the basket and one... he had 15 points... uni crushes drake 744 ... ththiowa state women's basketball team is back in the win column after knocking off kansas at home, 65-49. bryanna fernstrom had a double- double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. ... just a block away from the station, it was rivalry saturday for high school girls basketball at the cell center. 8 total games, we're showing 7. ... we start from the beginning with undefeated iowa city regina facing benton ... the bobcats controlled the first quarter, leah van weelden knocks in the triple to give benton a 10-2 lead ... closing seconds of the mcwhorter is there for the putback... bobcats lead 12-6 ... regina responds in the 2nd... cammy verducci misses the three, but she follows her shot... count it plus the foul... regals led 20-17 at halftime ... they controlled the 2nd half... sarah lehman 3-ball corner pocket... swish... regina wins 56-39 ... big class 1a matchup between 3rd ranked turkey valley and number one springville ... 3rd quarter, t

"he finds bennett koch. he throws to the right corner.morgan. open three. kaboom! and thahawas the sum total of uni's offense for the first 6 and half minutes of the game and it was sign of things to come. now i iis morgan off the steal and uni had its first lead at 15-13. right before halftime the panthers got the transition game fireup. wyatt lohaus gets his only basket of the day. then wes washpun got a rare opening to the hole. he ored 4 and uni led 22-19 at halftime. to bohannon. kaboom! kaboom arama! that tied it at 30 all but it was an aberration. the panthers managed only 20 per cent from the floor. in meanwhile. loyola.which was winless in the valley ..outrebbnded and outshot the panthers,. ben richardson hit a pair of big shots in the late going for the ramblers..they led by six with a minute to go and uni had no answer. 51-41 the final.the 41 points the lowest total ever by a panther team in the mcleod center. we had stretches where we were soft. can't have those stretches ,not with this team. we have played well here. very well.l. think the guys were co

"he finds bennett koch. he throws to the right corner.morgan. open three. and that was the sum total of uni's offense for the first 6 and half minutes of the game and it was sign of things to come. now it is morgan off the steal and uni had its first lead at 15-13. right before halftime the panthers got the transition game fired up. wyatt lohaus gets his only basket of the day. then wes washpun got a rare opening to the hole. he scored 4 and uni led 22-19 at halftime. to bohannon. kaboom! kaboom arama! that tied it at 30 all but it was an aberration. the panthers managed only 20 per cent from the floor. in the second half. meanwhile. loyola.which was winless in the valley ..outrebounded and outshot the panthers,. ben richardson hit a pair of big shots in the late going for the ramblers..they led by six no answer. the lowest total mcleod center. we had stretches where we were soft. can't have those stretches ,not team. we have played well here. very well. i think the guys were counting on just having more rhythm andhaving more flow. we never got to it. tuff

bennett koch with the inside track... he goes off the window to tie it up 21-21 ... later in the first half, matt bohannon kicks it out to wes wasphun in the corner... play that string music... panthers down 3... they trailed 40-38 at the break ... 2nd half, washpun goes to work... he drills another deep three from the top of the key... uni down 43-41... the former cedar rapids washington grad had a team-high 23 points as he drives for two more... panthers still down two ... but it was all illinois state after that... mikyle mcintosh hits a three to beat the shot clock... uni's losing streak is now 4 with the 76-67 loss ... iowa state women's ranked baylor at hilton coliseum ... it was back and forth in the first quarter... south tama grad madison baier powers her way through for the deuce... cyclones lead 12-9 ... baylor led 37-26 at halftime... iowa state tries to come back in the third... jadda buckley with the catch and shoot three- pointer ... next possession, seanna johnson dials long distance and connects for three of her 22... cyclones down by six ... but it

wichita state -- they're not winning the valley first half -- the offense struggled -- but not bennett koch -- matt bohannon finds him down low -- and koch -- fires up the kitchen with the nice post movethen it's wes wasphun's turn -- the former washington warrior connects from deep for 3 of his 14 points -- he also had 7 dimes and 7 boardsspeaking of threes -- bo knows em -- bohannon hits another triple -- he finished with 14 pointsbut only scored 22 points in the first half -- and couldn't stop ron baker -- he beats the buzzer -- for 2 of his game high 21 as the panthers lose their third straight -- 74 to 55 55" it's tough, it's not fun to lose games, you always want to find the answer right away, and it's not always a quick fix. we've just got to keep working and keep pushing each day and try to figure out a way to put some points on the board and get some stops." "you've got to find some things to build on. that i think is the most important thing and we've got some things in that second half in particular that we can build on and take with us as we go on the road." two things have been

then it's big man bennett koch fighting off the double team, count the basket and one... he had 15 points... uni crushes drake 744 ... the iowa state women's basketball team is back in the win column after knocking off kansas at home, 65-49. bryanna fernstrom had a double- double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. ... just a block away from the station, it was rivalry saturday for high school girls basketball at the cell center. 8 total games, we're showing 7. ... we start from the beginning with undefeated iowa city regina facing benton ... the bobcats controlled the first quarter, leah van weelden knocks in the triple to give benton a 10-2 first, van weelden's three is short, but kasi mcwhorter is there for the putback... bobcats lead 12-6 ... regina responds in the 2nd... cammy verducci misses the three, but she follows her shot... count it plus the foul... regals led 20-17 at halftime ... they controlled the 2nd half... sarah lehman 3-ball corner pocket... swish... regina wins 56-39 ... big class 1a matchup between 3rd ranked turkey valley and number one springville ...

wichita state -- they're not winning the valley first half -- the offffse struggled -- but not bennett koch -- matt bohannon finds him down low -- and koch -- fires up the kitchen with the nice post movethen it's wes wasphun's turn -- the former washington warrior connects from deep for r 3 of his 14 points -- he also had 7 dimes and 7 boardsspeaking of threes -- bo knows em -- bohannon hits another triple -- he finished with 14 pointsbut only scored 22 points in the first half -- and couldn't stop ron baker -- he beats the buzzer -- for 2 of his game high 21 as the panthers lose theiei thirirstraight game in valley -- 74 to 55 this week has got a hurry up and wait feel to it -- with iowa's huge showdown with purdue on sunday at carver hahaeye arena -- - t there is a game before the game of the week -- road to face rutgers -- yeah, that rutgers team who's winless in the big 10 -- who's big wins are against fairliegh dickenson and central arkansaw -- and who got beat by purdue by 50 points on monday night -- but it's also a team iowa isn't overlooking. "you kinda gotta throw that game away,

the panthers could slow down brenton scott -- he dropped in a game high 30 for the sycamores -- bennett koch led the way for u-n-i with 18. the biggest win of iowa's season came e on december 29th - against then top-ranked michigan state... but here's the catch... the spartans best player... and one of the best players in the country.. wasn't playing... michigan statesenior denzel valentine missss the game in iowa city due to a knee injury... but he's back now... and his numbers don't lie - almost 18 points, 8 rebounds, pnd 7 assists per game... and he's gonna be a handful for the hawkeyes... it's a big challenge... because he can beat you in a lot of ways... scoring isn't his best fegture... he can go for 30... t he also can have ten assists... he can have ten it-all type of player... in our lea to play them with him in the lineup... as a player you want to play against the best guys... he's definitely one of them... the hawkeyes also have a great player in jarrod uhtoff -- and the former jefferson j-hawk has been named to the wooden award midseason top 25 -- uthoff leads the big 10 in scor

wasphun -- takes it hard to the rack for two plus 1 -- he finished with 16 points and 4 boardsand bennett koch koch tied a career high with 18 points -- the panthers led by 7 at the breakbut the second half belonged to the sycamores and brenton scott -- who droppepein a cool 30 points -- panthers lose 72 to 60. 60.playing on the road requires tremendous execution... tremendous attention to detail... anan you've got to do it the entire time... and right now we haven't been able to do it consistently enough to find one on the road... junior college hoops -- kirkwood hosting d-macc - and the eagles were scorchin' the nets from the start... josh bartlett spots up from deep.. and starts this one the right way... 3-0 kirkwood.. then it was hunter rhodes getting a good look at the rim... and he knocks down the triple... kirkwood wins 100 to 59 the final. . bluder's bunch is in the middle of a brutal strecht -- 5 big 10 games in a span of 12 days -- with three of them on the road -- the good news for their tired legs and sore badgers a team iowa has beaten 15 straight times -- hawks looking totomake i

bennett koch with the flush for 2 of his team high 18.. and matt bohannon had the hot hand from behind the arc with three triples and he finished with 11.. uni led by as many as 12 in the first half.. but it was a tail of two halves.. it was all they hit 12 3's and the panthers did not have an answer for brenton scott who torched uni for a game high 30 points in a 74-60 indiana state win.. the panthers fall to 2-3 in the valley and 10-8 overall. bluders bunch was trying to snap a two game losing streak tonight in madtown. and the hawks came out firing on all cylinders in the first half. ally disterhoft with the baseline drive for two of her game high 18. allycat was 8-9 from the field.. and iowa led 30-25 at the break.. and a good start to the second half kali peschel connects from behind the arc and iowa led by as many as many 16 in the third quarter.. wisconsin came back and cut the lead to two but iowa holds on for the 57-54 win to raise their record to 3-2 in the big 10 and 13-4 overall. the iowa men will head into the lions den tomorr

first -- siu's anthony beane makes it a 5 point game early -- panthers storm back -- though -- bennett koch wakes up the mc-leod center with the hammer -- minutes later -- wes washpun finds klint carlson -- 2 more high precentage points for uni -- panthers down 3 --

wichita state -- they're not winning the valley first half -- the offffse struggled -- but not bennett koch -- matt bohannon finds him down low -- and koch -- fires up the kitchen with the

wichita state -- they're not winning the valley first half -- the offense struggled -- but not bennett koch -- matt bohannon finds him down low -- and koch -- fires up the kitchen with the nice post movethen it's wes wasphun's turn -- the former washington warrior connects from deep for 3 of his 14 points -- he also had 7 dimes