Class 2A Quarterfinals

Roland-Story 60, Kuemper Catholic 52

Kuemper Catholic let a four point halftime lead slip away and fell to Roland-Story 60-52 in the 2A Quarterfinals on Tuesday. Roland-Story outscored the Knights 11-5 in the third quarter to regain the lead and held on down the stretch. The Norsemen outrebounded the Knights 32-14 in the second half and held Kuemper to 9 of 31 shooting after the break as well. Luke Patton had a monster game leading Roland-Story with 25 points and 22 rebounds. Roland-Story picked up their first win at state since they won the title in 1977. The Norsemen improved to 25-1. Kuemper was led by 12 points from Carson Kanne and 10 points and 11 rebounds from DJ Vonnahme. The Knights end the year at 18-7.

Western Christian, Hull 69, Monticello 44

Class 3A Quarterfinals

Bondurant-Farrar 81, Algona 52

North Polk 49, Newton 31

Bishop Heelan, Sioux City 68, Marion 59

Xavier, Cedar Rapids 49, Des Moines, Hoover 38

2022-2023 HAWKEYE 10 ALL-CONFERENCE BOYS BASKETBALL TEAMS

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Six University of Iowa men’s basketball student-athletes earned postseason recognition by the league head coaches and selected media panel, the Big Ten Conference announced Tuesday.

Junior forward Kris Murray was selected as a first-team All-Big Ten honoree by both the media and coaches. Senior forward Filip Rebraca was a third team pick by the media and honorable mention by the coaches. Senior Connor McCaffery and junior Tony Perkins were honorable mention selections by both the media and coaches. Sophomore Payton Sandfort was chosen as the conference’s Sixth Man of the Year by the Big Ten by the coaches. Junior Patrick McCaffery earned the team’s Big Ten Sportsmanship Award for the second straight season.

Murray earned unanimous distinction by the media, marking the fourth straight season a Hawkeye has been a unanimous selection (Keegan Murray in 2022; Luka Garza in 2020 and 2021).

Murray averages a team-best 20.5 points, eight rebounds, and one block per game. He is the only Division I player to average 20+ points, 8+ rebounds, and have made 60+ 3-pointers this season. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native has scored 30+ points four times this season, 25+ points nine times, and 20+ points 15 times. Murray averaged 21 points per game, ranking third in the league, during conference play. From his sophomore to junior season, Murray has boosted his scoring average by 11.8 points.

Rebraca is second on the squad in points (13.9) and rebounds (7.6) per game, while ranking first in field goal percentage (.571), blocks per contest (1.0) and free throws made (98) and attempted (149). The native of Sombor, Serbia, has netted double figures a team-best 26 times and posted a team-best nine double-doubles this season. Rebraca averages 2.9 offensive rebounds per game, fifth best in the Big Ten and 49th-best nationally. His field-goal percentage of 57.1 percent is 33rd-best in the country.

Connor McCaffery leads the country in assist-to-turnover ratio (4.19) by a wide margin. He has played in 111 games that Iowa has won, tying former teammate Jordan Bohannon for most in program history. McCaffery is averaging 6.7 points, 4.1 rebounds and a team-best 3.8 assists per game this year. He has made a single-season best 37 triples, which are third most on the team. McCaffery has had zero turnovers in 13 of 30 games this season, including five of the last 10 contests. He made 19 consecutive free throws from Nov. 29 to Dec. 29, 2022, and has missed only seven attempts (45-of-52) from the charity stripe this season.

Perkins ranks third on the team in points per game (12.4), first in steals (43), second in assists per game (2.8) and tied for fourth in rebounds per outing (4.0). His 84 free throws made are second most on the team. He has reached double figures in scoring 19 times this season, including five of the last six games. He scored a career-best 32 points, bolstered by 15-of-16 makes from the free throw line, in Iowa’s win over Illinois on Feb. 4. The Indianapolis native made his first 15 free throw attempts, tying the school record for most consecutive free throw makes in a single game (Andre Woolridge vs. Northwestern on March 8, 1997).

Sandfort becomes the fourth Hawkeye to earn Sixth Man of the Year accolades, joining Doug Thomas (2006), Gabriel Olaseni (2015) and Nicholas Baer (2017). Sandfort averages 10.2 points, 1.8 3-pointers, 4.0 rebounds, and 1.4 assists. He drained four or more triples in five games, including two of the last three contests. Sandfort has made a combined 13 treys over the last three games (Michigan State, Indiana, Nebraska). The native of Waukee, Iowa, has scored in double figures 13 times this year. Sandfort scored Iowa’s final seven points, including a four-point play, to force overtime in a win over Michigan and netted 22 points, including a game-tying triple to force overtime, in the home victory over Michigan State.

Patrick McCaffery is averaging 10.1 points and 3.6 rebounds in 25 games. McCaffery has tallied double figures in scoring 11 times this season, including reaching 20 points five times. His 1.4 3-pointers per game is third best on the team. He netted 23 points, bolstered by a personal-best 6-of-10 shooting from 3-point territory, in the regular season finale against Nebraska.

Joining Murray on the first team, by both coaches and media, were Zach Edey of Purdue, Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis and Jalen Pickett of Penn State. The coaches’ fifth first-team selection went to Terrence Shannon of Illinois, while both Boo Buie of Northwestern and Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson made the media’s first team due to a tie. Murray, Edey, Jackson-Davis and Pickett were all unanimous picks by the media, while Edey and Jackson-Davis were unanimous by the coaches.

The All-Defensive Team consisted of Chase Audige (Northwestern), Zach Edey (Purdue), Trayce Jackson-Davis (Indiana), Caleb McConnell (Rutgers) and Clifford Omoruyi (Rutgers). The All-Freshman Team featured Jalen Hood-Schifino (Indiana), Jett Howard (Michigan), Brice Sensabaugh (Ohio State), Braden Smith (Purdue) and Connor Essegian (Wisconsin).

Both the media and coaches voted Chris Collins of Northwestern as the league’s Coach of the Year. The coaches selected Chris Lowery of Northwestern as the Howard Moore Assistant Coach of the Year, and McConnell and Audige as Co-Defensive Players of the Year. Both groups named Hood-Schifino as Freshman of the Year.

Iowa (19-12) will open Big Ten Tournament play on Thursday in the second round versus Wisconsin or Ohio State. Tipoff is scheduled for approximately 1:30 p.m. (CT) at the United Center in Chicago.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa men’s basketball junior forward Kris Murray has been named a third team All-American by Sporting News on Tuesday.

Sporting News is one of four outlets used by the NCAA to determine its consensus All-America teams (Associated Press, National Association of Basketball Coaches, United States Basketball Writers Association, and Sporting News).

The Hawkeyes have had a student-athlete earn All-America honors by Sporting News five of the last eight seasons, including the last four. Keegan Murray was a first team honoree in 2022; Luka Garza earned first team recognition in 2020 and 2021; while Jarrod Uthoff was a second team selection in 2016.

Murray is also a semifinalist for the Wooden and Oscar Robertson national player of the year awards, and the Karl Malone Power Forward of the Award.

Murray is averaging a team-best 20.5 points and eight rebounds per outing. He is the only Division I player to average 20+ points, 8+ rebounds, and have made 60+ 3-pointers this season.

The Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native has scored 30+ points four times this season, 25+ points nine times, and 20+ points 15 times.

Murray and the Hawkeyes (19-12) return to action on Thursday in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament. The game will be televised nationally on Big Ten Network and broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network.

AMES, Iowa – The Iowa State football program will conclude its spring season with a Spring Game on Saturday, April 22 at 11 a.m. at MidAmerican Energy Field at Jack Trice Stadium. Admission to the game will be free to the public.

The format of the game will be determined by the coaching staff later based on player availability.

More information for fans will also be provided closer to the date of the game.

Matt Campbell is entering his eighth season leading the Cyclones. ISU returns 16 starters, nine on offense and seven on defense, for the 2023 season.

AMES, Iowa – Ashley Joens has been named the 2022-23 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Player of the Year, highlighting the Cyclones’ honors in the Big 12 Postseason Awards announced on Monday. Joens, who was also a unanimous All-Big 12 First Team selection for the fourth time in her career, is the second player in Iowa State history to earn conference Player of the Year, joining 2019 Big 12 Player of the Year Bridget Carleton.

Also collecting honors on Monday was Emily Ryan (All-Big 12 Second Team), Lexi Donarski All-Big 12 Honorable Mention, Big 12 All-Defensive Team) and Denae Fritz (Big 12 All-Freshman Team).

For Joens, this was one of the few awards not in her expansive collection of honors during her Iowa State career, but has now been checked off the list. Joens leads the Big 12 in scoring at 21.0 points per game (21.9 ppg in league play) and ranks third in rebounding at 9.4 per game (9.6 in conference games). She has three games with at least 30 points, 16 with at least 20 and 13 double-doubles. Joens finished the season, going for at least 20 in ISU’s last six games, and posting four double-doubles in that run.

Ryan earned All-Big 12 honors for a second-straight season after being on the All-Big 12 First Team last year. The junior point guard demonstrated her all-around game throughout the season, averaging 10.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game. She was a reliable shooter across all parts of the floor as well, splitting with a shooting line of .444/.375/.920

Donarski became the first Cyclone to earn Big 12 All-Defensive Team multiple times, with her lockdown defense on the perimeter helping hold her primary assignment over 40 percent below their scoring output heading into the contest. On offense, she scored in double figures 19 times on the season, ranking third on the Cyclones at 12.1 points per game.

Fritz’s appearance on the Big 12 All-Freshman Team marks the fourth time in the last five years a Cyclone has appeared on the squad, as she becomes the fifth member of this current Iowa State team to have earned All-Freshman Team honors (Joens, Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw, Ryan and Donarski). Fritz averaged 8.8 points per game, but made a step up in Big 12 play to average 9.6 points per game with shooting splits of .418/.357/.897 against conference opponents.

The Cyclones begin the Phillips 66 Big 12 Women’s Basketball Championship on Friday at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City against Baylor. Tip will be at 7:30 p.m. on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

Player of the Year: Ashley Joens, Iowa State
Defensive Player of the Year: Rori Harmon, Texas
Freshman of the Year: Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, Baylor*
Newcomer of the Year: Shaylee Gonzales, Texas
Sixth Player Award: Skylar Vann, Oklahoma
Coach of the Year: Vic Schaefer, Texas
*-unanimous selection

All-Big 12 First Team
Sarah Andrews, Baylor
Ashley Joens, Iowa State*
Zakiyah Franklin, Kansas
Taiyanna Jackson, Kansas*
Gabby Gregory, Kansas State
Madi Williams, Oklahoma*
Naomie Alnatas, Oklahoma State
DeYona Gaston, Texas
Rori Harmon, Texas
Bre’Amber Scott, Texas Tech
JJ Quinerly, West Virginia*
*-unanimous selection
A tie resulted in 11 selections on the First Team

All-Big 12 Second Team
Caitlin Bickle, Baylor
Emily Ryan, Iowa State
Ana Llanusa, Oklahoma
Taylor Robertson, Oklahoma
Shaylee Gonzales, Texas

All-Big 12 Honorable Mention:
Darianna Littlepage-Buggs (Baylor), Lexi Donarski (Iowa State), Holly Kersgieter (Kansas), Serena Sundell (Kansas State), Skylar Vann (Oklahoma), Bryn Gerlich (Texas Tech), Madisen Smith (West Virginia)

Big 12 All-Defensive Team
Caitlin Bickle, Baylor
Lexi Donarski, Iowa State
Taiyanna Jackson, Kansas*
Rori Harmon, Texas*
JJ Quinerly, West Virginia
*-unanimous selection

Big 12 All-Freshman Team
Bella Fontleroy, Baylor*
Darianna Littlepage-Buggs, Baylor*
Denae Fritz, Iowa State
Beatrice Culliton, Oklahoma
Amina Muhammad, Texas
Bailey Maupin, Texas Tech
A tie resulted in six selections on the All-Freshman Team
*-unanimous selection

The Iowa Print Sports Writers Association (IPSWA) announced the 2023 girls basketball all-state teams on Tuesday. The teams were selected by Iowa print sports writers and basketball coaches during a meeting on Saturday, March 4.

Audi Crooks of Bishop Garrigan was selected as the Iowa Print Sports Writers Association’s Miss Iowa Basketball. The 6-foot-3 Iowa State Cyclone recruit concluded a fabulous high school career with 2,734 points to rank third behind Ella Ruffridge (Pocahontas Area) and Deb Remmerde (Rock Valley).

Although finishing behind those two guards, the Golden Bear center scored more field goals (1,195) than any other player in the five-player era. She also ripped down 1,339 rebounds in her career, also ranking No. 3 all-time.

Crooks set a new single-season record all-time for points in a season with 889 this winter. She also set new state tournament records for most points in a single game (49), most points in a tournament (117), most rebounds in a tournament (45) and rebounds in a career (160).

Crooks led her team to the Class 1A state title game all four years of her career, including state titles the past two years.

Atlantic sophomore Paytn Harter was named to the 2nd Team in Class 3A. Exira-EHK’s Quinn Grubbs was a 1st Team choice in Class 1A.

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