With a new national ranking and a 2-1 Big-12 record the Iowa State men are on the road on Tuesday night to visit 20th ranked BYU. The Cougars are 13-3 overall and 9-1 at home.

That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger who says the Cyclones will need a big effort.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa National Player of the Year candidate, Caitlin Clark, earned Big Ten Player of the Week honors the conference office announced on Monday.

This marks Clark’s 25th weekly award from the conference, which is the most in Big Ten conference history surpassing former Hawkeye, Megan Gustafson. (23)

She garnered weekly honors for the fourth consecutive week and the seventh time this season.

Clark led the Hawkeyes to a pair of conference wins against Purdue and No. 14 Indiana. Against the Boilermakers, Clark registered her fourth triple-double of the season and 15th of her career. She had 26 points, 10 assists, and 10 rebounds. In a primetime matchup with the Hoosiers, Clark recorded 30 points, 11 assists, and five rebounds. She has 13 career games with 30+ points and 10+ assists, no one in college women’s basketball in past 25 seasons has more than two such games. Five of those have come against ranked teams.

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The second-ranked Hawkeyes will host Wisconsin on Jan. 16. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. (CT) inside a sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The game will broadcast on Peacock (subscription required) and the Hawkeye Radio Network.

Tuesday January 16th is a going to be a unique day for Trojan Athletics. Both the Atlantic girls (4-9) and boys (3-8) basketball are gearing up for a home stand Tuesday morning against Red Oak, with one unique twist. The whole gymnasium will be packed with Atlantic students from all grades thanks to a plan from Head Coach Dan Vargason and Atlantic Athletic Director Andy Mitchell.

Different school employees, citizens, and groups like the Booster club have volunteered their time and resources to help make this special event happen. However, even with all the effort and community involvement Mitchell still wants the focus of the game to be on the students in attendance and the students down on the floor.

It will be a great atmosphere for two talented Trojan teams, who at times have shown their competitive nature. The raucous environment will be a new one in the gymnasium this year and is making the Atlantic players excited.

Tipoff for the double header starts at 11:30 a.m. for the girls and the boys are scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa women’s basketball team is ranked No. 2 in the Associated Press Top-25 released on Monday.

The Hawkeyes have been ranked in the Top-5 since the poll came out since Oct. 17. Iowa currently owns the longest active streak in the AP Top 5 at 12 consecutive weeks.

Iowa has 324 appearances in the AP Poll and the Hawkeyes rank 23rd for all-time appearances.

The Hawkeyes are coming off their 13th victory of the season by 20+ points. Iowa snapped No. 14 Indiana’s 13-game winning streak on Saturday with a, 84-57 victory. Iowa last started 17-1 in the 1995-96 season and is 3-0 against AP Top 25 teams this season.

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The second-ranked Hawkeyes will host Wisconsin on Jan. 16. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. (CT) inside a sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The game will broadcast on Peacock (subscription required) and the Hawkeye Radio Network.

Drake coach Darian DeVries credits defense for the Bulldogs return to the top of the Missouri Valley standings. Drake beat Indiana State at home and Southern Illinois on the road and are 5-1 in the Valley and 14-3 overall.

The Bulldogs limited Southern Illinois to 36 percent shooting in a 76-58 victory on the road.

Drake returns to action Wednesday at Illinois State.

The Drake women claimed their sixth straight win with an 82-62 win at Illinois-Chicago. The Bulldogs are now 5-0 in the Missouri Valley and 12-4 overall.

That’s Drake coach Allison Pohlman. The Bulldogs shot a sizzling 60 percent for the game including 10-of-18 from three point range.

The Iowa Hawkeye men will be in search of a third straight victory on Monday with a visit to Minnesota. The Hawkeyes are 2-3 in the Big Ten after a Friday win over Nebraska. Minnesota had a seven-game win streak snapped with Friday’s loss at Indiana. The Gophers are 3-2 in the league race and 12-4 overall.

That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery who would become the schools all-time leader in wins with a victory. He is currently tied at 271 with Dr. Tom Davis.

McCaffery says Davis has always been supportive of him and they remain friends.

McCaffery says his favorite things about coaching are the interactions with the players and preparing for games.

(hawkeyesports.com) IOWA CITY, Iowa – The third-ranked Iowa women’s basketball team downed No. 14 Indiana, 84-57, in a primetime conference matchup inside a sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday night. Iowa improved to 17-1 on the season and 6-0 in conference play.

All-American Caitlin Clark registered a game-high 30 points, 11 assists, and five rebounds. Molly Davis eclipsed her career-best in points in a Hawkeye uniform with 18, and Kate Martin played a key role on defense grabbing a career high 12 boards finishing with a double-double adding 10 points. Gabbie Marshall finished with 12 points shooting 4-7 from three.

It was a back-and-forth game in the first quarter with the Hawkeyes leading 19-17 after one. Indiana was able to tie it up at 19 at the start of the second, but the Hawkeyes took control leading through the rest of the quarter. Davis made back-to-back layups followed by back-to-back three by Clark at the end of the second to give Iowa the 43-37, lead going into halftime.

The Hawkeyes came out of halftime on a 11-2 run. Clark led the quarter with 10 points as Iowa outscored the Hoosiers 22-11, in the third to give them their biggest lead of the game, a 17-point margin, going into the fourth. Iowa continued its run through the fourth outscoring Indiana 19-9, to close out the game.

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The third-ranked Hawkeyes will host Wisconsin on Jan. 16. Tip-off is set for 8 p.m. (CT) inside a sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The game will broadcast on Peacock (subscription required) and the Hawkeye Radio Network.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State forced 20 turnovers and held Oklahoma State to just 31.9 percent shooting from the field on its way to a 66-42 win inside Hilton Coliseum on Saturday evening. The game was delayed more than two hours due to a blizzard in Iowa as well as travel delays and plane issues which caused the Cowboys to not arrive in Ames until the middle of Saturday afternoon.

ISU (13-3, 2-1 Big 12) cranked up the heat defensively after a slow start on the offensive end. OSU (8-8, 0-3) registered the second-lowest field goal percentage in conference action by a Big 12 team this season.

Four Cyclones reached double figures in the game as they improved to 23-1 under head coach T.J. Otzelberger when four or more players score in double figures. Tamin Lipsey went 7-for-8 at the line, setting a new career-high for free throws made, and finished with a team-high 17 points to lead the Cyclones.

Iowa State converted the 20 Cowboy turnovers into 20 points.

How It Happened

Oklahoma State jumped out to a 15-10 lead just over seven minutes into action as the Cyclones started slow on the offensive end. Keshon Gilbert got the Cyclones going with a layup as ISU opened up a 10-0 run, taking its first lead of the game with 8:31 remaining in the opening stanza on a Lipsey layup.

ISU closed the half on a 27-11 run, holding OSU scoreless for more than six minutes during the stretch. The Cowboys stayed in the game via the long ball, connecting on six first-half three-pointers as five different players hit a three.

ISU forced 12 turnovers and scored 12 points off of them. Lipsey had 11 points and Hasan Ward tallied 10 points, including six on three dunks.

The Cyclones used a 7-0 run early in the second half to break open the game, extending their lead to 49-30 with 12:50 left as Milan Momcilovic banged home his second three of the half.

ISU never looked back the rest of the way as it improved to 2-1 in conference play.

Up Next

Iowa State hits the road next week for a pair of games, starting with an 8 p.m. (CT) tip on Tuesday at No. 18 BYU. It will be the first meeting between the schools as members of the same conference.

FORT MYERS, Fla. – After getting rained out during Friday’s season opener, the University of Iowa women’s tennis team closed out the weekend with a 5-2 victory over Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday at the FGCU Tennis Complex.

The Hawkeyes opened the dual by winning the doubles point with victories at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions. Sophomore Daianne Hayashida and junior Marisa Schmidt captured the dual’s first win on court two, downing Jordana Ossa and Madeleine Joffe, 6-2.

Sophomore Pia Kranholdt and junior Barbora Pokorna secured the doubles point with their win over Paloma Goldsmith and Ida Ferding on court three, 6-3. Sophomore Nikita Vishwase and senior Vipasha Mehra led their match over Isabella Colmenares and Fanny Norin, 5-4, at the No. 1 line, but the match went unfinished after the point was secured.

The Hawkeyes rolled in singles, posting victories at one, two, four and six.

Kranholdt notched Iowa’s second point at No. 6 singles with a straight set win over Joffe, 6-2, 6-2. Schmidt followed on court two, downing Ossa in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2, and Hayashida made it 4-0 with her 6-2, 6-3 win over Norin at the No. 1 spot. Mehra continued the straight set wins, downing Colmenares on court four, 7-6, 6-3.

FGCU got on the board with wins at No. 5 and No. 3. Pokorna dropped a 7-6, 6-4 decision to Goldsmith at No. 5 singles and Vishwase fell, 6-2, 5-7, 0-1, at No. 3.

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Iowa will head to South Bend next weekend to compete at Notre Dame. The match will start at 10 a.m. (CT) on Saturday.