The level of competition takes a big jump for the Iowa basketball team Wednesday night when the Hawkeyes visit Seton Hall as part of the Gavitt Tipoff Games. The Hawkeyes are 2-0 and coach Fran McCaffery says Seton Hall’s defense will be a challenge.

McCaffery says decision making on offense will be a key.

Iowa and Drake collided in a women’s basketball showdown on Sunday afternoon at the Knapp Center in Des Moines and the teams took the opportunity to honor Lisa Brinkmeyer. The former Hubbard-Radcliffe star was on the final 6-on-6 state championship team, before moving on to play for now-Iowa coaches Lisa Bluder and Jan Jensen at Drake.

Brinkmeyer was diagnosed with brain cancer in April, and while she didn’t move on to Iowa with her college coach, Drake head coach Allison Pohlman says that few have supported and trailblazed the path for Drake women’s basketball than Brinkmeyer has.

Both staffs wore T-shirts that read “Brink’s Bunch” and the entire Drake roster wore the shirts in pregame warmups and on the bench. Bluder says honoring Brinkmeyer was the least they could do.

The tribute to Brinkmeyer by Iowa and Drake is one of many tributes the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union administrator has seen at the high school and collegiate level this school year.

Northern Iowa football coach Mark Farley says he is focused on South Dakota and not their chances to make the FCS playoffs. The Panthers take a 5-5 record into their regular season finale on the road

A win gives the Panthers a chance while a loss ends all hope.

Farley says the bye week was good for his team.

Rush (far right) with the 2022 4th place 4x400M Relay team.

Atlantic senior standout runner Ava Rush announced via social media this weekend that she will continue her career at the University of Iowa.

Rush is coming off a recent 9th place finish at the Class 3A state cross country meet. Rush has been strong on the cross country course and on the track. She competed in four events at the state track and field meet in 2021 and competed in four events this past season in 2022. This past season she qualified in the 1500M, 4x800M Relay, 4x400M Relay, and Distance Medley. The 4x400M Relay team grabbed a fourth place medal and will be back to fight for a strong placing again this year.

Rush will be focusing on track and field when she heads to join the Hawkeyes.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa Fifth-Year Monika Czinano won the first Big Ten Player of the Week award of the 2022-23 season. Czinano was named after helping the fourth-ranked Hawkeyes win three games last week. The announcement was made Monday by the Big Ten Conference office.

Czinano led Iowa’s scoring attack in its overtime win over Drake on Sunday. The Watertown, Minnesota native scored 36 points and shot 66% from the field. She also recorded her seventh career double-double with 11 boards.

After three contests, Czinano is averaging 23.0 PPG, 7.3 RPG, and is shooting 69% from the field. Czinano ranks fourth in country in field goals made this season with 27. She also has the fifth most points in the NCAA with 69. This is Czinano’s second weekly award in career. She last won it on Feb. 1, 2021.

Fourth-ranked Iowa (3-0, 0-0) is set to travel to Kansas State (2-0, 0-0) on Thursday at 8 p.m. (CT). The game will broadcast on ESPN+ and on the Hawkeye Radio Network.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State’s Nov. 26 Big 12 Conference game at TCU will kick off at 3 p.m. (CT) on FOX or FS1.

The Kansas City Chiefs held serve at home and took down the Jacksonville Jaguars 27-17 on Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium.

Patrick Mahomes got the scoring started with a touchdown pass to Kadarius Toney, who tight-roped the sideline for the last five yards to score hopping on one foot. The Chiefs would never trail the rest of the way.

Mahomes finished 26-35 passing for 331 yards and 4 touchdowns with 1 interception. His other touchdown tosses went to Marquez Valdez-Scantling, Noah Gray, and Travis Kelce. Chris Jones had 1.5 sacks on defense and Carlos Dunlap had a sack to reach 100 yfor his career.

With the Chiefs win they improved to 7-2 on the season, and by virtue of Buffalo’s loss to the Vikings are once again the top-seed in the AFC.

Jacksonville got 259 yards passing and two touchdowns from Trevor Lawrence. The Jaguars fall to 3-7 on the season.

Next up for Kansas City is a Sunday night game at the LA Chargers. We’ll have that game on KJAN with pregame at 6:00 p.m. and kickoff at 7:20 p.m.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State’s Nov. 19 Big 12 Conference game against Texas Tech at Jack Trice Stadium will kick off at 6 p.m. (CT) on FS1.

The Iowa women’s basketball team picked up a 92-86 win over Drake in overtime on Sunday at the Knapp Center. Caitlin Clark dropped in 28 points and Monika Czinano had 36 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Hawkeyes.

Iowa outscored the Bulldogs 10-4 in the extra session to get the win. It was Iowa’s first overtime game since March 1, 2020 against Rutgers.

Katie Dinnebier led Drake with 24 points and 5 rebounds. Her driving layup with 23.9 seconds left sent the game to overtime. Grace Berg had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 2 assists. Drake falls to 1-1 on the season.

Iowa improved to 3-0 on the season. The fourth-ranked Hawkeyes return to action on Nov. 17, when they travel to Kansas State. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. (CT).

Iowa State (2-0) used a 17-5 run in the first half to secure an 80-43 victory over the North Carolina A&T Aggies (1-2) on Sunday afternoon at Hilton Coliseum.

Aljaž Kunc was all over the place in the first half with 12 points and five rebounds in the first 20 minutes. On the defensive end, Iowa State held North Carolina A&T to 16 points in the first half while forcing 13 Aggie turnovers, the seventh-fewest points Iowa State has allowed in a half in program history.

Iowa State and North Carolina A&T would go back and forth for the first 14 minutes of second half action. In the final six minutes of play, Iowa State outscored the Aggies 17-3 to solidify the victory.

Defensively, Iowa State held North Carolina A&T to 25.6 percent shooting from the field and 20.8 percent from 3-point range. Iowa State has opened the season by holding back-to-back opponents to 50 points or less for the first time since 2010.

Iowa State will have a week off before it hosts the Milwaukee Panthers on Sunday, Nov. 20 at Hilton Coliseum at 5 p.m.