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AUSTIN, Texas – The Drake University women’s basketball team came up just short of a NCAA Tournament upset victory on Saturday. The No. 12 seed Bulldogs (22-10, 14-6) battled the No. 5 seed Louisville Cardinals (24-11, 12-6) until the final moments in an 83-80 brawl as the Bulldogs’ season came to a halt.
Each team led 12 different times in a back-and-forth affair. Sophomore guard Katie Dinnebier led Drake in scoring with 20 points on a perfect 3-of-3 three-point shooting while dishing out seven assists and grabbing four rebounds.
Both Grace Berg and Anna Miller added 17 points apiece for the Bulldogs. Berg chipped in with five boards and two assists while Miller snagged four rebounds and distributed the same number of assists.
Courtney Becker and Sarah Beth Gueldner each scored 11 points to round out the Bulldogs’ scoring attack. Gueldner also hit a trio of key three-point shots while Becker corralled five rebounds.
Both teams got out to a hot start as Louisville outscored the Bulldogs 25-23 in the first period. Drake controlled the boards early and led by as many as seven points in the opening period. Dinnebier dealt with the Cardinals’ disruptive full-court press to lead the scoring with eight points after the first 10 minutes.
The No. 5 seed Cardinals were able to jump out in front in the final minute of the quarter with an old fashioned three-point play by forward Olivia Cochran.
Drake found a little rhythm in the early stages of the second quarter, erasing the Cardinals’ four-point lead with back-to-back Grace Berg buckets. After a Louisville timeout, the Bulldogs eventually worked their way to a 36-31 advantage before the Cards countered.
With star guard Hailey Van Lith on the bench with two fouls, the Cardinals leaned on their balanced attack to rally before the half. Morgan Jones and Nyla Harris scored on two consecutive possessions in the final 40 seconds of the second quarter to knot the score.
Grace Berg led Drake with 12 points while Maggie Bair paced the Bulldogs with five rebounds and four blocks at the break.
The Bulldogs doubled Louisville up on the glass in the first two quarters, 18-9, and eventually outrebounded them 33-28 for the game. They also completed their second-straight half shooting over 60% from the field, making 15 of their 24 field goal attempts.
Midway through the third period, Mykasa Robinson went 1-for-2 from the charity stripe to give the Cardinals a narrow lead. Drake was able to regain a 52-50 lead on a Katie Dinnebier three-pointer, her second triple of the game. After swapping the lead on the other end, Courtney Becker reached double figures to give Drake another slight advantage.
Louisville had the final say in the third period as Liz Dixon swished a short-corner deuce to give the Cardinals a 56-54 lead with 10 minutes to play.
After a Louisville lay-in to open the fourth quarter, Katie Dinnebier calmly buried her third three-point shot in three attempts to cut the deficit to just one. Merissah Russell answered for the Cardinals with a three-ball of her own to regain a four-point advantage. Louisville was able to build a 65-60 lead with just under seven minutes to play.
With under three minutes to play the Bulldogs got within one of Louisville twice, on back-to-back threes by Anna Miller and Sarah Beth Gueldner, and again on a pair of Dinnebier free throws. Hailey Van Lith responded with four-straight for the ACC Tournament runner-up Cardinals before Drake finally drew even.
Trailing 75-72 with just under 90 seconds to play, Grace Berg scooped one in to accompany a Cardinal foul. She completed the three-point play to tie the game.
Van Lith, a First Team All-ACC player, responded again with an elbow jumper to give the Cardinals the late lead. Katie Dinnebier kept the Dogs within striking distance, sinking her seventh and eighth free throws of the game to trim the deficit to back to one.
Louisville extended their lead to 81-77 before Gueldner splashed a deep three to trim the Cardinals’ lead back to just one. The Bulldogs were then able to force a Cardinal turnover with 3.3 seconds left in regulation. Anna Miller drilled a free throw to give the Bulldogs a fighting chance, but Louisville was able to dribble out the clock and secure the 83-80 win.
“It was a hard-fought game…I thought we were very, very competitive,” Suzie Glazer Burt Head Coach Allison Pohlman said after the game. “We stayed composed as the game went on and, in these situations, details matter. A couple more layups here and there, an offensive rebound, a couple more free throws, those sorts of situations [matter]. We came up a little bit short, but I’m proud to say that I love Drake University and the women in our locker room.”
The Cardinals will advance to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament and will take on the winner of the No. 4 seed and site host Texas Longhorns and No. 13 seed and AAC Tournament champion East Carolina.
Drake’s remarkable season comes to an end with a record of 22-10 overall.
Arkansas roared back from a 12-points deficit to post a heart stopping 72-71 win over West Region top seed Kansas at Wells Fargo Arena, eliminating the defending NCAA champions.
That’s Arkansas coach Eric Musselman who was shirtless after the game while leading Razorback fans in cheers.
It was the first time the Jayhawks lost this season after leading at halftime. With head coach Bill Self on the mend following a heart procedure assistant Norm Roberts directed Kansas.
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The Drake men’s basketball team went cold late and came up short against Miami 63-56 in the opening round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament on Friday in Albany, NY.
The Bulldogs led 30-25 at halftime as both teams struggled to get into offensive rhythm early. Sardaar Calhoun had 12 points and 6 rebounds off the bench in the opening half for Drake.
Miami grabbed the lead back to start the second half 36-34 but the Bulldogs went on a 10-1 run to go up 44-37 with 12:27 to play. Miami answered back with a 7-0 spurt of their own. Drake still held a six point lead with 6:31 to play but the Bulldogs went cold. Their final field goal came with 5:40 remaining and Miami closed the game on a 16-1 run to win the game.
Nijel Pack finished with 21 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 steals to lead Miami. The Hurricanes improved to 26-7 on the year and move on to the second round.
Senior center Darnell Brodie had a season-high 20 points and pulled down 9 rebounds to lead Drake. Calhound finished with 12 points off the bench and Roman Penn had 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 assists.
Drake ends the season at 27-8, the most wins in a single season in Bulldog history.
TULSA, Okla. – University of Iowa senior Real Woods advanced to the NCAA finals at 141 pounds and the Hawkeyes crowned three more All-Americans, going 6-for-6 on the consolation side of the bracket, on Friday night at the NCAA Championships at the BOK Center.
Woods was on Nebraska’s fourth-seeded Brock Hardy from the opening whistle, notching a takedown in the first 20 seconds then added a four-point near fall to take a 6-1 lead after one. In the third, the New Mexico native iced the win with a takedown and a two-point near fall en route to the major.
“It is another step in accomplishing a dream that I set out since I was a little kid,” said Woods, who improves to 20-0 this season. “I like to score points and getting that done immediately is right on theme with what I’d like to do in my ideal match. I get out there and get right to it.”
Woods advances to the NCAA final for the first time in his career and he extends Iowa’s streak of having an NCAA finalist to 33 consecutive tournaments. Iowa has had at least one wrestler in the NCAA finals in every year since 1990 and in 47 of the last 48 tournaments dating back to 1975.
Woods will face Northern Colorado’s Andrew Alirez in Saturday’s final. Woods is 1-0 all-time against the Bear grappler, winning 5-4 during the Southern Scuffle in 2021 while competing for Stanford.
In the first semifinal of the evening, top-ranked Spencer Lee was upset by Purdue’s fourth-seeded Matt Ramos, ending his bid for a fourth NCAA title. Ramos had a takedown and two-point near fall in the first, taking a 4-1 lead before Lee tilted Ramos for four points in the second, grabbing a 5-4 lead.
Ramos picked neutral in the third and Lee got a takedown (that was given via replay), pushing his lead to 7-4. Ramos escaped with less than a minute remaining and he took Lee feet to back before completing a fall in 6:59.
“He has a good support; his family is with him,” said Brands. “The cliché and easy thing to say is he has to move on, but it’s hard. This is really hard, but you still have to move on. As easy as it is to say, that is the next step… it seems cruel to say that. The next step is to take the next step.”
Iowa also dropped a semifinal matchup at 285 when fourth-seeded Tony Cassioppi lost by a 16-1 technical fall to Michigan’s top-seeded Mason Parris at the 5:12 mark. Cassioppi falls to the consolation side of the bracket where he can wrestle back to finish as high as third.
The Hawkeyes picked it up on the backside of the bracket, going 6-for-6 in the Blood Round and consolation quarterfinals with Max Murin (149), Nelson Brands (174) and Jacob Warner (197) winning to secure All-America honors. All three wrestlers can finish no lower than sixth place on Saturday morning.
Murin went 2-0 during the session to secure his first career podium finish. He won a 3-2 decision over Michigan’s Chance Lamer in the Round of 16 matchup before following with a 3-1 decision over Minnesota’s Michael Blockhus in sudden victory.
Brands went 2-0 at 174 to clinch his first career All-America nod. In the blood round, Brands won a 4-1 decision over Illinois’ Edmond Ruth and he followed with a 6-1 decision over Mizzou’s seventh-seeded Peyton Mocco. The Iowa City, Iowa, native will finish in the top six after being seeded 11th.
Warner – seeded 14th — gutted out wins in both of his matches to secure his third career top six finish (and fifth All-America nod). He used a second-period escape and battled on his feet in the third to win a 1-0 decision over Nebraska’s Silas Allred – the Big Ten champion – in the blood round. He followed with a 4-2 win over Cornell’s Jacob Cardenas in the consolation quarterfinals.
Penn State is leading the team race with 116.5 points. Iowa is second in the standings with 77 points followed by Cornell (64) and Ohio State (62).
UP NEXT
Session V will take place Saturday, beginning at 10 a.m. (CT). The session will consist of the consolation semifinals and placement matches for third, fifth and seventh place.
TULSA, Okla. – Iowa State’s David Carr punched his ticket to the 165-pound national finals with a 6-5 victory over Princeton’s Quincy Monday Friday night inside the BOK Center. Marcus Coleman became a two-time All-American with a 2-0 record during the session.
Iowa State sits in eighth place as a team after day two with 44.0 points.
Just over 40 years after their fathers, Nate Carr and Kenny Monday, wrestled for a national title in Oklahoma City, their sons, David and Quincy, wrote the next chapter of the family rivalry in Tulsa.
Carr fell into an early 4-0 deficit Friday evening after Monday got a takedown and a quick tilt for two near fall points. The Cyclone responded with a reversal and eventually ended the first period trailing 5-2.
The Canton, Ohio native went down to begin the second and, after a quick escape, secured a match-tying takedown with 1:08 remaining in the second period. Carr put on a ride for the ages, riding out Monday for the final 3:08 of the match to earn the riding time point and a 6-5 victory.
Coleman secured his second consecutive All-America honor with a narrow 4-3 win over Michigan’s Matt Finesilver in the blood round. The Ames native then, after falling into a 6-0 deficit, pinned Clarion’s Will Feldkamp in 2:43 to advance to the consolation semifinals.
Zach Redding, Casey Swiderski and Sam Schuyler all fell one win shy of the podium.
Redding never managed to get to his offense as he fell, 12-0, to Minnesota’s Aaron Nagao. Swiderski and Purdue’s Parker Filius were knotted 2-2 in the third period when Swiderski was whipped to his back and pinned.
Schuyler suffered a heartbreaker in sudden victory, 3-1, after giving up a takedown on the edge of the mat to Wisconsin’s Trent Hillger.
Up Next
Marcus Coleman is back in action Saturday morning for Session V of the NCAA Championships at 10 a.m. on ESPNU.
Finals are set for 6 p.m. on ESPN.
The Iowa women’s basketball team cruised into the second round of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament on Friday with a 95-43 win over SE Louisiana at a sold out Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
National Player of the Year candidate Caitlin Clark led the Hawks with 26 points, 12 assists, and 7 rebounds. Monika Czinano added 22 points and 8 rebounds as Iowa notched their second-most points in program history for an NCAA Tournament game. Iowa improved to 16-1 at home on the season and are now 27-6 overall.
UP NEXT
2-Seed Iowa will host 10-Seed Georgia in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. Tipoff will be at 2 p.m. and we’ll have coverage on KJAN with pregame starting at 1:45 p.m.
Iowa State fell behind 22-2 at the outset and never recovered in a 59-41 loss to Pitt in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament in Greensboro. The Cyclones’ futility on offense was mind boggling. They made only 14 of 60 shots, including two of 21 from three point range and only topped the 40 point mark during garbage time.
That’s ISU coach T.J. Otzelberger who talked about the slow start.
Iowa State closes the season with a record of 19-14.
TULSA, Okla. – The University of Iowa wrestling team has five quarterfinalists and all 10 Hawkeyes are still alive following Session II of the 2023 NCAA Championships at the BOK Center.
The Hawkeyes went 7-3 in the second session and 15-5 on day one in Oklahoma. Penn State leads the team race with 26 points after day one, while Iowa is second with 21.5 points, Missouri is third with 17.5 points and Minnesota and NC State are tied for fourth with 16.5 points.
“We have to get ready for day two and that’s real,” said head coach Tom Brands.
Top-seeded Spencer Lee cruised into the quarterfinals with a 16-0 technical fall victory over 16th-seeded Jack Medley of Michigan, needing just 2:30 of clock time. Lee took Medley to his back in the opening seconds to take a 4-0 lead before piling up 12 points with various tilts to end the bout.
The victory was Lee’s 57th straight and it was his 13th career bonus point win at the NCAA Championships (in 17 career matches). Lee, who hasn’t allowed a point in his last four NCAA matches dating back to the 2021 season, is outscoring his opponents 18-0 with a pin and tech fall in two wins.
No. 1 seed Real Woods advanced with a hard-fought 7-5 decision over No. 17 seed Dylan D’Emilio of Ohio State. Woods had a pair of takedowns in the first, but the Buckeye used an escape and takedown in the second to even the match at five. After Woods earned an escape point to take a 6-5 lead, he fought off a late attack (that held up after the review) and the riding time point made it the 7-5 final.
Woods improves to 18-0 this season and he advances to the quarterfinals for a second straight season.
Eighth-seeded Max Murin was the third Hawkeye to advance, winning a 3-1 decision over Stanford’s No. 9 Jaden Abas. A second-period takedown was the difference as he avenged a 2021 NCAA loss to Abas in the Round of 12. Murin brings a 23-4 record into Friday’s quarters.
No. 11 seed Nelson Brands pulled of Iowa’s biggest upset of the day, downing Ohio State’s six seed Ethan Smith, 3-1, to advance. Brands had a first-period takedown with four seconds remaining and added an escape in the third to advance to the quarters for the first time in his career.
“He scored a takedown in the first period and that’s a good thing,” said Brands. “He has a lot of scoring ability and that’s what we want to see. We want to see more score ability as the tournament gets deeper and we have to get tougher.”
No. 4 seed Tony Cassioppi capped Iowa’s opening session with a 9-0 major decision over UNI’s 13th-seed Tyrell Gordon. Cassioppi had a takedown in the closing seconds to secure his second straight major decision as he is outscoring his two NCAA opponents, 19-0.
Two Hawkeyes won on the back side of the bracket to stay alive. No. 23 Brody Teske jumped out to an 8-2 first-period lead in an eventual 11-5 win over Missouri’s Connor Brown at 133 and No. 14 Cobe Siebrecht used a four-point near fall en route to a 10-2 major decision over Oklahoma’s Jared Hill at 157.
“It was good, we need that and that was a good characteristic to have,” said Brands. “If you get something that is thrown at you that is a curveball, you have to stay in there and deal with it. They did a good job and keep it going.”
The Hawkeyes dropped second round bouts at 165, 184 and 197. No. 11 Cameron Amine (Michigan) used a third-period takedown to edge No. 6 Patrick Kennedy, 3-2, at 165; No. 5 Marcus Coleman (Iowa State) rode out No. 12 Abe Assad in a tiebreaker in a 2-1 decision at 184 and third-seeded Rocky Elam (Missouri) downed 14th-seeded Jacob Warner, 6-2, at 197.
All three wrestlers will be in action Friday morning on the consolation side of the bracket.
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