IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa announced today that its men’s basketball home finale against Nebraska on Sunday has reached sellout status.

The contest will tipoff at 1 p.m. on Mediacom Court at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The game will be televised nationally on Big Ten Network and broadcast on the Hawkeye Radio Network.

Iowa’s two seniors – Connor McCaffery and Filip Rebraca – will be recognized at center court prior to the game at approximately 12:45 p.m.

The chairman of a key Senate committee has introduced a bill to boost the penalty for assaulting a referee or umpire. Troy Scheuermann of Farmington is urging lawmakers to make this move for sports officials. Scheuermann, who’s a basketball referee, cites what happened after he and a partner volunteered to referee a three-on-three tournament for fifth graders in Fort Madison last March.

Fort Madison’s newspaper has reported that a Burlington man was arrested and charged with a serious misdemeanor. Senator Lynn Evans of Aurelia is a licensed official for football, basketball, baseball, softball and track. He’s never been assaulted over a call he’s made, but Evans says the escalation of these kind of incidents is discouraging people from becoming a sports official.

Senator Nate Boulton of Des Moines says police in Des Moines had to be called this past year after an umpire was assaulted at a slow pitch softball game.

Senator Mike Bousselot, a Republican from Ankeny, says the bill will draw a line of protection for sports officials.

The bill has cleared a Senate subcommittee and is scheduled for a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Twenty-three other states have already made assaulting a sports official a felony.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — The University of Iowa men’s basketball team will play in the inaugural Rady Children’s Invitational in San Diego next season. The 2023 field includes four teams from power conferences: Iowa (Big Ten), USC (Pac-12), Seton Hall (Big East), and Oklahoma (Big 12).

The two-day event, which will take place Nov. 23-24, will be played at UC San Diego’s LionTree Arena and games will air either on FOX or FS1. Matchups and tip times will be announced in the coming months.

Ticket prices range from $35 to $125 per session. Full tournament tickets will be available. Tickets go on sale March 31. Fans wanting to receive the first opportunity to purchase tickets are encouraged to visit RadyChildrensInvitational.com. In addition, $5 per ticket sold will be donated to Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego.

“Sports events have been a pillar of the tourism industry in San Diego,” said Mark Neville, CEO of Sports San Diego. “Together with our partners – Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego, FOX Sports, UC San Diego Athletics, and Global Sports & Events – we endeavor to produce the very best and most special early season college basketball tournament in the country. San Diego is the perfect place to do this.”

“Whether shooting hoops in the driveway, participating in a pickup game at the court down the street, or watching talented athletes as a spectator, basketball brings families together,” said Stephen Jennings, Senior Vice President and Chief External Affairs Officer at Rady Children’s Hospital and Executive Director at Rady Children’s Hospital Foundation. “Rady Children’s is proud to support college basketball and inspire today’s kids to engage in exercise that develops character, encourages teamwork and builds perseverance.”

Class 3A Quarterfinals
10:00 a.m. – #6 Sioux Center 79, #3 West Marshall 53
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Class 4A Quarterfinals
11:45 p.m. – #1 Dallas Center-Grimes 57 #8 Glenwood 39
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1:30 p.m. – #4 Ballard 58,  #5 Decorah 44
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3:15 p.m. – #2 North Polk 61,  #7 Clear Creek-Amana 30
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5:00 p.m. – #3 Bishop Heelan 63,  #6 Cedar Rapids Xavier 37
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Class 2A Quarterfinals
6:45 p.m. – #1 Dike-New Hartford 68,  #8 Aplington-Parkersburg 34
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8:30 p.m. – #4 Sibley-Ocheyedan 60, #5 Regina Catholic 39
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IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa junior Caitlin Clark was named Big Ten Player of the Year the conference office announced on Tuesday. Clark and Monika Czinano picked up first team accolades from the coaches and media.

Freshman Hannah Stuelke was named the Sixth Player of the Year by coaches and media. McKenna Warnock was tabbed honorable mention and Kate Martin was the recipient of Iowa’s sportsmanship award. 

This season, Clark is the only player in the nation with more than 750 points, 210 rebounds, 210 assists, and 30 steals. Clark was a unanimous selection from the coaches and media as an All-Big Ten first teamer. She is also the first Big Ten women’s basketball player to be named player of the year in back-to-back years since Iowa’s Megan Gustafson.

Iowa has earned five of the last six Big Ten Player of the Year awards. She is the 10th player in Big Ten history to earn honors in consecutive seasons.

She has registered +25 points, +5 rebounds, and +5 assists in 15 games this year and 37 times in her career which is the most in NCAA women’s basketball history. Clark is leading the Hawkeyes with 27.2 ppg, 8.1 rpg, and 7.4 apg. Since 2009-10, Clark joins the likes of Luka Doncic, LeBron James, Russel Westbrook, and James Harden as the only players to average 27 ppg, 8 apg, and 7 rpg in a single season.

She leads the country in assists and is second in scoring. Is one of two players to lead the conference in scoring in three straight seasons.

Czinano was a unanimous first team selection by the Big Ten coaches. Czinano has been top-5 in field goal percentage the last four seasons. She ended the regular season averaging 17.2 ppg and 6.5 rpg. Czinano has been a First Team selection in four consecutive seasons.

Warnock was Iowa’s third leading scorer and second-best 3-point shooter this year. She averaged 10.9 ppg and 5.7 rpg. Stuelke netted Iowa’s second-best field goal percentage at 61% behind Czinano and corralled 126 boards in limited action. Stuelke has the most total points among Big Ten players with fewer than 500 minutes played. Martin shot 41% from deep and was the fourth leading scorer for Iowa at 7.3 ppg.

Iowa’s Big Ten Honors

Player of the Year: Caitlin Clark (Coaches/Media)
First Team: Caitlin Clark (Coaches**/Media**), Monika Czinano (Coaches**/Media)
Second Team: NA
Honorable Mention: McKenna Warnock (Coaches/Media)
Sixth Player of the Year: Hannah Stuelke (Coaches/Media)
All-Defensive Team: NA
All-Freshman Team: NA
Defensive Player of the Year: NA
Freshman of the Year: NA
Sportsmanship Award: Kate Martin
** denotes unanimous selection

2022-23 Western Iowa Conference Boys All-Conference Basketball Teams

First Team
*Grady Jeppesen (Riverside)
*Brayden Lund (AHSTW)
*Kyle Sternberg (AHSTW)
Michael Turner (Tri-Center)
*Jack Vanfossan (Underwood)
Mason Boothby (Underwood)
Jace Tams (Treynor)
*Unanimous Selections

Second Team
Ross Kusel (IKM-Manning)
Ethan Dickerson (Treynor)
Brody Lager (Missouri Valley)
Josh Ravlin (Underwood)
Edward Miller (Audubon)
Cole Scheffler (AHSTW)
Ethan Konz (Treynor)

WIC Player of the Year
Grady Jeppesen (Riverside)

2022-23 WIC All-Conference Girls Basketball Teams

First Team
*Alizabeth Jacobsen (Underwood)
*Clara Teigland (Treynor)
*Aliyah Humphrey (Underwood)
Mya Moss (Logan-Magnolia)
Delaney Goshorn (AHSTW)
Alexa Schwartz (Treynor)
Greylan Hornbeck (Logan-Magnolia)
*Unanimous Selection

Second Team
Macanna Guritz (Logan-Magnolia)
Alexis Flaharty (Tri – Center)
Ellie Peterson (AHSTW)
Mabel Langel (IKM – Manning)
Nora Konz (Treynor)
Grace Herman (Missouri Valley)
Leah Hall (Underwood)

WIC Player of the Year
Alizabeth Jacobsen (Underwood)
Clara Teigland (Treynor)

CAM alum Zoey Artist is set to be inducted into the IGHSAU Basketball Hall of Fame this week. Artist is joined in this year’s class Connie Kraai of Holstein, Mason City’s Jadda Buckley, and Alexis Conway of MOC-Floyd Valley. The four will be inducted at halftime of the Class 1A state championship game on Saturday, March 4th at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

Artist was a standout for CAM (Cumberland-Anita-Massena) from 1994-98. She led CAM to a state tournament appearance in 1997 and was a four-time Class 2A all-state selection, earning first team honors in 1997 and 98. She finished her career with 1,845 points and averaged over 20 points a game for her career.

She played collegiate basketball at Eastern Kentucky and scored over 1,000 points with more than 300 career assists. She averaged 12.1 points a game as a senior and was named the Ohio Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2002.

Kraai played at Holstein from 1962-66 and was a two-time all-state forward. She guided her team to the 1965 state tournament and scored 3,830 points in her career.

Buckley starred at Mason City from 2009-2013.  She was a two-time Class 4A first team all-state selection and went on to play four seasons at Iowa State.

Conaway starred at MOC-Floyd Valley from 2010-14 and was 2014 Miss Iowa Basketball. Conaway was a three-time first-team all-state selection.

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 18th weekly award from the conference, which is third-most in conference history. She has garnered weekly honors six times this season which is a conference best.

Clark led the Hawkeyes to their fourth AP Top 10 win of the season versus No. 2 Indiana. She registered 34 points, nine rebounds, and nine assists including a buzzer beating 3-pointer to win. It was her 12^th career 30-point performance against an AP-ranked opponent. It was Clark’s 15^th game this season with +25 points, +5 rebounds, +5 assists which is a NCAA best. Against Maryland, Clark netted a team-best 18 points, five rebounds, four assists, and two blocks.  

The nationally ranked Hawkeyes are set to travel to the Big Ten Tournament on Friday where they will play the winner of 10-Seed Wisconsin/7-Seed Purdue inside the Target Center at 5:30 p.m. (CT) on BTN.

After a memorable weekend at Carver-Hawkeye Arena the Iowa men open the final week of the regular season tonight (Tuesday night) at 15th ranked Indiana. The Hawkeyes erased a 10 point deficit in the final 48 seconds of regulation on Saturday in a 112-106 win over Michigan State in overtime and that was followed by Caitlin Clark’s buzzer-beater on Sunday in a win over second ranked Indiana for the Hawkeye women. Iowa coach Fran McCaffery.

McCaffery says it was an exciting weekend for everyone involved.

Two games in the loss column separate second place and 11th. The Hoosiers are 11-7 and coming off a win at fifth ranked Purdue.

Indiana forward Trayce Jackson-Davis is averaging 20 points and 11 rebounds per game. McCaffery says he has taken his game to another level by getting his teammates involved.

McCaffery says Jackson-Davis is a difficult matchup.

Iowa is 10-8 in the Big Ten and begins the week in a three-way tie for sixth.