The six-ranked University of Iowa women take on eighth-rated Maryland tonight (Thursday), in Carver Hawkeye Arena. Hawkeye coach Lisa Bluder has praise for the Terrapins.

Bluder says Maryland comes in with a lot of momentum. “They’ve had five straight wins now they have almost four people in double figures so they’re hard to guard,” Bluder says. She says her team will have to be sound.

Maryland comes into the 7:30 game at 18-4 overall and 9-2 in the conference. Iowa is 17-4 overall and 9-1 in the conference.

The SWAT Valkyrie wrestling team gets to cap off their inaugural season with six wrestlers competing at the first ever sanctioned girls state wrestling tournament on Thursday and Friday in Coralville. Valkyrie head coach Tiffany South said it has been a very rewarding process getting the program going.

The Valkyrie started this season as a cooperative program that draws student-athletes from CAM, Atlantic, Griswold, Nodaway Valley, and Southwest Valley and they have enjoyed strong participation numbers. Coach South said it’s been great to be involved in a lot of competition and she thinks it will only grow from here.

Many of the wrestlers are competing for the first time this season and Coach South said it has been awesome to see the team share their growth and successes.

Six wrestlers will be hitting the mats for SWAT at the State Tournament on Thursday and Friday at Xtream Arena in Coralville: Jazz Christensen, Ady Lundquist, Evy Marlin, Grace Britten, Ellen Gerlock, and Haley Armstrong. Coach South said their is a lot of excitement surrounding the team.

We’ll have reports on results throughout the tournament on KJAN. Jim Field will provide those reports at 10:45 a.m., 12:45 p.m., 2:45 p.m., and halftime of each of our evening basketball games. Listen to the full interview with Coach South below.

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The Atlantic wrestling team won their opening round dual over Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley but fell in the final to Sergeant Bluff-Luton in regional dual competition on Tuesday night.

Atlantic 42, Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 31

Sergeant Bluff-Luton 41, Atlantic 28

Iowa pulled away in the final ten minutes for an 86-70 win over Northwestern on Tuesday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Peton Sandfort and Filip Rebraca combined to score 20 points over the final seven minutes to lead the Hawkeyes to the win.

The game was tied at halftime at 39 and the lead swayed back and forth early in the second half before Iowa pulled away.

Sandfort and Rebraca each finished with 20 points for the game and Rebraca added 10 rebounds for a double-double. Kris Murray added 16 points and 8 rebounds.

The Hawkeyes improved to 14-8 overall and 6-5 in the Big Ten. Next up for the Hawks is a home game against Illinois on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. We’ll have that game on KJAN with pregame at 12:30 p.m.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic 57, Red Oak 20 (A: Aubrey Guyer 21pts)
Gretna, NE 44, Lewis Central 39
Spencer 66, Denison-Schleswig 40
Bellevue East, NE 91, Glenwood 60

Western Iowa Conference
IKM-Manning 53, Missouri Valley 22
Logan-Magnolia 48, Audubon 21
Treynor 59, Riverside 15
Underwood 49, Tri-Center 24

Rolling Valley Conference
Ar-We-Va 53, West Harrison 45
CAM 45, Coon Rapids-Bayard 30 (CAM: Eva Steffensen 16pts)
Exira-EHK 61, Boyer Valley 18
Woodbine 63, Glidden-Ralston 37

Corner Conference
East Mills 59, Griswold 15
Sidney 71, Essex 42
Stanton 53, Fremont-Mills 48

Pride of Iowa Conference
Central Decatur 50, Wayne 39
Martensdale-St. Marys 78, Southeast Warren 19
Nodaway Valley 50, Mount Ayr 44 (NV: Izzy Eisbach 18pts)
Seymour 57, East Union 42
Southwest Valley 52, Bedford 37

Other Scores
ACGC 34, West Central Valley 32
Bondurant-Farrar 51, Carroll 47
CB Abraham Lincoln 48, Sioux City West 44
Bishop Heelan 88, CB Thomas Jefferson 14
Panorama 39, Woodward-Granger 26

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Atlantic 77, Red Oak 75 (A: Colton Rasmussen hit game winner with 5 seconds left)
Glenwood 56, Clarinda 42
Spencer 47, Denison-Schleswig 40

Western Iowa Conference
IKM-Manning 63, Missouri Valley 46
Logan-Magnolia 60, Audubon 52
Treynor 61, Riverside 48
Underwood 64, Tri-Center 33

Rolling Valley Conference
CAM 55, Coon Rapids-Bayard 50
Exira-EHK 70, Boyer Valley 48 (E: Derrek Kommes and Cash Emgarten 18pts each)
West Harrison 68, Ar-We-Va 42
Woodbine 49, Glidden-Ralston 33

Corner Conference
East Mills 77, Griswold 27
Sidney 70, Essex 54
Stanton 77, Fremont-Mills 72

Pride of Iowa Conference
Bedford 47, SW Valley 30
Central Decatur 67, Wayne 41
East Union 62, Seymour 59
Mount Ayr 64, Nodaway Valley 59 (NV: Boston DeVault 22pts)

Other Scores
ACGC 73, West Central Valley 44
Bondurant-Farrar 78, Carroll 53
CB Abraham Lincoln 69, Sioux City West 58
Bishop Heelan 73, CB Thomas Jefferson 55
Panorama 51, Woodward-Granger 41

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the regional basketball pairing for Class 1A, 2A, and 3A on Tuesday afternoon. Class 1A will have their first regional games on February 9th followed by 2A and 3A playing first round games on February 11th.

Here’s a look at some of the area regionals. See the full pairings at the links below as well.

Class 1A Regional Basketball Pairings

Region 4

Remsen St. Mary’s -BYE
George-Little Rock @ Gehlen Catholic
South O’Brien @ Kingsley-Pierson
Harris-Lake Park @ Trinity Christian
Exira-EHK- BYE
Ar-We-Va @ Woodbury Central
Audubon @ Coon Rapids-Bayard
Siouxland Christian @ River Valley

Region 5

Westwood- BYE
Whiting @ Boyer Valley
Orient-Macksburg @ CAM
West Harrison @ Tri-Center
Woodbine-BYE
Griswold @ Riverside
Hamburg @ Stanton
East Union @ Murray

Region 7

St. Albert- BYE
Diagonal @ Lenox
Sidney @ East Mills
Essex @ Fremont-Mills
Bedford @ Martensdale-St. Marys
Melcher-Dallas @ Mormon Trail
Southeast Warren @ Earlham
Lamoni @ Wayne

Class 2A Regional Basketball Pairings

Region 7

First Round
West Central Valley @ Woodward-Granger
Ogden @ ACGC
Southwest Valley @ I-35

Quarterfinals
WCV/W-G @ Panorama
Central Decatur @ Mount Ayr
ACGC/Ogden @ Treynor
I-35/SWV @ Nodaway Valley

Region 8

First Round
East Sac County @ IKM-Manning
Missouri Valley @ AHSTW

Quarterfinals
ESC/IKM-M @ Pocahontas Area
Manson-NW Webster @ South Central Calhoun
MV/AHSTW @ Underwood
Kuemper Catholic @ Logan-Magnolia

Class 3A Regional Basketball Pairings

Region 5

Van Meter @ Des Moines Christian
Shenandoah @ Clarke
Clarinda @ Atlantic
Red Oak @ Harlan

Class 4A and 5A pairings will be released on February 8th.

IRVING, Texas – Iowa State will face 11 2022 bowl teams according to the 2023 football schedule announced today by the Big 12 Conference.

ISU will have six home games at MidAmerican Energy Field at Jack Trice Stadium and will begin the season playing host to Northern Iowa (Sept. 2). The Cyclones will host Iowa in the Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series the following week (Sept. 9) before their final non-conference game at Ohio (Sept. 16).

The Cyclones open Big 12 play at home against Oklahoma State (Sept. 23). It marks the first time since 1997, the Big 12 Conference’s inaugural season, that Iowa State will begin league play against the Cowboys in Ames.

Following a Sept. 30 date at Oklahoma, Iowa State returns home to honor Jack Trice’s legacy when it hosts 2023 College Football Playoff finalist TCU on Oct. 7, the day before the 100^th anniversary of his tragic passing from injuries suffered during the Cyclones’ Oct. 6, 1923, loss at Minnesota.

Iowa State will play at Big 12 newcomer Cincinnati on Oct. 14, in the first-ever meeting between the programs, and following an Oct. 21 open date, travel to Baylor, Oct. 28.

The Cyclones will welcome Kansas (Nov. 4) for Homecoming to begin November, and then travel to Provo, Utah, on Nov. 11 for their fifth all-time meeting against BYU, and first since 1974.

ISU hosts Texas on Nov. 18 before closing its schedule Nov. 25 at 2022 Big 12 champion Kansas State.

Season ticket renewal information will be communicated to the public in early February.

To view the entire 2023 schedule online, click here.

2023 Iowa State Football Schedule

Sept. 2 – UNI
Sept. 9 – %IOWA
Sept. 16 – at Ohio
Sept. 23 – *OKLAHOMA STATE
Sept. 30 – *at Oklahoma
Oct. 7 – *TCU (Jack Trice Legacy Game)
Oct. 14 – *at Cincinnati
Oct. 28 – *at Baylor
Nov. 4 – *KANSAS (Homecoming)
Nov. 11 – *at BYU
Nov. 18 – *TEXAS
Nov. 25 – *at Kansas State

Home games in CAPS/BOLD; %Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series; *Big 12 Conference game.

Iowa men’s basketball player Kris Murray and women’s basketball players Caitlin Clark and Monica Czinano have been named to their respective Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 lists. Iowa State’s Ashley Joens was also named to the women’s list. The announcement was made Monday by the LA Athletic Club.

Chosen by a poll of national college basketball experts based on their performances during the 2022-23 season thus far, the list comprises of 20 student-athletes who are front-runners for one of the sport’s most prestigious honor.

Murray is also on the Oscar Robertson Midseason and Karl Malone Award watch lists. Murray (6-foot-8, 220 pounds) is averaging a team-best 20.8 points and 8.6 rebounds per outing.

Clark has been tabbed as the Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year, All-Big Ten by coaches and media (unanimous), Nancy Lieberman Preseason Watch List, AP All-American (unanimous), Naismith, Wooden Preseason Watch List, and The Athletic Player of the Year. This season, Clark is leading the Hawkeyes with 27.1 points, 7.9 rebounds and 7.9 assists per game.

Czinano was the fifth Hawkeye to surpass 2,000 career points and 38^th all-time in Big Ten Conference history. Czinano and Clark were the first pair of teammates to accomplish those feats in the same season in Big Ten women’s basketball history. Czinano is averaging 18.1 points per game and is shooting 66% from the floor this year. She has shot 70% or better from the floor in five out of last six games.

From Iowa City, Joens has been outstanding for the Cyclones once again, leading the Big 12 and ranking nationally at 20.2 points per game. She has been in double figures of 18-of-19 games, over 20 points nine times and has a pair of 30-point games, the latest being her 32-point outing in the win over then-No. 14 Oklahoma on Saturday. Joens also has nine double-doubles on the season.