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AMES – No. 13 Iowa State dropped its first Big 12 dual of the season to No. 3 Oklahoma State, 27-12, Sunday evening in front of a rowdy Hilton Coliseum crowd. The Cyclones (8-4, 3-1 Big 12) took four of 10 matches from the Cowboys (11-0, 8-0 Big 12) but were outgunned by OSU’s upper weights after carrying a lead into the intermission.

AMES – Iowa State (15-7, 6-3 Big 12) topped UCF (7-11, 0-8 Big 12) dominantly with a 34-point win of 90-56 Saturday afternoon to end the week at 2-0. ISU had four double-figure scorers and totaled 12 3-pointers, the Cyclones’ seventh game this season with 10-plus.

UNI improves to 10-1 overall, 4-1 in Big 12 duals. Panthers compete at West Virginia and Loras Open next Saturday.

IOWA CITY – The second-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team defeated fourth-ranked Ohio State on Saturday afternoon at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Mediacom Mat.

TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA – Four Panther starters finished in double-digit scoring figures on Saturday afternoon as the UNI men’s basketball team took down the Indiana State Sycamores by a score of 74-56 inside the Hulman Center in Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) play.

TEMPE, ARIZONA – Iowa State senior guard Curtis Jones had another fabulous offensive showing on Saturday in the desert, as his career-high 33 points helped power an ISU (17-2, 7-1 Big 12) second-half comeback over Arizona State (11-8, 2-6 Big 12) as the Cyclones won 76-61.

CARBONDALE, Illinois — UNI women’s basketball traveled to Carbondale, Illinois to take on the Southern Illinois Salukis on Friday evening. The Panthers took control early and never let off the gas, taking home an 84-59 victory inside the Banterra Center.

AMES – No. 13 Iowa State (8-3, 3-0 Big 12) looked as impressive as it has all season in a 25-6 victory over No. 22 Oklahoma (6-3, 2-3 Big 12) Friday night inside Hilton Coliseum. In front of a Beauty and the Beast record crowd of 9,470, the Cyclones took eight of 10 bouts from the Sooners.

Panthers test third-ranked Cowboys in front of largest McLeod Center wrestling crowd in program history. Northern Iowa hosts No. 22 Oklahoma on Saturday night.

IOWA CITY – The Iowa Hawkeyes snapped a three-game losing streak, downing the Penn State Nittany Lions, 76-75, on Friday night inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

CEDAR FALLS – A pair of top-25 conference opponents with clash with the fifth-ranked UNI wrestling team this weekend as the Panther Train prepares to take on No. 3 Oklahoma State and No. 22 Oklahoma this Friday and Saturday night inside the McLeod Center.

AMES – Iowa State (14-7, 5-3 Big 12) won over BYU (10-8, 1-6 Big 12) by a score of 82-59 Wednesday night. ISU had two 20-plus point scorers in the victory.

AMES – Following its second loss of the season, No. 3 Iowa State (16-2, 6-1 Big 12) emphatically bounced back on Tuesday evening, thrashing UCF (13-6, 3-4 Big 12) by a score of 108-83.

Four Panthers score in double-digit figures in 11-point win over Bears. UNI visits Indiana State on Saturday afternoon.

MASON CITY – The NIACC softball team is ranked No. 24 in the NJCAA Division II preseason poll released on Tuesday.

IOWA CITY – The Iowa Hawkeyes were ran off the court Tuesday night by the lowly Minnesota Gophers, trailing by as many as 17 points late in the game, in a 72-67 loss.

MASON CITY – The NIACC men’s basketball team is ranked No. 20 in the NJCAA Division II poll released Tuesday.
The Trojans (14-5 overall, 6-3 in the ICCAC) picked up a pair of wins last week.

IOWA CITY – Fresh off a humiliating loss to UCLA, the Iowa Hawkeyes are adding a mid-season transfer, Isaiah Johnson-Arigu, from the University of Miami in Florida, who averages 1 point and 0.8 rebounds per game.

AMES – The Iowa State football team has been ranked No. 15 in the final poll released Tuesday by the Associated Press.

Panthers welcome the Bears to McLeod Center in league play.

EUGENE, OREGON – Iowa jumped out to 11-point lead holding Oregon’s offense scoreless for 7:05 to begin the game, but ultimately lost again, 50-49 in a Big Ten Conference road game.

MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA – Iowa State (13-7, 4-3 Big 12) fell to No. 20 West Virginia (15-3, 5-2 Big 12) in Morgantown by a score of 82-68 Sunday afternoon.

UNI offense held to 32% in road loss to Salukis. Panthers host Missouri State on Tuesday night.

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The nation’s longest winning streak has come to an end. No. 2 Iowa State (15-2, 4-1 Big 12) saw its 12-game winning streak snapped on Saturday afternoon, as Iowa State fell to West Virginia, 64-57.

CEDAR FALLS — UNI women’s basketball hosted the Belmont Bruins in game two of a two-game homestand. The first half saw the Panthers and the Bruins battle back and forth before the second half proved to be all Belmont with the Bruins taking home a 74-60 victory in Cedar Falls at the McLeod Center.

IOWA CITY – The second ranked University of Iowa wrestling team won eight of 10 matches to put together a 28-6 victory over ninth ranked Illinois on Friday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Panthers score five bonus-point wins in rout of Arizona State. UNI heads to Cyclone Open on Sunday before hosting No. 3 Oklahoma State next Friday night.

LOS ANGELES – Iowa lost by 27 points to UCLA this evening in a Big Ten road game, and the contest was not as close as the final score indicates.

CEDAR FALLS – UNI women’s basketball looks to bounce back after a loss to Murray State in a matchup against the Belmont Bruins on Saturday, January 18. The Panthers and the Bruins have met on five previous occasions, all within the last two seasons and all going the way of Belmont.

CEDAR FALLS – Riding a two-game winning streak and sitting just one game out of first-place in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) standings, the UNI men’s basketball team will look to complete the regular season sweep of Southern Illinois on Saturday when Panthers battle the Salukis.

Murray State continued to cut the UNI Panther momentum down the stretch with game-changing threes to take home a 95-89 victory inside the McLeod Center.

CEDAR FALLS – UNI women’s basketball hosts Murray State on Thursday night inside the McLeod Center. This will be the seventh all-time matchup between the teams with UNI holding a perfect 6-0 record against the Racers.

AMES – Another ranked opponent, another win for Iowa State. No. 2 Iowa State (15-1, 5-0) was dominant again, knocking off No. 9 Kansas (12-4, 3-2 Big 12), 74-57 Wednesday night in Hilton Coliseum to run its winning streak to 12 games, tying for the third-longest in school history.

HOPEWELL, N.J. — UNI women’s basketball senior Maya McDermott was named to the 2025 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award watch list as announced by Her Hoop Stats on Wednesday morning.

AMES – Iowa State (13-6, 4-2 Big 12) topped Texas Tech (12-7, 1-5 Big 12) by a score of 71-58 Tuesday night. Iowa State was led by two 20-point scorers.