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AMES – Oklahoma (14-15, 4-12 Big 12) made 7-of-13 shots from 3-point range after intermission to help the Sooners defeat No. 23 Iowa State (17-11, 8-8 Big 12), 61-50 Saturday afternoon in Hilton Coliseum.

IOWA CITY – Iowa trailed by double digits with just over a minute to play against relentless Michigan State, but a Peyton Sandfort 3-pointer with seconds left sent the game to overtime where the Hawkeyes scratched out a 112-106 victory over the Spartans.

CEDAR FALLS – UNI men’s basketball closes out the 2022-23 season Sunday as it hosts the Belmont Bruins in Missouri Valley Conference play inside the McLeod Center.

IOWA CITY –  The University of Iowa women’s tennis team, ranked #40 nationally, was defeated by #4 Iowa State, 4-0, on Friday at the Hawkeye Tennis & Recreational Complex.

ROUND ROCK, TEXAS – The University of Iowa baseball team was defeated by Sam Houston, 6-0, on Friday night at Dell Diamond in the Round Rock Classic.

AMES – No. 20 Iowa State will look to get back into the win column on Saturday when the Cyclones host TCU at 5 p.m. inside Hilton Coliseum. Saturday’s contest will serve as Iowa State’s Play4Kay game for breast cancer awareness. ISU is coming off a 73-68 setback at Oklahoma State on Wednesday.

NASHVILLE – The Panthers fourth quarter comeback fell just short in their 82-77 loss against the Belmont Bruins.

AMES – The Iowa State Letterwinners Club unveiled the Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2023 on Wednesday. Five former Cyclone coaches and stars will be inducted into the Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame on Friday Sept. 22 in a ceremony at the Sukup End Zone Club in Ames.

The Hawkeyes were selected to finish third in the preseason coaches’ poll.

MADISON, WISCONSIN – Iowa kept the game close but after many lead changes, came up short to Wisconsin Wednesday night, losing to the Badgers 64-52.

CARBONDALE, Ill. – UNI struggled to defend the three-point line and finish shots in the paint as the Panthers fell to the Southern Illinois Salukis on Wednesday night at the Banterra Center in Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) play, 86-63.

STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA – No. 20 Iowa State rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to take the lead but was unable to fend off Oklahoma State Wednesday evening at Gallagher-Iba Arena.

CEDAR FALLS – The final week of the regular season gets underway for UNI men’s basketball as the Panthers visit Southern Illinois in their final road game of the year on Wednesday night.

AMES – Coming off two big wins last week, No. 20 Iowa State will look to keep the momentum going at Oklahoma State in a battle for third in the Big 12 Wednesday night.

CEDAR FALLS – Former UNI defensive back Benny Sapp III was selected with the 27th overall pick in Tuesday’s United States Football League (USFL) Draft by the Memphis Showboats.

MASON CITY – NIACC sophomore point guard Audrey Martinez-Stewart was selected as the ICCAC women’s basketball player of the week for the week of Feb. 13-19.

COLLEGE PARK, MD – Iowa’s high-powered offense was shut down Tuesday night in Maryland as the Hawkeyes were tamed by the Terrapins, 96-68.

IOWA CITY – University of Iowa senior Spencer Lee has been named the Big Ten Wrestler of the Week, it was announced Tuesday by the league office. The honor is Lee’s third this season and the seventh of his career.

CEDAR FALLS – UNI football has announced the return of Jeremiah Johnson to the coaching staff for the 2023 season as an assistant coach.

AMES – Weekly honors continue to roll in for Iowa State’s David Carr as he was named the NCAA and Big 12 Wrestler of the Week on Tuesday.

MADISON, WISCONSIN – Iowa’s season doesn’t get any easier coming off a road loss to Northwestern, as the Hawkeyes swoop into Wisconsin’s Kohl Center to face the Badgers Wednesday night.

IOWA CITY – Sophomore RHP Brody Brecht of the Iowa Hawkeyes has been named the D1Baseball Pitcher of the Week, it was announced Monday.

AUSTIN, TEXAS – No. 23 Iowa State hits the road for its second road game against an Associated Press Top 15 team in the last four days, as the Cyclones travel to Austin to face No. 9 Texas. The Longhorns enter the game tied for the Big 12 lead.

PORT CHARLOTTE, FLORIDA – Sophomore RHP Brody Brecht was perfect in his season debut not allowing a baserunner through five innings of work as the University of Iowa baseball team defeated Quinnipiac, 7-1.

EVANSTON, ILLINOIS – Iowa’s 9-game winning streak over Northwestern came to a screeching halt tonight as the Wildcats humbled the Hawkeyes, 80-60.

IOWA CITY – Seniors Spencer Lee, Max Murin and Jacob Warner all posted Senior Day wins to lead the second-ranked University of Iowa wrestling team to a 28-7 victory over No. 6 Oklahoma State on Sunday afternoon in front of a sold-out Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

In his second season at the helm, Otzelberger has led the Cyclones to a Top 20 ranking for the second-straight year, as the Cyclones sit 17-8 overall on the year and are currently ranked No. 19 in the nation.

CEDAR FALLS – UNI picked up a big 76-50 win over the Bradley Braves Saturday night.

SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI – Bowen Born joined UNI’s 1,000 career point club and helped ice the game away in the final minute as UNI snapped its 6-game skid on Saturday in a 69-66 win against the Missouri State Bears at Great Southern Bank Arena.

MADISON, WI – UNI wrestling battled down to the final bout, but came up short in its final dual of the season in a 23-17 loss to No. 19 Wisconsin on Saturday night at the UW Fieldhouse.

WACO, TEXAS– No. 22 Iowa State (17-7, 9-5 Big 12) ended victorious in the 81-77 double-overtime thriller over Baylor (16-10, 7-7 Big 12) Saturday night.

MANHATTAN, KANSAS – #19 Iowa State couldn’t hold a hard-fought halftime lead at #12 Kansas State today, dropping a Big 12 road game to the Wildcats, 61-55.

AMES – No. 19 Iowa State hits the road for the first of back-to-back road games, starting with Saturday’s contest at No. 12 Kansas State.

IOWA CITY – Iowa will seek to continue its ascent in the Big 10 Conference as the Hawkeyes battle the newly-potent Northwestern Wildcats Sunday night in Evanston.

AMES – Back in the win column, #22 Iowa State will look to keep its winning roll going at Baylor on Saturday at 5 p.m.

MASON CITY – Three former NIACC baseball players will play in next month’s World Baseball Classic.

NORTH PORT, FLORIDA – Redshirt junior Kyle Huckstorf played the role of hero in the bottom of the 11th inning connecting on a walk off grand slam as the Hawkeyes defeated Indiana…