Caitlin Clark scored 35 points but it was her passing that helped fourth-ranked Iowa pull away from rival Iowa State and secure a 67-58 victory Wednesday night.
The Iowa football team will be returning to Florida when the 17th-ranked Hawkeyes take on No. 21 Tennessee in the 2024 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Jan. 1 in Orlando, Florida.
Iowa needed a perfect or near-perfect performance to have a shot at taking down unbeaten Michigan, and the Hawkeyes made too many mistakes to catch the No. 2 Wolverines, falling 26-0.
“I don’t think anybody thought we were going to be in this situation after we lost 31-0 at Penn State. I said, ‘You know, we still have all of our goals in front of us. We can still win the Big Ten West and we can win the Big Ten championship.’ I know a lot of people kind of laughed at that, so we love being the underdog.”
Iowa has been able to steady the ship in-season and in-game. No doubt they’ll have to do the latter against Michigan on Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium. The Hawkeyes will be a 20+ point underdog.
The No. 4 Iowa wrestling team claimed their 19th straight victory over eighth-ranked Iowa State with a 18-14 dual victory over the Cyclones in front of 14,267 fans at the Hilton Coliseum on Sunday.
aitlin Clark scored 32 points, and No. 5 Iowa survived wasting a pair of double-digit leads before rallying to finally beat No. 16 Kansas State 77-70 in the championship game of the Gulf Coast Showcase on Sunday night.
Other than the people inside the Iowa football building and the team’s most optimistic fans, few expect the Hawkeyes to pose much of a challenge to Michigan in the Big Ten championship game.
Caitlin Clark scored 21 points, coach Lisa Bluder got her 500th victory at Iowa and the fifth-ranked Hawkeyes had no trouble on the way to beating Florida Gulf Coast 100-62 in the semifinals of the Gulf Coast Showcase on Saturday night.
The Hawkeyes shot 29% (10 of 34) from the field in the first half, went 0 for 10 from 3-point range and committed six turnovers, which Oklahoma converted into eight points.
Although the Iowa football team has already clinched the Big Ten West Division Title, the Hawkeyes still feel like they have a lot to play for this Friday. That includes avenging a loss against the Cornhuskers last season, winning their final trophy game and becoming a 10-win team on the season.
The third-ranked Iowa men’s wrestling team earned a 25-11 victory over No. 16 Oregon State on Sunday afternoon in its home opener at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Caitlin Clark had 35 points and 10 assists and Kate Martin had a career-high 25 points as No. 2 Iowa responded from its first loss of the season, defeating Drake 113-90 on Sunday.
Kaleb Johnson’s 30-yard touchdown run with 4:43 to play gave Iowa a 15-13 win over Illinois on Saturday, clinching the Big Ten West Division title for the Hawkeyes.
Ben Krikke scored 25 points, Dasonte Bowen scored 17 and Iowa led by double digits for most of the second half to beat Arkansas State 88-74 on Friday night.
The Williamsburg football team shut out Sioux City Heelan 20-0 in the Class 3A state championship game Friday at the UNI-Dome to claim the program’s first-ever state title.
Caitlin Clark struggled through a poor shooting performance and No. 2 Iowa failed to score in the last three minutes Thursday night, falling to Kansas State 65-58.
In front of a record breaking attendance of 8,207 fans, Iowa senior Marlynne Deede pinned her way through the Trailblazer Duals. Deede said about wrestling in front of such a large crowd. The quad meet marked the Iowa women’s wrestling team’s first home competition.
In his weekly press conference, the Iowa men’s wrestling head coach expressed his frustration with both the NCAA and media outlets regarding the ongoing sports gambling investigation.
“That is the whole point of trusting the process, if I could say anything about it it’s just ‘walk by faith rather than sight.’ The faith to believe in something that’s not exactly there yet, but it will be.”
