Tuesday March 15th Local Sports

IOWA CITY — The Iowa Hawkeyes are 16th in the final AP basketball poll. The Hawks won their first Big Ten Tournament title since 2006 on Sunday with a 75-66 win over Purdue. Iowa caught fire late after starting Big Ten play 1-3.

That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery who says the Hawkeyes have become very good at absorbing and executing game plans.

Iowa is 26-9, the second most wins in program history. All from a team that was picked to finish ninth in the Big Ten in the preseason.

That’s sophomore forward Keegan Murray. The Hawkeyes will have a quick turnaround as they open the NCAA Tournament Thursday afternoon in Buffalo against Richmond.

That’s senior guard Jordan Bohannon. Tipoff on Thursday is scheduled for 2:10 PM with the pre-game starting at 1 o’clock on AM-1300 KGLO

 

 

AMES — Iowa State players are savoring an NCAA bid which comes a year after the program suffered through a two win season. Senior guard Izaiah Brockington was one of the players that transferred in and helped a program that was picked to finish last in the Big 12.

Brockington says they were told by several outsiders who watched preseason practice that they were going to struggle.

Gabe Kalscheur says it is what he envisioned after transferring in from Minnesota.

Forward George Conditt was a freshman on the 2019 ISU team that lost in the opening round in Tulsa to Ohio State.

The Cyclones are the 11th seed in the Midwest Region and play LSU Friday night in Milwaukee.

 

 

 

CEDAR FALLS — The UNI men will visit St. Louis University on Wednesday night in the opening round of the NIT. After winning the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title the Panthers lost to eventual camp Loyola in the semifinal round of the Valley tournament.

That’s UNI coach Ben Jacobson who says the players are excited to extend their season.

Jacobson says their goal is to get to the NIT Final Four in Madison Square Garden.

The Panthers are 19-11.

 

 

 

DES MOINES — The Drake University men’s basketball team has accepted an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational held from March 19-23 at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Fla. In their first round matchup, the top-seeded Bulldogs will play No. 16 seed Purdue Fort Wayne at 11 a.m. (CT) on Saturday, March 19.

The 2022 Roman CBI tips off with the first four first round games on Saturday, March 19 with the remaining four First Round games on Sunday, March 20. The quarterfinal round is on Monday, March 21, followed by the semifinal Round on Tuesday, March 22. The Championship Game takes place on Wednesday, March. 23. All games will be played at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Fla.

 

 

CEDAR FALLS — The UNI women will need to shake off a heartbreaking loss as they get ready to take part in the WNIT. The Panthers squandered a late lead in a 50-48 loss to Illinois State in the Missouri Valley Championship game. The Panthers are 22-10 and open at home Thursday night against Missouri-Kansas City.

That’s UNI coach Tanya Warren who expects the Panthers to bounce back after such an emotional loss.

Drake is also in the WNIT field and they will open Thursday night at Missouri.

 

 

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Karl-Anthony Towns had a team-record 60 points, the most scored in the NBA this season, and the Minnesota Timberwolves outlasted the San Antonio Spurs 149-139. Towns shot 19 for 31 and grabbed 17 rebounds in surpassing his previous career best of 56 points against Atlanta on March 28, 2018 — which had been the franchise mark. Towns became the first NBA player with 60 points and 17 rebounds in a game since Shaquille O’Neal had 61 and 23 for the Los Angeles Lakers on March 6, 2000.

 

 

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have tendered a contract offer to restricted free agent kicker Greg Joseph. They took a step toward establishing some stability at a problematic position for the team. Joseph received the right-of-first-refusal tender. That’s a one-year, $2.433 million deal that gives the Vikings the chance to match any offer sheet he were to sign with another club. Joseph went 33 for 38 on field goals and 36 for 40 on extra points in his first season with Minnesota. He also led the league in touchback percentage.