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Iowa offense ready to excel against New Hampshire
For Iowa, it's a chance to tune up going into the bulk of its Big Ten Conference schedule. For New Hampshire, it's an opportunity to collect a nice paycheck and perhaps even pull off a memorable upset.,The Hawkeyes and Wildcats will finish their nonconference schedules Monday night when they meet in...
Bruce Thornton (33 points), Ohio State handle Indiana State
Bruce Thornton scored a career-high 33 points to lead Ohio State to a 103-83 nonconference win over Indiana State in Columbus on Sunday.,Thornton shot 11 of 16 from the field overall, including 4 of 7 from 3-point range, and made seven of eight free throws. ,Ques Glover scored 15 points and Aaron Br...
Purdue's Max Klare, top transfer TE, chooses Ohio State
Coming off a 1-11 season, Purdue could ill afford to lose Max Klare -- the No. 1 tight end in the transfer portal -- but he is leaving the Boilermakers for rival Ohio State.,Klare, a redshirt sophomore who led Purdue with 51 catches for 685 yards and four touchdowns in 2024, is a four-star prospect ...
Aaron Bradshaw, Ohio State topple No. 4 Kentucky
Aaron Bradshaw scored 11 points against his former team in his first game in more than a month to help Ohio State upset No. 4 Kentucky 85-65 at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday.,Bruce Thornton led the Buckeyes (8-4) with 30 points and John Mobley Jr. added 15 as they evened the all-time...
Payton Sandfort leads Iowa's second-half rally in win over Utah
Payton Sandfort scored 24 points to lead Iowa to a come-from-behind 95-88 victory over Utah in a neutral-site nonconference game Saturday in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.,Sandfort tallied 19 points in the second half, when the Hawkeyes (9-3) turned an 11-point deficit into their own double-digit lead. ...
Iowa QB Brendan Sullivan (ankle) to start Music City Bowl
Iowa quarterback Brendan Sullivan has recovered from a sprained ankle and will start the Music City Bowl against Missouri on Dec. 30, Hawkeyes coach Kirk Ferentz said Friday.,Sullivan missed the final two games of the regular season due to the ailment.,"He feels fully confident," Ferentz said of Sul...
Iowa to retire Caitlin Clark's No. 22 on Feb. 2
Iowa announced Wednesday it will retire women's basketball star Caitlin Clark's No. 22 jersey -- appropriately enough on Feb. 2.,The Hawkeyes will face Southern California that day at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City and Clark will be in attendance.,Clark, 22, set the all-time NCAA Division I scori...
Devin Royal's career night carries Ohio State past Valparaiso
Devin Royal posted career highs of 31 points and 15 rebounds as Ohio State pulled away from Valparaiso for a 95-73 victory on Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio.,Royal, a 6-foot-6 sophomore guard from the Columbus suburb of Pickerington, easily topped his previous best of 22 points, set against Rutgers on De...
Ohio State hosts Valparaiso in reunion for coaches
When Ohio State scheduled Valparaiso for a game Tuesday in Columbus, the Buckeyes' coaching staff likely saw the Beacons as an opportunity for a breather between a pair of heavyweights.,Instead, the Buckeyes (6-4) desperately need a confidence boost after last Saturday's 91-53 shellacking at the han...
Nyla Hampton lifts No. 17 Michigan State past No. 21 Iowa
Nyla Hampton scored all 13 of her points in the fourth quarter and No. 17 Michigan State hung on to edge No. 21 Iowa 68-66 in East Lansing, Mich., in the Big Ten opener for each team on Sunday afternoon.,Julia Ayrault led the Spartans (10-0, 1-0 Big Ten) with 19 points and Grace VanSlooten added 14 ...
Huge day for Johni Broome as No. 2 Auburn dominates Ohio State
Johni Broome had game highs in scoring (21), rebounding (20) and assists (six) as No. 2 Auburn routed Ohio State 91-53 on Saturday in the Holiday Hoopsgiving in Atlanta.,Broome, among the leaders in the national player of the year conversation, got whatever he wanted as Ohio State was without 7-foot...
Iowa upbeat heading into matchup with New Orleans
While Iowa may be smarting from consecutive narrow defeats to conference and in-state rivals, the Hawkeyes have learned to smile at the same time.,As they pause from facing fellow high-majors with Sunday's visit from New Orleans, the Hawkeyes feel encouraged about their progress five weeks into the ...
Ohio State AD: Ryan Day ‘absolutely’ back in 2025
Ahead of Ohio State's appearance in the College Football Playoff, head coach Ryan Day received a vote of confidence from his athletic director despite the Buckeyes' latest loss to Michigan.,Ohio State AD Ross Bjork appeared on 97.1 The Fan in Columbus on Thursday, where a radio host asked him whethe...
No. 3 Iowa State brings balance into rivalry clash vs. Iowa
Iowa State rolled past winless Jackson State on Sunday, four days after posting a double-digit victory against then-No. 5 Marquette.,An opponent's pedigree hardly matters to the No. 3 Cyclones, who will shoot for their fifth straight win when they visit in-state rival Iowa on Thursday in Iowa City.,...
Michigan wins seventh straight, edging Iowa 85-83
A goaltending call on a Roddy Gayle Jr. layup attempt with 3.2 seconds left gave Michigan an 85-83 win against Iowa on Saturday in Ann Arbor, Mich. ,Pryce Sandfort's last-second fadeaway 3-pointer clanged off the rim for the Hawkeyes. Teammate Payton Sandfort caught fire down the stretch. The senior...
Ohio State topples Rutgers to rebound from embarrassing defeat
Devin Royal had a career-high 22 points and Bruce Thornton added 22 points of his own as Ohio State continued its home dominance over Rutgers with an 80-66 victory at Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday.,The Buckeyes (6-3, 1-1 Big Ten) improved to 14-5 against the Scarlet Knights thanks to a 9-0 record at h...
Iowa, Michigan out to build on close conference wins
The Michigan Wolverines welcome the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday afternoon, with both teams coming off close wins on the first night of Big Ten play., ,Coach Dusty May's Wolverines (7-1, 1-0 Big Ten) took down the No. 11 Wisconsin Badgers 67-64 on Tuesday in Michigan's first ranked road game of the sea...
Ohio State tries to recover from blowout, hosts Rutgers
Ohio State coach Jake Diebler expects a better start when the Buckeyes return home to play Rutgers on Saturday in Columbus.,After all, the Buckeyes (5-3, 0-1 Big Ten) couldn't play any worse than they did in Wednesday's 83-59 loss at Maryland that doesn't come close to showing how dominant the Terra...
Maryland dominates Ohio State in Big Ten opener
Ja'Kobi Gillespie scored 23 points and Derik Queen paired 17 points with 11 rebounds as Maryland routed Ohio State 83-59 in both teams' Big Ten opener on Wednesday in College Park, Md.,Tafara Gapare added 12 points and Julian Reese and Selton Miguel each scored 10 for the Terrapins (8-1, 1-0 Big Ten...
Ohio State OT Josh Simmons entering 2025 draft
Ohio State offensive tackle Josh Simmons plans to enter the 2025 NFL Draft, his agent confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday.,Simmons was in his second season as the Buckeyes' starting left tackle in 2024 but last played against Oregon on Oct. 12 because of a knee injury that required surgery. He was named ...