By JOHN BOHNENKAMP The way Iowa’s Owen Freeman picked up his fourth foul in Wednesday’s home loss to Maryland drew the attention of teammate Payton Sandfort. Freeman had fouled Maryland’s Jahmir Young with 5:10 remaining in the game by slapping … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Freeman Gets Lesson In Big Ten’s Physicality, And What’s Acceptable
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Western Illinois’ climb to the top of the Ohio Valley Conference men’s basketball standings has the Leathernecks in line for a national television appearance. The Leathernecks’ game at Southern Indiana on January 25 will be shown on … Continue reading Western Illinois Gets National TV Exposure With Game At Southern Indiana
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s Caitlin Clark is, again, the Big Ten women’s basketball player of the week. Clark received the honor on Monday, the 25th of her career, the seventh of this season, and her fourth consecutive. Clark had a … Continue reading Iowa Women’s Notebook: It’s No. 25 For Clark, No. 2 For Hawkeyes
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa forward Owen Freeman earned his second consecutive Big Ten men’s basketball freshman of the week honor on Monday. It is Freeman’s sixth recognition this season, the most in the conference in a single season since Nebraska’s … Continue reading Iowa’s Freeman Adds Another Big Ten Freshman Honor
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s men’s basketball team is on another one of those get-into-position-to-get-into-position midseason runs. The Hawkeyes have won five of their last six games heading into Monday’s game at Minnesota. They started the Big Ten season 0-3, then … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Perkins Leads Another Hawkeye Charge In A Different Way
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s Caitlin Clark was named the Big Ten’s player of the week on Monday for the 24th time in her career. That is a new conference record, surpassing the 23 awards won by Iowa’s Megan Gustafson during … Continue reading Iowa Notebook: Clark, Freeman Pick Up Big Ten Awards
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP It wasn’t so much about the quantity of Payton Sandfort’s 3-pointers in Iowa’s 86-77 win over Rutgers at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday. It was when they came. Sandfort had five 3-pointers, one off his career high, on … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Sandfort Coming Up With Key Shots For Hawkeyes
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP MACOMB, Ill. — Western Illinois’ men’s basketball team came into Thursday’s home game against Southeast Missouri State ranked 347th out of 351 teams in free-throw percentage. And then all the Leathernecks did in the final 4 minutes, 47 seconds of the 68-61 win was make every free throw. The Leathernecks (9-6 overall, 2-0 Ohio Valley Conference) were 12-of-12 from the line, closing out their sixth consecutive win. “Now that conference has started, little things are going to matter,” said guard JJ Kalakon, who had the first four free throws in that final stretch on his way to … Continue reading WIU 68, SEMO 61: It’s A Grind, But Leathernecks Add To Streak
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP MACOMB, Ill. — It was hard for Western Illinois women’s basketball coach JD Gravina to decide what was more costly in Thursday’s 72-66 loss to Southeast Missouri State at Western Hall — the turnovers or the missed free throws. “Really,” he said, “aren’t they the same thing?” They were two sides of the costly empty-possession coin for the Leathernecks (10-3 overall, 1-1 Ohio Valley Conference), who trailed by 15 points in the first half and spent the entire game trying to figure out the 1-3-1 zone of the Redhawks (4-10, 1-2). Western Illinois made just 23-of-41 free … Continue reading SEMO 72, WIU 66: Leathernecks Hurt By Turnovers, Missed Free Throws
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. — It was a game that needed someone to make a stop. Western Illinois’ men’s basketball team has been doing a lot of that lately. The Leathernecks’ defense made the plays in the closing minutes, … Continue reading WIU 78, SIUE 70: Leathernecks Get The Stops At The End
