By JOHN BOHNENKAMP MACOMB, Ill. — The best way to start the conference season is to beat the program that has given you — and everyone else in the conference, it seemed — fits over the last few years. Western … Continue reading WIU 79, NORTH DAKOTA STATE 60: Leathernecks Open League Play By Toppling A Nemesis
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Filip Rebraca was expected to be a bigger offensive contributor for Iowa this season. But his current run has been especially impressive. Rebraca, who had career highs of 30 points and six assists in Saturday’s 106-75 win … Continue reading Rebraca Named Big Ten Player Of The Week
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP There are video boards, and then there are video boards the size of the one at the west end of Vibrant Arena. If anything gave Friday’s basketball doubleheader in Moline, Ill., a big-time feel for Western Illinois … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Vibrant Lights Lit Up Leathernecks’ Doubleheader
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY — Iowa was the best free-throw shooting team in women’s basketball last season. This season has been different. The Hawkeyes came into Sunday’s home game against Northern Iowa shooting 73.8 percent from the line, almost … Continue reading IOWA 88, UNI 74: Free Throws Matter As Hawkeyes Sweep The State
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP MOLINE, Ill. — Western Illinois’ women’s basketball team had problems getting away from St. Xavier in Friday’s 84-69 win at Vibrant Arena. That was something coach JD Gravina expected when he was watching video of the Cougars. … Continue reading WIU 84, ST. XAVIER 69: Leathernecks Add To Streak Heading Into Conference Play
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP MOLINE, Ill. — Rob Jeter wanted two things out of Western Illinois’ 79-50 win over Eureka in Friday’s men’s basketball game at Vibrant Arena. Get healthy. And avoid anything that Jeter, the Leathernecks’ coach, considered “weird stuff.” … Continue reading WIU 79, EUREKA 50: Leathernecks Avoid The ‘Weird Stuff’
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa plays just two games in the next 16 days before getting back into Big Ten play at Nebraska on December 29. But after Sunday’s 78-75 overtime loss to open the conference season, coach Fran McCaffery wasn’t … Continue reading Mid-December Break Will Help Hawkeyes Get Ready For What’s Coming
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP MOLINE, Ill. — Western Illinois University’s basketball doubleheader at Vibrant Arena on Friday was created out of necessity. But playing at the arena close to the university’s Quad Cities campus was something athletic director Paul Bubb has … Continue reading Bubb Hopes WIU’s Moline Doubleheader Will Be An Annual Event
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Caitlin Clark said it, and then she and Iowa coach Lisa Bluder couldn’t resist laughing at how it sounded. Clark and the Hawkeyes had just finished Saturday’s 87-64 win over Minnesota at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Bluder’s record-setting 234th … Continue reading THE MONDAY TIPOFF: Hawkeyes’ History Is All In The Family
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY — The emotions never felt right in Iowa’s 87-64 win over Minnesota on Saturday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. The 8 p.m. start seemed the cloud the mood anyway, but the fun of Iowa coach Lisa … Continue reading IOWA 87, MINNESOTA 64: Hawkeyes Deliver Milestone For Bluder, But Lose Martin
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