By JOHN BOHNENKAMP MACOMB, Ill. — Mia Nicastro wasn’t happy. Western Illinois had let a 13-point lead turn into a two-point deficit at the end of the third quarter in Thursday’s game against Little Rock at Western Hall and Nicastro, … Continue reading WIU 84, LITTLE ROCK 73: Nicastro’s Fourth-Quarter Fury Keeps Leathernecks Rolling
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s women’s basketball team was going to have to sit on a three-game losing streak for six days, so coach Jan Jensen used the time to get the Hawkeyes to work on themselves. Jensen wanted to give … Continue reading IOWA 65, WASHINGTON 56: Hawkeyes Get Back To The Basics Of Winning
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP MACOMB, Ill. — The third game in a four-games-in-eight-days stretch for the Western Illinois’ women’s basketball team was never close, and the Leathernecks didn’t seem to mind. Their 93-49 win over Eastern Illinois on Tuesday at Western … Continue reading WIU 93, EASTERN ILLINOIS 49: Leathernecks Get An Easy One And Extend Their OVC Lead
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Tavion Banks has seen the Bennett Stirtz show before — first at Drake, now at Iowa — so when Stirtz was having one of those days on Sunday against Northwestern at Carver-Hawkeye Arena, … Continue reading IOWA 76, NORTHWESTERN 70: Stirtz Does His Thing, And The Hawkeyes’ Streak Hits Six
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Jan Jensen doesn’t want to wait to play again. A three-game losing streak is gnawing at the Iowa women’s basketball coach, and she wants her players to feel a little bit of the … Continue reading MINNESOTA 91, IOWA 85: Losing Streak Makes The Clock Tick Louder
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP MACOMB, Ill. — Western Illinois is alone at the top of the Ohio Valley Conference women’s basketball standings, which is why coach JD Gravina challenged his team before Saturday’s game against UT-Martin at Western Hall. The 80-54 … Continue reading WIU 80, UT-MARTIN 54: A ‘Championship Level’ Game For The Leathernecks
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP MACOMB, Ill. — Makai Kvamme was part of three Illinois state high school championship teams at DePaul Prep, so he’s used to winning. What he’s going through in his first season at Western Illinois is something completely … Continue reading SEMO 78, WIU 74: Leathernecks Can’t Find The Plays To Break The Skid
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP MACOMB, Ill. — JD Gravina knows his team can wear out opponents. It was a message the Western Illinois women’s basketball coach gave to his team in Thursday’s game against Southeast Missouri State at Western Hall, and his players responded with a second-half fury to win 69-55. “I told our team, I think we’re the type of team that if we just keep playing aggressive, it’s hard for teams to keep up for 40 minutes,” Gravina said. The Leathernecks had a 10-0 run to end the third quarter, then had a 12-0 run in a three-minute stretch … Continue reading WIU 69, SEMO 55: Leathernecks Deliver In Second Half
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP IOWA CITY, Iowa — Ben McCollum’s choice for the final shot, the last chance to salvage what would have been a devastating collapse, was of course going to be Bennett Stirtz. USC made that choice before the … Continue reading IOWA 73, USC 72: Stirtz’s Free Throws, And McCollum’s Energy, Save Hawkeyes
By JOHN BOHNENKAMP Iowa’s women’s basketball team will have to go the rest of the season without its leading 3-point shooter. Senior guard Taylor McCabe, who was injured on the first possession of Sunday’s 91-70 win over Ohio State, suffered … Continue reading Hawkeyes Lose McCabe For Rest Of Season
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