No. 2 Baylor fights off Iowa St., 76-65
AMES, Iowa — Second-ranked Baylor overcame a poor shooting performance and survived its tightest game of the season Saturday, beating Iowa State 76-65.
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AMES, Iowa — Second-ranked Baylor overcame a poor shooting performance and survived its tightest game of the season Saturday, beating Iowa State 76-65.
No. 2 Baylor holds off feisty Iowa State 76-65 By ANDREW LOGUEJanuary 2, 2021 GMT AMES, Iowa (AP) — Second-ranked Baylor shook off a poor night shooting and survived its tightest game of the season Saturday, beating Iowa State 76-65. Jared Butler scored 21 points to lead four Bears in double figures as they earned their narrowest victory this season. “It’s been a long time since we played some stiff competition,” Butler said. “We said in the locker room, these games make basketball fun.” The Bears (9-0, 2-0 Big 12) won seven of their previous eight games by at least 29 points, wi...
Garza put up 34 points in only 17 minutes of play jasonrDecember 11, 2020Last Updated: January 11, 2021 Iowa and Iowa State squared off in the annual cross state rivalry game tonight. Iowa opened the night with a 9-2 run in the first two minutes, but Iowa State fended off the onslaught and came back from trailing by 9 and again by 10 in the first half. They lead 32-29 in the first half at one point. Iowa All-American Luka Garza found himself on the bench for much of the first half after picking up two first half fouls. The Hawkeyes were still able to score 52 points in the first half, behind ...
Iowa blows out ISU 105-77 Share Updated: 10:50 PM CST Dec 11, 2020 Share Updated: 10:50 PM CST Dec 11, 2020 Hide Transcript Show Transcript ELGIN: LET THE TRASH TALK BEGIN. HAWK-EYE AND CYCLONE BASKETBALL FANS KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS. EVERY YEAR THE CY-HAWKS SHOWDOWN IS A TIME TO BRAG. TONIGHT THE CYCLONES COULD NOT HANDLE IOWA. NO FANS AT TONIGHT'S SHOWDOWN AND THAT WAS GOOD FOR THE CYCLONES. LUKA GARZA GOING TO WORK AND TELLS SOLOMON YOUNG TO HOLD HIS BRIEFCASE. GARZA HAS TO HEAD TO THE BENCH WITH TWO FOULS AND WITH HIM OUT, I.S.U. MADE NOISE. BOLTON IN THE COCKPIT...
Reese Strickland-USA TODAY Sports The #3 Iowa Hawkeyes (4-0) look to continue their hot start against the one true in-state rivals, the 1-1 Iowa State Cyclones. Iowa will be looking to make it their first time they’ve won three straight in the series since 1988-1990. ISU has completed the threepeat twice since then, thank you for asking. The ‘clones are coached by Steve Prohm, who is in his sixth year leading the program. He’s got some feathers in his cap with a Sweet 16 in his first year and two Big 12 tournament championships (2017 & 2019) which accentuate an overall record of 96-64 (...