The Hawkeyes had 34 bench points against the Ducks, despite starter Tavion Banks only playing 11 minutes.
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The Hawkeyes had 34 bench points against the Ducks, despite starter Tavion Banks only playing 11 minutes.
The state’s NCAA Division I programs struggled at home and on the road. Wartburg won the Battle of the Burgs. Alburnett won its inaugural Rivere Valley Conference tournament and more in the Wrestling Weekend That Was.
The Hawkeye guard scored a career-high 32 points, with four Hawkeyes recording double figures in the Sunday night win.
Second-ranked UCLA outscored No. 8 Iowa by 30 points in the paint and handled the Hawkeyes, 88-65, in a Big Ten battle Sunday afternoon at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles.
Iowa men’s basketball has traveled to the West Coast before, but this time, it’s under some new circumstances.
The Hawkeyes face Oregon Sunday afternoon as part of Iowa’s two-game West Coast road trip.
Women’s basketball: Iowa plays at UCLA in a top-10, Big Ten showdown, and the Hawkeyes will try to bounce back from their first conference loss of the season.
Women’s basketball: Coming off its first Big Ten loss of the season, No. 8 Iowa tackles No. 2 UCLA on Sunday at Pauley Pavilion.
Ninth-ranked Minnesota won six matches, including three of the first five by bonus points, and dropped No. 4 Iowa, 21-16, Friday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Iowa men’s wrestling vs. Minnesota at Carver-Hawkeye Arena Friday, January 30, 2026. The Hawkeyes lost the dual to the Golden Gophers 23-16.
Down by as many as 18 points in the first half, Iowa (18-3 overall, 9-1 Big Ten) cut the deficit to 52-49 when Journey Houston scored on a behind-the-back transition feed from Taylor Stremlow at the 5:30 mark of the third period.
Gabe Arnold has wrestled the 174, 184 and 197-pound weight classes this season. He has made an impact by his willingness to wrestle wherever needed for the fouth-ranked Hawkeyes.
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