February 8, 2012

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Iowa coach hopes Printy can return next year after surgery

February 8, 2012 By

Iowa womens basketball coach Lisa Bluder is hopeful that Jamie printy will be ready for the start of next season. The junior suffered a season ending knee injury last week in a victory at Wisconsin. Bluder says Printy’s surgery went well and she is on the road to recovery.

The Hawkeyes will be at home for two games this week beginning with Thursday’s matchup against Minnesota. She says the Gopher’s record is deceiving as one of the wins is against Ohio State.

Iowa will also host Michigan State on Sunday and with a 6-5 Big Ten record and 14-10 overall mark this week gives the Hawks a chance to boost their post-season hopes.

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UNI faces conference leader Wichita State

February 8, 2012 By

U.N.I. is coming off of a pair of tight victories that have the Panthers climbing the Missouri Valley Conference standings. Despite losing some close games early in the conference season, the Panthers have the chance to even their league record at 7-7 as they travel to face conference co-leader Wichita State tonight.

U.N.I. coach Ben Jacobson has been impressed by the way his team reacted to those early struggles.

“Our guys have done a terrific job of staying together, a terrific job of preparing themselves in light of losing a couple of close games in league play, and they deserve a lot of credit for that,” Jacobson says. He says it would have been easy to split up and not stay on the same page with those type of loses.

Wichita State is tied with Creighton at the top of the Valley standings. The Shockers boast one of the top post players in the league in seven-footer Garrett Stutz, who Jacobson says is a rare talent in the Valley. Jacobson says Stutz is playing at a very high level right now and they will try a lot of different things to try and slow him down.

Beside Stutz at 7 feet, Jacobson says that Wichita brings a lot of size at all positions. The Shockers won the earlier meeting against the Panthers by a 71-68 tally.

By Jesse Gavin, KCNZ, Cedar Falls

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Class 4A: Jadda Buckley, Mason City

February 8, 2012 By

The junior averaged 18 and a half points, more than five assists and three steals in three games. Buckley scored 22 points, including five three pointers, dished out five assists and had six steals in a victory over Cedar Falls.

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Class 3A: Madie Wilkin, Center Point-Urbana

February 8, 2012 By

The senior averaged 13 points, seven rebounds and two steals in three victories. Wilkin scored 17 points, including four three pointers, hauled down six rebounds, added four assists and two steals in a win over West Delaware.

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Class 2A: Sara Kerber, Nodaway Valley

February 8, 2012 By

The senior averaged 16 points, eight rebounds and six steals in two wins. Kerber scored 20 points, added six rebounds and five steals in a victory over Mount Ayr. She also had a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds in a win over Southeast Warren.

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Class 1A: Erica Dreckman, MMC (Marcus)

February 8, 2012 By

The senior averaged 29 points, six rebounds and five steals in two victories. Dreckman poured in 37 points, including 15 of 16 free throws, hauled down six rebounds and had six steals in a win over LeMars Gehlen.

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Iowa State falls at Oklahoma State

February 8, 2012 By

Iowa State still has not won in Stillwater since 1988, and that continued with a last second 69-67 loss at Oklahoma State. The Cyclones saw their three game winning streak come to an end.

Chris Allen led the Cyclones with 22 points while Royce White finished with 15 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists. “They just battled all night and they did exactly what you’re supposed to do in this league at home,” White said.

White says the Cowboys made the key shots down the stretch. “The shots they hit down the stretch, some of the guys that hit those shots, we couldn’t have played any better, the people who took shots were exactly the people we scouted who we wanted to take shots and they just hit them,”White said.

The Cyclones fall to 7-4 in the Big 12 and 17-7 overall.

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