Basketball

Monte’s big moment

No player on Iowa State’s roster is looking forward to Sunday’s tussle with seventh-ranked Michigan than true freshman point guard Monte Morris.Consider the following: Morris, Michigan’s 2012 Mr. Basketball, was born and raised a Spartan fan. Over the ye...
Basketball

Blum: November Magic

The Iowa State basketball season gets jump started with a heavy-weight visit from the heralded Michigan Wolverines on Sunday afternoon. It is hard to place a large emphasis on a non-conference game in November, but Sunday's contest has the makings of an all-timer. Io...
Basketball

Custer never wavered and is finally a Cyclone

AMES --- College basketball’s National Signing Day was fairly uneventful for Iowa State. Fred Hoiberg only signed one prospect to his 2014 recruiting class and while it is way too early to go making any judgments, all indications point to him being a good one.Overla...
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Workmanlike Cyclones cruise past Islanders

AMES --- Iowa State’s 80-50 win over Texas A&M Corpus Christi wasn’t the most exhilarating game in the 42-year history of Hilton Coliseum. Leading up to Sunday’s showdown with seventh-ranked Michigan though, it works. What Fred Hoiberg’s Cyclones ...
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Kane, Long take home weekly Big 12 honors

The following is a press release courtesy of Iowa State athletics communications.  AMES, Iowa – Iowa State guards Naz Long and DeAndre Kane earned Phillips 66 Big 12 Player and Newcomer of the Week awards for their performances in Sunday’s season opening wi...
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Naz goes off from Long range in opener

AMES --- If you walked into a sold out Hilton Coliseum on Sunday afternoon anticipating a 26-point scoring outburst from Iowa State sophomore Naz Long, then please, share what you had for breakfast with the rest of us.Long, who only netted five 3-pointers during his ...