THE IOWA STATE CYCLONES AND ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAMS ARE OUT OF THE NCAA TOURNAMENT… BUT NOT BEFORE BOTH TEAMS GAVE A PAIR OF TWO SEEDS TOUGH FIGHTS.
THE CYCLONES CAME BACK FROM 13 POINTS DOWN TO TIE OHIO STATE LATE IN SUNDAY’S GAME, BUT THEN BUCKEYES POINT GUARD AARON CRAFT HIT A THREE-POINTER WITH A HALF-SECOND TO GO TO BEAT IOWA STATE 78-75…
A POINT GUARD ALSO HELPED TO DEFEAT ILLINOIS SUNDAY… MIAMI POINT MAN SHANE LARKIN DRILLED A THREE-POINTER WITH A MINUTE LEFT TO GIVE THE HURRICANES THE LEAD FOR GOOD AGAINST THE ILLINI… AND MIAMI ENDED UP WINNING 63-59.
ON THE WOMEN’S SIDE SUNDAY, IOWA BEAT MIAMI 69-53 AT CARVER-HAWKEYE ARENA. THE LADY HAWKEYES WILL PLAY NOTRE DAME TUESDAY NIGHT AT 8:30. KBUR WILL HAVE COVERAGE OF THAT GAME. IOWA STATE WILL BE IN ACTION MONDAY NIGHT IN SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, AGAINST GEORGIA.
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS –
BURLINGTON’S JUSTIN RANDALL HAS SIGNED TO PLAY BASKETBALL NEXT YEAR AT MID-AMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY IN OLATHE, KANSAS. THE SCHOOL IS IN DIVISION ONE OF THE N-A-I-A…
