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BREAKING NEWS: Former Iowa women’s basketball team captain Kate Martin was drafted into the WNBA by the Las Vegas Aces. She was the 18th overall pick of the night. The team is the back to back defending champs.
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Freezing temperatures did not stop Andrew Yang from drawing over 200 people to the Englert, where he discussed how he envisions his freedom dividend policy will help women.
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Editorial: The Trump campaign barred members of the press from his rally in Des Moines, violating free-press principles.
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“I feel relieved, but I don’t feel happy —” if one UI student had left a pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong 15 minutes later, they would have been among the 400 arrested in Causeway Bay.
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The Daily Iowan Editorial Board endorses Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Brother’s Bar and Grill in Iowa City ran out of Busch Light during the Iowa women’s basketball Elite Eight game against LSU.
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Iowa women’s basketball guard Caitlin Clark, who sports the No. 22, is now 22 years old. For her golden birthday, State Farm announced its plan to donate $22,000 to the Caitlin Clark Foundation.
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The Iowa women’s basketball team is headed to the Sweet 16 after defeating West Virginia 64-54 in fierce match up. It was the last game in the Carver-Hawkeye Arena for Caitlin Clark and the rest of the senior players. 🏀
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Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague will issue a proclamation requiring residents to wear masks, face shields, or face coverings at 12:30 on Tuesday.
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Freshman Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, garnered support from state and national figures in her party at a BBQ on Saturday, where she officially announced her reelection.
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Photos: Iowa women's basketball player Caitlin Clark held a Donation Event at the Coralville Community Food Pantry in Coralville, Iowa, on Friday. The event was part of Clark's Team Up Against Hunger Campaign. 📸:
@DMHuyer
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"Everybody in this wrestling room right now is a part of this mission."
Take an all-access look inside the historic
@Hawks_Wrestling
program from
@thedailyiowan
.
Chasing Greatness: Wrestling Life – 9 p.m. CT | March 4 |
@BigTenNetwork
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After a national title loss, Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder doesn't want her team to define its season by one game. Instead, she wants them to think about everything they accomplished.
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Villanova transfer Lucy Olsen has officially committed to Iowa, potentially filling a gap left behind by seasoned seniors graduating from the program. Olsen was the third leading scorer last season behind Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and USC’s JuJu Watkins.
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Up to over 5,000 acres of farmland, or over 4,500 student tuitions at the University of Iowa — that’s the financial equivalent of how much Caitlin Clark generated for the state economy during her collegiate career.
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Since
@CaitlinClark22
’s decision to enter the 2024 WNBA draft, The Daily Iowan took a page to reflect on her career at Iowa so far and highlight the most notable records and moments.
📸:
@_graceephotos
🎨:
@notesoflife14
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UPDATE: Associate Head Coach Jan Jensen has been announced as the Iowa women's basketball team's new head coach. Lisa Bluder and Jensen have worked together for the past 24 years at Iowa.
BREAKING NEWS: Iowa women's basketball head coach Lisa Bluder announced her retirement this afternoon after 24 years of coaching at Iowa.
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Nick Caracci, subject of a viral tweet on June 10, is no longer enrolled at the UI, officials confirm, after multiple women accuse him of sexual misconduct.
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Former Iowa women's basketball player Kate Martin signed with Excel Sports Management, the agency announced Thursday.
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The first pro-Palestine encampment went up on the UI campus Monday morning. Less than half an hour after setting up, police and several Iowa State Patrol officers shut down the encampment.
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The Iowa City City Council voted 6-0 to recognize the Emma Goldman Clinic as a historic landmark as the clinic celebrates 50 years of providing health care for women in Iowa City.
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ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith and media executive Mark Shapiro will close the university’s Homecoming Parade next week with a live conversation with Iowa women’s basketball player Caitlin Clark.
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Caitlin Clark is the 2024 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Player of the Year, beating out Juju Watkins, Cameron Brink, and Paige Bueckers for the award.
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Linebacker Jay Higgins, who leads the Big Ten and ranks second in the nation this season with 155 tackles, announced he will return to Iowa for a fifth season.
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After a 27-year run, the party spot Union Bar — known for its bright lights, boisterous music, and crowds of Hawkeyes — has closed its doors.
"... That's the heart of downtown. When I see that spot, I'll always see Union,” bartender Brent Tunelius said.
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This is the shot that made Iowa's Caitlin Clark the NCAA women's basketball all-time leading scorer.
📸:
@codybiscuitt
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The Iowa House is feeling the Caitlin Clark fever. On Thursday, the Iowa House unanimously approved a resolution designating Feb. 22 as Caitlin Clark Day.
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Ahead of Iowa's Sweet 16 game against Colorado, Vanessa Bryant, widow of NBA legend Kobe Bryant, gifted Caitlin Clark and each of her Hawkeye teammates a fresh pair of Nike Kobe ‘Venice Beach’ sneakers.
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Longtime associate head coach Jan Jensen was named the sixth head coach in Iowa women’s basketball history in an announcement on Monday. Jensen succeeds legendary coach Lisa Bluder, who announced her retirement after 24 seasons in Iowa City.
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Caitlin Clark’s eight-year deal with Nike that includes a signature shoe is worth $28 million, the richest sponsorship contract for a women's basketball player.
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When Iowa football’s Logan Jones set the Hawkeyes’ all-time squat record at 700 pounds, the offensive lineman didn’t tell his mom until she saw his name on the record board at the facility. Such humility is part of how Jones was raised.
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Iowa women's basketball fans are projected to take up 54 percent of the crowd at MVP Arena during Saturday’s Sweet 16 games featuring Iowa-Colorado and LSU-UCLA.
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Iowa women's basketball sophomore point guard Caitlin Clark won the Dawn Staley and Nancy Lieberman Awards on Friday night. She became the first in the Dawn Staley Award's 10-year history to earn the honor twice.
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Protests erupted in and outside the Iowa Memorial Union during a lecture by conservative commentator Matt Walsh on Wednesday.
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Guard Sydney Affolter’s journey to ‘enforcer’ role for Iowa women’s basketball team.
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A seven-story Nike ad of Caitlin Clark was unveiled on Saturday in downtown Iowa City two days after she declared for the 2024 WNBA Draft.
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Over 2,000 protesters gathered outside the University of Iowa FIJI chapter on Tuesday night following sexual assault allegations against members of the fraternity.
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Perfect no more.
Iowa women’s basketball dethroned previously-undefeated and defending champion South Carolina on Friday in the NCAA Tournament Final Four. Now, the Hawkeyes will appear in their first title game in program history.
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BREAKING NEWS: Iowa women's basketball head coach Lisa Bluder announced her retirement this afternoon after 24 years of coaching at Iowa.
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BREAKING: The Indiana Fever selected Caitlin Clark as the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA Draft on Monday night 🏀🔥
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Police reports were filed against Nicholas Caracci, the subject of a tweet seen by thousands, for stalking and harassment in 2017.
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Photos: Hundreds of Iowa fans gathered outside of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Coralville on Monday to welcome home the Iowa women’s basketball team after its NCAA national championship runner-up finish. 📸:
@ayrton_breck
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The Iowa women’s soccer team made history on Sunday, becoming the first eight-seed to win the Big Ten Tournament Championship with a 1-0 win over Wisconsin.
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Opinion | Iowa Women’s Basketball Coach Lisa Bluder deserves a better salary for her accomplishments this year.
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The Society of Professional Journalists on Tuesday named The Daily Iowan the nation's Best All-Around Daily Student Newspaper in the 2019 Mark of Excellence Awards. 🏆
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While Gov. Kim Reynolds has lifted a statewide mask requirement and gathering limits starting Sunday, Iowa City's mask requirement will remain in place until the end of May.
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Check out the DI's photos to see what the kids in the Children's Hospital see during the Hawkeye wave:
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Today’s News Front: Wednesday, April 10, 2024🗞️
Our latest print edition is here!
Check out our comprehensive coverage of the Iowa women’s basketball team’s second journey to the NCAA championship game on newsstands or online at now.
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Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark officially signed an NIL deal with State Farm to become the first collegiate athlete and woman to ink a contract with the insurance company.
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Iowa women's basketball star Caitlin Clark will join ex-NFL quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning on the “ManningCast” during the Chiefs and Eagles game on Monday night. She will be the first college athlete to appear on the show.
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UI student organizations call for the suspension of Young Americans for Freedom following an increase in transphobia on campus after the YAF chapter invited conservative commentator Matt Walsh to speak at the IMU.
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Greg Suckow, the man behind the fan-favorite Hawkeye Elvis costume, shares a special bond with his mother, who is going through the early stages of dementia. The pair’s relationship is highlighted in a new short film, “Elvis isn’t Dead.”
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BREAKING: Iowa women’s basketball star Caitlin Clark announced she will forego her final season of eligibility and declare for the WNBA Draft.
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Iowa women’s basketball will retire Caitlin Clark’s No. 22 jersey, Athletic Director Beth Goetz announced at the team’s end-of-season celebration on Wednesday.
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Over offers from Notre Dame and Oregon, Caitlin Clark chose Iowa women’s basketball for her collegiate basketball career. Now, she’s one of the most dominant players in the nation.
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Only eight teams are still alive in this season’s NFL playoffs, and there is a former Iowa football player on each of them.
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BREAKING: The Iowa women's basketball team defeated LSU and is headed to the Final Four. The rematch against last year's championship team ended 94-87.
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Thousands of fans gathered on the Pentacrest on Friday afternoon to celebrate the Iowa women's basketball team's historic Final Four season. At the celebration, Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague declared April 14 as "Iowa Women's Basketball Team Day."
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Kate Martin and Gabbie Marshall have just played their final game for the Iowa women’s basketball team, but their impact on the program will be remembered by Hawkeye fans forever.
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Caitlin Clark joined a program that hadn’t made a Final Four in nearly 30 years. A program just a two-hour drive from her hometown that she was destined to put in the national conversation — and that's exactly what No. 22 did.
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The former Iowa City High student who went viral for creating color-changing sutures last year is now studying political science at the University of Iowa, hoping to continue her efforts in diversity, equity, and inclusion in law school.
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The University of Iowa announced Friday that the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics could resume activities starting June 1. Voluntary workouts for football players begin on June 8, with men's and women's basketball players to follow June 15.
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UI Marching Band will play the halftime show at the Citrus Bowl after bowl organizers reverse their decision. 🥁
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BREAKING: The Iowa women’s soccer team upset top seed Michigan State in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten Tournament on Sunday to advance to the semifinals.
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For the first time, Nike will sell college basketball jerseys for active players, including Iowa star Caitlin Clark, with names on the back.
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BREAKING: Interim Athletic Director Beth Goetz said in a statement she informed offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz that "this is his last season with the program."
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Former Iowa women's basketball star Caitlin Clark signed a multi-year partnership with Wilson, becoming the first athlete to do so since Michael Jordan in the 1980s.
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Crossover at Kinnick is here! See how the court was put together in a time-lapse by
@ayrton_breck
, and tune in to
@bigten
at 2 p.m. to watch the game.
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The graduate student union at the University of Iowa filed an OSHA complaint against the UI this week on the basis of workplace health and safety violations.
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The Daily Iowan has purchased two weekly newspapers near Iowa City — the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun and Solon Economist.
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Iowa women’s basketball is headed to the national championship. The Hawkeyes defeated UConn, 71-69, on Friday night behind Caitlin Clark's 21 points.
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A Raising Cane's is coming to the Old Capitol Town Center on the University of Iowa campus.
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Former Iowa women’s soccer defender Samantha Cary made history on Friday by becoming the first Hawkeye to be drafted into the National Women’s Soccer League. The two-time captain was drafted by Racing Louisville with the 48th overall pick.
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Iowa women’s basketball guard Caitlin Clark has inked a multi-year deal with Panini America, the world’s largest sports and entertainment collectibles company. This is Panini’s first exclusive partnership with a female athlete.
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An email obtained by the DI shows that before the Cy-Hawk game, ISU did not advise the Iowa Marching Band about the best way to exit Jack Trice Stadium. ISU officials have accused Iowa students of improperly exiting and endangering their safety.
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On March 19, Gatorade will release a personalized drop that embodies Caitlin Clark's mantra: “Dream Big.” The drop includes a custom water bottle and towel co-designed by the Hawkeye point guard.
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Monika Czinano is headed to Southern California. The Los Angeles Sparks picked the former Hawkeye center with the 26th pick in the WNBA Draft on Monday night.
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Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., told The Daily Iowan at an Iowa City town hall that presidential candidates need to prioritize women's reproductive health care in the 2020 race.
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Former Hawkeye defensive back Desmond King hosted a football camp at Iowa City High School Saturday, saying he wanted to give back to the community that changed his life.
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‘She’s one of the best our game has ever seen’: Iowa women’s basketball head coach Lisa Bluder has stayed true to her values throughout her storied career and instilled them in each of her players along the way.
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Stephen A. Smith called Iowa's Caitlin Clark his "favorite basketball player in the world" during a live conversation on campus Friday night as a part of the university's homecoming celebration. Read the Q&A here.
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Editorial | The University of Iowa is not safe
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Iowa punter Tory Taylor took home the Ray Guy Award on Friday night, given to the nation’s top collegiate punter. This season, the 26-year-old broke the program record for number of career punts and punting yards, racking up 288 boots for 13,297 yards.
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A UI student has died after being found unresponsive on campus early this morning. The cause of death is believed to be weather related.
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The Iowa women’s soccer team’s Cinderella run continued in the Big Ten Tournament with a 1-0 overtime win against No. 5 Penn State in the semifinals Thursday night. The Hawkeyes are the lowest seed to advance to the conference title match since 2005.
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Iowa track and field freshman Jenoah McKiver ran the second-fastest 400-meter time in the world on Saturday, finishing the race in 44.74 seconds at the Jim Click Shootout in Tucson, Arizona.
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In her four years as a Hawkeye, Caitlin Clark became a record shattering athlete, a million-dollar deal maker, and a household name. Listen to Clark reflect on her legacy and growing the sport on this episode of Above the Fold.
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Down goes the defending national champions. Iowa women's basketball defeated LSU, 94-87, to punch its ticket to the Final Four. Star guard Caitlin Clark led the Hawkeyes with 41 points, 12 assists, and seven rebounds.
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Coming into this season, knowing it would be her last time suiting up for Iowa, sixth-year senior Kate Martin made an effort to embrace every moment on the court and offer guidance to younger teammates.
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Millions of viewers on TikTok from Iowa — and across the U.S. — have been showing their support for Caitlin Clark and Iowa women’s basketball through fan edits of the historic season. 🤳
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All eyes will be on Iowa’s women’s basketball senior guard
@CaitlinClark22
and former wrestler
@LeeSpencerlee36
as grand marshals in the 2023 UI Homecoming parade.
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The Pat McAfee Show will air live in Iowa City next Friday, March 22. Iowa women’s basketball is expected to host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament that same weekend at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
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Opinion | Rob Sand should enter the Governor race in 2022.
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Workers at the Clinton Street Starbucks say at part-time jobs in the past they have had to put up with poor management or quit. Now, they’ve unionized.
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Iowa women’s basketball star and reigning National Player of the Year Caitlin Clark appeared in a new Nike Tech ad on Wednesday.
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The No. 5 Iowa women’s basketball team exacted revenge upon the No. 16 Kansas State Wildcats with a 77-70 win in the championship game of the Gulf Coast Showcase at Hertz Arena in Estero, Florida, on Sunday night.
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