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Ninth-seeded Iowa continues improbable March run, beats Nebraska

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By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON — Alvaro Folgueiras converted a critical three-point play when Nebraska only had four defenders on the floor, and ninth-seeded Iowa continued its unpredictable NCAA Tournament run under first-year coach Ben McCollum, beating Nebraska 77-71 in a South Region semifinal on Thursday night. Bennett Stirtz scored 20 points and Folgueiras had 16 for the Hawkeyes (24-12), who knocked off top-seeded Florida in the second round on Folgueiras' 3-pointer in the closing seconds. Iowa will face either Illinois or Houston on Saturday for a spot in the ...

Timberwolves post NBA's largest overtime comeback on record

MN State Sports

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Timberwolves were missing five of their top seven players for most of their record-setting overtime rally to beat the Houston Rockets. They chose focus over frustration. With a game-closing 15-0 run, the Timberwolves came back from 13 points down for a 110-108 victory over the Rockets. No other NBA team has overcome an overtime deficit that big since the league began logging play-by-play details with the 1997-98 season. "They fought through a ton of adversity. We should've won that game in regulation. We deserved to ...

Wild beat Panthers on Eriksson Ek's late goal

MN State Sports

By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. — Joel Eriksson Ek scored the winning goal with 4.4 seconds left to lift the Minnesota Wild past the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Thursday night. Marcus Foligno and Ryan Hartman also had goals for the Wild and Jesper Wallstedt made 18 ...

MLC softball wins UMAC opener Wednesday

Local Sports

ST. BONIFACIUS — The Martin Luther College softball team opened up play in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference with a big 10-2 win over the Crown Polars on Wednesday. The Knights finished with a season-high 15 hits to go with the season-high 10 runs. Kieghtan Rank (2-8) got the win in ...

Walks, errors hurt MVL in softball opener against Madelia

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NEW ULM — Minnesota Valley Lutheran had no problem getting its bats going in its season opener against Madelia Thursday, but the Chargers’ 14 hits weren’t enough to offset the damage the Blackhawks did with free passes and MVL errors. The Blackhawks (1-1) drew 11 walks and took ...

Rogers throws 7 shutout innings, carries Orioles past Twins

MN State Sports

By David Ginsburg Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Trevor Rogers pitched seven shutout innings and Colton Cowser and Blaze Alexander had seventh-inning RBIs to give the Baltimore Orioles a 2-1 win over the Minnesota Twins on opening day Thursday. Following a stellar 2025 season in ...