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Yahoo
21-04-2025
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- Yahoo
Iowa basketball transfer portal target signs with Big 12 foe
The Iowa Hawkeyes were one of two finalists for Utah Valley transfer guard Tanner Toolson. A 6-foot-5, 200-pound guard, Toolson was down to Iowa or TCU. On Sunday night, reports broke that Toolson had signed with TCU. CBS Sports' Matt Zenitz broke the Sunday night news. Advertisement The junior-to-be visited Iowa last week before inking with the Frogs. Toolson played in and started all 34 games with Utah Valley where averaged 13.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game while shooting 45.3% from the field, 34.9% from 3-point range and 79.2% from the free-throw line. Toolson scored in double figures 25 times last season, including a season-high 28 points against Grand Canyon in the WAC Tournament championship game. The Vancouver, Wash., native helped lead Utah Valley to the WAC regular-season championship and an appearance in the NIT. Toolson was honored as a second-team All-WAC selection last season. Toolson began his career at BYU before transferring to Utah Valley and starting 65 games over the past two seasons. Advertisement While Iowa will have to look in another direction in its backcourt, the Hawkeyes got big news of their own on Sunday night. Reigning Horizon League Player of the Year and former Robert Morris forward Alvaro Folgueiras committed to the Hawkeyes. The 6-foot-9, 215 pound forward averaged 14.1 points and 9.1 rebounds per game while shooting 54.8% from the field, 41.3% from 3-point range and 78.4% from the free-throw line. A native of Málaga, Spain, Folgueiras played in and started all 35 games last season as he led the Colonials to the Horizon League regular season and tournament championships. Iowa has also been in contact with former Southern Illinois guard Kennard Davis Jr. as the Hawkeyes work to finalize their first roster under new head coach Ben McCollum. Advertisement Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes and opinions. Follow Josh on X: @JoshOnREF This article originally appeared on Hawkeyes Wire: Iowa basketball transfer portal target signs with Big 12 foe
USA Today
21-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Iowa basketball transfer portal target signs with Big 12 foe
Iowa basketball transfer portal target signs with Big 12 foe The Iowa Hawkeyes were one of two finalists for Utah Valley transfer guard Tanner Toolson. A 6-foot-5, 200-pound guard, Toolson was down to Iowa or TCU. On Sunday night, reports broke that Toolson had signed with TCU. CBS Sports' Matt Zenitz broke the Sunday night news. The junior-to-be visited Iowa last week before inking with the Frogs. Toolson played in and started all 34 games with Utah Valley where averaged 13.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game while shooting 45.3% from the field, 34.9% from 3-point range and 79.2% from the free-throw line. Toolson scored in double figures 25 times last season, including a season-high 28 points against Grand Canyon in the WAC Tournament championship game. The Vancouver, Wash., native helped lead Utah Valley to the WAC regular-season championship and an appearance in the NIT. Toolson was honored as a second-team All-WAC selection last season. Toolson began his career at BYU before transferring to Utah Valley and starting 65 games over the past two seasons. While Iowa will have to look in another direction in its backcourt, the Hawkeyes got big news of their own on Sunday night. Reigning Horizon League Player of the Year and former Robert Morris forward Alvaro Folgueiras committed to the Hawkeyes. The 6-foot-9, 215 pound forward averaged 14.1 points and 9.1 rebounds per game while shooting 54.8% from the field, 41.3% from 3-point range and 78.4% from the free-throw line. A native of Málaga, Spain, Folgueiras played in and started all 35 games last season as he led the Colonials to the Horizon League regular season and tournament championships. Iowa has also been in contact with former Southern Illinois guard Kennard Davis Jr. as the Hawkeyes work to finalize their first roster under new head coach Ben McCollum. Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes and opinions. Follow Josh on X: @JoshOnREF
USA Today
17-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Iowa basketball one of two finalists for Utah Valley transfer portal guard
Iowa basketball one of two finalists for Utah Valley transfer portal guard The Iowa Hawkeyes are one of two reported finalists for recent visitor and former Utah Valley guard Tanner Toolson. According to Sam Kayser from League Ready, Toolson is now deciding between Iowa and TCU. Toolson had also previously visited BYU and Utah State and Gonzaga and Xavier were reportedly in the mix as well before the 6-foot-5 guard trimmed his list to two. A junior-to-be, Toolson played and started in all 34 games with Utah Valley where he averaged 13.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game while shooting 45.3% from the field and 34.9% from 3-point range. The 6-foot-5, 200-pound guard also netted 79.2% of his free-throw tries. Toolson tallied double-figure scoring outputs 25 times last season, including a season-high 28 points against Grand Canyon in the WAC Tournament championship. The Vancouver, Washington, native helped lead Utah Valley to the WAC regular-season championship and an appearance in the NIT. Toolson began his career at BYU before transferring to Utah Valley and starting 65 games over the past two seasons. Here's a look at Toolson's highlights: Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes and opinions. Follow Josh on X: @JoshOnREF
USA Today
14-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Iowa basketball hosts transfer portal visitor from WAC champion
Iowa basketball hosts transfer portal visitor from WAC champion The Iowa Hawkeyes and head coach Ben McCollum welcomed in a Sunday visitor. Former Utah Valley guard Tanner Toolson made his way to Iowa City to meet with McCollum and the Hawkeyes. Sam Kayser of League Ready was the first to report the news of Toolson's Sunday visit. Toolson also visited BYU on Saturday and plans to visit Utah State beginning this week. Gonzaga and Xavier are also reportedly involved in Toolson's transfer portal recruitment. A junior-to-be, Toolson averaged 13.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game while shooting 45.3% from the field and 34.9% from 3-point range. The 6-foot-5, 200 pound guard also netted 79.2% of his free throw tries. Toolson tallied double-figure scoring outputs 25 times last season, including a season-high 28 points against Grand Canyon in the WAC Tournament championship. The Vancouver, Wash., product helped lead Utah Valley to the WAC regular season championship and an appearance in the NIT. Toolson began his career at BYU before transferring to Utah Valley and starting 65 games over the past two seasons. Here's a look at Toolson's highlights: Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes and opinions. Follow Josh on X: @JoshOnREF
South China Morning Post
28-03-2025
- Sport
- South China Morning Post
Meet Molly Miller, the college basketball coach who led her team to its first NCAA tournament: a mother of 2, she worked in marketing before becoming a full-time coach
Basketball coach Molly Miller, who recently took the Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball team to their first NCAA tournament, has taken up a new challenge as head coach of the Arizona State University women's basketball team, reports USA Today. During her turn as head coach at Grand Canyon University, Miller guided the team to a championship-clinching victory against the UT Arlington Mavericks in the 2025 WAC Tournament. She then went viral for her post-game celebration, making snow angels in Gatorade on the locker room floor before her players gave her a celebratory lift on their shoulders. Advertisement After five seasons with the Lopes, Miller will now lead the Sun Devils. She succeeds Natasha Adair, who was fired after the team posted a disappointing 29-62 three-season record under her. So who is Molly Miller, who has won NCAA D-II Coach of the Year twice and whose looks are being compared to those of star gymnast Livvy Dunne of the LSU Tigers? Molly Miller's athletic career Molly Miller led the Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball team to their first NCAA tournament. Photo: @MollyMiller33/X Molly Miller (née Carter) grew up in Springfield, Missouri. She realised she had a knack for basketball at eight, when she served as a ball girl for the Missouri State Lady Bears, according to the GCU Athletics website. She attended Kickapoo High School, where she played basketball and took her team, the Lady Chiefs, to two state championships, per USA Today. According to her biography on the Drury University Athletics website, she graduated top of her class before joining the MBA programme at Drury, per her LinkedIn page. In her collegiate career, she played point guard and scored 1,570 points, making her the fourth-highest scorer in the history of Drury, per the New York Post. For steals and assists, she ranked second and third respectively. In her senior year she won the leading-athlete Paragon Award from the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) and earned an All-American title at NCAA Division II level. She worked in marketing Molly Miller had a career in marketing before she became a full-time coach. Photo: @gcu_wbb/Instagram After graduating from Drury in 2008, Miller worked for four years as a marketing director at the Springfield Neurological and Spine Institute at CoxHealth, per her LinkedIn page. During that time she was coaching as a side job, states the GCU Athletics website. In 2012, she returned to Drury as an assistant coach of the Lady Panthers, even though the job came with a lower salary. After two seasons, she became head coach. Her team punched tickets to the NCAA II tournament five times, winning several GLVC championships. She is married with children
