Daily Briefing — Dec. 8, 2021: The Iowa-Iowa State rivalry resumes: It’s Cy-Hawk Series time!

(All times in Eastern)

Watch List, Wednesday, Dec. 8

Must-watch

#12 Iowa @ #15 Iowa State, 7 p.m., ESPNU

Good games

Washington State @ Gonzaga, 9 p.m., 

Also watchable

RV* Purdue @ Maryland, 7 p.m., BTN+

Sickos games

Cornell @ Syracuse, 7 p.m., ACC Network Extra

Pac-12 or Big Ten on national television (or national streaming)

See Must-watch

Tuesday, Dec. 7 recap

#20 Ohio State: 94-50 win over Mount St. Mary’s. Won the first quarter 25-7. Shot 56.3% from the field and 50.0% from three; committed only 11 turnovers and nine fouls. Combo guard Jacy Sheldon had 19 points on 9-for-12 from the field, four rebounds (two offensive), four assists, and four steals against three turnovers; wing Taylor Mikesell scored 15 points on 6-for-9 FG (3-4 3pt.) with two assists; bench combo forward Gabby Hutcherson notched 13 points on 5-of-6 from the field and 3-for-3 from three, six rebounds, and two blocks in 23 minutes — setting or tying career-highs in points, makes, threes, rebounds, and blocks, and setting season-highs in attempts and minutes; big Tanaya Beacham finished with 13 points on 6-for-12 shooting, five rebounds (three offensive), and two steals — all career-highs — against three fouls off the bench.

#25 Colorado: 81-47 win over Southern Utah. Shot 56.1% from the field and 50.0% from three; notched 20 steals; were out-rebounded by six. Center Quay Miller scored a game-high 18 points on 8-for-11 shooting (1-1 3pt.), with six rebounds (three offensive), two steals, and three turnovers off the bench; wing Frida Formann had 11 points on 4-for-6 from the field (2-3 3pt.), four assists, and two steals against three fouls in 19 minutes.

RV Virginia Tech: 59-40 loss to Liberty, a team that lost to Memphis and scraped by Ohio and Bowling Green. Scored the second-fewest points in head coach Kenny Brooks’ tenure; lost the opening and closing quarters by a combined 31-14; shot just 28.0% from the field and 22.2% from three while committing 19 turnovers and 17 fouls; lost the rebounding battle by 10. Combo guard Aisha Sheppard had 17 points on 6-for-10 from the field and 5-for-8 from three, nine rebounds, and five turnovers, and center Elizabeth Kitley had seven points and seven rebounds only seven attempts, despite standing three inches taller than her defender; the rest of the Hokies combined to shoot 5-for-33 from the field and 1-for-19 from three. One-for-nineteen.

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RV West Virginia: 65-54 win over Charlotte, a team Delaware beat by 16. Make of that what you will. Committed 24 turnovers. Point guard KK Deans led with 20 points on 6-for-12 shooting (2-4 3pt., 6-6 FT), five rebounds, five assists, two steals, and four turnovers.

RV Oklahoma: 94-58 win over Eastern Michigan. Went 27-for-31 at the line. Combo guard Taylor Robertson scored a game-high 21 points on 5-for-10 from three and 6-for-7 from the line without a turnover; wing Madi Williams had a double-double with 16 points on 4-for-15 shooting (0-3 3pt., 8-9 FT) and 10 rebounds, plus three assists and four turnovers; off-ball guard Ana Llanussa tallied 17 points on 5-for-12 FG (1-5 3pt., 6-7 FT), two assists, and five turnovers; point guard Kelbie Washington — the consensus^{^} No. 82 freshman in the country — notched 16 points on 6-for-7 shooting (4-4 FT) and three steals — “career”-highs in points, makes, and free-throws — in 22 minutes, her first game without a turnover.

Oakland: 79-58 win over Central Michigan. Point guard Kahlaijah Dean scored a career-high-tying 34 points in 31 minutes on 11-for-16 from the field, 4-for-7 from three, and 8-for-8 from the line with seven rebounds against four turnovers.

Penn: 83-70 loss to Saint Joseph’s. Point guard Kayla Padilla had 31 points on 10-for-20 from the field and 5-for-11 from three (6-7 FT) and five assists.

Virginia: 69-45 loss to American, which if you want to play the transitive game is about a 50-point loss to Virginia Tech. Head coach Tina Thompson called four timeouts in the last 28 seconds — despite trailing by at least 10 for most of that time — once of which led to a five-second violation. The Next’s ACC reporter, Mitchell Northam, doesn’t think this is just a blip:

I simply don’t buy this narrative.

UVA had winning records — and went to the postseason (including an NCAAT win in 2018) — in Joanne Boyle’s final four seasons.

Tina Thompson took over in spring 2018. Hasn’t produced a .500 team yet. #ACCwbb https://t.co/xtIIJQ3DEX

— Mitchell Northam (@primetimeMitch) December 8, 2021

American point guard Jade Edwards finished one point and three turnovers shy of a quadruple-double, with nine points on 2-for-8 FG (5-5 FT), 11 rebounds, 10 assists, and seven turnovers, plus two steals.

Marist: Did not play its scheduled game against Stony Brook “due to institutional COVID protocols” — i.e. positive COVID cases within the program — as announced Tuesday.

Blown Leads

None!

*Receiving Votes

^Consensus rankings are drawn from an aggregation of ESPN, Blue Star, Prep Girls, ASGR, and Prospects Nation