The Harlan boys basketball team pounced early on Atlantic and ran away with a 71-41 victory on Monday night. The Cyclones opened the game on an 8-0 run and led 25-3 by the end of the first quarter. Harlan was ahead 36-12 by the end of the half and 59-21 after three quarters.

Connor Bruck led the way for the Cyclones with 18 points, including four makes from beyond the arc. Bruck set the tempo early and dropped in 10 in the opening period. Three other players finished in double figures for the Cyclones; Michael Heithoff 12, Will McLaughlin 11, and Johnathan Monson 10.

Harlan improves to 13-5 on the season and will host Creston on Friday.

Atlantic falls to 7-10 on the season and will take on Maryville, MO on Thursday night in Atlantic. The Trojans and Cyclones meet again in Atlantic in a week for a make-up game from a weather postponement.

The Harlan girls basketball team ripped up the nets from downtown and scorched past Atlantic 73-51 on Monday night. The Cyclones poured in twelve 3’s on the night, taking advantage of Atlantic’s zone defense.

The Cyclones took control of the game at the end of the first quarter with an 8-0 run to end the period and push a four point lead out to 12. Harlan would extend the lead to 22 by halftime.

Macie Leinen led the way with 17 points on the night. Jocelyn Cheek added 15 and Brecken Van Baale dropped in 14. Van Baale hit three from downtown in the second quarter and was fouled on a three right before the end of the half. She converted all three free throws to finish with 12 in the opening half.

The Cyclones improved to 12-9 on the season. They now await the Class 4A pairings for postseason play starting on the 19th.

Atlantic was led by 18 points from McKenzie waters and 16 from Haley Rasmussen. The Trojans end the regular season at 8-13. The Trojans host Clarinda on Saturday for their opening Class 3A playoff game. We’ll have that game on KJAN with pregame at 7:15 p.m. and tip-off set for 7:30 p.m.

Drake’s Becca Hittner averaged 27.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game, while shooting 58.3% from the field and 69.2% from three as the Bulldogs split the weekend with Southern Illinois and Missouri State, earning her first MVC Player of the Week honor of the season and seventh of her career.

MISSOURI VALLEY CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Becca Hittner, Sr., G, Drake
Senior Becca Hittner posted impressive numbers this past weekend in helping Drake split pair of home games. Hittner averaged 27.0 points, 8.5 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 1.0 block per game while shooting blistering 58.3 percent (14-of-24), 69.2 percent (9-of-13) from beyond the arc and made 17-of-18 (94.4 percent) at the free throw line. In the win over Southern Illinois, she poured in a game-high 31 points, including making a career-high seven three pointers and just missed a double-double with nine rebounds to go with five assists. Hittner followed in the loss to No. 24/19 Missouri State with 23 points, eight rebounds and three assists. Her nine three-pointers on the weekend helped her move all the way to No. 2 all-time in school history with 241 career threes.

Iowa State’s Ashley Joens collected her fifth Big 12 Women’s Basketball Player of the Week award on Monday.

Joens averaged a double-double with 20.0 points and 14.5 rebounds in victories against Oklahoma State and Oklahoma. Joens tallied 23 points and 14 boards against OSU and 17 points and 15 boards against OU. After suffering a dislocated shoulder midway through the third quarter, Joens returned in the fourth with seven points and seven rebounds, leading the Cyclones to victory over the Sooners.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa men’s basketball junior Cordell Pemsl was arrested early Monday morning in Iowa City for driving while his license was revoked.

Pemsl will be suspended for Iowa’s next game at Indiana (Thursday) per violation of the UI Student-Athlete Code of Conduct.

Pemsl, a native of Dubuque, Iowa, has played in 22 games this season, averaging 2.4 points and 2.8 rebounds per game.

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Class 4A

Others receiving votes: Ankeny 5. Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 1. Davenport, North 1. Prairie, Cedar Rapids 1.

Class 3A

Others receiving votes: Central Clinton, De Witt 10. Algona 5. Clear Creek-Amana 5. Keokuk 2. Ballard 1.

Others receiving votes: Albia 11. Osage 10. West Branch 5. Woodward-Granger 5. Tri-Center, Neola 2. A-H-S-TW, Avoca 2. Des Moines Christian 2. Pella Christian 1.

Others receiving votes: Boyer Valley, Dunlap 12. Mount Ayr 6. Grand View Christian 2. Meskwaki Settlement School 2. Springville 1. Stanton 1. Newell-Fonda 1. Keota 1.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa’s senior Kathleen Doyle was named to the Big Ten Player of the Week Honor Roll, the conference announced Monday.

Doyle’s honor tallies nine for the Hawkeyes this season. Warnock earned the first Big Ten honor of her career, and Doyle now has accumulated five, including two Big Ten Player of the Week and three Player of the Week Honor Roll awards. McKenna Warnock earned Freshman of the Week (Jan. 27), and senior Makenzie Meyer and sophomore Monika Czinano have also been named to the Big Ten Honor Roll this season.

Doyle broke the Hawkeyes’ single-game assist record against Nebraska (Feb. 6), assisting 15 of Iowa’s 28 made baskets in the 76-60 win over the Cornhuskers and marking her the first Big Ten women’s basketball player to record 15 assists in a single game against a Big Ten opponent since Tori Jankoska (Michigan State) did against Minnesota (Feb. 21, 2016). Her 15 points and 15 assists marked her third double-double of the season and seventh of her career.

On Sunday in Iowa’s, 83-71, win at Purdue, Doyle and Meyer led the Hawkeyes with 22 points apiece, marking her 11th 20-point game of the season.

Doyle and the Hawkeyes hit the road for a Big Ten matchup at Maryland in College Park, Maryland, on Thursday. Tip-off is set for 5 p.m. (CT), and the game will air live on BTN.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State sophomore guard Tyrese Haliburton will miss the remainder of the 2019-20 season after suffering a left wrist fracture near the end of the first half in Saturday evening’s win against Kansas State.

The new injury was revealed Sunday after Haliburton underwent an MRI.

“We are disappointed for Tyrese and his family and we are focused on helping him in his recovery,” head coach Steve Prohm said. “Tyrese is a great teammate, leader and valuable member of this program and university in so many ways. There is no doubt in my mind that Tyrese will face this setback with the same energy and passion that we have all come to appreciate and that he will return from this better than ever.”

“This comes as a shock to me, my family, my teammates and coaches,” Haliburton said. “As this season continues, I will try to to be the best teammate possible. I know my brothers will step up and I can’t wait to be there every step of the way.”

Haliburton, a Bob Cousy Award finalist and Oshkosh, Wisconsin native, averaged 15.2 points, 5.9 rebounds and a Big 12-best 6.5 assists and 2.5 steals in 22 games.