CHICAGO (AP) — CJ Fredrick had 21 points, Joe Wieskamp had 16 and Luka Garza had 12 points and 13 rebounds as Iowa pulled away late for a 77-70 victory over Cincinnati after losing a 15-point second-half lead. Bakari Evelyn had 15 points off the bench as Iowa (9-3) won its third straight and eighth in 10 games. The Hawkeyes closed with a 15-6 run over the final 4 1/2 minutes. Jarron Cumberland had 18 points for Cincinnati (7-5), which has dropped three of four. Cumberland has 1,496 career points to move past Yancy Gates (1,485) for 15th place on Cincinnati’s all-time scoring list.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) – Brian Kelly need not worry that No. 14 Notre Dame isn’t focused on Iowa State, its opponent next Saturday in the Camping World Bowl. After a week of final exams, his Fighting Irish (10-2) aren’t taking Matt Campbell’s Cyclones (7-5) lightly as they practiced for the sixth time for the game in Orlando, Fla. Quarterback Brock Purdy, who has thrown for 3,760 yards and 27 touchdowns, particularly has the attention of Notre Dame, which is coming off semester exams.

Final Score: Iowa 79, Drake 67

Game Notes:

• The Hawkeyes have won 27 consecutive home games, ranking third in the country behind Baylor and UConn.
• Iowa finishes their non-conference season 9-2.
• Four Hawkeyes scored in double figures, including Makenzie Meyer (24), Kathleen Doyle (19), Monika Czinano (17), and Alexis Sevillian (11).
• Sophomore Monika Czinano shot 8-10 from the field tonight. Czinano is currently leading the country in field goal percentage (72.3).
• The Hawkeyes tallied 20 assists off 30 made field goal attempts.
• Senior Kathleen Doyle added 10 assists for the Hawkeyes, earning herself a season-high.
• Junior Alexis Sevillian added three 3-pointers for the Hawkeyes, gaining a personal season-high.
• Freshman Gabbie Marshall tallied 5 steals, a career high.

Up Next: Iowa travels to Lincoln, Nebraska, on Sat. Dec. 28 to take on the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Tip-off is set to 1 p.m. (CT), and the game will be streamed on BTN+.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – Roman Penn had a career-high 22 points as Drake narrowly beat Air Force 85-80. Ryan Swan led the Falcons on Saturday with a season-high 24 points.

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The Pride of Iowa Wrestling Tournament was contested on Friday in Martensdale and Bedford/Lenox came away with the team title.

Team Scores
1 Bedford/Lenox 166.5
2 Martensdale-St Marys 163.0
3 Mount Ayr 113.0
4 Central Decatur 111.0
5 Southwest Valley 101.5
6 Nodaway Valley 97.0
6 Wayne 97.0
8 Southeast Warren/Melcher-Dallas 82.0
9 East Union 80.0

Full results can be viewed here: 2019 Pride of Iowa Tounament

Audubon is hosting the WIC Dual Team Tournament and WIC Traditional Wrestling Tournament this weekend. Logan-Magnolia came away as the dual team champion on Friday night with a 56-24 win over AHSTW in finals.

1st Place Match
Logan-Magnolia defeated AHSTW 56-24.

3rd Place Match
Underwood defeated Missouri Valley 48-27.

5th Place Match
Riverside, Oakland defeated Treynor 50-21.

7th Place Match
Tri Center defeated Audubon 54-12.

The traditional WIC tourney gets underway at 10:00am on Saturday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Lewis Central 57, Atlantic 40 (Megan Witte of LC reached 1,000 career points)
Denison-Schleswig 54, Clarinda 23
Glenwood, 71, Creston, 53
Red Oak 53, Harlan 50
St Albert 61, Shenandoah 36

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 37, Treynor 32
West Monona 78, Underwood 53

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 62, Glidden-Ralston 47
Boyer Valley 25, Coon Rapids-Bayard 21
Exira-EHK 82, West Harrison 22
Woodbine 60, Paton-Churdan 34

Corner Conference

East Mills 52, Griswold 30
Sidney 67, Essex 41
Stanton 45, Fremont-Mills 33

Other Scores

Bishop Heelan 50, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson 29
Carroll 64, Winterset 48
Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln 56, Sioux City West 35
Lamoni 50, Diagonal 28
Murray 48, Moulton-Udell 41
Panorama 52, AC/GC 48
Van Meter 48, Earlham 32
West Central Valley 49, Madrid 40

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Lewis Central 51, Atlantic 47
Denison-Schleswig 73, Clarinda 41
Glenwood 59, Creston 52
Harlan 69, Red Oak 17
St. Albert 61, Shenandoah 54

Western Iowa Conference

Treynor 71, IKM-Manning 52
Tri-Center 77, Clarinda Academy 26
Underwood 62, West Monona 36

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 49, Glidden-Ralston 48
Boyer Valley 47, Coon Rapids-Bayard 24
Exira-EHK 55, West Harrison 39

Corner Conference

East Mills 54, Griswold 20
Sidney 81, Essex 19
Stanton 72, Fremont-Mills 39

Other Scores

Carroll 72, Winterset 65
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 59, Sioux City, West 41
Lamoni 48, Diagonal 25 (Stephen Ansong scored his 1,000th career point.)
Madrid 93, West Central Valley 26
Murray 67, Moulton-Udell 48
Panorama 81, AC/GC 66
Woodward Academy 64, Interstate 35 41
Woodward-Granger 58, Ogden 20

The Lewis Central boys hoops team made a few more plays down the stretch and grabbed a 51-47 win over Atlantic on Friday night at the Atlantic High School. Nile Petersen’s terrific night for Atlantic kept the Trojans right in it til the end. Petersen hit two threes near the end of the first quarter to make it a 1 point game, and then hit a couple big shots late in the 2nd quarter to get the Trojans within two at half 22-20. He followed that up with two more threes in the third quarter, and the game was tied at 34 heading to the final period. Petersen finished with 24 points on the night.

Skyler Handlos was finally able to drop his first two shots of night to start the fourth quarter, but that lead wouldn’t hold up. Lewis Central chipped away until a Logan Jones layup gave them a 49-47 lead in the final two minutes. Atlantic got a look at a three for Bradley Dennis but it was off the mark, and Easton Dermody was fouled during the rebound attempt. He stepped up to the line and knocked down two free throws to seal the Titan victory.

Skyler Handlos finished with 7 points and Grant Sturm had 6 for the Trojans. They fall to 2-4 and will host Winterset on Saturday afternoon for one more game before the holiday break.

Lewis Central was led by 17 points from Logan Jones and 12 from Cole Drummond. The Titans are now 4-1 and off for the break.