AMES, Iowa (AP) — Freshman Lindell Wigginton scored a career-high 30 points and Iowa State beat Baylor 75-65 on Saturday to snap a four-game losing skid. Nick Weiler-Babb added 15 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds for the Cyclones (10-6, 1-4 Big 12), who picked up their first league win while beating the Bears (11-6, 1-4) for the 14th time in 16 tries at home. Wigginton buried a 3 and fellow freshman Cameron Lard hit a layup with 4:26 left to put Iowa State ahead 64-58 and force a Baylor timeout. Lard then rescued a Cyclones possession by pushing a loose ball to the perimeter, and Wigginton responded with a 3 that made it 69-62 with 1:36 to go. Weiler-Babb then drained the shot clock and hit a mid-range jumper to push Iowa State’s lead to 71-65 with 51 seconds to go.

Lard scored 11 points with nine rebounds and five blocks for the Cyclones, who survived a 1 of 12 shooting stretch midway through the second half. Freshman Tristan Clark had 16 points and 15 rebounds for Baylor (11-6, 1-4), which lost despite grabbing 19 offensive rebounds Wigginton and Lard are the future of Iowa State basketball, so seeing those two lead the way at times was an encouraging sign for a program in the middle of a rebuild. Wigginton took over Iowa State’s offense with guard Donovan Jackson (3 points on 1 of 10 shooting) struggling to hit anything. Sophomore Solomon Young added 11 points and 12 rebounds.

Iowa State plays at TCU on Wednesday.

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The 12th MAC Shootout will continue today at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs. Nine Nebraska/Iowa border battle games are on-tap for today (Saturday). Our coverage will start with the Fremont-Mills Knights boys team taking on the Louisville, NE Lions at 1:00pm. That game will be followed by the AHSTW Lady Vikes facing the Bennington, NE Badgers at 2:30pm. Our final coverage game will have the Atlantic Trojans boys squaring off against the Wahoo-Neumann Cavaliers at 7:00pm.

You can catch the games on-air, online, on the mobile app, or watch live on KJANTV.

Tickets for the event are $8 for adults and $6 for students and cover all three days of action. Tickets are available at any ticketmaster location of the MAC box office 712-323-0536.

BOYS BASKETBALL
A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 53, IKM-Manning 51

Ar-We-Va, Westside 55, Coon Rapids-Bayard 39

Bedford 67, Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 41

Boone 65, ADM, Adel 53

Boyer Valley, Dunlap 72, CAM, Anita 46

Carlisle 74, Carroll 72

Central Decatur, Leon 80, Southwest Valley 57

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 75, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 73, 2OT

Creston 77, Denison-Schleswig 65

Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 80, Glidden-Ralston 45

Fremont Mills, Tabor 61, Clarinda Academy 60

Harlan 75, Clarinda 41

Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 76, Red Oak 49

Lawton-Bronson 62, West Monona, Onawa 61, OT

Lewis Central 59, Atlantic 54

Logan-Magnolia 71, Audubon 34

Madrid 46, Earlham 22

Martensdale-St. Marys 90, Lenox 23

Missouri Valley 48, Griswold 44, OT

Ogden 77, AC/GC 67

Pleasantville 63, Nodaway Valley 56

Sidney 75, Essex 31

Stanton 59, East Mills 54

Treynor 48, Tri-Center, Neola 33

Winterset 76, Ballard 62

Woodbine 61, West Harrison, Mondamin 51

Woodbury Central, Moville 67, Kingsley-Pierson 62

MAC Shootout
Glenwood 66, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 55

Underwood 71, Riverside, Oakland 37

GIRLS BASKETBALL
AC/GC 54, Ogden 48

Ar-We-Va, Westside 49, Coon Rapids-Bayard 34

Ballard 52, Winterset 28

Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 68, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 53

Boone 74, ADM, Adel 48

Boyer Valley, Dunlap 56, CAM, Anita 49

Carlisle 69, Carroll 53

Central Decatur, Leon 68, Southwest Valley 21

College Springs South Page 58, Heartland Christian 40

Denison-Schleswig 53, Creston 43

Earlham 70, Madrid 35

Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 67, Glidden-Ralston 39

Harlan 77, Clarinda 37

IKM-Manning 46, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 36

Interstate 35,Truro 47, East Union, Afton 24

Lewis Central 67, Atlantic 24

Logan-Magnolia 79, Audubon 20

Nodaway Valley 43, Pleasantville 27

Red Oak 66, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 54

Sergeant Bluff-Luton 54, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 42

Sidney 70, Essex 36

Stanton 27, East Mills 24

Treynor 61, Tri-Center, Neola 21

West Monona, Onawa 68, Lawton-Bronson 39

MAC Shootout
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 53, Glenwood 45

Underwood 54, Riverside, Oakland 17

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have agreed to a one-year, $9 million contract with newly acquired outfielder Marcell Ozuna, avoiding arbitration. The Cardinals also avoided arbitration by reaching one-year deals with outfielder Randal Grichuk, right-hander Michael Wacha and left-hander Tyler Lyons.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs hired Deland McCullough off the staff at Southern California on Friday to coach their running backs, taking the place of recently promoted assistant coach Eric Bieniemy. Chiefs coach Andy Reid moved Bieniemy into the offensive coordinator job shortly after Matt Nagy took the head job with the Chicago Bears. McCullough spent six seasons with Indiana before coaching the Trojans’ running backs last season.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals agreed with reliever Kelvin Herrera and starter Nate Karns on one-year contracts to avoid arbitration, leaving reliever Brandon Maurer as their only player still on track for a hearing next month. Herrera will make $7,937,500, an increase from $5,325,000. Karns will make $1,375,000 in his first year of arbitration eligibility, an increase from the $571,000 he made last season. He would get a $25,000 for 20 starts and $50,000 if he’s an All-Star.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State’s Steve Prohm has lost four games in a row for the first time in his seven seasons as a head coach. If the Cyclones keep improving like they have over the last two weeks, it will end up being a bad memory. The play of freshmen Cameron Lard and Lindell Wigginton, and a much healthier bench, has given the Cyclones hope that they can finish the season strong. They are at home today (Saturday) against Baylor.

After Thursday games were postponed due to the weather, the 12th Annual MAC Shootout will get under way today at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs. Four games are on tap featuring teams from the state of Iowa on Friday with nine Nebraska/Iowa border battle games on Saturday.

We’ll have coverage of 5 games from the MAC Shootout over the next two days beginning with the Riverside vs. Underwood doubleheader this afternoon. The Riverside and Underwood girls are set to tip-off at 4:00pm with the boys game to immediately follow at 5:30pm.  You can catch the games on-air, online, on the mobile app, or watch live on KJANTV.

Saturday’s coverage will start with the Fremont-Mills Knights boys team taking on the Louisville, NE Lions at 1:00pm. That game will be followed by the AHSTW Lady Vikes facing the Bennington, NE Badgers at 2:30pm. Our final coverage game will have the Atlatnic Trojans boys squaring off against the Wahoo-Neumann Cavaliers at 7:00pm.

Tickets for the event are $8 for adults and $6 for students and cover all three days of action. Tickets are available at any ticketmaster location of the MAC box office 712-323-0536.

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Iowa needed overtime to post its first Big Ten win at Illinois, Thursday night. Iowa outscored the Illini 10-0 to start the extra session in a 104-97 win, a game they trailed by 20 in the opening half. Sophomore Jordan Bohannon led the Hawks with 29.

A key was free throws. The Hawkeyes were 33-40 at the stripe. Iowa coach Fran McCaffery says the Hawkeyes stepped it up defensively after giving up 54 points in the opening half.

Iowa is now 1-5 in the Big Ten.

(Learfield Sports)

BOYS BASKETBALL

Sioux City, East 62, Sioux Falls Lincoln, S.D. 57

Western Christian, Hull 55, Unity Christian, Orange City 42

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS

Shenandoah vs. Treynor, ppd.

Stanton vs. Southwest Valley, ppd.

MAC Shootout
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson vs. Nebraska City Lourdes, Neb., ppd.

Logan-Magnolia vs. Tri-Center, Neola, ppd.

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Dakota Valley, S.D. 70, MVAO-CO-U 24

Sioux City, East 70, Sioux City, North 42

Western Christian, Hull 60, Unity Christian, Orange City 49

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS

Red Oak vs. Fremont Mills, Tabor, ppd.

Stanton vs. Southwest Valley, ppd.

MAC Shootout
Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson vs. Nebraska City Lourdes, Neb., ppd.

Logan-Magnolia vs. Tri-Center, Neola, ppd.

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Jordan Bohannon scored 29 points as Iowa rallied from a 20-point deficit for a 104-97 overtime win over Illinois. It was Iowa’s second-largest comeback win in school history.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — USA Track and Field announced that this year’s outdoor championships will be held in Des Moines. USATF said the event will be held from June 21-24 at Drake Stadium, site of the annual Drake Relays. It’ll be the third time since 2010 that Iowa’s capital city hosted the outdoor finals.

HONOLULU (AP) — Iowan Zach Johnson, and Chris Kirk from Georgia, kept clean cards on a gorgeous day, and each shot 7-under 63 to share the lead after the first round of the Sony Open. Jordan Spieth, from Texas, wasn’t as fortunate.

MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — Lamar Wofford-Humphrey and Zach Jackson each scored 18 points and Omaha won a battle of previously winless Summit League teams with an 87-66 win over Western Illinois. Omaha had its five-game home win streak snapped by South Dakota State last week has now won three of its last five.