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Drake outscored Indiana State 25-16 in the third quarter to take command as the Bulldogs posted a 76-62 win in the Knapp Center Sunday, to improve to 8-0 in Missouri Valley Conference play. The Sycamores had led 41-37 at halftime.
Drake guard Caitlin Ingle had nine assists to become the all-time Missouri Valley Conference record holder. Ingle also had 13 points and eight rebounds.
(Learfield Sports)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura, whose electric arm helped his team win the 2015 World Series title, was killed in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic early Sunday. Royals vice president Mike Swanson confirmed Ventura’s death. He was 25.
With the fitting nickname of “Ace,” Ventura burst onto the baseball scene with a 100 mph fastball and an explosive attitude to match. He was a fierce competitor who was always willing to challenge hitters inside, then deal with the ramifications when they decided to charge the mound.
Ventura went 14-10 with a 3.20 ERA in 2014, his first full season in the big leagues, and helped the long-downtrodden Royals reach the World Series for the first time since 1985. He proceeded to dominate San Francisco in both of his starts, though the Royals would ultimately lose in seven games.
He followed by helping Kansas City win the championship the next year.
NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Deontae Hawkins scored 19 points and Illinois State pulled away in the second half to beat Drake, 72-58 Saturday to keep its Missouri Valley Conference unblemished. Graham Woodward hit a 3-pointer with one second left in the first half to get Drake within four at intermission, 30-26. But the Bulldogs got no closer in the second half after Billy Wampler’s 3-pointer made it 46-42 with just over 10 minutes left.
Phil Fayne’s layup with 8:04 remaining gave the Redbirds a 10-point lead and DJ Clayton’s tip-in off an offensive rebound pushed the lead to 14. Clayton finished with 15 points off the bench for Illinois State (16-4, 8-0). MiKyle McIntosh added 12 points and grabbed nine rebounds.
Drake was held to just 30.5 shooting from the field (18 of 59), including 10 of 32 from long range. Reed Timmer and Woodward each had 13 points to lead the Bulldogs.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Jadda Buckley scored 21 points, Seanna Johnson totaled 13 points, eight rebounds and a career-high nine assists and Iowa State got its first victory against a ranked team in over a year with a 75-69 win over Number 22 Kansas State Saturday. Iowa State led 48-44 heading into the fourth quarter and stayed in front until a pair of free throws from Karyla Middlebook gave the Wildcats a 58-57 lead with 5:19 remaining.
Bridget Carleton put the Cyclones up for good with her fourth 3-pointer, as Buckley and Johnson coupled to make all eight free-throw attempts in the final 30 seconds to seal it. Buckley and Carleton combined to make 7 of 11 3-pointers for Iowa State (11-8, 2-6 Big 12). The Cyclones made 8 of 12 from the field and 9 of 9 free throws in the fourth quarter and shot 51 percent from the field (26 of 51) overall.
Kaylee Page and Breanna Lewis each had 14 points for Kansas State (15-5, 5-3). Iowa State last defeated a ranked team on Dec. 11, 2015, with a 69-66 win over Iowa.
The University of Iowa women’s basketball team trailed Minnesota by seven points in the first half and 36-35 at halftime before going on a tear resulting in an 80-65 victory Saturday in front of 7,191 on Mediacom Court inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
The Hawkeyes enjoyed a 45-29 run in the second half and grabbed the lead for good when sophomore Megan Gustafson converted a conventional three-point play that put Iowa ahead, 43-41, early in the third quarter. Gustafson scored 11 of her game-high 19 points in the third quarter and registered her 10th double-double of the season before the period ended.
Gustafson made 8-of-13 field goals and all three free throws to pace four Hawkeyes in double figures. Senior Ally Disterhoft scored 17 points, freshman Kathleen Doyle had 11 (10 in the first half), and sophomore Tania Davis added 10. Disterhoft entered the game shooting 15.6-percent from distance in Big Ten games, but she made three of Iowa’s eight 3-point field goals Saturday.
The Hawkeyes committed a season-low 11 turnovers. Iowa returns to action Sunday, Jan. 29th, against No. 3 Maryland (18-1, 6-0).
| BOYS BASKETBALL |
|---|
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 74, Treynor 51
CAM, Anita 68, West Central Valley, Stuart 40
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 55, Omaha Northwest, Neb. 46
Creston 64, Winterset 52
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 88, Harlan 79
Logan-Magnolia 72, West Monona, Onawa 33
Shenandoah 68, Panorama, Panora 50
Sioux City, North 76, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 47
| Bluegrass ConferenceTournament |
|---|
| First Round |
Lamoni 56, Diagonal 40
Moravia 68, Iowa Christian Academy 50
Mormon Trail, Garden Grove 76, Moulton-Udell 36
Seymour 68, Orient-Macksburg 56
Twin Cedars, Bussey 71, Melcher-Dallas 33
| Corner Conference Tournament |
|---|
| Third Place |
East Mills 43, Sidney 33
| Championship |
|---|
Fremont Mills, Tabor 73, Stanton 69, OT
| GIRLS BASKETBALL |
|---|
CAM, Anita 48, West Central Valley, Stuart 39
Creston 50, Clarke, Osceola 46
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 69, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 63
Sioux City, North 51, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 28
Treynor 76, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 62
Westwood, Sloan 94, Gehlen Catholic, Le Mars 43
| Nebraska Frontier Conference Tournament |
|---|
| First Round |
Whiting 48, Parkview Christian, Neb. 19
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Jordan Ashton scored 14 points, including a pair of free throw with 15 seconds left, and Northern Iowa overcame a 12-point second-half deficit to beat Southern Illinois 58-57 on Saturday night.
Ashton scored 10 of his 14 in the second half for Northern Iowa (8-11, 3-5 Missouri Valley) and was perfect from the field (3 of 3), the arc (2 of 2) and the free-throw line (2 of 2) in the final 20 minutes.
Trailing 54-42 with 8:23 remaining, the Panthers outscored Southern Illinois 12-1 over the next seven minutes to close it to 55-54. A dunk by Thik Bol with 1:21 left to play put the Salukis in front by three, 57-54, but a layup from Klint Carlson and Ashton’s free throws gave Northern Iowa a 58-57 lead with 15 seconds left.
Northern Iowa led 27-26 at halftime, but the Salukis used an 11-2 run to take a 36-29 lead with 16:50 remaining and eventually pushed the lead to lead to 12. Armon Fletcher had 16 points and six rebounds for Southern Illinois (11-10, 4-4).
The Johnson-Brock Eagles travelled to Elk Horn to face the Exira-EHK Spartans on Saturday afternoon in a game that was rescheduled after weather cancelled their meeting at the MAC Shootout in Council Bluffs. After a slow start the Eagles used a strong second and third quarters to pull away and beat the Spartans 73-61. Exira-EHK got off to an early lead and had a four point advantage after one but the Eagles would roar back with a three point barrage in the second quarter to lead by as many as nine before the Spartans inched closer at the half 37-34. Johnson-Brock then outscored the Spartans 17-10 in the third quarter to give them a comfortable lead down the stretch.
The game was originally scheduled to be played as part of the Jennie Ed Sports Med MAC Shootout in Council Bluffs but icy weather forced the cancellation of the end of that event. The two schools worked out the make-up meeting.
Ty Hahn led Johsnon-Brock with 23 points and Trey Stutheit dropped in 14 for the Eagles. They came into the game 9-4 on the season and of course the cross-state battle doesn’t impact either teams records for state purposes.
The Spartans were led by Sophomore guard Cole Burmeister with 20 points and Senior Drew Buckholdt had 15. The Spartans record coming into the meeting was 10-3. The Spartans will next face CAM at home on Monday.
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