Iowa center Megan Gustafson has been named the Big Ten Conference Freshman-of-the-Week. Gustafson averaged a double-double with 14 points and 10.7 rebounds per game to guide Iowa to a 2-1 record last week. She shot 56 percent from the field and averaged 3.3 blocks per contest in the three-game stretch.

Gustafson leads Big Ten freshmen with 50 blocks this season, which is the third-highest total among all freshmen in Iowa history. Iowa is 7-9 and visits Penn State on Wednesday night.

(Learfield Sports)

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
Record Pts Prv
1. Pleasant Valley (6) 20-1 85 2
2. Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln (2) 20-1 76 3
3. Iowa City, West (1) 17-4 69 5
4. Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 18-3 61 6
5. Des Moines, Hoover 19-2 58 1
6. Valley, West Des Moines 18-3 46 4
7. Ankeny 17-4 33 T7
8. Cedar Falls 18-4 27 T7
9. Linn-Mar, Marion 16-5 21 10
10. Des Moines, North 17-5 11 NR
Others receiving votes: Ankeny Centennial 3. Sioux City, East 3. Waukee 1. Davenport, Central 1.

Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Pella (9) 19-1 90 1
2. Wahlert, Dubuque 16-5 75 2
3. Spirit Lake 18-3 68 3
4. MOC-Floyd Valley 18-3 60 4
5. Harlan 18-3 59 5
6. Glenwood 17-4 35 7
7. Chariton 20-1 34 6
8. Waverly-Shell Rock 16-5 29 9
9. Atlantic 17-4 15 10
10. Xavier, Cedar Rapids 13-8 12 8
Others receiving votes: Webster City 7. Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 5. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 4. Mount Vernon 2.

Class 1A Region 1
Regional Final
Kingsley-Pierson 55, Marcus-Meriden-Cleghorn 38

Class 1A Region 6
Regional Final
Mount Ayr 56, Grand View Christian 51

Class 1A Region 7
Regional Final
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 41, Nodaway Valley 35

Class 1A Region 8
Regional Final
Newell-Fonda 65, Audubon 47

Class 2A Region 1
Regional Final
Western Christian, Hull 76, Lawton-Bronson 64

Class 2A Region 7
Regional Final
Central Decatur, Leon 63, Panorama, Panora 53

Class 2A Region 8
Regional Final
Unity Christian, Orange City 51, Treynor 44

3A District 1 Substate 1
Semifinal
Carroll 82, Greene County 45
Harlan 67, Denison-Schleswig 61

3A District 15 Substate 8
Semifinal
Boone 67, ADM, Adel 58
Perry 57, Dallas Center-Grimes 50

3A District 16 Substate 8
Semifinal
Atlantic 59, Winterset 39
Glenwood 76, Creston 38

3A District 2 Substate 1
Semifinal
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 76, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 70, OT
MOC-Floyd Valley 72, LeMars 48

4A Substate 1
Quarterfinal
Lewis Central 75, Sioux City, West 71
Sioux City, North 76, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 41

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Feb. 21, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:

Others receiving votes: Dayton 80, Providence 48, California 34, Wichita St. 33, Texas Tech 31, Wisconsin 27, Saint Joseph’s 20, VCU 19, Hawaii 12, South Carolina 12, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 10, Cincinnati 3, Valparaiso 3, San Diego St. 2, Southern Cal 2, Stephen F. Austin 1, UAB 1, UALR 1, UConn 1.

The Atlantic Boys Basketball team will begin playoff play tonight in Glenwood.  The Trojans will face the Winterset Huskies in a game that will tip off at 6:30pm.  That game will be followed by the other Class 3A District 16 Semifinal between Glenwood and Creston and 8:00pm.  Chris Parks and Seth Christensen will bring you coverage of both games tonight on KJAN AM 1220 and FM 101.1 as well as live audio at kjan.com and on the mobile app.

Atlantic gets a rematch of their first game of the season in which they beat Winterset 84-46.  The Trojans were led in that first meeting by Senior Ryan Hawkins and Junior Garrett Franken who both had 24 points in that first meeting.  Those two are also the leading scorers on the season for Atlantic, Hawkins with 22ppg and Franken with 17ppg.  Winterset is led by Sophomore Justin Henry who is averaging 14 points per game.

The second game of the night will be the third meeting of the season between Glenwood and Creston.  The Rams won both of the first two meetings 79-54 on December 4th and 86-72 on February 2nd.  The Rams are led by two Sophomores, Point Guard Nate Mohr who is averaging 18ppg and Forward Andrew Blum who is averaging 17 points per contest.  Creston has four players averaging in double figures on a very young squad. Freshman Kylan Smallwood has the highest average at 14ppg.

Catch all the action tonight on KJAN with pregame starting at 6:20pm for the Atlantic game.

The Big 12 Conference announced their weekly men’s basketball award winners on Monday. Iowa State Junior Guard Deonte Burton was named Newcomer of the Week for the second straight week after a career performance on Saturday against TCU.  Burton had a career best 23 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in the Cyclones win over the Horned Frogs.  Burton has now been recognized by the conference 4 times this season.  The Cyclones play a Big Monday game at West Virginia tonight at 8:00pm.

PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK – from Big12sports.com
Deonte Burton, Iowa State, G, 6-4, 250, Jr., Milwaukee, Wis./Marquette/Vincent
Burton averaged a double-double for the Cyclones last week with 18.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game. The junior guard connected on 56.0 percent (14-of-25) of his shots from the field and sank 88.9 percent (8-of-9) of the attempts from the free throw line. He ended the week by matching his career best with 23 points versus TCU while grabbing 14 boards. The rebounding total was eight more than his previous high. Burton also had 14 points and six rebounds in an overtime contest with Baylor. Since moving into the starting rotation, he is averaging 15.6 points and shooting 55.2 percent from the field.

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Class 3A:
District 1 @ Harlan
6:30-p.m. Greene County vs. Carroll
8:00-p.m. Harlan vs. Denison-Schleswig
District 15 @ ADM/Adel
6:30-p.m. Dallas Center-Grimes vs. Perry
8:00-p.m. ADM/Adel vs. Boone
District 16 @ Glenwood
6:30-p.m. Atlantic vs. Winterset
8:00-p.m. Glenwood vs. Creston

Class 4A
Substate 1
6:30-p.m. @ Lewis Central: Lewis Central vs. Sioux City, West
8:00-p.m. @ Sioux City, North: Sioux City, North vs. C.Bluffs/Thomas Jefferson