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The Iowa basketball team has not won the Big Ten Conference regular season title since 1979 but the fifth ranked Hawkeyes could take a big step toward ending that dry spell, tonight, when they visit Indiana. The Hawkeyes have sole possession of the league lead with a 10-1 record and visit a Hoosier team that is a game back at 9-2. Defense will be a key. Indiana averages 84 points per game and is shooting 51 percent from the field.

The Hoosiers are 13-0 at home this season. Iowa Coach Fran McCaffery says Indiana’s Yogi Ferrell is one of the top point guards in the country and sets the table for his teammates. Iowa won in covincing fashion last year in Bloomington 77-63 but McCaffery says that will have no factor on this game.

It will be an 8:05 p.m. tip off in Assembly Hall. You can hear the game on KJAN, beginning at 7-p.m.

(Learfield Sports)

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — To his detractors, Iowa’s Adam Woodbury is often viewed as the blue-chip recruit who never lived up to expectations. Those who’ve watched Woodbury closely in 2015-16 would argue that he’s developed into one of the more underrated players in the Big Ten.

Woodbury, a 7-foot-1 senior, is among a handful of Hawkeyes whose career years have helped push the program into the top five in the rankings. Woodbury is averaging a career-high 8.5 points and a team-high 7.7 rebounds a game, with four double-doubles in his last seven outings while guiding a resurgent defense.

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Zach Smith made two free throws with 18 seconds remaining in overtime to lead Texas Tech past Number 14 Iowa State 85-82 Wednesday night. It was the second straight year the Red Raiders beat the Cyclones in Lubbock. Last season, Iowa State was ranked ninth.

Deonte Burton scored a season-high 20 points and Abdel added 19 points to lead Iowa State (17-7, 6-5). Fans stormed the court after the victory. Aaron Ross scored 20 points and Devaugntah Williams added 19 to lead Texas Texas (14-9, 4-7).

Iowa State built leads several times — in each half — only to watch the Red Raiders claw their way back. Two free throws by Smith in separate two trips to the free-throw line tied it at 78 at the end of regulation. The win gave the Red Raiders one more Big 12 victory than they had last season.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Bria Holmes scored 23 points and Lanay Montgomery had 15 points, 15 rebounds and three blocks to help Number 24 West Virginia close out Iowa State 57-47 Wednesday night. It was tied at 45-all with 3:19 left to play before West Virginia closed on a 12-2 run. Montgomery started the spurt with a 3-point play and Holmes knocked down two free throws with 57.5 seconds left for a two possession lead.

Arielle Roberson tied a career-high with 17 boards for West Virginia (19-6, 8-4 Big 12), which outrebounded Iowa State 51-33. Montgomery recorded the ninth double-double of her career. Holmes had 12 points in the first half and Roberson grabbed nine rebounds as the Mountaineers had a 26-21 halftime lead.

Seanna Johnson led Iowa State (12-11, 4-8) with 19 points and eight rebounds. Jadda Buckley added 17 points for the Cyclones, who have dropped seven of their last eight.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Jeremy Morgan had a career-high 21 points, eight rebounds and five assists and Northern Iowa beat Missouri State 83-69 on Wednesday night for a fifth straight win. Matt Bohannon and Bennett Koch scored 19 apiece and Wes Washpun had 11 points with nine assists for the Panthers (15-11, 7-6 Missouri Valley Conference). Northern Iowa never trailed, made 19 of 21 free throws and hit 10 of 23 from beyond the arc.

Trailing 49-38 at halftime, the Bears’ Ryan Kreklow and Loomis Gerring combined to score nine unanswered points and Missouri State closed to within 61-58. The Panthers replied with 17-2 run and led 78-60 with 4:36 left after Koch’s back-to-back dunks and the Bears trailed by double digits the rest of the way.

Chris Kendrix scored 20 with a career-high five 3-pointers for Missouri State (10-15, 6-7). Dequon Miller had a career-high seven assists.

After the completion of Regional Team Dual competition on Tuesday for Class 1A and 2A wrestling squads, the State Dual Team pairings were released.

1A State Dual Team Bracket

2A State Dual Team Bracket

The AP released their latest boys basketball rankings late Monday, February 8th.

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:

Others receiving votes: Waukee 8. Des Moines, North 7. Linn-Mar, Marion 6. Sioux City, East 4. Davenport, Central 3.

Others receiving votes: Webster City 12. Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 7. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 5. Benton Community 4. Mount Vernon 1.

Others receiving votes: Monticello 18. Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 16. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 15. Aplington-Parkersburg 7. Ridge View 6. Osage 3. Sioux Center 3. Southeast Valley-Gowrie 1.

Others receiving votes: Montezuma 9. North Linn, Troy Mills 7. South O’Brien, Paullina 6. Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 4. Lenox 3. St. Albert, Council Bluffs 2. Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 1. Central Lyon 1

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 69, Clarinda 37
Glenwood 70, Shenandoah 36
Harlan 65, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 48
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 45, Denison-Schleswig 44

Western Iowa Conference

A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 63, Underwood 51
Audubon 50, Tri-Center, Neola 44
Missouri Valley 61, Griswold 40
Treynor 65, Riverside, Oakland 38

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va, Westside 76, Adair-Casey 21
Charter Oak-Ute 60, Woodbine 51
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 71, West Harrison, Mondamin 50
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 57, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 28
Paton-Churdan 47, Coon Rapids-Bayard 46

Corner Conference

Fremont Mills, Tabor 55, Clarinda Academy 39
Nishnabotna 48, Essex 45
Sidney 61, North Nodaway, Mo. 40

Pride of Iowa Conference

Lenox 60, Mount Ayr 48
Nodaway Valley 70, Bedford 54
Southwest Valley 85, East Union, Afton 72

Other Scores

Ballard 74, Winterset 40
Carroll 71, Boone 49
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 65, Lewis Central 52
Earlham 85, West Central Valley, Stuart 38

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Iowa Christian Academy vs. Orient-Macksburg, ppd.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 45, Clarinda 24
Creston 76, Chariton 47
Harlan 66, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 35
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 53, Denison-Schleswig 40
Lewis Central 60, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 24
Shenandoah 52, Glenwood 48 OT

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 37, Tri-Center, Neola 33
Griswold 42, Missouri Valley 36
Treynor 51, Riverside, Oakland 15
Underwood 49, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 41

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM, Anita 56, Paton-Churdan 51
Charter Oak-Ute 56, Woodbine 55
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 69, West Harrison, Mondamin 18

Corner Conference

Nishnabotna 41, Essex 36
Stanton 61, South Page, College Springs 33

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 59, Nodaway Valley 42
Mount Ayr 73, Lenox 16
Southwest Valley 68, East Union, Afton 32

Other Scores

Ballard 64, Winterset 32
Boone 90, Carroll 22
West Central Valley, Stuart 64, Earlham 40