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NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — MiKyle McIntosh scored 25 points with four 3-pointers and three steals, Deontae Hawkins added 17 points with five 3s and Illinois State beat Drake 76-64 on Tuesday night to win its third straight.
Justin McCloud scored 12 with four 3-pointers, DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell added 10 points and Tony Wills had a career-high seven assists for the Redbirds (12-10, 6-3 Missouri Valley), who shot 15 of 28 from long distance.
Drake led 15-13 on Ore Arogundade’s 3-pointer, but the Redbirds hit three straight 3-pointers and a dunk and surged to a 40-35 halftime lead.
Illinois State led by 20 on McCloud’s 3-pointer with 13:46 left in the second half and cruised from there.
The Redbirds outscored Drake on fast-break points, 13-2, and used 18 assists in making 26 of 58 field goals (45 percent).
Reed Timmer scored 19 and Graham Woodward added 12 for the Bulldogs (5-16, 0-9), who have lost nine straight.
CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) – Coralville’s City Council is set to vote on an agreement with a company to design and create a life-sized bronze statue in honor of former University of Iowa football coach Hayden Fry. The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports that the City Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday. The city intends to hire Max-Cast, a fine arts foundry, to create the $36,000 statue that would be placed along a street known as Hayden Fry Way.
Max-Cast owner Steve Maxon has been working with the University of Iowa to develop conceptual drawings for the statue. Fry, who now lives in Mesquite, Nevada, retired from coaching following the 1998 season. He led the Hawkeyes to the Rose Bowl three times and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the regional pairings for girls basketball in classes 1A, 2A, and 3A on Monday night. Pairings for the two larger classes 4A and 5A are expected to be released next Monday.
Class 3A will play first round games on Saturday, February 13th. Semifinals on Wednesday, February 17th. Finals on Saturday, February 20th. Regions that include local teams are:
Region 8
Clarinda @ Atlantic
Red Oak @ Shenandoah
Greene County @ Pocahontas Area
Kuemper Catholic @ Southeast Valley
Class 2A will play first round games on Saturday, February 13th. 2nd Round on Tuesday, February 16th. Semifinals on Friday, February 19th. Finals on Monay, February, 22nd. Regions that include local teams are:
Region 8
Tri-Center @ Underwood (winner @ Treynor)
AHSTW @ Logan-Magnolia (winner @ St. Albert)
OA-BCIG @ Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto (winner @ Unity Christian)
Missouri Valley @ West Monona (winner @ Ridge View)
Region 7
Clarinda Academy @ Southwest Valley (winner @ Interstate-35)
Earlham @ West Central Valley (winner @ Panorama)
Pleasantville @ Martensdale-St. Marys (winner @ Central Decatur)
Van Buren @ Cardinal (winner @ Eddyville)
Region 6
Ft. Dodge St. Edmond @ Madrid (winner @ Des Moines Christian)
Woodward-Granger @ IKM-Manning (winner @ South Central Calhoun)
Eagle Grove @ Ogden (winner @ Mandon-NW Webster)
South Hamilton @ Hudson (winner @ Dike-New Hartford)
Class 1A will play first round games on Thursday, February 11th. Second round on Tuesday, February 16th. Semifinals on Friday, February 19th. Final on Monday, February 22nd. Regions that include area teams are:
Region 6
Guthrie Center @ CAM (winner @ Adair-Casey)
East Union @ Mt. Ayr
Diagnol @ Orient-Macksburg
Lamoni vs. Iowa Christian @ Saydel (winner vs. Grand View Christian @ Saydel)
Ankeny Christian @ Colo-Nesco
Mormon Trail @ Murray
Region 7
East Mills @ Griswold (winner @ Exira-EHK)
Riverside @ Sidney
Heartland Christian @ Fremont-Mills
Lenox @ Nishnabotna (winner @ Nodaway Valley)
South Page @ Bedford
Stanton @ Essex
Region 8
West Harrison @ Charter Oak-Ute (winner @ Westwood)
Woodbine @ Audubon
Whiting @ Boyer Valley
River Valley @ Ar-We-Va (Winner at Newell-Fonda)
Storm Lake St. Mary’s @ Glidden-Ralston
Coon Rapids-Bayard @ Paton-Churdan
Check out the full statewide pairings here:
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Monte Morris scored 21 points, Georges Niang had 19 and No. 14 Iowa State blew past Kansas 85-72 on Monday night for its fourth straight win. Abdel Nader added 17 points for the Cyclones (16-4, 5-3 Big 12), who have beaten three of the top four teams in this week’s Top 25. Iowa State overcame a sluggish start with a 24-7 run midway through the second half, and Niang’s three-point play made it 80-67 with 2 minutes left.
Perry Ellis had 23 points and Frank Mason III scored 16 to lead Kansas (16-4, 5-3), which lost its third straight road game. The Jayhawks have lost four of their last five against the Cyclones, a first for a Bill Self-coached team against a Big 12 opponent.
BOYS BASKETBALL
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Woodbine vs. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton, ppd.
Westwood, Sloan vs. Missouri Valley, ppd.
Southwest Valley vs. Red Oak, ppd.
East Mills vs. Shenandoah, ppd.
Bedford vs. Fremont Mills, Tabor, ppd.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Woodbine vs. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton, ppd.
North Nodaway, Mo. vs. South Page, College Springs, ppd.
Creston vs. Essex, ppd.
Southwest Valley vs. Red Oak, ppd.
Atlantic vs. Treynor, ppd.
Missouri Valley vs. Westwood, Sloan, ppd.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Former “Saturday Night Live” actor Tim Meadows made a surprise appearance before Iowa State’s basketball game against Kansas — playing Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson. Meadows showed up at half court roughly 90 minutes before tip-off in Ames, Iowa. The public address announcer introduced him as Carson, and Meadows proceeded to sing the national anthem in the neurosurgeon’s voice.
The only fans in the building were in the student section — and they had no idea Meadows would be making an appearance. But by the end of “The Star Spangled Banner” many of them were singing along. Meadows told The Associated Press that he was shooting a comedy sketch for the Funny Or Die website, adding that he planned to film additional segments Tuesday.
Oklahoma, despite losing to Iowa State last week, remains No. 1 in The Associated Press college basketball poll. Unlike last week, when the Sooners were a unanimous No. 1, North Carolina is a close second.
Oklahoma (16-2) received 36 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday, seven more than the Tar Heels (18-2), who remained second.
Iowa jumped from ninth to third, the Hawkeyes’ highest ranking since January 1987. They were followed by Kansas and Texas A&M, which is at its highest ranking ever. Villanova, Xavier, Maryland, West Virginia and Providence round out the Top Ten.
Wichita State, Oregon and Notre Dame — all of whom have been ranked during the season — are the week’s newcomers replacing Butler, Southern California and South Carolina.
Iowa is ranked 4th in the USA Today Coaches Poll, while Iowa State is 16th. North Carolina jumped to the top spot in that poll.
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 24, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
| Record | Pts | Prv | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Oklahoma (36) | 16-2 | 1,592 | 1 |
| 2. North Carolina (29) | 18-2 | 1,586 | 2 |
| 3. Iowa | 16-3 | 1,473 | 9 |
| 4. Kansas | 16-3 | 1,369 | 3 |
| 5. Texas A&M | 17-2 | 1,332 | 10 |
| 6. Villanova | 17-3 | 1,261 | 4 |
| 7. Xavier | 17-2 | 1,186 | 5 |
| 8. Maryland | 17-3 | 1,111 | 7 |
| 9. West Virginia | 16-3 | 1,105 | 6 |
| 10. Providence | 17-3 | 1,005 | 16 |
| 11. Virginia | 15-4 | 903 | 13 |
| 12. Michigan St. | 17-4 | 869 | 11 |
| 13. SMU | 18-1 | 838 | 8 |
| 14. Iowa St. | 15-4 | 792 | 19 |
| 15. Miami | 15-3 | 753 | 15 |
| 16. Louisville | 16-3 | 719 | 17 |
| 17. Baylor | 15-4 | 594 | 13 |
| 18. Arizona | 16-4 | 502 | 12 |
| 19. Indiana | 17-3 | 466 | 25 |
| 20. Kentucky | 15-4 | 403 | 23 |
| 21. Purdue | 17-4 | 328 | 22 |
| 22. Wichita St. | 14-5 | 151 | — |
| 23. Oregon | 16-4 | 149 | — |
| 24. Duke | 15-5 | 145 | 20 |
| 25. Notre Dame | 14-5 | 136 | — |
Others receiving votes: Dayton 77, South Carolina 74, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 42, Pittsburgh 38, Southern Cal 27, Butler 26, Clemson 18, VCU 17, Hawaii 9, Valparaiso 9, UConn 5, Utah 5, UAB 4, Chattanooga 2, Colorado 1, Grand Canyon 1, Michigan 1, Navy 1.
The Lewis Central Titans Boys Swimming team hosted their Invitational on Saturday. Atlantic competed at the event and took 5th place.
| South Sioux City | 361 |
| Council Bluffs Lewis Central | 330 |
| Lincoln Southwest | 274 |
| Omaha Central | 216.5 |
| Atlantic | 190.5 |
| Bellevue West | 166 |
| Carroll | 162.5 |
| Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln/Thomas Jefferson/St. Albert | 152.5 |
| Omaha North | 111 |
| Bellevue East | 59 |
| Omaha Skutt/Elkhorn Mount Michael | 57 |
Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson has been named to the 2016 NFL Pro Bowl after the Carolina Panthers advanced to the Super Bowl. Johnson will replace Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly.
After missing the 2014 season with a ruptured Achilles injury, Johnson bounced back strong in 2015 to lead the Chiefs with 116 tackles, 95 solo. He became the Chiefs all-time leading tackler in Week 3. This season Johnson had 4.0 sacks and 2 forced fumbles.
This is Johnson’s fourth trip to the Pro Bowl. Johnson will join teammates Eric Berry, Travis Kelce, Tamba Hali, Justin Houston, and Marcus Peters at the Pro Bowl in Hawaii.
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