AMES, Iowa – For the first time in school history, Iowa State has been picked to host ESPN College GameDay Covered by State Farm on Saturday, Jan. 17, prior to the Cyclones’ home game with Kansas. The game will be scheduled to start at 8 p.m. CT.

ESPN GameDay, the station’s signature college basketball pregame show, begins at 9 a.m. CT on ESPNU, continuing at 10 a.m. CT on ESPN with an evening edition leading into Iowa State’s Big 12 showdown with Kansas. Doors will open for the event at 7 a.m.

Iowa State and Kansas have combined to record a 21-4 mark to start the year and have been ranked in the top 25 every week of the 2014-15 campaign.

ESPN’s College GameDay Covered by State Farm boasts some new faces this season as analysts Seth Greenberg and Jay Williams join the returning duo of host Rece Davis and analyst Jay Bilas on the eight-week Saturday morning and evening program that originates from the site of ESPN’s Saturday Primetime Presented by DIRECTV telecast.

Bilas will also serve as analyst for the game, alongside Dan Shulman and reporter Shannon Spake.

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Catch live Hawkeye 10 boys basketball tonight on KJAN as we feature Atlantic @ Harlan.  Jim Field and Chris Parks will have the call as the 6-1 Trojans meet the 3-3 Cyclones in a conference showdown.  The varsity boys game is scheduled for 7:30 pm and you can hear it live on AM 1220 or FM 101.1.  You can also listen to the game on www.kjan.com or you can watch it with us on the TV page with our live streaming video!

After posting a 10-2 record in non conference play the Iowa State Cyclones get ready for the grind of a tough Big 12 Conference race. The Cyclones open at home on Tuesday night against Oklahoma State. The Cyclones will be looking to bounce back from a 64-60 loss to South Carolina. Oklahoma State enters the game with a record of 11-2.

The Cowboys have not posted a win in Hilton Coliseum since 2010. Oklahoma State coach Travis Ford  says the Cyclones are a versatile team. Ford expects the Cyclones to be motivated coming off a loss.

(Learfield Sports)

BOYS BASKETBALL
Creston 61, Lewis Central 51
Lenox 48, Diagonal 35
Nishnabotna 58, Rock Port, Mo. 57 (5OT)
West Nodaway, Mo. 72, South Page 53
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto vs. IKM-Manning, ppd.
Clarke vs. Mount Ayr, ppd.

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Lenox 45, Diagonal 34
Rock Port, Mo. 39, Nishnabotna 34
South Page, College Springs 59, West Nodaway, Mo. 26
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto vs. IKM-Manning, ppd.
Clarke vs. Mount Ayr, ppd.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Aaaron White had 23 points, Gabe Olaseni scored a career-high 18 and Iowa beat Nebraska 70-59 on Monday for its first 2-0 start in the Big Ten in 12 years. Jarrod Uthoff had 15 for the Hawkeyes (11-4, 2-0 Big Ten), who prevailed thanks largely to a 31-13 edge on made free throws. Nebraska’s Shavon Shields led all scorers with 25 points. But the Cornhuskers (8-6, 0-2) had just two points in the final 2:43, and Iowa held Cornhuskers star Terran Petteway to just 11 points.

Iowa holds the rare distinction of two road wins over ranked opponents after winning at Ohio State last week. The Huskers made the Hawkeyes work to earn their best league start since 2002-03. Shields helped Nebraska take a one-point lead midway through the second half. Iowa rallied with an 11-3 run to move back in front 61-54 with 4:39 left.

Iowa Boys Basketball Prep Poll
The Associated Press
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. Iowa City, West (16) 7-0 169 1
2. Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 6-0 134 7
3. North Scott, Eldridge (1) 5-1 121 5
4. Pleasant Valley 7-0 107 4
5. Des Moines, Hoover 7-0 106 3
6. Ankeny Centennial 6-1 84 2
7. Waukee 6-3 70 6
8. Urbandale 6-1 47 9
9. Cedar Rapids, Kennedy 7-1 44 NR
10. Linn-Mar, Marion 5-1 28 10

Others receiving votes: Dubuque, Hempstead 9. Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 5. Des Moines, North 4. Cedar Falls 3. Valley, West Des Moines 3. Dubuque, Senior 1.

Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Waverly-Shell Rock (14) 7-0 166 1
2. MOC-Floyd Valley (2) 8-0 138 2
3. Wahlert, Dubuque (1) 4-3 119 4
4. Spirit Lake 6-1 91 3
5. Le Mars 6-1 69 NR
6. Gilbert 7-0 64 NR
7. Humboldt 6-1 41 10
(tie) Creston 4-1 41 7
9. Central Clinton, De Witt 5-2 38 6
10. Denison-Schleswig 7-1 29 NR

Others receiving votes: Dallas Center-Grimes 28. Perry 20. Pella 13. Assumption, Davenport 13. Xavier, Cedar Rapids 11. Williamsburg 11. Crestwood, Cresco 10. Fort Madison 6. Carroll 5. Webster City 5. Mount Pleasant 4. Atlantic 4. Decorah 3. Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 3. Algona 1. Mount Vernon 1. Keokuk 1.

Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. IKM-Manning (2) 7-0 136 2
2. Western Christian, Hull (4) 5-1 134 3
3. Regina, Iowa City (3) 6-0 127 4
4. Monticello (7) 10-0 119 5
5. Cascade,Western Dubuque (1) 7-1 97 1
6. Aplington-Parkersburg 8-0 95 9
7. New Hampton 7-1 68 6
8. Treynor 6-1 36 NR
9. Pella Christian 5-1 32 7
10. Anamosa 5-3 18 NR

Others receiving votes: Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 13. Roland-Story, Story City 13. Panorama, Panora 11. Sheldon 8. Albia 5. Des Moines Christian 5. Dike-New Hartford 5. Hinton 4. Ridge View 4. Forest City 3. West Fork, Sheffield 1. South Hardin 1.

Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Central Lyon (5) 7-1 138 4
2. Gehlen Catholic, Le Mars (3) 8-0 131 2
3. Danville (4) 7-0 124 5
(tie) Gladbrook-Reinbeck (4) 6-0 124 3
5. Colo-Nesco (1) 8-0 101 6
6. West Hancock, Britt 7-1 65 1
7. Janesville 8-0 62 8
8. Nodaway Valley 8-0 56 7
9. Ar-We-Va, Westside 7-0 31 9
10. Boyden-Hull 5-2 30 NR

Others receiving votes: Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 24. Earlham 12. Sigourney 8. Meskwaki Settlement School 7. Belle Plaine 7. Maquoketa Valley 5. Van Buren, Keosauqua 4. West Central, Maynard 2. Newell-Fonda 2. Boyer Valley, Dunlap 2.

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The seniors on the Iowa football team are now considering what they’ll do next with their careers after the bowl game loss to Tennessee on January 2nd. Tackle, Brandon Scherff, won the Outland trophy as the nation’s best college lineman and was a consensus All-American, who will be moving to the next level. But Scherff wasn’t thinking about the N-F-L right after his final game.

“I’m gonna actually go deep sea fishing tomorrow, so I’m going to relax than I will worry about that after that,” Scherff says. He was asked if he has line up an agent to prepare for the N-F-L draft. “There’s a couple in mind yeah, but I am going to worry about catching fish tomorrow, and then I am going to start training on Thursday,” Scherff says. Runnnig back Mark Weisman went form walk-on to starter and is not the sure N-F-L prospect that Scherff is, but wants to give it a shot.

“I’m just going to see where my life goes, gonna try to play in the N-F-L, see if that works out, if not, then I’ll do something else.,” Weisman says. “I’m going to go 100 percent towards that and see where it takes me.” Weisman and ended up finishing second in the number of career touchdowns, one short of the record.

(Learfield Sports)

The Iowa Hawkeyes return to Big Ten action at home this (Monday) evening against Nebraska. The Hawkeyes opened the Big Ten race with a win at Ohio State and this will be the first of two home games this week for coach Fran McCaffery’s team. The Hawkeyes take on a Nebraska team known for its defense.

McCaffery says the key will be ball movement and quality shots. The Huskers have a potent one-two combination in juniors Terran Petteway and Shavon Shields. The combine for nearly 37 points per game.
Nebraska opened Big Ten play with a loss at home to Indiana. The Huskers are 8-5 overall. You can hear the game on KJAN beginning tonight at 7.

(Learfield Sports)