CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) – Jeremy Morgan scored a career-high 18 points and No. 23 Northern Iowa beat Loyola of Illinois 67-58 on Sunday for its third win in four games. Deon Mitchell added 13 points and the Panthers (12-2, 1-1 Missouri Valley) bounced back from their first conference loss by holding off the upstart Ramblers (11-3, 1-1) late in the second half.

Northern Iowa pushed a four-point halftime lead to 59-41 on Seth Tuttle’s layup with 5:31 left. Loyola responded with 11 quick points before its late rally fell short. Milton Doyle had 13 points for Loyola. The Ramblers fell a victory short of their first eight-game winning streak in 30 years.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Melissa Dixon scored 21 points, hitting six 3-pointers to give her the school record, leading No. 20 Iowa to a 79-72 win over 16th-ranked Rutgers on Sunday. Samantha Logic added 17 for the Hawkeyes (11-2, 2-0 Big Ten) and Ally Disterhoft and Bethany Doolittle had 14 apiece.

Rutgers was within 54-52 with 12 minutes left but went cold and an 11-2 run put the Hawkeyes ahead by 11 with 6:45 left. Iowa shot 52 percent from the field but an 11 of 24 performance at the foul line gave Rutgers hope down the stretch, although the Scarlet Knights couldn’t convert. Kahleah Copper had 22 points and Tyler Scaife 20 for Rutgers (10-4, 1-2). Betnijah Laney had 13 rebounds.

Dixon now has 263 3-pointers, two more than Lindsey Meder. Dixon also surpassed Rutgers assistant Tia Jackson on the Iowa career scoring list (1,180 points). Logic had six assists to surpass 700 for her career.

Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the game played at St. Albert High School.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Marcus Marshall scored 19 points and Missouri State never trailed on its way to a 62-37 victory over Drake on Saturday. Marshall was 8 of 17 from the floor and 2 of 6 from 3-point range. Camyn Boone and Austin Ruder each added 12 points for the Bears (8-6, 2-0 Missouri Valley Conference).

Missouri State led 35-22 at the break, and held the Bulldogs to just 15 second-half points. C.J. Rivers made a free throw at the start of the second, and Drake didn’t score again until Jordan Daniels hit a jumper with 13:57 left to play. Missouri State grabbed 20 more boards than Drake in the contest.

Jacob Enevold Jensen led the Bulldogs (3-11, 0-2) with 13 points, the only Drake player to score in double figures as the team combined to shoot 28.6 percent.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Atlantic 60, St. Albert 58
Abraham Lincoln 55, Harlan 29
Shenandoah 76, Clarinda Academy 42

GIRLS BASKETBALL

St. Albert 59, Atlantic 52
Harlan 65, Abraham Lincoln 24
Red Oak 51, Treynor 36
Shenandoah 55, Panorama 39

NEW YORK (AP) — Duane Notice scored 15 points and South Carolina picked up its first win over a top-10 team in nearly five years by nearly holding Iowa State without a 3-pointer for the first time in over seven years in a 64-60 victory Saturday at Barclays Center.

Notice also had six rebounds and four assists as the Gamecocks (11-1) shot 46 percent and led most of the way. Sindarius Thornwell and Tyrone Johnson had 13 apiece points for South Carolina, which was able to turn back any Iowa State run and picked up its first win over a top-10 team since knocking off Kentucky on Jan. 26, 2010.

Jameel McKay, playing in his third game for Iowa State after becoming eligible, scored 15 points and Dustin Hogue also had 15. Niang, who came into the game averaging 16.1 points, was held to 10 points.

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BOYS BASKETBALL
Adair-Casey 70, Woodbine 43
Ar-We-Va, Westside 66, CAM, Anita 16
Atlantic 69, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 59
Glenwood 58, Red Oak 45
Griswold 32, East Mills 26
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 82, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 43
Shenandoah 68, Clarinda 54
Sioux City, North 94, Lewis Central 72
Tri-Center, Neola 70, Riverside, Oakland 44
Woodward Academy 85, West Central Valley, Stuart 60
GIRLS BASKETBALL
CAM, Anita 43, Ar-We-Va, Westside 39
Griswold 44, East Mills 32
Interstate 35,Truro 49, West Central Valley, Stuart 41
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 49, Atlantic 37
Red Oak 50, Glenwood 46
Shenandoah 58, Clarinda 47
Tri-Center, Neola 47, Riverside, Oakland 10
Woodward-Granger 45, Panorama, Panora 44

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Joshua Dobbs accounted for three touchdowns, Jalen Hurd ran for two scores and Tennessee beat Iowa 45-28 on Friday in the TaxSlayer Bowl for its first postseason victory since the Phillip Fulmer era. The Volunteers (7-6) scored on their first four possessions, leading 28-0 before Iowa (7-6) managed 70 yards.

Hurd, Dobbs and a bit of trickery helped Tennessee build the big lead. Hurd broke tackles on nearly every run, capping Tennessee’s first possession with a 3-yard score and adding a 29-yard touchdown scamper on the next drive.

Tennessee made it 21-0 late in the first quarter when Dobbs threw a lateral to running back Marlin Lane in the right flat. Lane, a senior from nearby Daytona Beach, turned and hit Vic Wharton in stride down the sideline. It was Tennessee’s first postseason victory since beating Wisconsin in the 2008 Outback Bowl.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Groups representing rape victims and college administrators are asking a court to uphold Iowa State’s decision to kick a basketball player off the team for alleged sexual misconduct. The Victim Rights Law Center and Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education say the case of former Cyclone guard Bubu Palo has national significance. Iowa State is asking the Iowa Supreme Court to reverse an August ruling that found there wasn’t evidence that Palo violated its sexual misconduct policy.

In a friend-of-the-court brief filed Monday, the national groups say the case could impact students and colleges in Iowa and across the country. They say universities must be able to use internal disciplinary hearings to enforce stricter standards of sexual misconduct than criminal law allows.