The UNI women’s hoops team dropped their Missouri Valley Conference opener at Valparaiso on Friday night 60-58.

The Panthers went cold in the fourth quarter, notching just 9 points in the period. Valparaiso put together a 15-2 run at the end of the game to grab the win. Karli Rucker had a chance to win it at the end with a three-point attempt that bounced off the rim.

Freshman center Grace Boffeli led UNI with a double-double of 13 points and 12 boards. UNI falls to 7-5 overall and start Valley play 0-1.

Loyola got 18 points from Olivia Brown and 13 from Shay Frederick. The Ramblers move to 3-11 overall and 1-2 in Valley play.

UNI continues their weekend road trip with an afternoon contest against the Loyola Ramblers. The game is set for a 1 p.m. Sunday tipoff from Gentile Arena and will be broadcast on ESPN3.

The Drake women’s basketball team was outscored 30-17 in the third quarter and fell to Loyola Chicago 63-46 on Friday night.

Maya Chandler led the way for Loyola with 16 points. The Ramblers improve to 9-5 overall and 1-2 in the Valley.

Drake was led by 12 points from Megan Meyer in the loss. The Bulldogs are 9-5 overall and 1-2 in the Valley.

The Bulldogs remain on the road to take on Valparaiso on Sunday Jan. 9 in Indiana. Tipoff is set for 1pm CST.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 57, Kuemper Catholic 24 (A: Jada Jensen 17pts, Paytn Harter 16pts)
Denison-Schleswig 55, Creston 54 -2OT
Glenwood 67, Shenandoah 52
Harlan 59, St. Albert 56
Lewis Central 46, Clarinda 26

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 42, Tri-Center 24
Audubon 58, IKM-Manning 40
Logan-Magnolia 33, Riverside 16
Treynor 40, Underwood 33

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley 69, Ar-We-Va 37
Coon Rapids-Bayard 49, Glidden-Ralston 37
Woodbine 85, West Harrison 22

Corner Conference

East Mills 47, Sidney 45
Essex 51, Griswold 35- ON KJAN

Pride of Iowa Conference

Martensdale-St. Marys 59, Central Decatur 39
Mount Ayr 36, Bedford 26
Nodaway Valley 51, Lenox 39
Southeast Warren 36, East Union 33

Other Scores

ACGC vs Madrid
Des Moines Christian 45, Earlham 39
Panorama 75, Ogden 4

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Kuemper Catholic 53, Atlantic 51
Denison-Schleswig 50, Creston 34
Glenwood 86, Shenandoah 36
Harlan 60, St. Albert 49
Lewis Central 57, Clarinda 42
Red Oak 58, Sioux City North 47

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 62, Tri-Center 54
IKM-Manning 53, Audubon 40
Riverside 51, Logan-Magnolia 36
Treynor 56, Underwood 45

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley 62, Ar-We-Va 45
Coon Rapids-Bayard 52 Glidden-Ralston 25
West Harrison 66, Woodbine 35

Corner Conference

East Mills 58, Sidney 39
Griswold 73, Essex 34- ON KJAN

Pride of Iowa Conference

Martensdale-St. Marys 65, Central Decatur 50
Mount Ayr 44, Bedford 41
Lenox 73, Nodaway Valley 57
Southeast Warren 72, East Union 55

Other Scores

ACGC 73, Madrid 69
Millard North, NE 72, CB Abraham Lincoln 53

The Griswold boys basketball team built a 20 point lead by halftime and roared to a 73-34 win over Essex on Friday night in Griswold.  Kamron Brownlee had 13 first half points to propel the Tigers to the lead and he finished with 16 on the night. The start of the second half was a touch sluggish until the Tigers ratcheted up the defensive intensity that sparked an 11-0 run to grab all the momentum. The Tigers got a bucket from Adam Houser and Landon Pelzer immediately stole the ensuing inbound and got a layup. The Tigers followed that with another steal and score to force an Essex time out. Tigers head coach Matthew Spunaugle said they really needed to inject some energy into the game.

The Tigers had good ball pressure all night and Coach Spunaugle said sound defense has been a point of emphasis.

Houser finished with 19 points to lead Griswold and freshman Peyton Cook also added 16. The Tigers improved to 2-7 on the season with the victory.

Essex was led by 11 points from Tony Racine in the loss and they remain winless at 0-8.