DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Daishon Knight scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds off the bench as Illinois State made a big first-half lead stand up for a 77-63 win over Drake Saturday night. The Redbirds raced to an 18-6 start in the first five minutes of the game and led 42-25 at intermission.

Reggie Lynch scored 14 points and grabbed seven boards for Illinois State (11-7, 4-2 Missouri Valley), with Bobby Hunter and Nick Zeisloft adding 13 and 12 points, respectively. The Redbirds shot 48 percent from the floor (26 of 54) and were 16 of 19 from the line.

Richard Carter tossed in 24 points, hitting 9 of 10 from the line, to lead Drake (10-8, 1-5). Aaron Hawley scored 14 points for the Bulldogs, who shot 16 of 46 (34.8) from the field and 24 of 30 from the line.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Jonathan Holmes scored 23 points and Cam Ridley had 16 points and 11 rebounds to lead Texas to an 86-76 win over No. 8 Iowa State on Saturday, sending the Cyclones to their third consecutive loss. The Longhorns (14-4, 3-2) got their biggest win of the season with their third in the row in the Big 12.   Javan Felix scored 17 for Texas, including a big 3-pointer in the momentum-changing run in the second half.

Georges Niang scored 18 to lead Iowa State, which started the season 14-0. The Cyclones (14-3, 2-3) hadn’t lost three in a row since the 2010-2011 season and haven’t won in Austin since 2005. Melvin Ejim scored 17 for the Cyclones who went 11 of 32 on 3-pointers.

After their first losing season in 15 years last season, the Longhorns look like a team growing in confidence with Kansas State, Baylor and Kansas up next.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Nate Buss scored 26 points and Seth Tuttle added 21 as Northern Iowa shot 67.4 percent from the field and defeated Missouri State 94-89 on Saturday. Buss hit 10 of 13 field goals and made 5 of 6 from beyond the arc, where the Panthers (10-8, 4-2 Missouri Valley Conference) were 13-of-21. Tuttle made 7 of 8 from the field.

Trailing 61-59 and facing its only deficit of the game, Northern Iowa went on a 20-6 run to take a 79-67 lead. Missouri State (12-6, 2-4) cut its deficit to 88-86 on a 3-pointer with 28 seconds left, but the Panthers then converted their final six free throw attempts. Ron Mvouika scored 28 for the Bears, who shot 59.3 percent from the field. Mvouika went 10 of 13 from the field and hit all six of his 3-point attempts.

It was Missouri State’s third straight loss.

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Cardinals agreed to one-year contracts Friday with outfielders Jon Jay and Peter Bourjos, leaving infielder Daniel Descalso as the team’s final player in salary arbitration. Jay receives a raise from $524,000 to $3.25 million and Bourjos from $512,500 to $1.2 million.

The 28-year-old Jay set career highs last season with 151 hits, 67 RBIs and 27 doubles. He has hit .293 over the last four seasons, set a franchise record with 245 consecutive games in the outfield without an error and has a .995 fielding percentage.

Bourjos, 26, appeared in 55 games for the Angels in an injury-shortened 2013 season. He was hitting .333 on June 30 when he broke his right wrist. He was acquired by the Cardinals in November along with outfielder Randal Grichuk for infielder David Freese and pitcher Fernando Salas.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye 10

• Lewis Central 56, Atlantic 37-Lincoln Rodenburg LC: 15pts, 11reb
• Denison-Schleswig 62, Creston 59
• Harlan 53, Clarinda 18- Nate Cave: 18pts
• Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 73, Red Oak 38
• St. Albert, Council Bluffs 66, Glenwood 53

Rolling Valley

• Ar-We-Va, Westside 61, Woodbine 36
• Boyer Valley, Dunlap 43, CAM, Anita 29
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 58, Adair-Casey 40

Western Iowa Conference

• Griswold 48, A-H-S-T, Avoca 46
• IKM-Manning 57, Underwood 45
• Missouri Valley 60, Tri-Center, Neola 55
• Riverside, Oakland 54, Audubon 44- on KJAN

Other Scores

• Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 74, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 64
• Carroll 85, Winterset 39
• Heartland Christian 68, South Page, College Springs 31
• Madrid 65, Earlham 41
• Martensdale-St. Marys 60, Bedford 59
• Nodaway Valley 79, Interstate 35,Truro 43-TJ Bower: 17pts, 10asst, 7reb
• North Butler, Greene 62, Nashua-Plainfield 56
• OA-BCIG 62, Lawton-Bronson 57
• Ogden 61, Guthrie Center 33
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton 64, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 43
• Sidney 60, Stanton 41- Erick Rodriguez: 18pts
• Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 44, East Union, Afton 39
• Wayne, Corydon 51, Lenox 42
• West Monona, Onawa 65, Whiting 43

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye 10

• Creston 58, Denison-Schleswig 53
• Glenwood 44, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 40
• Harlan 71, Clarinda 37
• Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 57, Red Oak 46
• Lewis Central 50, Atlantic 41

Rolling Valley

• Adair-Casey 42, Coon Rapids-Bayard 30
• CAM, Anita 46, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 44
• Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 52, Paton-Churdan 36

Western Iowa

• Audubon 67, Riverside, Oakland 50- On KJAN- Susie Bylund and Haillie Anthofer 18pts each.
• Griswold 32, A-H-S-T, Avoca 20
• IKM-Manning 77, Underwood 54
• Treynor 61, Logan-Magnolia 22- Taylor Carley: 10pts
• Missouri Valley 49, Tri-Center, Neola 38

Other Scores

• Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 77, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 70, OT
• Earlham 72, Madrid 37
• East Mills 46, Essex 36
• Fremont Mills, Tabor 61, Nishnabotna 24- Macy Williams: 17pts, 9asst, 9stl: 1,000th Career Point reached.
• Guthrie Center 52, Ogden 36
• Heartland Christian 73, South Page, College Springs 24
• Interstate 35,Truro 50, Nodaway Valley 46, OT
• Lawton-Bronson 85, OA-BCIG 61
• Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 43, Ridge View 34
• Martensdale-St. Marys 52, Bedford 47
• Panorama, Panora 80, West Central Valley, Stuart 43
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton 59, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 14
• Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 49, East Union, Afton 32
• Stanton 62, Sidney 20- Carmen Subbert: 27pts
• West Monona, Onawa 76, Whiting 59
• Winterset 65, Carroll 20

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• Tri-Center 33, Riverside 27
• Guthrie Center 33, Tri-Center 31
• Riverside 48, Woodbine 34
• Woodbine 42, Guthrie Center 42
• Riverside 48, Guthrie Center 27

• Lewis Central 40, Glenwood 30
• Lewis Central 44, Underwood 33
• Glenwood 46, Underwood 26

• Creston/O-M 67, Perry 12
• Creston/O-M 63, Winterset 12