• Audubon 55, Griswold 16
• Audubon 39, Atlantic/CAM 35
• Atlantic/CAM 57, Griswold 6

• Clarinda 48, Lewis Central 21
• Lewis Central 50, Shenandoah 18
• Clarinda 75, Shenandoah 6

• Red Oak 41, Missouri Valley 27
• Denison-Schleswig 37, Red Oak 36
• Denison-Schleswig 46, Missouri Valley 33

• Glenwood 72, St. Albert 6
• Glenwood 63, Kuemper Catholic 9
• Kuemper Catholic 54, St. Albert 24

• Underwood 45, Southwest Iowa 30

• A-H-S-T 48, Exira/EHK 30

• Clarke 48, Southwest Valley 27

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Melissa Dixon scored seven of her game-high 27 points in the final 1:22 as No. 25 Iowa came back to defeat 22nd-ranked and previously unbeaten Syracuse 97-91 in the Big Ten/ACC challenge Thursday night. Dixon hit all 27 points — on 7 of 11 3-pointers — after halftime as Iowa (9-1) clawed back from a 47-37 gap.

Bethany Doolittle scored a career-high 25 for the Hawkeyes, Samantha Logic added 14 and Kali Peschel 10 with eight rebounds. The Hawkeyes hadn’t led since 12:06 of the first half when a Dixon 3 brought them to 71-69, and then Peschel grabbed a defensive rebound and scored for a 72-71 lead.

Syracuse (8-1) was led by 25 points on 10-for-13 shooting from Brittney Sykes, who also hauled down 10 boards. Sykes scored 10 of her points in the final 7:14 as she and Iowa’s Dixon and Logic traded baskets and the lead.

BOYS BASKETBALL

• Bishop Neumann,NE 63, St. Albert 47
• Denison-Schleswig 65, Storm Lake 42
• Riverside 56, Stanton 44
• Underwood 52, East Mills 36
• East Union 36, North Harrison, MO 28
• Heartland Christian 77, Omaha Nation, NE 70 (OT)

GIRLS BASKETBALL

• Stanton 52, Riverside 33
• Underwood 42, East Mills 41
• North Harrison , MO 48, East Union 31

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Branden Albert is hurt, so is Jon Asamoah, and the No. 1 overall pick in last April’s draft has gone through a painful series of growing pains this season. It’s been a tough time to be a member of the Kansas City Chiefs offensive line.

Yet despite all the shuffling caused by a spate of injuries, the front five has played perhaps its best football of the season the last three weeks, which just so happen to have coincided with the offense’s best performances of the season — and a frustrating three-game losing streak.

Offensive guard Jeff Allen said the line is simply getting comfortable with coach Andy Reid’s offense. Finally, after 12 weeks of regular-season games.

It appears the Iowa Board of Regents has rejected former Iowa State University basketball player, Bubu Palo’s, appeal to rejoin the team. Palo was temporarily suspended, but then returned last season after a sexual assault charge against him was dropped. An unidentified complainant challenged that reinstatement, and I-S-U President Steven Leath made the decision to dismiss Palo for a violation of I-S-U’s Student Code of Conduct. Regents president, Bruce Rastetter, says the Board agrees with President Leath in a case involving a student’s appeal.

“I think the board reviewed the university’s decision and felt the same and we confirmed President Leath and the university’s decision,” Rastetter says. Rastetter says privacy laws prevent him from confirming that Palo was the subject of the vote, but the former athlete said he expected the Regents to hear his case Wednesday. Regents attorney Tom Evans says when a student loses an appeal before the Regents, they have a limited time to appeal to district court.

“Typically it’s 30 days. We’ll follow up and notify the student’s legal counsel and the legal counsel can notify the student,” Evans says.

(Radio Iowa)

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AMES, Iowa (AP) — Hallie Christofferson, Nikki Moody and Seanna Johnson had big games as No. 20 Iowa State cruised by Northern Iowa 83-55 Wednesday night. Christofferson led in scoring with 22 points, hitting 8 of 10 free throws. Moody added 16 points and eight assists. Johnson had 14 points and 13 rebounds as the Cyclones (8-0), off to their best start in 11 seasons, out-rebounded Northern Iowa 49-30. The Panthers (2-7), held to 36 percent shooting, were led by Madison Weekly with 16 points.

Erin Dohnalek’s 3-pointer pulled Northern Iowa into a 14-14 tie before the Cyclones reeled off 16 straight points. Late in the first half, Iowa State went on a 12-2 run before six quick points from the Panthers made it 43-26 at the half.

ISU dominated the inside, out-scoring the Panthers 42-16 in the paint and 16-4 in second-chance points. UNI had 18 turnovers good for 24 Cyclone points.