CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) – Marc Sonnen tied two career highs Saturday with 21 points and seven 3-pointers, leading six Northern Iowa players in double figures in an 84-53 blowout of Bradley.     Sonnen, a senior and a 3-point specialist, was 7 of 9 from behind the arc for the Panthers (9-8, 2-3 Missouri Valley), who also got 15 points from Deon Mitchell, 13 from Seth Tuttle and 11 apiece from Jake Koch, Matt Bohannon and Anthony James. Koch led UNI with 11 rebounds and Mitchell dished out seven assists.

Jalen Crawford scored 13 points for the Braves (10-7, 2-3) and Dyricus Simms-Edwards chipped in 12 in Cedar Falls.  The Panthers never trailed, opening the game on a 22-2 run and leading 41-14 at halftime. UNI led by as many as 34 in the second half and shot 58 percent from the field for the game.  UNI has now won nine of its last 11 games against Bradley.

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) – Chris Hines and Ben Simons scored 23 points apiece as Drake defeated Illinois State 82-78 Saturday night.  Jordan Clarke added 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Bulldogs (7-9, 1-4 Missouri Valley), who snapped a four-game losing streak. Joey King had 11 points and 11 rebounds in Normal, Illinois.

Johnny Hill had a career-high 24 points (all in the second half), Bryant Allen added 22 and Jackie Carmichael had 19 points and 12 rebounds for Illinois State (9-8, 0-5), which has lost five straight.  Drake trailed for most of the first half, falling behind 41-32 at halftime, but opened the second half with a 25-6 run to take a 57-47 lead with 12:43 remaining. The Redbirds got as close as 77-73 on Hill’s three-point play with 37 seconds left, but Drake hit 5 of 6 free throws the rest of the way to close it out.

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Freshman Georges Niang scored a season-high 18 points, Will Clyburn added 16 and Iowa State rolled past Texas 82-62 Saturday in its Big 12 home opener.  Tyrus McGee had 15 points off the bench for the Cyclones (11-4, 1-1 Big 12), who bounced back from a heartbreaking loss at Number 6 Kansas by pounding the struggling Longhorns (8-8, 0-3) in Ames.
Iowa State built an 11-point halftime lead and maintained a comfortable edge the rest of the way in beating Texas for just the second time in 11 tries.

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Chelsea Poppens scored 24 points and made 15 rebounds to lead Number 25 Iowa State over Texas Christian 68-52 Saturday night.  Poppens was 8 of 13 from the field in Ames.  Hallie Christofferson scored 14 points, including four 3-pointers, for the Cyclones (12-2, 3-1 Big 12). Anna Prins had eight points and 10 rebounds. Nikki Moody had nine assists.

Iowa State led 29-24 at halftime and never trailed in the second half, leading by as much as 25 points. Iowa State shot 39.6 percent from the field for the game, while TCU shot 38.6 percent. Iowa State outrebounded TCU 44-25.  Zahna Medley scored 11 points for TCU (7-8, 0-4). Latricia Lovings had seven rebounds.

Iowa State has won eight-straight home games. The Cyclones have a 3-0 edge in the all-time series with TCU.

BOYS BASKETBALL
Adair-Casey 71, Audubon 38
Guthrie Center 77, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 46
Nodaway Valley 67, Albia 41
Norwalk 48, Lewis Central 39
Sioux City North 55, Abraham Lincoln 39
St. Albert 69, Tri-Center 58
Treynor 72, Denison-Schleswig 69
Underwood 63, Logan-Magnolia 41
West Central Valley 64, CAM 47

Corner Conference Tournament
Nishnabotna 49, Essex 44
Stanton 60, Heartland Christian 40

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Boyer Valley 59, Siouxland Community Christian 52
Abraham Lincoln 59, Treynor 45
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 61, Guthrie Center 27
Lewis Central 36, Norwalk 19
Missouri Valley 38, St. Albert 37
Sioux City West 60, Denison-Schleswig 47
Underwood 41, Logan-Magnolia 34
West Central Valley 46, CAM 43

Corner Conference Tournament
East Mills 66, Clarinda Academy 22

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — New Chiefs coach Andy Reid began filling out his staff, hiring former Eagles quarterbacks coach Doug Pederson to be his offensive coordinator and longtime Jets assistant Bob Sutton as the defensive coordinator. Pederson spent the past four seasons on Reid’s staff in Philadelphia, while Sutton had stints as the Jets’ defensive coordinator and was their assistant head coach this past season.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye 10:

• Atlantic 57, Red Oak 47
• Denison-Schleswig 78, Shenandoah 54
• Kuemper Catholic 46, Creston 44
• Lewis Central 41, Glenwood 35
• Harlan 80, Clarinda 36

Western Iowa:

• A-H-S-T 51, Griswold 49
• Missouri Valley 62, Audubon 30
• Treynor 57, Riverside 55
• Underwood 60, Tri-Center 54

Rolling Hills:

• Ankeny Christian Academy 70, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 44
• Glidden-Ralston 56, Paton-Churdan 42
• Grandview Park Baptist 68, Orient-Macksburg 26

Others:

• Bishop Heelan Catholic 50, Abraham Lincoln 43
• Bishop Neumann, NE 62, St. Albert 53
• Carroll 70, Ballard 60
• Clarinda Academy 38, Stanton 30
• East Mills 67, Heartland Christian 30
• Guthrie Center 69, Madrid 30
• Lenox 57, Wayne 45
• Logan-Magnolia 71, IKM-Manning 26
• Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 58, Charter Oak-Ute 35
• Nodaway Valley 60, Interstate 35 41
• OA-BCIG 83, Boyer Valley 57
• Panorama 60, Ogden 51
• Pleasantville 72, Corning 12
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton 75, Thomas Jefferson 41
• Sidney 55, Fremont Mills 47
• South Page 45, Nishnabotna 38
• Van Meter 73, West Central Valley 70
• Villisca 77, Essex 27
• Woodbine 62, West Harrison 49

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye 10:

• Red Oak 58, Atlantic 53
• Harlan 64, Clarinda 33
• Kuemper Catholic 55, Creston 41
• Lewis Central 56, Glenwood 18
• Shenandoah 46, Denison-Schleswig 43

Western Iowa:

• Griswold 57, A-H-S-T 35
• Missouri Valley 53, Audubon 45
• Treynor 55, Riverside 34
• Tri-Center 65, Underwood 27

Rolling Hills:

• Adair-Casey 66, Iowa Christian Academy 30
• Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 58, Ankeny Christian Academy 43
• Grandview Park Baptist 52, Orient-Macksburg 32
• Glidden-Ralston 30, Paton-Churdan 61

Others:

• Ar-We-Va 61, Ridge View 50
• Ballard 57, Carroll 25
• Bishop Heelan Catholic 73, Abraham Lincoln 47
• Heartland Christian 45, East Mills 34
• IKM-Manning 84, Logan-Magnolia 25
• Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 59, Charter Oak-Ute 26
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton 56, Thomas Jefferson 9
• St. Albert 49, Bishop Neumann, NE 31
• Stanton 73, Clarinda Academy 20
• Van Meter 55, West Central Valley 48
• Villisca 57, Essex 22
• Woodbine 54, West Harrison 44

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Iowa State quarterback Jared Barnett, who went from the starter to a third stringer in just over two months, has decided to transfer after two seasons.  Cyclones coach Paul Rhoads announced Friday that Barnett and linebacker C.J. Morgan will be transferring out of the program.

Barnett led the Cyclones to the biggest win in school history in 2011, throwing for 376 yards in a win over then-No. 2 Oklahoma State. But Barnett lost his starting job to senior Steele Jantz twice in 2012, while freshman Sam Richardson took over as the starter for the final two games of the season.  Barnett threw for 1,825 yards and 12 TDs at Iowa State.

Rhoads says Morgan has some health issues with his family and is looking to play closer to home.

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