Northwestern took control early with a 16-2 run and rolled past the Iowa Hawkeyes 83-64 in Big Ten play, Thursday night.  The Hawkeyes turned the ball over 18 times and Northwestern connected on 13 three pointers in the game as the Hawks fall to 5-7 in the conference race.  Freshman Aaron White was one of the few bright spots during the game. He finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds.  Iowa is off until a trip to Penn State next Thursday.

w/ Jim Field

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All games at 7:00 pm

Region 7:

• Martensdale-St. Marys @ Orient-Macksburg
• Earlham @ Adair-Casey
• CAM @ Coon Rapids-Bayard
• Guthrie Center @ Exira/EHK
• Mormon Trail @ Murray
• Lamoni @ Mount Ayr
• East Union @ Diagonal
• Lenox @ Bedford

Region 8:

• Sidney @ Fremont-Mills
• East Mills @ Stanton
• Corning @ Essex/South Page
• Nishnabotna @ Villisca
• Riverside @ Walnut
• Heartland Christian @ A-H-S-T
• West Harrison @ Boyer Valley
• Woodbine @ Ar-We-Va

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Lauren Mansfield hit on 5-of-8 3-point attempts and finished with a season-high 21 points to lead Iowa State (14-8 overall, 5-6 Big 12) to its fifth win in six, 65-52, over Missouri (10-12 overall, 0-11 Big 12) at Mizzou Arena.

Mansfield’s trio of second-half threes kept Missouri at bay, as the Tigers could not get closer than 12 points in the second half after trailing by 17, 39-22, at the half. Mansfield added a career-high eight rebounds for the Cyclones.

Chelsea Poppens had 11 points and 10 rebounds, her league-leading 11th double-double this season. Chassidy Cole had two points and a career-high 11 rebounds for Iowa State.

The Cyclones went inside during the first portion of the first half. Three straight successful jumpers by Anna Prins and two buckets by Poppens were part of a 16-2 run that put the Cyclones up 21-7 with 8:06 left in the half. The Cyclones poured in four more 3-pointers, the last from the corner by Kelsey Harris with 58 seconds left in the half, as Iowa State led by as much as 19 in the first half.

While making 6-of-10 3-point attempts in the first half, Iowa State was holding Missouri to 25 percent shooting from the floor. Kyley Simmons and BreAnna Brock had 14 points each to lead the Tigers.

Iowa State plays at Texas Tech at 1:30 p.m. CST Sunday on ESPN2.

Iowa womens basketball coach Lisa Bluder is hopeful that Jamie Printy will be ready for the start of next season. The junior suffered a season ending knee injury last week in a victory at Wisconsin. The Hawkeyes will be on their home court at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City for two games this week, beginning with tonight’s matchup against the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The game begins at 7-p.m.  Iowa will also host Michigan State, at 2-p.m. Sunday. A 6-5 Big Ten record and 14-10 overall mark this week, gives the Hawks a chance to boost their post-season hopes.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz says Phil Parker could have left Iowa for a defensive coordinator’s job at another major program more than once. Ferentz says that while he appreciated Parker’s loyalty, the reason he made Parker Iowa’s new defensive coordinator was because he the best man for the job. Ferentz announced Parker’s promotion from defensive backs coach Tuesday. Ferentz says Parker has proven himself over his 13 seasons with the Hawkeyes and will be outstanding in his expanded role.

Northwestern will seek its third straight win when it hosts the Iowa Hawkeyes tonight (Thursday) at the Welsh-Ryan Arena. The Hawks are just one game from moving back to .500 in Big Ten play. The Wildcats won both meetings against Iowa last season. The Hawkeyes are 9-1 when scoring 80 or more points under coach Fran McCaffery. Pre-game coverage on KJAN begins at 7-p.m., with the tip-off at 8.