IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa wrestler Spencer Lee is looking to take care of unfinished business this season. The cancellation of the NCAA Tournament last March cost Lee an opportunity to win a third straight national championship. He went 18-0 and led the Hawkeyes to the Big Ten title.

FILE – In this Nov. 24, 2019, file photo, Iowa’s Spencer Lee wins by technical fall against Iowa State’s Alex Mackall at 125 pounds during the Cy-Hawk dual wrestling match at Hilton Coliseum, in Ames, Iowa. Lee and Oregon women’s basketball star Sabrina Ionescu shared the Sullivan Award on Wednesday night, April 29, 2020, as the country’s top amateur athlete. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP, File)

He was winner of the Dan Hodge Trophy as the nation’s top college wrestler and a co-winner of the AAU James E. Sullivan Award as the nation’s top amateur athlete. Iowa is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason. Five of the top seven teams in the rankings are from the Big Ten.

The CAM Cougars will play host to the Exira-EHK Spartans for a Rolling Valley Conference basketball doubleheader tonight and we’ll have coverage on KJAN and the CAM Cougar Channel.

The boys game will be first on the schedule this evening with a 5:45 p.m. tipoff. The matchup will feature a 3-4 Cougars squad against the 5-2 Spartans. Senior Connor McKee has led the Cougars with 16 points per game on 45% shooting. Cade Ticknor has ripped down 7 boards per game for the Cougars as well. The Spartans have been led in scoring by sophomore Easton Nelson with 15 points per contest. He also is the teams leading rebounder, averaging a touch over 7 per contest.

The girls game will be a Class 1A top-ten match-up. The Spartans come in 8-0 on the season and ranked 7th. The Cougars are also 8-0 and ranked 10th. The Spartans have been led by junior Macy Emgarten with 17 points and 7 rebounds per game. CAM freshman Eva Steffensen has poured in 12 points per game, while senior Zoey Baylor is averaging 9 points and 6 rebounds per game. The girls game is set for a 7:30 p.m. tip.

Pregame coverage on KJAN will start at about 5:30 p.m. tonight. Chris Parks will have the call from Anita on AM 1220, FM 101.1, and streaming online at kjan.com. You can also watch the student run video broadcast on the CAM Cougar Channel through the KJAN Video Network.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Corner Conference
Stanton 63, Essex 31

Other Scores
Clarinda 47, Southwest Valley 42
Lenox 58, Griswold 35
Logan-Mangolia 56, Boyer Valley 41
Storm Lake St. Mary’s 63, Ar-We-Va 43
Treynor 45, Red Oak 27
Underwood 51, CB Thomas Jefferson 29
Westwood 69, Woodbine 39

BOYS BASKETBALL

Corner Conference
Stanton 55, Essex 20

Other Scores
AC/GC 58, Coon Rapids-Bayard 42
Ar-We-Va 53, Storm Lake, St. Mary’s 32
Boyer Valley 62, Logan-Magnlia 52
Clarinda 78, Southwest Valley 34
Lenox 54, Griswold 34
Underwood 58, CB Thomas Jefferson 44

@ Bedford/Lenox
Bedford/Lenox 54, Wayne 12
Southeast Warren/Melcher-Dallas 60, Bedford/Lenox 18
Southeast Warren/Melcher-Dallas 60, Wayne 18

@ Omaha Concordia
CB Thomas Jefferson 27, Omaha South 24
Omaha Concordia 82, CB Thomas Jefferson 0

(Radio Iowa) – Authorities have identified the victim of a recent homicide in Waterloo as a former Wartburg College basketball player. Police say 31-year-old Elijah Hunt died of the injuries he suffered in a December 27th shooting, an incident that occurred around 4:30 AM. No arrests have been made in the case. Police say the shooting remains under investigation. According to the Wartburg men’s basketball record book, Hunt played for the Knights from 2008-2010. The Bollingbrook, Illinois, native formerly lived in Waverly and Waterloo.

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Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Joseph Yesufu had 16 points off the bench to lead Drake to an 86-55 win over Southern Illinois, the Bulldogs’ 13th consecutive victory to open the season. Marcus Domask led the Salukis with 13 points.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The top two spots in the the first NET rankings mirror The Associated Press college basketball poll. Gonzaga and Baylor were No. 1 in the NCAA Evaluation Tool rankings released Monday, not long after taking the top two spots in the AP Top 25. Tennessee, ranked No. 9 in the AP Top 25, was third in the NET, followed by Illinois and Villanova. Iowa, Houston, Texas and Missouri rounded out the top 10.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It took the Kansas City Chiefs sitting half their starters, some with injuries but most as a precaution, for the defending Super Bowl champs to lose by more than one possession for the first time in an NFL-record 60 games. If the streak was going to end the Chiefs are just fine with it happening that way. The closest Patrick Mahomes came to getting hurt was stubbing his toe on the sideline during a 38-21 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday. The same for tight end Travis Kelce, wide receivers Tyreek Hill and Sammy Watkins, safety Tyrann Mathieu and a host of other players that will be crucial as the Chiefs begin the playoffs in two weeks.

FILE – Fans arrive at Lucas Oil Stadium before a men’s NCAA Final Four semifinal college basketball game between Butler and Michigan State in Indianapolis, in this April 3, 2010, file photo. The NCAA announced Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, that all 67 men’s basketball tournament games including the Final Four will be played entirely in Indiana in a bid to keep the marquee event from being called off for a second consecutive year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Games will be played on two courts inside Lucas Oil Stadium as well as at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Mackey Arena at Purdue and Assembly Hall in Bloomington. Only one game at a time will be played at Lucas Oil Stadium.. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File)

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The NCAA says this year’s men’s college basketball tournament will be played entirely in Indiana. Games will be played on two courts inside Lucas Oil Stadium, home to the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts. Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indiana Farmers Coliseum, Mackey Arena at Purdue and Assembly Hall in Bloomington also will host games. Early round dates have not been set, but the Final Four is still scheduled for April 3. A similar announcement is expected for the women’s tournament, with San Antonio considered the likely host site. Last March, the pandemic forced both tournaments to be called off.

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 3, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking

Others receiving votes: Florida 110, Louisville 103, Ohio St. 96, Northwestern 86, Oklahoma St. 68, Arizona 25, Colorado 19, BYU 18, Drake 17, NC State 16, Oklahoma 15, Arkansas 14, Seton Hall 11, UCLA 6, Xavier 5, San Diego St. 4, UConn 4, LSU 3, Boise St. 3, Indiana 2, Alabama 2, Syracuse 1.

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 3, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking

Others receiving votes: North Carolina 32, South Dakota St. 27, Georgia 25, Iowa 18, Tennessee 10, Rice 9, Alabama 8, Arizona St. 7, Washington St 3, Oregon St. 2, Iowa St. 2.