The CAM Cougars boys basketball team started each half strong and beat Stanton 65-51 in at Class 1A District 14 Semifinal on Tuesday night in Anita. The Cougars opened up the game with a 10-3 lead and stayed in front the entire night. The Cougars got a near half-court three from Lane Spieker before the halftime buzzer to lead 37-27 at the break. CAM used that momentum to rip off an 11-0 run to start the second half and pull away from the Vikings. Stanton trimmed the lead down to 11 by the end of the third but never got any closer.

CAM Head Coach Nick Hodges said the Cougars executed well on both ends of the floor.

The Cougars got 16 points from Jacob Holste, 15 from Connor McKee, 14 from Ben Tibken, and 11 from Nathan Hensley. The score-book showed another great night of sharing the basketball for the Cougars, which Coach Hodges said is a big strength.

Jacob Holste said he enjoys playing on this team because of their unselfish nature.

The Cougars made Stanton star Tyler Peterson work for all of his 16 points on the night. Holste said slowing him down was a big focus on the defensive end.

The Vikings season finishes with a 19-4 record and they graduate a successful senior class that has been a part of 80 wins in their 4 seasons of play.

CAM improved to 19-4 and advance on to the 1A District 14 final on Thursday night. The Cougars will face Martensdale-St. Marys in that game which will be played at West Central Valley High School in Stuart. We’ll have coverage on KJAN with pregame at 6:45 p.m. and tip-off scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Martensdale advanced with a 63-48 win over Coon Rapids-Bayard on Tuesday.

CLASS 1A District Semifinals

District 10 @ East Union

Central Decatur 65, Murray 52
Nodaway Valley 51, Lamoni 32

District 13 @ Mount Ayr

Bedford 52, East Mills 51
Mount Ayr 63, Sidney 47

District 14

Martensdale-St. Marys 63, Coon Rapids-Bayard 48
CAM 65, Stanton 51 – ON KJANTV

District 15 @ St. Albert

Woodbine 41, Boyer Valley 39
St. Albert 50, IKM-Manning 35

CLASS 2A District Finals

District 15 @ Harlan

Panorama 82, Kuemper Catholic 70

District 16 @ CB Thomas Jefferson

Treynor 67, Tri-Center 44

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Cassius Winston scored 19 of his 20 points in the second half and Rocket Watts matched a career high with 21 points, helping No. 24 Michigan State rally to beat No. 18 Iowa 78-70. The Spartans moved into sole possession of second place in the conference Tuesday night with their third win in four games. The Hawkeyes slipped to sixth place in the Big Ten, possibly making an impact on their seeding for the conference tournament in two weeks. Iowa’s Luka Garza scored 20, Ryan Kriener had 18 points before fouling out and Connor McCaffery added 11 points.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Solomon Young scored 20 points, Tre Jackson added a career-high 18 points and Iowa State outlasted TCU 65-59. Iowa State sealed the win with a 6-0 run to stave off the Horned Frogs’ second-half comeback bid. Desmond Bane scored 15 of his 20 points in the second half to lead TCU.

The CAM Cougars (18-4) play host to the Stanton Vikings (19-3) in a Boys Class 1A District 14 Semifinal contest tonight and we’ll have an audio broadcast on KJANTV. The two teams met once in the regular season in Stanton on January 30th with the Cougars prevailing 51-49.

CAM advanced to the Semis with a win last Thursday over Earlham 71-66. Stanton won their opener 52-43 over Exira-EHK. The winner of tonight’s game will face the winner of Coon Rapids-Bayard vs. Martensdale St. Marys being played in Martensdale tonight. The District Final will be played Thursday.

The game is set for a 7:00 p.m. tip-off tonight and our pregame will start at 6:45 p.m. Check out the audio broadcast online tonight by following this link to KJANTV.

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

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Top-ranked Kansas avoided any chance of a letdown after its high-profile win over Baylor by blowing out Oklahoma State 83-58. Udoka Azubuike led Kansas with 19 points and 16 rebounds. Ochai Agbaji scored 15 points, Devon Dotson added 11 points and Christian Braun and David McCormack had 10 apiece for the Jayhawks. Kansas regained the top spot in the AP poll earlier in the day thanks to its victory over now-No. 2 Baylor. Cameron McGriff led the Cowboys with 16 points, though most came with the game well out of reach. Isaac Likekele and Lindy Waters added 11 apiece.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Ayo Dosunmu scored 18 points and freshman center Kofi Cockburn added 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead Illinois past Nebraska 71-59. Trent Frazier and Andres Feliz added 11 points each for Illinois (18-9, 10-6). Illinois moved into a five-way tie for second place in the Big Ten Conference. Haanif Cheatham led Nebraska (7-20, 2-14) with 14 points. Dachon Burke Jr. scored 13 points and Yvan Ouedraogo and Thorir Thorbjarnarson had 11 each.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is back on top of the college basketball world after knocking off Baylor. And the Bears dropped to No. 2 in The Associated Press men’s poll following the close loss. The Jayhawks took over the No. 1 ranking for the second time this season following a week there in December. The Bears fell to second after their 23-game winning streak ended. Gonzaga was No. 3 after a loss to BYU. And Dayton leapfrogged San Diego State for No. 4 following the Aztecs’ first loss of the season. They were followed by Florida State, Duke, Kentucky, Maryland and Creighton in rounding out the top 10. Every team in the top 10 found itself in a new position from last week.

Class 4A and 5A girls basketball teams that are still alive in the playoffs will be fighting to punch their ticket to State tonight in Regional Finals. Here is a look at the area match-ups.

CLASS 4A

Region 1 @ Glenwood

LeMars vs. Glenwood 7:00 p.m.

Region 8 @ Lewis Central

Dallas Center-Grimes vs. Lewis Central 7:00 p.m.

CLASS 5A

Region 3 @ Johnston

CB Abraham Lincoln vs. Johnston 7:00 p.m.

The postseason rolls on tonight for Class 1A and 2A boys basketball teams. Class 1A District Semifinals and Class 2A District Finals are set to be contested around the state. Here is a look a the local schedule.

CLASS 1A District Semifinals

District 10 @ East Union

Murray vs. Central Decatur 6:30 p.m.
Lamoni vs. Nodaway Valley 8:00 p.m.

District 13 @ Mount Ayr

East Mills vs. Bedford 6:30 p.m.
Sidney vs. Mount Ayr 8:00 p.m.

District 14

Coon Rapids-Bayard @ Martensdale-St. Marys 7:00 p.m.
Stanton @ CAM 7:00 p.m. – ON KJANTV Audio Only

District 15 @ St. Albert

Woodbine vs. Boyer Valley 6:30 p.m.
IKM-Manning vs. St. Albert 8:00 p.m.

CLASS 2A District Finals

District 15 @ Harlan

Panorama vs. Kuemper Catholic 7:00 p.m.

District 16 @ CB Thomas Jefferson

Tri-Center vs. Treynor 7:00 p.m.

CLASS 3A 

Substate 1

@ Carroll
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 72, Spencer 44
Carroll 69, Estherville Lincoln Central 34

@MOC-FLoyd Valley
MOC-Floyd Valley 65, Storm Lake 50
LeMars 73, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 54

Substate 8

@ Winterset
Denison-Schleswig 63, Creston 42
Winterset 83, Clarke 30

@ Glenwood
Glenwood 75, Greene County 40
Harlan 62, Atlantic 59 (OT) – ON KJAN

CLASS 4A

Substate 8

Urbandale 56, Des Moines, Hoover 28
Lewis Central 64, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 50