CEDAR FALLS (AP) – AJ Green had a career-high 35 points as Northern Iowa stretched its home winning streak to eight games, narrowly beating Bradley 69-64. Nate Kennell led the Braves on Saturday night with 18 points and nine rebounds.

PHILADEPHIA (AP) – Izaiah Brockington scored 23 points to lead No. 21 Penn State to its fifth straight win, 89-86 over No. 23 Iowa at the Palestra. Luka Garza scored 34 points for the Hawkeyes. Penn State turned the Philly trip into a home game and chants of “We Are!” echoed throughout Philly’s most famous basketball haven. Penn State is trying to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time in coach Pat Chambers’ nine seasons.

KJAN Sports Director Chris Parks talks the winter sports season for the Atlantic Trojans with Head Boys Basketball Coach Jeff Ebling, Head Girls Basketball Coach Dan Vargason, and Head Wrestling Coach Tim Duff.

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(godrakebulldogs.com) DES MOINES, Iowa – Senior Becca Hittner equaled her career-high with 37 points, including making 18-of-18 free throws as the Drake University women’s basketball team started Missouri Valley Conference play with a 104-87 in-state win over UNI Friday night in front of 3,712 fans at the Knapp Center.

Drake (9-4, 1-0 MVC), which scored a season high and the most points against an MVC opponent since 107 against Evansville in 2018, broke open the game with a scorching third-quarter when it scored a season-high 34 points. Sara Rhine and Kierra Collier were the other Bulldogs in double figures with 16 and 11 points, respectively.

Hittner’s free throw total is the most by a player in the NCAA this season and is the second highest single game mark in program history behind legend Lori Bauman’s 22 vs Northern Illinois in 1982. Collier dished out a career-high eight assists as the team tied a season-best with 26 on a season-tying 37 field goals. Rhine just missed a double-double with eight rebounds while Hittner had seven. Monica Burich and Brenni Rose just missed joining the trio in double figures with nine points each. Burich also pulled down seven rebounds.

Following Friday’s game, Drake has a challenging two-game road trip that begins at No. 19/21 Missouri State Friday, Jan. 10 at 7 p.m. The Bulldogs close their first MVC road trip at SIU on Jan. 12.

LUBBOCK, Texas – A 3-point shooting outburst helped guide a record-breaking performance by Iowa State (9-3, 1-0 Big 12) as the Cyclones took down Texas Tech (11-1, 0-1 Big 12) 96-66 Friday night at United Supermarkets Arena. Heading into the night’s contest, the Lady Raiders were one of eight undefeated teams in the country.

Iowa State’s first quarter saw the Cyclones score 35 points via a school-record eight 3-pointers. However, TTU was able to erase a 17-point lead to tie up the game. However, the visitors had another crazy quarter on the cards, as ISU outscored Tech 31-4 in the third period on a school-record 12-of-13 (92.3 percent).

For the night, ISU’s 37-of-57 (64.9 percent) shooting effort from the field was one of the most efficient performances in program history. Iowa State’s 96 points is a record for a Big 12 road game, the previous besting being 92 at Nebraska on Feb. 4, 2001.

ISU finished with a season-high 16 3-pointers. The Cyclones’ victory was led by 23 points from Kristin Scott, who went 9-of-15 from the field on the night. Joining her in double figures was Ashley Joens (19), Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw (17), Adriana Camber (12) and Rae Johnson (11).

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

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Caleb McConnell made all eight of his shots from the field and scored a season-high 20 points starting in place of the injured Geo Baker, and Rutgers beat Nebraska 79-62 on Friday night for its fifth straight win. Baker, the Scarlet Knights’ team leader and No. 2 scorer, is out indefinitely with a left thumb injury. McConnell made his first seven shots, including two 3-pointers, and finished with season highs for points, assists and minutes. Haanif Cheatham had 16 points to lead Nebraska, which shot 32 percent.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Running back Maurice Washington is off the Nebraska football team. The athletic department released a two-sentence statement Friday announcing his dismissal. Washington faces child pornography charges in California and was disciplined for unrelated rules violations last season. The charges are related to an incident when he was in high school. Washington is accused of obtaining a video of his former girlfriend performing a sex act, storing it on his cellphone and sending it to the girl in March 2018. Washington is not depicted in the video. He has pleaded not guilty.

CHICAGO (AP) — Alexa Willard scored 21 points, Jasmine Franklin made a game-winning shot in overtime and No. 21 Missouri State beat Loyola-Chicago 74-72 in a Missouri Valley Conference opener for both teams. Missouri State inbounded it with 11.4 seconds left and got it to Franklin in the paint for a contested hook shot just before the final buzzer, Missouri State, which is off to its best start since the 2003-04 team opened 20-1, extended its MVC road winning streak to a school-record 12 games. Abby O’Connor had 17 points and 11 rebounds for Loyola.

BOYS BASKETBALL:

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 57, Shenandoah 45
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 53, Harlan 38
Creston 61, Clarinda 53
Denison-Schleswig 74, Red Oak 37
Lewis Central 62, Glenwood 57
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 55, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 52

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 58, Logan-Magnolia 44
IKM-Manning 66, Missouri Valley 33
Tri-Center 36, Underwood 23

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM 57, Woodbine 34
Exira-EHK 56, Ar-We-Va 45
West Harrison 48, Coon Rapids-Bayard 33

Corner Conference

Stanton 60, Griswold 26

Pride of Iowa Conference

Diagonal 61, Lenox 57
Southwest Valley 59, Southeast Warren 43

Other Scores

AC/GC 73, West Central Valley, Stuart 34
ADM 55, North Polk 39
Central Decatur 55, Chariton 52
Newell-Fonda 80, OA-BCIG 60
Panorama 73, Ogden 28

GIRLS BASKETBALL:

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 58, Shenandoah 35
Creston 63, Clarinda 21
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 64, Harlan 39
Glenwood 61, Lewis Central 56
Red Oak 61, Denison-Schleswig 45
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 67, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 39

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 92, Missouri Valley 37
Logan-Magnolia 57, Audubon 40
Underwood 51, Tri-Center 17

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley 50, Paton-Churdan 47
CAM 65, Woodbine 36
Coon Rapids-Bayard 48, West Harrison 23
Exira-EHK 47, Ar-We-Va 43

Corner Conference

East Mills 50, Bedford 30
Stanton 55, Griswold 39

Pride of Iowa Conference

Lenox 55, Diagonal 31
Southwest Valley 69, Southeast Warren 50

Other Scores

AC/GC 54, West Central Valley, Stuart 44
Central Decatur 59, Chariton 31
Mount Ayr 68, Worth County, MO 51
Panorama 73, Ogden 28
Westwood 65, Wakefield, Kan. 59

The Audubon boys basketball team used tough defense and quick movement to race past Logan-Magnolia 58-44 on Friday night.

The two teams traded early runs. The Wheelers used an early press to fluster the Panthers and go up 12-2. After a timeout, the Panthers settled in and finished the first quarter on a 12-0 run to lead 14-12. The second quarter went back and forth until Audubon jumped ahead and ended the half with a buzzer beating three from Marcus Olsen. He was also fouled on the play but failed to make the free throw, leaving the halftime score at 31-26 Wheelers.

Audubon pushed the lead out to 14 by the end of the third quarter 44-30. Skyler Schultes then helped seal the win in the fourth quarter with a couple of corner threes. Schultes led Audubon with 18 points and Gavin Smith added 10. The Wheelers improve to 4-4 and will travel to Boyer Valley on Monday.

Logan-Magnolia got a strong performance on the block from Tre Melby. He finished with 20 points and had a number of blocks on the night.  Ultimately it was the pressure of the Wheelers that made the difference. The Panthers fall to 4-4 and will host IKM-Manning on Tuesday.