Hawkeye Ten Conference:
Clarke 80, Creston 52 (NC)
#7 Harlan 38, Winterset 34 (NC)
St. Albert 65, Council Bluffs Lincoln 56 (NC)
Kuemper Catholic 61 Grand View Christian, 37  (NC)
Shenandoah 69 Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson, 57 (NC)

Western Iowa Conference:
Underwood 46, Tri-Center 33
#8 Treynor 65, Missouri Valley 20
Riverside 60, IKM-Manning 55

Rolling Valley Conference:
#9 CAM 72, Earlham 45 (NC)
West Central Valley 42, Glidden-Ralston 23 (NC)
West Harrison 58 Ar-We-Va, 26
Exira-EHK 66 #8 Woodbine, 53

Pride of Iowa Conference:
#8 Nodaway Valley 67, Southwest Valley 29
Stanton 56, Mount Ayr 52 (NC)
Wayne 47, Mormon Train 37 (NC)
Southeast Warren 47 East Union, 30
Lenox 58 Central Decatur, 40

West Central Conference:
#2 Panorama 54, #3 Martensdale-St Marys 42 (NC)

Hawkeye Ten Conference:
Clarke 66, Creston 46 (NC)
Winterset 79, Harlan 52 (NC)

Western Iowa Conference:
#4 Underwood 59, Tri-Center 47
#8 Treynor 81, Missouri Valley 55

Rolling Valley Conference:
Ar-We-Va 63, West Harrison 53
Glidden-Ralston 59, West Central Valley 52 (NC)

Corner Conference: 
Mount Ayr 73, Stanton 70

West Central Conference:
Panorama 90, Martensdale-St Marys 64 (NC)

It took an extra four minutes, but the Exira-EHK Spartans won on Monday night 66-55 over Woodbine. It was a close game for most of the night, so the finish felt right.

The game was tied at the end of the first quarter 9-9 but Woodbine outscored the Spartans 14-9 in the second quarter to lead 23-18 at half. Woodbine maintained a lead up until 4:31 left in the game. Jameson Kilworth hit a pair of free throws to tie the game at 36. Both teams exchanged baskets down the stretch and with a minute to go Woodbine tied it at 40-40 thanks to Jax Pryor focus at the line. Neither team could score in the last minute which led to overtime.

The Spartans got a couple key buckets in the lane from Jackson Radcliff in the extra period and held the Tigers in check to grab the win. After the game Head Coach Tony Santisteban noted that his message to the team heading into overtime was have heart and finish at the line.

Cash Emgarten finished with 18 points to lead Exira-EHK, Aiden Flathers added 17 and Jameson Kilworth contributed 10. The Spartans improve to 12-4 on the season.

Woodbine was led by 22 points from Carter Gruver who was electric in the second half scoring 16 and seemed undeterred by Exira-EHK’s defensive adjustments. Brody Pryor added 14 points on the night. The Tigers drop to 13-2 on the season and will face Coon Rapids-Bayard at home on Tuesday.

Exira-EHK will face Paton-Churdan on the road Tuesday night and Coach Santisteban is focusing on keeping the momentum rolling.

Tip off is set for 7:30pm.

The Exira-EHK girls basketball team earned their way to a 66-53 home win over Woodbine on Monday night. The Spartans jumped on top early and were able to fight off any run the Tigers had the rest of the way winning each quarter throughout the evening.

The Spartans opened the game with a 14-4 lead by the end of the first quarter and retained that up to 33-19 before the Tigers fought back. Woodbine eventually clawed back within four early in the second half at 23-19 but the Spartans responded with a 6-0 run to seize control right back.

It was a physical game inside and the Spartans got into the double-bonus before the start of the fourth quarter. Regardless of their efforts, Woodbine could not stop the offensive scoring and physicality from Taryn Petersen who continually caused disrutpion inside the paint. Taryn Petersen led the Spartans with 27 points, Hannah Nelsen added 16 and Jaelynn Petersen scored 10.

Exira-EHK improves to 12-5 on the season and travel to Paton-Churdan on Tuesday.

Woodbine was led by 20 from Charlie Pryor and 12 from Taylor Hoefer. The Tigers fall to 12-4 on the year and they will host Coon Rapids-Bayard on Tuesday.

IRVING, Texas – Audi Crooks has been named the Big 12 Freshman of the Week for the third time this season. It marks the fourth weekly award the freshman center has collected this season following a Player of the Week nod on Jan. 22.

Crooks led Iowa State in scoring and rebounding this week and was top three in the conference in both categories. The Algona, Iowa native posted 25 points at both Kansas and No. 24 West Virginia for her seventh and eighth 20-point games while posting her fourth career double-double against the Mountaineers Saturday with 16 rebounds.

Crooks leads Iowa State this season with 17.4 points per game while shooting a Division I freshman-best 58 percent from the floor. In conference play, she averages 19.3 points and 9.4 rebounds per game, the best totals by any freshman in the league.

Iowa State returns to Hilton Coliseum for the first time since Jan. 13 as the Cyclones take on Oklahoma State. Tipoff on Wednesday night is set for 6:30 p.m. in Ames.

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa forward Owen Freeman was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the seventh time this season, it was announced Monday by the league office.

The seven Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors are tied for the second-most in a single season in league history.  They are the most since Nebraska’s Bryce McGowens had seven during the 2021-22 season.

Freeman earned his latest distinction after averaging 14.5 points and nine rebounds, while shooting 55 percent from the field and 87.5 percent from the free throw line in games against Maryland and Michigan.  He also had four blocks in the two contests.

The Moline, Illinois, native finished with 14 points and nine rebounds against the Terps, making 6-of-11 field goal attempts in the game.  He followed it up with 15 points, nine rebounds and three blocks in a road win at Michigan.  His three blocks moved him into fifth place in program history in blocks by a freshman (34).

Through the first 20 games of his career, Freeman has been the best freshman in the Big Ten.  He leads the conference in points (224), rebounds (123), blocks (34), double-doubles (3) and is tied for first in steals (20) and second in field goal percentage (.643). His 34 blocks are tied for the third-most by a freshman in the NCAA.

The honor is Iowa’s eighth Big Ten weekly accolade this season. Freeman previous earned the distinction on Nov. 13, Nov. 20, Dec. 4, Dec. 18, Jan. 8 and Jan. 15, while graduate Ben Krikke was the Big Ten Player of the Week on Nov. 20.

The Hawkeyes (12-8, 4-5) return to action Tuesday, facing Indiana at 6 p.m. (CT) at Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall in Bloomington.  The game will be televised on BTN.

The Iowa Hawkeye men bid for their third straight road win in Big Ten play on Tuesday night with a visit to Indiana. Both teams are 4-5 in the league race and the Hoosiers are one of the top defensive teams in the Big Ten.

That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery. The Hawkeyes will be in search of a second straight win in Assembly Hall after a 90-68 victory last season.

McCaffery says Indiana sophomore forward Malik Reneau has become one of the top players in the conference. Reneau is averaging nearly 17 points per game and shooting just under 58 percent from the field.

Iowa senior guard Tony Perkins has stepped up his game as of late. Perkins scored 24 points in Saturday’s win at Michigan and has topped the 20-point mark in three straight games.

After finishing with only six points in a home loss to Maryland junior guard Payton Sandfort responded with a career-high 26 points in the win at Michigan.

Drake coach Darian DeVries says the Bulldogs need to keep winning to help their chance of getting an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. Drake is 17-4 and second in the Missouri Valley race with a record of 8-2 and began the week ranked 49th both the NET and KenPom rankings.

The Bulldogs return to action at home on Wednesday night against Valparaiso.

The leader of Democrats in the Iowa House says there’s troubling testimony in recently revealed court documents about the state investigation of sports gambling among Iowa and Iowa State athletes. House Minority Leader Jennifer Konfrst (KON-first) says the way the Division of Criminal Investigation appears to have initiated the probe raises questions.

According to court documents, a long-time D-C-I agent who asked to be taken off the case, alleged the agency had conducted an illegal search of the athletes’ online bets because it had not obtained a warrant. Konfrst says that’s scary.

Konfrst, who was asked about the sports gambling investigation on “Iowa Press” on Iowa P-B-S, says the D-C-I must account for its conduct.

Reynolds told Radio Iowa state law requires the D-C-I to monitor sports gambling in the state and agents don’t check with her when they’re doing their jobs. Reynolds declined to comment further on the cases since many have yet to be resolved in court. The governor did say the state’s public safety commissioner is getting ready to provide some information about the D-C-I’s investigation.