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The University of Iowa women’s basketball team pulled out a 69-65 win over Rutgers Monday night, extending their winning streak to 25 inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Hawkeye Sports.Com says the Hawks — ranked No. 25 in the USA Today Coaches Poll — improved to 12-2 overall, 2-0 in the Big Ten Conference. Rutgers, coached by former Hawkeye C. Vivian Stringer, fell to 10-4, 1-1.
There were 14 lead changes in the game, seven coming during the first 10 minutes. Iowa placed four in double figures, paced by junior Alexa Kastanek with 20 points and five 3-point field goals. Junior Ally Disterhoft added 15 points and sophomores Chase Coley and Whitney Jennings finished with 10 apiece. Jennings scored all of her points in the final 15:36.
Iowa continues its quest of three games in seven days by hitting the road to Michigan (8-5) on Thursday before returning home to face No. 8 Maryland (12-2) on Sunday.
Kansas and Oklahoma moved to the top two spots in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll and the Big 12 schools will meet Monday night.
Kansas (12-1) received 44 first-place votes from the 65-member national media panel on Monday while Oklahoma (12-0) got the other 21.
It will be the 40th time the top two teams in the poll have faced each other.
Maryland and Virginia both moved up one spot to third and fourth while Michigan State, which was No. 1 for the last four weeks, fell to fifth. North Carolina, Arizona, Providence, Kentucky and Xavier completed the Top Ten.
Kansas is the fourth school to be ranked No. 1 this season, joining North Carolina, Kentucky and Michigan State.
Iowa, Connecticut, Pittsburgh and Dayton are the four newcomers this week, replacing Utah, Cincinnati, Baylor and UCLA.
1. Kansas (44) 12-1 1,598 2
2. Oklahoma (21) 12-0 1,574 3
3. Maryland 13-1 1,459 4
4. Virginia 12-1 1,409 5
5. Michigan St. 14-1 1,400 1
6. North Carolina 13-2 1,275 7
7. Arizona 13-1 1,126 8
8. Providence 14-1 1,108 12
9. Kentucky 11-2 1,039 10
10. Xavier 13-1 1,001 6
11. Villanova 12-2 979 16
12. Miami 12-1 921 13
13. Iowa St. 11-2 844 11
14. Duke 12-2 830 15
15. SMU 13-0 731 17
16. Louisville 12-2 568 18
17. West Virginia 12-1 558 19
18. Butler 11-3 516 9
19. Iowa 11-3 456 –
20. Purdue 13-2 450 14
21. Texas A&M 11-2 420 20
22. South Carolina 13-0 286 24
23. UConn 10-3 107 –
24. Pittsburgh 12-1 103 –
25. Dayton 11-2 100 –
Others receiving votes: Gonzaga 61, California 54, Texas Tech 40, George Washington 38, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 23, Baylor 22, Colorado 4, Oregon St. 4, Seton Hall 4, Saint Joseph’s 3, Utah 3, Wichita St. 3, Cincinnati 2, Indiana 2, Michigan 2, Akron 1, Oregon 1.
The Big 12 Conference announced their weekly men’s basketball award winners on Monday. Iowa State Junior Deonte Burton earned his second straight Newcomer of the Week Honor.
BIG 12 NEWCOMER OF THE WEEK
Deonte Burton, Iowa State, G, 6-4, 250, Jr., Milwaukee, Wis./Vincent/Marquette
Burton scored 19 points against Oklahoma just three days after tallying 17 points against Coppin State as he continued his strong play off the bench for the Cyclones. The junior transfer from Marquette has increased his scoring total in every game since becoming eligible. He shot 72.2 percent (13-of-18) from the field last week, including 83.3 percent (5-of-6) from 3-point range. Against the Sooners, his 19 points came in 20 minutes of action. Burton also tallied 11 rebounds, three assists and three steals for the week. He is averaging 13.8 points, 3.8 rebounds and shooting 67.7 percent from the field on the season.
(Information from www.big12sports.com)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs owner Clark Hunt expects at least one NFL franchise to be playing in Los Angeles next season, though he declined to speculate Sunday whether the Raiders, Chargers or Rams are the leading candidate. The three are expected to file for relocation Monday, the day after the regular season ends.
Hunt is part of a six-man committee made up of league owners that will meet to discuss relocation. The rest of the league’s owners will meet to review their findings the following week, and could decide whether one or two teams will move to Los Angeles for the 2016 season.
The nation’s second-largest market hasn’t had an NFL team since the Raiders and Rams left after the 1994 season. The Chargers have played in San Diego for 55 seasons.
UConn remains the No. 1 team in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll Monday after facing a tough test from Maryland.
The Huskies topped the Terrapins by 10 points at the Maggie Dixon Classic last Monday. UConn (11-0) only led by 4 in the final minute before pulling away. The Huskies have a busy week with three games over the next seven days.
South Carolina and Notre Dame stay second and third in the Top 25. Texas moved up to fourth while Ohio State is fifth. It’s the Buckeyes highest ranking in nearly six years as they moved up four spots after beating then-No. 6 Maryland.
Baylor, Mississippi State, Maryland, Stanford and Kentucky round out the first 10.
Seton Hall re-entered the poll at No. 25 while Miami fell out. The Pirates host No. 24 DePaul on Tuesday.
Iowa received 20 votes in this weeks poll and Iowa State received 3 votes.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Alex Smith threw two touchdown passes, Kansas City sacked Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr six times, and the Chiefs held on for a 23-17 victory Sunday to give them a franchise-best 10 straight wins entering the postseason.
*The Chiefs will travel to NRG Stadium to take on the Houston Texans in the Wild Card round of the NFL Playoffs this Saturday at 3:35 p.m. CT. The Texans won the AFC South division with a 9-7 record and the Chiefs clinched the AFC’s first Wild Card spot at 11-5.
Saturday will mark the second meeting between the Chiefs and the Texans, who met in a Week 1 game the Chiefs won, 27-20. Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith had 243 yards passing and 3 touchdowns in the victory.
The Chiefs (11-5) are somehow in the dance after a 1-5 start. The Raiders (7-9), who accounted for two of those victories, had the ball with 1:34 left. But Carr was sacked one last time, and the clock expired before they came close to a go-ahead touchdown.
(*Playoff information is from kcchiefs.com)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell scored a career-high 28 and Illinois State rallied to beat Drake 67-62 on Sunday. Akoon-Purcell scored 12 points and Paris Lee seven when the Redbirds (8-7, 2-0 Missouri Valley) outscored the Bulldogs 21-6 over the first 10 minutes of the second half to lead by three.
After that, the lead changed hands six times and the game tied five times before Tony Wills’ 3-pointer with 1:22 put Illinois State in front 63-60. Lee made four free throws from there while the Bulldogs (5-9, 0-2) missed a pair of 3-pointers in the final 30 seconds.
Drake led 32-22 at halftime as the Redbirds shot just 26.5 percent before intermission. Lee had 15 points and Deontae Hawkins 12 for the Redbirds, who shot 61 percent in the second half. Drake’s Reed Timmer scored 16 points and had Graham Woodward 15. Illinois State is 2-0 in the MVC for the first time since 2008-09.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Jarrod Uthoff scored 25 points, Peter Jok had 11 points and nine rebounds and Iowa erased a 17-point halftime deficit in a 70-63 upset victory over No. 14 Purdue on Saturday night. The Hawkeyes (11-3, 2-0 Big Ten) have won four straight and eight of nine, including two upsets of Top 15 teams this week. They beat No. 1 Michigan State on Tuesday night.
Kendall Stephens led Purdue (13-2, 1-1) with 12 points, and A.J. Hammons had 11. The Boilermakers had won 15 straight at hole. Purdue completely dominated the first half, using seven 3-pointers to build a 37-20 lead. But the Boilermakers collapsed in the second half.
Iowa used a 13-0 spurt to finally take the lead, 48-46 lead with 7:30 to go. And after Purdue tied it for the final time, at 48, Iowa scored five straight.
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Buddy Hield scored 22 points and No. 3 Oklahoma beat No. 11 Iowa State 87-83 on Saturday night to match the second-best start in school history at 12-0. Ryan Spangler had 20 points and 12 rebounds, and Isaiah Cousins scored all 15 of his points in the second half for the Sooners in the Big 12 opener for both teams.
Oklahoma plays at No. 2 Kansas on Monday in what could be a No. 1 vs. No. 2 showdown after No. 1 Michigan State lost to Iowa on Tuesday night. Oklahoma, the nation’s top 3-point shooting team, made only 3 of 16 3s in the first half, but was 8 of 13 in the second.
Georges Niang scored 29 points, and Deonte Burton had 14 of his 19 points in the second half for Iowa State (11-2).
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