The Drake Bulldogs picked up a Missouri Valley Conference win over Evansville on Saturday 60-59. Drake overcame a double-digit first half deficit to pick up the win. The Bulldogs outscored the Purple Aces 33-26 in the second half.

Tucker DeVries finished with 15 points, DJ Wilkins had 11, and Darnell Brodie had 10.

Drake men’s basketball is scheduled to play next against Illinois State inside the Knapp Center on Wednesday (Jan. 12) at 7 p.m.

The UNI men’s basketball team grabbed a 85-84 win over Missouri State on Saturday night in Springfield, MO. AJ Green was fouled on a three point attempt with 1:33 to go in the game and sank all three to break a 76-all tie. Green and Bowen Born combined to make four more free throws to secure the victory.

Green finished with 33 points and Noah Carter added 16 to lead the Panthers to their third straight win. The Panthers moved to 7-7 on the season and 3-1 in Mo Valley play.

The Panthers return to action on Jan. 11 to host the Indiana State Sycamores. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the McLeod Center.

The No. 12 Iowa State women’s basketball team rolled to a 78-47 win over TCU on Saturday at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones built a ten point lead by the end of the first quarter and pushed the advantage to 20 by half and rolled to the win.

Morgan Kane had a career day with 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 assists. Ashley Joens dropped in 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for her 40th career double-double.

The Cyclones improved to 14-1 overall and 3-0 in the Big 12. Iowa State now hits the road for a pair of games, beginning with a matchup at Kansas State on Wednesday, Jan. 11. The game will be at 6:30 p.m. on Big 12 Now on ESPN+.

KJAN Sports Director Chris Parks talks winter sports for Atlantic. This week we talk live with boys basketball coach Derek Hall and girls basketball coach Dan Vargason. We also talk about the Rollin Dyer Wrestling Tournament taking place Saturday for the Atlantic-CAM grapplers and we touch on the boys swim team that had their weekend competition at Des Moines Hoover cancelled.

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The Atlantic-CAM wrestling team is hosting their annual Rollin Dyer Tournament today at the Atlantic High School. The tournament will feature 16 teams.

A number of ranked teams will be in the mix. Underwood comes in ranked 3rd in Class 1A and feature of number highly ranked individuals. The Eagles have top ranked wrestlers at 132 with Gable Porter and at 145 with Hagen Heistand. Stevie Barnes is 2nd ranked at 138.

Sergeant Bluff-Luton is ranked 5th in 2A and Glenwood is 9th. Zander Ernst of SB-L is ranked 2nd at 152. Glenwood has ranked grapplers at 113 (Vinny Mayberry 5th), 120 (Matthew Beam 4th), and 195 (CJ Carter 1st). Greene County will also bring in a number of ranked individuals led by top ranked Kale Petersen at 113 and McKinley Roberts 2nd at 132.

Atlantic-CAM has a number of ranked wrestlers in 2A as well looking to continue to prove themselves. Aiden Smith is 4th at 106, Ethan Follmann 9th at 132, Kadin Stutzman 2nd at 170.

All the teams involved are: AHSTW, CB Abraham Lincoln, Alta-Aurelia, Audubon, Blair NE, Bondurant-Farrar, Denison-Schleswig, Glenwood, Greene County, Humboldt, I-35, New Hampton, Red Oak, Sergeant Bluff-Luton, and Underwood.

Action gets underway at 10:00 a.m. at the Atlantic High School gym.

The UNI women’s hoops team dropped their Missouri Valley Conference opener at Valparaiso on Friday night 60-58.

The Panthers went cold in the fourth quarter, notching just 9 points in the period. Valparaiso put together a 15-2 run at the end of the game to grab the win. Karli Rucker had a chance to win it at the end with a three-point attempt that bounced off the rim.

Freshman center Grace Boffeli led UNI with a double-double of 13 points and 12 boards. UNI falls to 7-5 overall and start Valley play 0-1.

Loyola got 18 points from Olivia Brown and 13 from Shay Frederick. The Ramblers move to 3-11 overall and 1-2 in Valley play.

UNI continues their weekend road trip with an afternoon contest against the Loyola Ramblers. The game is set for a 1 p.m. Sunday tipoff from Gentile Arena and will be broadcast on ESPN3.

The Drake women’s basketball team was outscored 30-17 in the third quarter and fell to Loyola Chicago 63-46 on Friday night.

Maya Chandler led the way for Loyola with 16 points. The Ramblers improve to 9-5 overall and 1-2 in the Valley.

Drake was led by 12 points from Megan Meyer in the loss. The Bulldogs are 9-5 overall and 1-2 in the Valley.

The Bulldogs remain on the road to take on Valparaiso on Sunday Jan. 9 in Indiana. Tipoff is set for 1pm CST.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 57, Kuemper Catholic 24 (A: Jada Jensen 17pts, Paytn Harter 16pts)
Denison-Schleswig 55, Creston 54 -2OT
Glenwood 67, Shenandoah 52
Harlan 59, St. Albert 56
Lewis Central 46, Clarinda 26

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 42, Tri-Center 24
Audubon 58, IKM-Manning 40
Logan-Magnolia 33, Riverside 16
Treynor 40, Underwood 33

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley 69, Ar-We-Va 37
Coon Rapids-Bayard 49, Glidden-Ralston 37
Woodbine 85, West Harrison 22

Corner Conference

East Mills 47, Sidney 45
Essex 51, Griswold 35- ON KJAN

Pride of Iowa Conference

Martensdale-St. Marys 59, Central Decatur 39
Mount Ayr 36, Bedford 26
Nodaway Valley 51, Lenox 39
Southeast Warren 36, East Union 33

Other Scores

ACGC vs Madrid
Des Moines Christian 45, Earlham 39
Panorama 75, Ogden 4

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Kuemper Catholic 53, Atlantic 51
Denison-Schleswig 50, Creston 34
Glenwood 86, Shenandoah 36
Harlan 60, St. Albert 49
Lewis Central 57, Clarinda 42
Red Oak 58, Sioux City North 47

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 62, Tri-Center 54
IKM-Manning 53, Audubon 40
Riverside 51, Logan-Magnolia 36
Treynor 56, Underwood 45

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley 62, Ar-We-Va 45
Coon Rapids-Bayard 52 Glidden-Ralston 25
West Harrison 66, Woodbine 35

Corner Conference

East Mills 58, Sidney 39
Griswold 73, Essex 34- ON KJAN

Pride of Iowa Conference

Martensdale-St. Marys 65, Central Decatur 50
Mount Ayr 44, Bedford 41
Lenox 73, Nodaway Valley 57
Southeast Warren 72, East Union 55

Other Scores

ACGC 73, Madrid 69
Millard North, NE 72, CB Abraham Lincoln 53

The Griswold boys basketball team built a 20 point lead by halftime and roared to a 73-34 win over Essex on Friday night in Griswold.  Kamron Brownlee had 13 first half points to propel the Tigers to the lead and he finished with 16 on the night. The start of the second half was a touch sluggish until the Tigers ratcheted up the defensive intensity that sparked an 11-0 run to grab all the momentum. The Tigers got a bucket from Adam Houser and Landon Pelzer immediately stole the ensuing inbound and got a layup. The Tigers followed that with another steal and score to force an Essex time out. Tigers head coach Matthew Spunaugle said they really needed to inject some energy into the game.

The Tigers had good ball pressure all night and Coach Spunaugle said sound defense has been a point of emphasis.

Houser finished with 19 points to lead Griswold and freshman Peyton Cook also added 16. The Tigers improved to 2-7 on the season with the victory.

Essex was led by 11 points from Tony Racine in the loss and they remain winless at 0-8.

The Essex Trojanettes held Griswold to 11 second half points and found a scoring groove of their own to pick up a 51-35 win over the Tigers on Friday night. Griswold led by 7 early in the game but Essex climbed within 2 at the end of the first. The Trojanettes grabbed their first lead momentarily near the end of the 2nd at 22-21, but McKenna Wiechman hit a three to put the Tigers up 24-22 at the break. Essex grabbed the lead in the third and clamped down in the fourth, only allowing 2 Tiger points to secure their third win of the year.

Wiechman had 15 points in the first half but only added 3 more in the second. The Trojanettes ran a box and one on Wiechman to limit her touches in the second half and it proved successful. Brenna Rossell finished with 7 points and had a number of great looks just rim out throughout the game. The Tigers fall to 1-9 on the season.

Essex was led by 10 from Hailee Barrett and 9 from Desi Glasgo who hit a couple of big threes in the second half. The Trojanettes are now 3-6 on the season.