Iowa State begins a busy week tonight (Wednesday night), with a visit to Oklahoma State. It opens a three game in six day stretch for the Cyclones that will conclude with a Big Monday game against second ranked Kansas. Deonte Burton had 27 points in Saturday’s win over Texas and Cyclones Coach Steve Prohm says they need more of that from their senior forward.

A key against the Cowboys will be slowing down sophomore point guard Jawun Evans, who averages 19 points and is shooting 51 percent from three point range. Oklahoma State is 10-5 under first year coach Brad Underwood but they are 0-3 in the Big-12 after a 61-57 loss at top ranked Baylor.

Tip-time for the game is 7-p.m. at Gallagher-Iba Arena, in Stillwater, OK.

(Learfield Sports)

Northern Iowa coach Ben Jacobson is focused on the future as the Panthers get ready for tonight’s (Wednesday’s) game at Bradley. The Panthers are 0-4 in the Missouri Valley race after an 80-66 loss to Wichita State and their current six-game losing skid is the longest for the program since 2001.

Despite a 5-10 overall record Jacobson says the players have remained positive. Improvement begins with eliminating breakdowns on defense and the mistakes on offense that plagued them in Sunday’s loss to the Shockers.

Bradley is 7-10 overall and 2-2 in the Valley. Tip time from Carver Arena in Peoria, IL, is 8-p.m.

(Learfield Sports)

A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 75, Griswold 27
Atlantic 68, Glenwood 62
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 68, Woodbine 53
Carlisle 73, ADM, Adel 69
Clarinda 66, Red Oak 44
Des Moines Christian 76, Panorama, Panora 41
East Union, Afton 51, Southwest Valley 45
Fremont Mills, Tabor 60, East Mills 35
Gretna, Neb. 57, Lewis Central 37
Lenox 51, Mount Ayr 42
Nodaway Valley 74, Bedford 61
Sioux City, East 65, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 60
Sioux City, North 76, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 59
Treynor 77, Riverside, Oakland 28
Underwood 74, Logan-Magnolia 63
Van Meter 41, Earlham 40
Winterset 67, Bondurant Farrar 61

Audubon vs. Tri-Center, Neola, ppd.
Ballard vs. Carroll, ppd. to Jan 19.
Charter Oak-Ute vs. Ar-We-Va, Westside, ppd. to Jan 12.
Glidden-Ralston vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard, ppd.
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll vs. Harlan, ppd. to Jan 21.
Missouri Valley vs. IKM-Manning, ppd.
West Monona, Onawa vs. Westwood, Sloan, ppd. to Jan 13.
Woodward-Granger vs. West Central Valley, Stuart, ppd.

A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 46, Griswold 23
Carlisle 56, ADM, Adel 39
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 65, Sioux City, East 53
Des Moines Christian 50, Panorama, Panora 39
Fremont Mills, Tabor 27, East Mills 20
Glenwood 51, Atlantic 37
Lewis Central 60, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 49
Logan-Magnolia 59, Underwood 50
Mount Ayr 73, Lenox 30
Nodaway Valley 63, Bedford 22
Red Oak 56, Clarinda 38
Sioux City, North 55, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 40
Southwest Valley 56, East Union, Afton 36
Treynor 55, Riverside, Oakland 22
Van Meter 61, Earlham 36
Winterset 37, Bondurant Farrar 13

Audubon vs. Tri-Center, Neola, ppd.
Ballard vs. Carroll, ppd. to Jan 16.
Charter Oak-Ute vs. Ar-We-Va, Westside, ppd. to Jan 12.
Denison-Schleswig vs. St. Albert, Council Bluffs, ppd.
Harlan vs. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll, ppd. to Jan 23.
Missouri Valley vs. IKM-Manning, ppd.
West Monona, Onawa vs. Westwood, Sloan, ppd. to Jan 13.

The Atlantic Girls basketball team struggled to put together any momentum in a road loss at Glenwood 51-37 on Tuesday night.  The Trojans struggled to find consistent scoring and take care of the basketball but still found themselves in a two point game at halftime. But the second half would see Glenwood grab just enough of a run to pull out of reach for Atlantic.  The Rams outscored the Trojans 13-4 in the third quarter and that was enough to push them to the win as Atlantic didn’t catch many breaks all night.

Nicole Shuppan led Glenwood with 20 points in the victory and the Rams picked up their second win of the season overall, both against the Trojans.

Atlantic was led by Baylee Newell with 12 points and Catherine Leonard with 11 as they are still searching for their first win of the year.  The Trojans travel to face a tough Lewis Central team on Friday.

The Atlantic Trojans came up with a huge third quarter and picked up a big Hawkeye Ten road win on Tuesday night at Glenwood in Boys basketball 68-62. The Trojans got off to a bit of a slow start against the Rams as Nate Mohr hit a couple of threes early but Atlantic never rattled. The Trojans trailed by two at the end of the first quarter and four at half.  Then Atlantic lit up the scoreboard for 28 points in the third quarter to take a 59-45 lead into the final period where they did enough to hang on.  Atlantic Head Coach Alan Jenkins was proud of the way his team handled themselves throughout the game.

Senior leader Garrett Franken only had four points in the first half but found a number of ways to impact the game before erupting for 12 points in the big third quarter run. Coach Jenkins was proud of the way Franken eased himself into scoring and not forcing anything.  He also said the difference was Franken and Scott Leonard’s rebounding effort throughout.

Franken said he knew it was going to be an intense atmosphere and all the rebounding work in practice paid off.

Franken finished with 21 points on the night. Scott Leonard had another huge game on the block for Atlantic and dropped in 22 points to lead the team.  Atlantic is now 5-1 in the conference and 8-3 overall. The Trojans will now prepare for a big home game on Friday against league leading Lewis Central.

Nate Mohr led all scorers on the night with 32 points for the Rams. Glenwood falls to 2-3 in the conference and 5-4 overall. The Rams next travel to St. Albert on Friday.