Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder would rather her Hawkeyes not even play Drake. Before taking over at Iowa Bluder was the Drake coach for 10 years and led the Bulldogs to the NCAA Tournament four times. Also, current Drake coach Jennie Baranczyk was a standout player for Bluder and the Hawkeyes. Iowa hosts Drake tonight (Tuesday), in its final game before the start of Big Ten play.

Bluder says the Hawkeyes will be facing a motivated Drake team. She says the Bulldogs are a reflection of their coach. Iowa is 9-2 and has won 23 straight home games. After racing out to a 6-0 record the Bulldogs have dropped three of their last four after an 87-73 loss at Northern Illinois.

Tip-off in Iowa City is at 5-p.m.

(Learfield Sports)

The Iowa Hawkeyes close out non-conference action tonight (Tuesday) at home against Tennessee Tech. Iowa is 8-3 and takes on a Golden Eagles team that is 8-4. Iowa redshirt freshman Nicholas Baer has been named the Big Ten Conference freshman of the week. The Bettendorf native scored 13 points, grabbed seven rebounds and blocked six shots in the Hawkeyes victory over Drake. Baer is a walk-on which is more common in the sport of football.

Tonight’s game will close out the most challenging non conference scheduled the Hawkeyes have played since McCaffery has been the coach. You can catch the action on KJAN. Pre-game coverage begins at 6:30-p.m., with the tip-off from Carver-Hawkeye Area at 7:30.

(Learfield Sports)

BOYS BASKETBALL

ADM, Adel 85, Creston 77, 2OT
Greene County 78, Winterset 72, 2OT
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 43, Denison-Schleswig 38
Norwalk 59, Carroll 58
OA-BCIG 67, Storm Lake 53
Stanton 56, Griswold 51

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Adair-Casey 63, Tri-Center, Neola 43
Griswold 52, Stanton 36
OA-BCIG 51, Storm Lake 29
Van Meter 51, Mount Ayr 42
West Central Valley, Stuart 45, Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 28

Monday, December 21, 2015.

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:
Class 4A
Record Pts Prv
1. Iowa City, West (7) 5-1 120 2
2. Valley, West Des Moines (5) 6-0 119 1
3. Pleasant Valley (1) 7-0 109 3
4. Des Moines, Hoover 6-1 77 5
5. Ankeny 6-0 70 6
6. Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 5-0 50 9
7. Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 4-1 45 10
8. North Scott, Eldridge 5-1 21 NR
9. Ankeny Centennial 4-2 16 8
10. Linn-Mar, Marion 4-2 15 NR
Others receiving votes: Davenport, Central 14. Ames 14. Waukee 12. Cedar Falls 10. Sioux City, East 8. Muscatine 7. Des Moines, North 6. Norwalk 1. Fort Dodge 1.

Class 3A
Record Pts Prv
1. Pella (6) 7-0 122 2
2. Wahlert, Dubuque (7) 6-1 119 1
3. Harlan 5-0 102 3
4. Xavier, Cedar Rapids 4-1 65 6
5. Chariton 6-0 48 10
6. Atlantic 6-0 43 NR
7. Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 5-2 36 5
8. Algona 7-0 32 NR
9. Maquoketa 6-1 31 NR
(tie) MOC-Floyd Valley 6-1 31 9
Others receiving votes: Gilbert 23. Waverly-Shell Rock 21. Solon 16. Spirit Lake 7. Webster City 7. Glenwood 6. Spencer 5. Grinnell 1.

Class 2A
Record Pts Prv
1. Western Christian, Hull (13) 4-0 130 1
2. Cascade,Western Dubuque 6-0 106 3
3. Dike-New Hartford 7-0 95 5
4. Treynor 6-0 89 2
5. Northeast, Goose Lake 9-0 79 6
6. Pella Christian 5-1 58 4
7. Durant 8-0 31 NR
8. Beckman Catholic, Dyersville 5-2 30 NR
9. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 5-1 26 7
10. Pocahontas Area 7-1 25 NR
Others receiving votes: Ridge View 12. Anamosa 8. Aplington-Parkersburg 7. Sioux Center 7. MFL-Mar-Mac 3. PCM, Monroe 2. Monticello 2. Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 2. Des Moines Christian 1. Shenandoah 1. Interstate 35, Truro 1.

Class 1A
Record Pts Prv
1. Gladbrook-Reinbeck (5) 5-0 114 1
2. West Hancock, Britt (3) 7-0 102 2
3. Danville (3) 6-0 89 4
4. IKM-Manning 7-0 78 6
5. West Fork, Sheffield 7-0 67 T7
6. Boyden-Hull (2) 5-1 64 3
7. Colo-Nesco 7-1 46 5
8. South O’Brien, Paullina 7-0 38 9
9. Montezuma 7-0 32 NR
10. Meskwaki Settlement School 7-0 23 NR
Others receiving votes: Jesup 22. Grand View Christian 10. Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 10. Ankeny Christian Academy 7. Lynnville-Sully 7. Ar-We-Va, Westside 3. Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 3.

Michigan State, Kansas and Oklahoma held the top three spots in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll for a second straight week. There was a shakeup in the rest of the top 10 after a weekend of upsets.

The Spartans (12-0) were a near unanimous choice, receiving all but one first-place vote from the 65-member national media panel. Kansas (9-1) got the other No. 1 vote.

Following Oklahoma were Maryland, Virginia, Xavier, North Carolina, Arizona, Butler and Providence, which is in the top 10 for the first time since Jan. 17, 1978.  Iowa State fell from No.5 to No. 11 in this week’s poll after suffering their first loss of the season on Saturday to Northern Iowa.  The Cyclones also dropped seven spots to No. 9 in the USA Today Coaches Poll.

Utah, which returned to the rankings following its win over Duke on Saturday, and South Carolina, which is ranked for the first time since the final poll of 2003-04, are the week’s newcomers at 24th and 25th. They replace UCLA and Connecticut.

Others receiving votes: UCLA 49, UConn 46, Oregon 34, Gonzaga 33, Colorado 27, Dayton 17, Pittsburgh 16, N. Iowa 15, UALR 14, Vanderbilt 8, Monmouth (NJ) 6, Iowa 5, Florida 3, Texas 3, Northwestern 2.