CHICAGO (AP) – Richard Carter scored a career-best 38 points and Drake hung on to escape Illinois-Chicago with a 61-59 victory for new coach Ray Giacoletti on Saturday. Carter, who averaged less than 10 points per game last season, hit 12 of 17 from the field and was 12-for-12 from the line, but even so the Bulldogs had to sweat the ending as a 9-point lead evaporated in the final eight minutes.

Illinois-Chicago’s Hayden Hume slashed to the basket with one second remaining only to have his layup rim in and out. Drake’s Jacob Enevold, who only played 11 minutes because of foul trouble, had subbed in for defense with 6 seconds left and snagged the win-preserving rebound, his only one of the game.

Marc Brown led the Flames with 22 points, Kelsey Barlow added 11 and Hume 10.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) – Tyler Sievertsen kicked a 34-yard field goal as time expired to lift Northern Iowa past Youngstown State and cap a 16-point fourth-quarter comeback, 22-20. The Panthers (5-5, 1-5 Missouri Valley) trailed 14-3 at intermission and 14-6 after three quarters, but Brion Carnes brought the team back with a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes to Chad Owens three minutes apart that put UNI ahead, 19-14, with under 10 minutes left to play.

Kurt Hess engineered a 13-play, 78-yard drive that put the Penguins (8-1, 5-1 Missouri Valley) back in the lead, 20-19, with 4:41 left, but a two-point conversion attempt fell incomplete.  Carnes matched Hess, spearheading a 56-yard, 15-play drive that reached the Youngstown State 17. Carnes was 18-for-30 for 219 yards to go with his two touchdowns.  Hess was 15 of 22 for 207 yards and a touchdown, and carried seven times for 20 yards and two touchdowns.

ATHENS, Ohio (AP) – Maurice Ndour scored 20 points in his first game for Ohio en route to a 75-64 victory over Northern Iowa on Saturday in the season opener for both schools. Ndour joined the Bobcats after spending two years at Monroe College, and led four Ohio starters in double figures.

The Bobcats jumped to a 15-4 lead early in the game, but the Panthers closed the deficit to 28-27 late in the first half. Ohio responded with an 11-5 run and took a 39-32 lead to halftime.  Northern Iowa battled, trailing for most of the second half by single digits, but was unable to ever take the lead.

Nick Kellogg scored 16 for Ohio, while Ricardo Johnson added 14. Stevie Taylor had 10 points and 8 assists for the Bobcats.  Deon Mitchell scored 18 points to lead Northern Iowa. Chip Rank scored 14 points and Jeremy Morgan had 13 for the Panthers.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Andy Rice threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more as Drake pulled away from Dayton in the third quarter for a 36-10 victory Saturday. Rice finished with 351 yards passing – including one touchdown pass to Nick Rosa for 92 yards – as the Bulldogs (6-4, 5-2 Pioneer Football League) scored 30 straight points.  Rice’s TD run in the final seconds of the first half gave Drake the lead at 13-10, and the Bulldogs scored another 23 uncontested points in the third quarter.

Luke Johnson threw the only TD pass for the Flyers (6-4, 4-3) in the first 40 seconds of the game, 64 yards to Gary Hunter.  Dayton scored on a 28-yard field goal by William Will in the second quarter, but was unable to score again. The win at Drake Stadium marks the 16th straight Pioneer Football League home victory for the Bulldogs.

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Trevone Boykin scored on a 1-yard TD run with 38 seconds left and TCU rallied to beat Iowa State 21-17 on Saturday and snap a three-game losing streak. Boykin ran for three touchdowns for the Horned Frogs (4-6, 2-5 Big 12), who remain in contention for possible bowl eligibility with two games left.

The Horned Frogs went 58 yards in just 1:56 – a drive keyed by a 22-yard run from Aaron Green on 4th-down-and-1 – and took a four-point lead on their only score of the second half. Grant Rohach threw for 148 yards for Iowa State (1-8, 0-6), whose last-ditch effort ended near midfield. The Cyclones have lost six straight.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) – Jordan Canzeri ran for a career-high 165 yards on 20 carries to help the Iowa Hawkeyes defeat the Purdue Boilermakers 38-14 on Saturday afternoon. Canzeri, a sophomore who entered the game with 173 yards rushing all season, also scored a touchdown to help the Hawkeyes become bowl eligible. Jake Rudock passed for 191 yards and two touchdowns for Iowa (6-4, 3-3 Big Ten), which set season highs for total yards (509) and yards rushing (318).

Danny Etling completed 15 of 28 passes for 145 yards for Purdue (1-8, 0-5), which has lost seven straight and has not beaten a Football Bowl Subdivision team this year. The Boilermakers have scored 31 points in five Big Ten games, with two of the touchdowns coming in the final minute of play.