DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Reed Timmer scored 28 points and Ore Arogundade had 17 in leading Drake to an 88-76 victory over Evansville on Sunday. Timmer and Arogundade combined to shoot 15 for 23 from the floor and Timmer made all eight of his free throws. The Bulldogs as a team shot 23 for 25 (92 percent) from the free-throw line.

Ryan Taylor made a 3 to give Evansville a 72-70 lead with 4:03 to play. Casey Schlatter tied it with a pair of free throws, Arogundade hit a 3-pointers and Drake (4-12, 2-2 Missouri Valley) led the rest of the way. T.J. Thomas made a layup and Arogundade made another 3 for an 80-72 lead. Thomas and De’Antae McMurray each finished with 10 points.

Jaylon Brown led Evansville (10-7, 1-3) with 23 points. Dru Smith and Duane Gibson scored 14 points apiece, and Taylor added 10.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Senior Peter Jok scored 18 points with 11 rebounds and Iowa rallied from nine down to beat Rutgers 68-62 Sunday and move back to .500 in the Big Ten. Freshman Cordell Pemsl had 13 for the Hawkeyes (10-7, 2-2 Big Ten), who used a late 17-4 run to clinch its seventh win in nine games.

Iowa committed 18 turnovers, got crushed on the offensive glass 19-9 and went over eight minutes without a field goal. But the Hawkeyes woke up after 30 sluggish minutes, and Jordan Bohannon’s layup off a steal gave the Hawkeyes a 57-55 lead with 3:59 left.

Nicholas Baer’s jumper made it 63-59 with 1:08 to go. Iowa’s Dominique Uhl, ineffective for much of the season, scored 10 points and had eight rebounds. Deshawn Freeman had 19 points and 13 rebounds for Rutgers (11-6, 0-4), who fell to 0-21 on the road since joining the Big Ten. The Scarlet Knights hit just two free throws and four 3s.

The Exira-EHK Spartans Boys Basketball team jumped out to an early lead and never looked back in a 71-33 win over the ACGC Chargers on Saturday night.  The Spartans worked the ball into the post early and Drew Buckholdt and Dakota Rold combined for 18 points in the first quarter as the Spartans build a 25-10 advantage. Josh Pettepier helped the Spartans start the second half strong as well as he poured in 4 threes in the third quarter and the Spartans led 67-29 heading into the final period.

Drew Buckholdt racked up 22 points in the win, Pettepier had 14 and Rold 13. The Spartans improved to 8-2 on the season.

ACGC was led by Colton Sargent with 17 points as they fall to 0-10 on the year.

The Exira-EHK Spartans Girls Basketball team needed a big second half performance to keep their record unblemished at ACGC Saturday.  The Chargers handled pressure well early on in the game and got a big first half from Madison Berger to lead 32-20 at half. The Spartans defense had much more success in the second half and the Spartans won it 60-47.

The Spartans opened up the second half with a 13-0 run and foul trouble also caught up with the Chargers. ACGC led by 1 at the end of the third quarter but key player Rachel Courtney had already fouled out and it was early in the fourth quarter that Madison Berger fouled out as well. That left the Chargers without their best ball-handler and the Spartans pressure then really became a problem for ACGC.

Mara Burmeister led the Spartans with 15 points and Sophia Peppers finished with 14 as the Spartans improved to 11-0.  The Chargers were led by Berger with 15 points and Morgan Meachem had 14.  The Chargers fell to 3-7 on the year with the loss.