The Creighton men’s basketball team picked up a win over DePaul on Thursday night in Chicago 71-59. The Bluejays led by 2 at half and outscored the Blue Demons by 10 in the second half.
Atlantic’s Ryan Hawkins had a big game with 25 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 assists. Ryan Nembhard added 19 points and 6 assists.
Creighton improves to 17-8 on the season and 9-5 in the Big East.
Next up for the Jays is a home game on Sunday against Marquette at 2:00 p.m.
Today: Partly cloudy & windy. High near 50. SW-NW @ 15-25.
Tonight: P/Cldy. Low 10. N @ 15-25 mph diminishing.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny & cooler. High 38. S @ 10-20.
Sunday: P/Cldy & warmer. High 59.
Monday (President’s Day): Mo. Cldy & colder once again. High 34.
Thursday’s High in Atlantic was 30. Our Low was 7. Last year on this date the High in Atlantic was 21 and the Low was -5. The Record High on this date was 67 in 2017. The Record Low was -25 in 1978.
Iowa opened a crucial part of its schedule with an ugly loss at home. The Hawkeyes roared back from a late 12 point deficit but came up short in an 84-79 loss to Michigan, snapping their three game winning streak. The Wolverines owned the paint as Iowa falls to 7-7 in the Big Ten.
Keegan Murray misfired on a three pointer in the waning seconds that would have tied the game.
Michigan took control with an 18-8 run midway though the second half that featured several Iowa miscues.
Keegan Murray led the Hawkeyes with 23 points. They visit 18th ranked Ohio State Saturday.
(Radio Iowa) – House Speaker Pat Grassley has used his authority to shift the governor’s plan for state-funded private school scholarships to another House committee — so the bill remains eligible for debate. “I can’t predict the end result is, ultimately,” Grassley says. The bill as currently written did not have enough support among Republicans on the House Education Committee, dooming its chances of clearing the panel by today’s (Friday’s) deadline for a committee vote.
Grassley has reassigned the bill to the House Appropriations Committee, where all bills are eligible for a vote at any time. “We’d like to have further discussions,” Grassley says, “and see what something may look like where we can get the support.” Governor Reynolds originally proposed state-funded scholarships for students to transfer out of a handful of underperforming school districts and into a private school, but the proposal stalled in the House a year ago.
Her revised plan calls for creation of 10-thousand state-funded accounts — each worth 53-hundred dollars — to cover the costs of a private school transfer, along with a new state fund that would be distributed to public schools in rural areas. Democrats say public tax dollars should be used on public schools and they oppose the governor’s plans.
(Radio Iowa) – A new report shows the State of Iowa issued nearly 44 million dollars worth of tax REFUNDS last year to corporations claiming a tax credit for research activities. Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver says that’s part of the discussion as Senate Republicans press to cut the corporate income tax RATE, while at the same time reduce tax CREDITS commonly used by businesses.
“If you’re going to dish out all these tax credits and exemptions, you can’t get your rate low enough,” Whitver says. “We really want to balance that, so that we’re more competitive.” Corporations claim the research activities credit to reduce what they owe in state taxes and the credit is so lucrative, many corporations erase all of what they owe and then some — so they get a refund check from the State.
Whitver says the credit has supported companies with high-paying jobs in research. “But do we need the most generous credit in the entire company?” Whitver asks. “And do we need to be cutting out $44 million worth of checks to companies here in Iowa?” House Republicans approved their tax plan this week and it does not include a corporate tax reduction. House Speaker Pat Grassley isn’t closing the door on a corporate tax cut, however.
“Our focus was on the individual income tax. That is why we moved that bill as quickly as we did,” Grassley says. “…That doesn’t mean there won’t be continued conversations between the House, the Senate and the governor.” Senator Whitver says there’s already agreement on about 75 percent of what should be in the final tax plan, with the exception of the taxes corporations pay.
“In mid-February I’m not going to draw any lines on anything,” Whitver says, “but I think it’s pretty obvious around the building that there’s a lot of interest in starting the conversation on corporate reforms. I mean, we have the second or third highest rate in the country.”
Governor Reynolds has proposed lowering the corporate income tax rate to five-and-a-half percent. The Senate G-O-P plan doesn’t go as far, but would cut that rate to just under eight percent AND get rid of about 140 million dollars worth of business tax breaks — including a tax credit for the purchase of computers.
The AHSTW Vikings found their groove in the third quarter and pulled away from the Audubon Wheelers for a 60-34 win in a Class 1A District 15 Semifinal on Thursday.
The Wheelers hung tight early, rallying from an 11-2 early deficit to lead 14-13 at the end of the first. AHSTW pulled in front by five at half 26-21. Then the Vikings got rolling in the third. Brayden Lund scored 21 of his game-high 22 points in the second half and the Vikings grabbed a 15-point lead by the end of the third.
AHSTW Head Coach GG Harris gave credit for the turnaround to the other end of the floor.
Raydden Grobe finished with 18 points, 16 of those coming in the first half. He said he felt confident early.
The Vikings improve to 22-1 on the season and advance to the District 15 Final against Exira-EHK next Tuesday in Harlan at 7:00 p.m.
Audubon was led by 16 points from Carson Bauer. The Wheelers end the season with a record of 9-14.
The Exira-EHK Spartans found a way to pull out a 46-42 win over IKM-Manning in a boys Class 1A District 15 Semifinal on Thursday night in Avoca. The game was tied at 39 late and the Spartans got a runner in the lane from Cash Emgarten to regain the lead and Trey Petersen buried a couple big free throws to seal the Spartan victory.
Aiden Flathers led the Spartans with 16 points, including a couple of big threes in the second half. Petersen had just three points, all at the line in the fourth quarter but he was excited for the chance to come through at the end.
Exira-EHK Head Coach Doug Newton thought his team got better on the boards as the game progressed and he was proud they found a way to win.
The Spartans improved to 15-8 on the season and advance to the District 15 Final next Tuesday night against AHSTW. That game will be played at Harlan at 7:00 p.m.
IKM-Manning was led by 15 points from Ross Kusel and 10 from Kristians Upmalis. The Wolves end the season at 7-16.
Regional Semifinals are on tap for Class 1A and 2A girls basketball on Friday. Here is a look at the area matchups that are all set for 7:00 p.m. starts.
CLASS 1A
Region 2
Audubon @ Newell-Fonda
Woodbine @ Remsen-St. Mary’s
Region 8
East Mills @ Exira-EHK- ON KJAN
CAM @ Stanton
CLASS 2A
Region 7
Central Decatur @ Panorama
Earlham @ Nodaway Valley
Region 8
West Central Valley @ Treynor
IKM-Manning @ Underwood
CLASS 1A
District 13
Grand View Christian 90, Ogden 56
Madrid 72, Ankeny Christian 54
District 14 @ East Mills
East Mills 54, Bedford 40
St. Albert 58, Stanton 43
District 15 @ Avoca
Exira-EHK 46, IKM-Manning 42 – KJANTV Audio (EEHK: Aiden Flathers 16pts)
AHSTW 60, Audubon 34 – ON KJAN (AHSTW: Brayden Lund 22pts, Raydden Grobe 18pts)
District 16
West Harrison 58, Tri-Center 57 (WH: Mason McIntosh hits buzzer beating three)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 40, Boyer Valley 30
CLASS 2A
District 5
Roland-Story 56, Southeast Valley 51
South Central Calhoun 64, Kuemper Catholic 50
District 15 @ Van Meter
Van Meter 77, I-35 18
Panorama 59, ACGC 47
District 16 @ Treynor
Treynor 54, Clarinda 53 (T: Ethan Dickerson blocked potential game-winning layup against the backboard)
Red Oak 60, Underwood 49
First Round:
Consolation:
1-A Team Scores:
1. Don Bosco 36.0
2. Lisbon 25.0
3. Logan-Magnolia 21.0
4. Nashua-Plainfield 19.5
5. Underwood 18.5
5. West Sioux 18.5
7. Alburnett 14.0
7. North Butler-Clarksville 14.0
9. New London 11.0
10. Akron-Westfield 10.0
10. Columbus Catholic 10.0
10. Emmetsburg 10.0
10. Interstate 35 10.0
10. West Hancock 10.0
15. Central Springs 9.0
16. Kuemper Catholic 8.0
16. South Central Calhoun 8.0
16. Wilton 8.0
19. AHSTW 7.0
19. Cascade 7.0
19. Lake Mills 7.0
19. MFL MarMac 7.0
19. Missouri Valley 7.0
19. Riverside, Oakland 7.0
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