The Iowa State women were outscored 28-21 in the fourth quarter and came up short at home against Baylor 76-70 on Saturday night at Hilton Coliseum. The Cyclones had a one point lead heading into the final quarter but couldn’t hold on.

Sarah Andrews led the Bears attack with 21 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists.

Nyamer Diew had 25 points and 5 rebounds for the Cyclones. Ashley Joens added 23 points and 6 boards.

Iowa State drops to 15-7 on the season and will now have a week off before a road trip to West Virginia.

Iowa rallied from 8-points down in the second half and edged past Illinois 81-79 on Saturday afternoon in Iowa City. Tony Perkins had a monster game to lead the Hawkeyes with a career-high 32 points. He scored 17 of Iowa’s final 28 points in the game.

Iowa also got 19 points and 7 rebounds from Kris Murray and 13 points from Filip Rebraca.

The Hawkeyes improved to 15-8 overall and 7-5 in the Big Ten. Next up for the Hawks is a trip to take on top-ranked Purdue on Thursday at 6:00 p.m. We’ll have coverage on KJAN with pregame at 5:00 p.m.

Iowa State played its way back into the Big 12 title hunt with Saturday’s victory over eighth ranked Kansas. The 13th ranked Cyclones posted a 68-53 win, bouncing back from a second half collapse at Texas Tech.

That’s Iowa State coach T.J.Otzelberger. ISU visits West Virginia Wednesday night. They begin the week 7-3 and in second place in the Big 12.

Boys district swimming meets for the 2023 postseason will hit the water today.

District meets will start at 12:00 p.m. The fastest 32 individual swimmers and 24 relay teams from district competition will qualify for the state meet, which is February 10th and 11th at the University of Iowa’s Campus Recreation and Wellness Center in Iowa City.

Atlantic will compete at the Johnston District site along with Centerville, Des Moines East, Dowling Catholic, Johnston, Lewis Central, Newton, and WDM Valley. Atlantic head coach Dean Junker said his guys have shown great improvement the past few weeks and should compete well.

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Denison-Schleswig pushed the pace early and raced away from Atlantic 66-47 on Friday night at Atlantic High School. The Monarchs used tight defense and a quick transition game to jump on top of the Trojans early, leading 20-7 by the end of the first quarter. Atlantic never recovered and the Monarchs continued to pull away for most of the night. Atlantic head coach Derek Hall said the guys were just out of sorts from the start.

Carson Seuntjens led the Monarchs with a 17-point night and three others scored in double-figures. Luke Wiebers had 13, Lance Arkfeld dropped in 11, and Jaxon Wessel added 10. The Monarchs improved to 12-4 on the season and they’ll be back at it Saturday against Carroll.

Atlantic was led by 14 points from Colton Rasmussen but nobody else reached double-figures. The Trojans drop to 7-12 on the season and they will try to regroup for a home game with Harlan next Tuesday.

The Atlantic girls basketball team started the game on a 12-0 and controlled the entire contest in a 56-18 win over Denison-Schleswig on Friday night.

The Trojans led 17-5 by the end of the first quarter and ballooned the lead to 30 by halftime. The Trojans did a nice job of getting the ball in the paint early and Paytn Harter dropped in 10 of her game-high 20 points in the first quarter. Atlantic head coach Dan Vargason said that early aggressiveness was key.

The Trojans locked down the Monarchs with their typical strong defense, forcing 21 Denison-Schleswig turnovers on the night.

Aubrey Guyer added 11 points and Jada Jensen and Madison Huddleson both finished with 10 for the Trojans. Atlantic improved to 16-4 on the season and will next up host Harlan on Tuesday.

Denison-Schleswig was led by 6 points from Kaina Schulz. The Monarchs drop to 3-15 and they will face Carroll on Saturday.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Atlantic 56, Denison-Schleswig 18 (A: Patyn Harter 20pts)
Clarinda 42, Southwest Valley 41
Creston 58, Red Oak 24
Kuemper Catholic 50, Shenandoah 42

Western Iowa Conference

Logan-Magnolia 45, IKM-Manning 31
Underwood 56, Missouri Valley 18

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 62, Paton-Churdan 38
CAM 63, Glidden-Ralston 55 (C: Eva Steffensen 19pts. Meredith Rich 17pts)
Coon Rapids-Bayard 52, Boyer Valley 33
Woodbine 60, Exira-EHK 52 (Woodbine wins at least a share of the Rolling Valley Conference Championship)

Corner Conference

East Mills 60, Essex 22
Fremont-Mills 58, Griswold 18

Pride of Iowa Conference

Mount Ayr 59, Bedford 19
Nodaway Valley 77, Lenox 65 (NV secures POI conference title. Lindsey Davis 31pts)
Southeast Warren 51, East Union 26

Other Scores

ACGC 61, Pleasantville 21
Boone 40, Carroll 26
Des Moines Christian 44, Panorama 25
Sioux City East 61, CB Abraham Lincoln 39
Sioux City North 51, CB Thomas Jefferson 26

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Denison-Schleswig 66, Atlantic 47
Clarinda 66, Southwest Valley 37
Creston 77, Red Oak 59
Kuemper Catholic 73, Shenandoah 34

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 70, Logan-Magnolia 54
Riverside 46, Tri-Center 44 (R: Aiden Bell 3-pointer at the buzzer)
Underwood 79, Missouri Valley 46

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM 54, Glidden-Ralston 28
Coon Rapids-Bayard 65, Boyer Valley 59
Woodbine 68, Exira-EHK 67

Corner Conference

East Mills 81, Essex 19
Fremont-Mills 64, Griswold 53

Pride of Iowa Conference

Central Decatur 58, Martensdale-St. Marys 47
Nodaway Valley 70, Lenox 69 (NV: Boston DeVault 27pts)

Other Scores

ACGC 67, Pleasantville 53 (A: Brock Littler 31pts)
Carroll 52, Boone 41
CB Thomas Jefferson 65, Sioux City North 56
Des Moines Christian 76, Panorama 44
Sioux City East 60, CB Abraham Lincoln 57