Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Andrew Jones scored a career-high 23 points and No. 4 Texas held off Iowa State 78-72 to continue its torrid start to the season. Texas led by as much as 15 early in the second half and appeared to be cruising to an easy win over an Iowa State team that is still winless in the Big 12. But the Cyclones kept chipping away and made it tough for Texas to close out the game. Javan Johnson scored 21 points to lead Iowa State. Matt Coleman III added 13 points and Jericho Sims had 10 points and eight rebounds for the Longhorns.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa wrestler Spencer Lee is looking to take care of unfinished business this season. The cancellation of the NCAA Tournament last March cost Lee an opportunity to win a third straight national championship. He went 18-0 and led the Hawkeyes to the Big Ten title. He was winner of the Dan Hodge Trophy as the nation’s top college wrestler and a co-winner of the AAU James E. Sullivan Award as the nation’s top amateur athlete. Iowa is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason. Five of the top seven teams in the rankings are from the Big Ten.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — No. 6 Kansas has matched its own Big 12 record by winning 11 consecutive conference road games. The 9-2 Jayhawks won 93-64 at TCU, which had its five-game winning streak snapped. The win in Fort Worth on Tuesday night came three days after the Jayhawks’ 25-point loss at home to Texas that matched the most lopsided win by an opponent in the 65-year history of Allen Fieldhouse. David McCormack scored a season-high 20 points for the Jayhawks. Chuck O’Bannon Jr. had 18 points for 9-3 TCU.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have finished on top of the final AP Pro32 poll of the 2020 regular season. The Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills, New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks all kept their spots from last week to round out the top five.

The Atlantic boys swimming team hosted a triangular with Sioux City West and Waukee on Tuesday. Bryan York had a third place finish in the 500-yard freestyle and he placed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle. Alex Sampson went fourth in the 50-yard freestyle and was fifth in the 100-yard freestyle. Brayden Atkinson was fifth in the 200-yard IM and Alex Lihs went fifth in the 100-yard backstroke.

Check out the full results here: AtlanticHomeMeet01052021

@ WOODBINE
Logan-Magnolia 37, Atlantic-CAM 33 
     (Atlantic-CAM winners: Cruz Weaver, Ethan Follmann, Jaxson Bell, Jarrett Armstrong, Kadin Stutzman, Payton Fewson, Devin McKay)
Logan-Magnolia 76, OABCIG 6
Logan-Magnolia 78, Woodbine 3 
Atlantic-CAM 60, Woodbine 24
     (Atlantic-CAM winners: Cruz Weaver, Ethan Follmann, Joe Weaver, Brian South, Tanner O’Brien, Jarrett Armstrong, Kadin Stutzman, Payton Fewson, Brenden Casey, Devin McKay)
Atlantic-CAM 78, OABCIG 0 
    (Atlantic-CAM winners: Clevi Johnson, Cruz Weaver, Ethan Follmann, Joe Weaver, Jaxson Bell, Dante Hedrington, Brian South, Tanner O’Brien, Jarrett Armstrong, Kadin Stutzman, Payton Fewson, Brenden Casey,       Devin McKay)
Woodbine 42, OABCIG 24

@ CRESTON
Creston/Orient-Macksburg 60, Riverside 21
Creston/Orient-Macksburg 51, North Polk 23
North Polk 53, Riverside 27
*Jace Rose of Riverside reached 100 career wins.*

@ CARROLL
East Sac County 72, Coon Rapids-Bayard 12
East Sac County 49, Kuemper Catholic 30
Kuemper Catholic 57, Audubon 18
Kuemper Catholic 66, Coon Rapids-Bayard 12
Carroll 64, Audubon 12
Carroll 57, Coon Rapids-Bayard 6
Audubon 25, Coon Rapids-Bayard 24

@ SIDNEY
AHSTW 39, Abraham Lincoln 36
AHSTW 45, Southwest Iowa 28
AHSTW 54, Tri-Center 30
Abraham Lincoln 40, Southwest Iowa 39
Abraham Lincoln 54, Tri-Center 18
Southwest Iowa 52, Tri-Center 30

@ ST. ALBERT
Clarinda 51, St. Albert 24
Clarinda 48, Red Oak 28
Clarinda 60, Southwest Valley 9
St. Albert 36, Red Oak 30
St. Albert 39, Southwest Valley 31
Southwest Valley 48, Red Oak 30

@ NODAWAY VALLEY
Greene County 43, Nodaway Valley 12
Greene County 39, Martensdale-St. Marys 24
Woodward-Granger 54, Nodaway Valley 15
Woodward-Granger 47, Martensdale-St. Marys 36
Martensdale-St. Marys 40, Nodaway Valley 18

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Creston 71, Clarinda 28
Denison-Schleswig 56, Kuemper Catholic 38
St. Albert 74, Red Oak 33

Western Iowa Conference

Audubon 60, Riverside 28
Treynor 58, Tri-Center 38
Underwood 58, AHSTW 52

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 46, Woodbine 41
Boyer Valley 71, West Harrison 38
Exira-EHK 59, CAM 57
Glidden-Ralston 49, Coon Rapids-Bayard 43
West Bend-Mallard 39, Paton-Churdan 34

Corner Conference

East Mills 67, Essex 43
Fremont-Mills 54, Griswold 24

Pride of Iowa Conference

Nodaway Valley 64, Mount Ayr 44
Southwest Valley 55, Bedford 52
Martensdale-St. Marys 44, Southeast Warren 41

Other Scores

AC/GC 49, I-35 20
ADM 57, Carlisle 45
Carroll 50, Boone 48

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Glenwood 56, Atlantic 48
Creston 55, Clarinda 53
Denison-Schleswig 56, Kuemper Catholic 50
Lewis Central 46, Harlan 41
St. Albert 59, Red Oak 38

Western Iowa Conference

AHSTW 55, Underwood 54
IKM-Manning 54, Missouri Valley 29
Treynor 64, Tri-Center 55

Rolling Valley Conference

Coon Rapids-Bayard 62, Glidden-Ralston 46
Exira-EHK 70, CAM 61 OT
West Harrison 70, Boyer Valley 64
Woodbine 55, Ar-We-Va 35

Corner Conference

East Mills 77, Essex 15
Fremont-Mills 44, Griswold 36

Pride of Iowa Conference

Mount Ayr 65, Nodaway Valley 53
Southwest Valley 39, Bedford 37

Other Scores

AC/GC 72, I-35 56
Carroll 66, Boone 37

The Exira-EHK Spartans built a lead as big as 18 over the CAM Cougars on Tuesday night in a big top ten battle but needed a late free throw to grab the win. The Spartans lead 50-32 late in the third quarter but the Cougars clawed their way back to a tie game at 57 in the final minute on a Zoey Baylor bucket. Quinn Grubbs was able to draw a foul on the next possession and made 1 of 2 free throws to put the Spartans back on top. Zoey Baylor had a look at a go ahead bucket with about 10 seconds left but it rolled off. Shay Burmeister secured the rebound after a scramble and outlet the ball to allow the Spartans to run the clock down to .2 of a second before the Cougars could foul. Alisa Partridge added one more free throw to cap off the 59-57 win.

The Spartans jumped out front early with some great transition offense, turning CAM turnovers and misses into scoring chances on the other end. The Spartans led 20-10 at the end of the first and were up 34-25 at half. It was a 15 point Spartan lead heading into the fourth.

The Spartans were led by 29 from Quinn Grubbs including 11 of 15 from the free throw line. Macy Emgarten added 12 before fouling out late in the game. Exira-EHK improves to 9-0 on the season and will host Boyer Valley on Friday.

CAM got 16 points from freshman Eva Steffensen who had to battle through some second half foul trouble. Fellow freshman Meredith Rich had 12 on four three point makes. The Cougars suffer their first loss of the year and are now 8-1. They will travel to Paton-Churdan on Friday.

Trey Petersen hit a scrambling shot as time ran out in regulation to help Exira-EHK pick up a big road win over CAM in boys hoops Tuesday night in Anita. Initially it was thought that Petersen’s shot was a three that would’ve  gave the Spartans a 56-55 victory, but after consultation the officials ruled it was a two that tied the game at 55 to send it to overtime. The Spartans made sure that big shot mattered by pulling away in overtime to win it 70-61. The Spartans sank 12 of 14 free throw attempts in the extra session to seal the victory.

It was a close game throughout. The Cougars opened with 8 straight points from Colby Rich but the Spartans answered back with the next 9 to lead by 1 at the end of the first. The Spartans were up 23-22 at halftime and the game was tied at 38 heading into the fourth quarter.

Trey Petersen hardly was on the floor in the first half with early foul trouble but made up for that in a big way in the second half. He scored 21 points all in that second half. Tyler Petersen dropped in 16 and Easton Nelson had 13 for the Spartans. Exira-EHK improved to 6-2 on the season and will next host Boyer Valley on Friday.

CAM got a huge night from Colby Rich with a game high 31 points and Connor McKee finished with 12. The Cougars fall to 3-5 on the season and will next up travel to Paton-Churdan on Friday.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa wrestler Spencer Lee is looking to take care of unfinished business this season. The cancellation of the NCAA Tournament last March cost Lee an opportunity to win a third straight national championship. He went 18-0 and led the Hawkeyes to the Big Ten title.

FILE – In this Nov. 24, 2019, file photo, Iowa’s Spencer Lee wins by technical fall against Iowa State’s Alex Mackall at 125 pounds during the Cy-Hawk dual wrestling match at Hilton Coliseum, in Ames, Iowa. Lee and Oregon women’s basketball star Sabrina Ionescu shared the Sullivan Award on Wednesday night, April 29, 2020, as the country’s top amateur athlete. (Kelsey Kremer/The Des Moines Register via AP, File)

He was winner of the Dan Hodge Trophy as the nation’s top college wrestler and a co-winner of the AAU James E. Sullivan Award as the nation’s top amateur athlete. Iowa is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason. Five of the top seven teams in the rankings are from the Big Ten.