Iowa sophomore Keegan Murray was named the Big Ten Conference Player of the Week.  Murray scored a career high 35 points in a win by the Hawkeyes over Utah State Saturday.  He leads the country in points per game.  This is his second weekly honor this year.

UNI junior AJ Green was named the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Week.  Green led the Panthers in scoring in both of their wins last week and has moved into tenth place on the UNI all-time scoring list.

Creighton freshman Ryan Nembhard is the Big East Freshman of the Week.  He averaged 10.5 points and six assists in the Bluejays two games last week, including the upset of #9 Villanova.

Boys Hoops

Western Iowa Conference:

• Logan-Magnolia 63, IKM-Manning 36
• Underwood 62, Missouri Valley 43

Non-Conference:

• Red Oak 60, Fremont-Mills 49
• Stanton 62, Bedford 36
• Bishop Heelan Catholic 66, Kuemper Catholic 62
• Diagonal 75, Lenox 64

Girls Hoops

Western Iowa Conference:

• Logan-Magnolia 59, IKM-Manning 39
• Underwood 70, Missouri Valley 30

Non-Conference:

• Fremont-Mills 31, Red Oak 26
• Panorama 76, Harlan 51
• Stanton 66, Bedford 22
• Bishop Heelan Catholic 58, Kuemper Catholic 32
• Lenox 47, Diagonal 32

1. South Carolina
2. Stanford
3. Louisville
4. Arizona
5. NC State
6. Maryland 
7. Tennessee
8. Indiana 
9. Michigan 
10. Baylor 
11. UConn
12. Texas 
13. Georgia
13. Iowa St. 
15. Iowa 
16. Duke
17. Georgia Tech
18. South Florida
19. BYU
20. Notre Dame
21. LSU
22. Kentucky
23. Texas A&M
24. Ohio State
25. North Carolina

Others receiving votes: Colorado 52, Oklahoma 45, DePaul 43, Florida Gulf Coast 42, Nebraska 30.

Others receiving votes: Oklahoma 65, West Virginia 57, UConn 55, Illinois 49, Loyola Chicago 42, Michigan 9, Arkansas 9, BYU 8, North Carolina 7, San Francisco 6, Wake Forest 5, Virginia Tech 4, Oklahoma State 4, Iowa 3, Minnesota 3, Creighton 2, Memphis 1 

The UNI women’s basketball team came up short at Oregon State on Sunday 70-59. The Beavers jumped in front by seven at the end of the first and 14 by halftime.

Oregon State was led by 14 points apiece from Talia von Oelhoffen and Taylor Jones. The Beavers move to 7-3 on the season.

UNI got 17 points from Karli Rucker and Kam Finley finished with 11 points and 7 rebounds. UNI falls to 7-4 on the season. Next up for the Panthers is a 6:00 p.m. matchup with Evansville at home on December 30th.

The Drake women’s basketball team fell on the road against Nebraska on Sunday 89-68. It was a six point game at half but the Huskers gradually pulled away and put the game away with a 25-14 advantage in the fourth quarter.

Nebraska was led by 16 points from Ashley Scoggin and 15 each from Sam Haiby and Alexis Markowski. The Huskers improved to 11-0.

Drake got 16 points from Megan Meyer and 14 from Maggie Bair in the loss. The Bulldogs fell to 7-3 on the season. Next up is a home game against Minnesota on Thursday.

Drake picked up an 80-54 win over UT-Martin on Sunday at the Knapp Center. The Bulldogs raced out to a 43-25 advantage in the first half and outscored the Skyhawks by 9 in the second half.

Okay Djamgouz and Tucker DeVries each dropped in 15 points for the Bulldogs. DeVries also had 7 assists and 6 rebounds to help the effort. Darnell Brodie had 12 points and ShanQuan Hemphill and Ayo Akinwole each had 10.

The Bulldogs improved to 9-4 on the season and will travel to face St. Louis on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m.

The Creston Panthers beat the Humboldt Wildcats 40-24 in a dual that preceded the Iowa State vs. Purdue matchup on Sunday at Humboldt High School.

Winners for the Panthers were: Christian Ahrens (113), Trey Chestnut (132), Triston Barncastle (145), Briley Hayes (152), Kaden Street (170), Ty Morrison (182), Max Chapman (220), andChris Wilson (285).

The Panthers improve to 10-0 in dual action this season.

HUMBOLDT, Iowa – Iowa State Wrestling Head Coach Kevin Dresser picked up his 200^th career win Sunday night, as the 13^th-ranked Cyclones beat 15^th-ranked Purdue 23-13 at Humboldt High School. The victory came in his hometown gym, as Humboldt is the hometown for Dresser and Purdue head coach Tony Ersland.

The Boilermakers jumped out to an 11-0 lead through the first three matches. Purdue earned a major decision at 125 pounds and 141 to take the early lead. Iowa State got on the board at 149 pounds, as 24^th-ranked Jarrett Degen earned a 20-1 (6:10) technical fall against Trey Kruse. Leading 4-0 going into the second period, Degen earned a quick reversal before adding a pair of nearfall points. With :10 left in the second period, Degen increased his lead to 12-0 with a four-point nearfall. The match ended as Degen earned a takedown with 1:00 to go before another four-point nearfall with :50 left. It was the 80^th career victory for Degen, as he improved to 6-1 on the year.

In one of the most anticipated matches of the night, top-ranked David Carr defeated 11^th-ranked Kendall Coleman by fall (4:30) at 157 pounds. Carr led 2-0 after the first period and added two takedowns for a 7-1 lead in the second before recording the fall. Purdue was deducted a team point following the 157-pound match, giving Iowa State the 11-10 lead. Carr moved to 8-0 on the year with his 41^st-straight victory, the second-longest active streak in the nation.

Purdue’s final victory came at 165 pounds, as Hayden Lohrey edged Austin Kraisser 5-3. At 174 pounds, Joel Devine downed 21^st-ranked Gerrit Nijenhuis 4-1. Devine opened the scoring with a first period takedown. Leading 2-1 into the third period, Devine earned a point for stalling before getting a riding time (1:09) point for the victory. The Devine victory gave Iowa State the lead for good.

It was another top-20 battle at 184 pounds, as 13^th-ranked Marcus Coleman defeated 20^th-ranked Max Lyon 8-2. Coleman recorded a takedown in each of the first two periods, taking a 4-2 lead into the final period. Coleman escaped :12 into the period and added a takedown with :12 left to seal the victory.

Ranked 18^th in the country, Yonger Bastida picked up his second-straight top-10 win as he defeated 10^th-ranked Thomas Penola 6-4 at 197 pounds. Bastida had a takedown in each of the first two periods to take a 4-3 lead into the third period. The final takedown came with 1:11 left for Bastida’s victory that put Iowa State ahead 20-13. Bastida moved to 7-1 on the year with the win. Sam Schuyler recorded a takedown :12 into the match at heavyweight, as he beat Michael Woulfe 2-0.

DURHAM, N.C.—Morningside overcame two different seven-point deficits and three turnovers to score the final 17 points of the NAIA Football National Championship to win its third title in four years.

The Mustangs finished the year with a perfect 14-0 record after defeating Grand View 38-28.

“It was tough, but the guys kept playing,” said coach Steve Ryan. “We struggled with turnovers in the first half and our defense came out and played lights-out in the second half.”

Grand View (14-1) forced a three-and-out to start the third quarter, then blocked the punt to take over at the Morningside 5-yard line. Ali Scott’s second touchdown run of the game put the Vikings up 28-21 with 12:25 left in the third.

Morningside used a 15-play, 82-yard drive that chewed up 6:25 of the third quarter to tie the game at 28 on Anthony Sims’ third touchdown run of the game from four yards out.

Sims was the Offensive Player of the Game finishing with 145 rushing yards on 27 carries.

A Drew Bessey interception with 12:31 left in the fourth which set up a 34-yard touchdown pass from Joe Dolincheck to Reid Jurgensmeier.

Jurgensmeier had a monster game in the second half, finishing with 216 yards on 13 catches.

“He always played big in big games, and he did today,” said Ryan of Jurgensmeier. “He made critical catches and his last touchdown was phenomenal.”

Both teams scored on their first possessions, going 75 yards each on six plays each. A 30-yard pass from Johnny Sullivan to Anthony Turner got Grand View on the board first just 2:27 into the game and Sims scored from three yards out for Morningside to tie the game with 11:11 left in the first. A two-yard run by Sims at the 6:52 mark of the quarter gave the Mustangs their first lead.

The Vikings took advantage of a pair of turnovers to regain the lead with a one-yard run by Ali Scott to tie it.

Morningside was able to keep points off the board once on a missed field goal following an interception and nearly regained momentum on a long pass to Austin Johnson, but the ball was punched loose by Jianni Angulo after a 57-yard gain.

Grand View answered with a 10-yard reception by Bennett Spry from Sullivan with 3:03 left in the second to go up 21-14.

“I couldn’t be any prouder of them,” said coach Joe Woodley of his Grand View team. “They showed the same guts and fight and execution today as they have all year. Sometimes it’s not enough.”

The Mustangs answered with a 13-play drive to tie the game with an 11-yard touchdown pass from Joe Dolincheck to Austin Johnson with 20 seconds left in the second.

“Joe just puts the ball in the right spot every play,” said Jurgensmeier. “That’s what we’ve been doing all year, and our coaches had good calls and put us in the right spots.”

Jalen Portis was named the Defensive Player of the

(Game after making five tackles, a sack, and a forced fumble, leading a defense that limited the Vikings to 324 total yards.

(from naia.org)