BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Grace Berger, Mackenzie Holmes, and Ali Patberg each scored 22 points as 10th-ranked Indiana rallied from a seven-point deficit in the third quarter for an 89-80 Big Ten home victory over Iowa. The Hoosiers (17-4, 15-2 Big Ten) pulled to within a half-game of No. 8 Maryland (19-2, 15-1) for the regular-season conference crown. Indiana has one game remaining while the Terrapins have two.

Iowa freshman guard Caitlin Clark, the nation’s second-leading scorer at 26.9 points per game, led all scorers with 32 points before fouling out late in the fourth quarter. Manika Czinano added 20 points for the Hawkeyes (14-8, 10-8).

2020-21 Western Iowa All-Conference
Basketball Honor Teams

WIC GIRLS BB

Co-Players of the Year: Kailey Jones (sr., AHSTW); Aleah Hermensen (jr., Audubon).

First Team

*Kailey Jones (sr., AHSTW); *Aleah Hermensen (jr., Audubon); *Clara Tiegland (soph., Treynor); Alexa Ahrenholtz (sr., IKM-Manning); Jaci Christensen (jr., Audubon); Kendra Kuck (jr., Underwood); Emilie Thompson (sr., Logan-Magnolia).

Second Team

Claire Denning (sr., AHSTW); Aliyah Humphrey (soph., Underwood); Claire Harris (sr., AHSTW); Mandy Stogdill (sr., Treynor); Leah Hall (soph., Underwood); Alyssa Keller (sr., Treynor); Presley Pogge (sr., Tri-Center).

*Unanimous Selection.

WIC BOYS BB

Player of the Year: Raddyn Grobe (jr., AHSTW).

First Team

*Raddyn Grobe (jr., AHSTW); *Leyton Nelson (sr., Tri-Center); *Tre Melby (sr., Logan-Magnolia); *Tim Zimmerman (sr., Treynor); Ethan Alfers (sr., Tri-Center); Sid Schaff (sr., Treynor); Brayden Lund (soph., AHSTW).

Second Team

Kyle Sternberg (soph., AHSTW); Grady Jeppersen (fr., Riverside); Trent Kozeal (sr., Tri-Center); Noah James (sr., Treynor); Blake Hall (sr., Underwood); Kyler Rasmussen (sr., IKM-Manning); Brogan Allensworth (sr., Riverside).

*Unanimous Selections.

2020-21 WIC Academic All-Conference – Winter Season
(Must be a senior; Maintain a 3.25 cumulative grade point average)

Boys Basketball

AHSTW: Blake Holst, Chloe Falkena (mgr.).
Audubon: Teddy DuVall, Ethan Klocke, Joel Klocke.
IKM-Manning: Kyler Rasmussen, Brody Swearinger, Connor Keller.
Logan-Magnolia: Randen Bradshaw, Tre Melby.
Missouri Valley: Alec Fichter, Jacob Meade.
Riverside: Wyatt Hough, Eli Ryun, Drake Woods.
Treynor: Noah James, Braden Larsen, Blake Sadr, Sid Schaff.
Tri-Center: Leyton Nelson, Trent Kozeal, Mason Rohatsch, Zach Elliott, Ethan Alfers, Alex Wilson, Landon Thomas, Owen Osbahr, Drake Newland, Mollie Nelson (mgr.).
Underwood: James Brainard, Blake Hall, Brayden Wollan, AJ Scott, Quinn Kuck.

Girls Basketball

AHSTW: Claire Denning, Claire Harris, Kailey Jones, Julia Kock, Holly Hoepner, MaKenzie Whyte.
Audubon: Sydney Beymer, Kodie Sporrer, Katelyn Nielsen, Johanna Sauers.
IKM-Manning: Alexa Ahrenholtz, Lauren Danner.
Logan-Magnolia: Emme Lake, Courtney Ohl, Emilie Thompson.
Missouri Valley: Carlie Winchester.
Riverside: Kenna Ford, Chiara Rains.
Treynor: Anna Halverson, Alyssa Keller, Mandy Stogdill.
Tri-Center: Jade Daughenbaugh, Madison Ausdemore, Presley Pogge, Molly Carlson, Kylie Alfers, Faith McPhillips, Annie Dahir (mgr.).
Underwood: Macy Van Fossen, Taylor Nelson, Zoe Russ.

Wrestling

Logan-Magnolia: Daisy Harlon, Josef Hedger, Briar Reisz.
Missouri Valley: Fred Veatch.
Treynor: Trevor Casey, Evan Smith.
Tri-Center: Ethan Chmelka, Luke Hundtofte, Pearl Huddle (mgr.).
Underwood: Nick Stephens, Chris Gardiner.

The Exira-EHK Spartans girls basketball team will get to step on the State Tournament stage on Wednesday afternoon. The Spartans (23-0) will square off against the MMCRU Royals (21-2) in a Class 1A Quarterfinal game that is set for a 4:00 p.m. tipoff. We’ll have coverage on KJAN starting with pregame at 3:00 p.m.

The Spartans are coming off a thrilling Regional Final win over Lenox in which the Spartans built a 20 point halftime lead, gave it all way, and then finished strong in the fourth to advance 66-56. The Royals also prevailed by ten in their Regional Final win over Westwood 53-43.

The Spartans have been led by three players averaging double figures in scoring. Macy Emgarten with 18, Quinn Grubbs with 16.2, and Mollie Rasmussen with 13.7. The Spartans are averaging 65 points per game as a team. Spartans Head Coach Tom Petersen has been proud of the growth the team has shown through a tough year.

Coach Petersen also said the girls have done a great job adjusting their roles after senior Tatum Grubbs suffered an injury.

The Royals have four players that average double figures: Emily Dreckman with 15, Ellie Hilbrands with 12, and Jaylen Bork with 11. The Royals are averaging 66 points per game as a squad. Coach Petersen said the outside shooting of the Royals is a concern and he knows they will have to slow down Hilbrands inside.

We’ll have coverage of the Quarterfinal match-up today on KJAN. Pregame starts at 3:00 p.m. with tip-off scheduled for 4:00 p.m. Chris Parks and Joe Wollum will have the call from Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines.

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

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton coach Greg McDermott has apologized for urging his players to “stay on the plantation” in a postgame locker room talk following a loss over the weekend. In a statement posted on Twitter, McDermott said he used a “terribly inappropriate analogy in making a point about staying together as a team despite the loss.” McDermott, who is white, acknowledged saying: “Guys, we got to stick together. We need both feet in. I need everybody to stay on the plantation. I can’t have anybody leave the plantation.” McDermott said he immediately recognized he had made an “egregious mistake.” Creighton has a racially diverse roster that includes several Black players.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Kai Jones came off the bench to score a season-high 17 points and lead four Texas players in double figures and the 15th-ranked Longhorns pulled away from Iowa State early in an 81-67 win. Texas led for all but 22 seconds while beating the Cyclones for the eighth time in 10 meetings. Iowa State was led by Jalen Coleman-Lands, who scored 22 points. Courtney Ramey added 14 points for the Longhorns and Greg Brown and Matt Coleman III each had 12.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An attorney for the family of a 5-year-old girl critically injured in a crash involving former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid says the girl suffered a devastating brain injury that has left her unable to speak or walk. Attorney Tom Porto said Tuesday in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” that the family of 5-year-old Ariel Young wants to see “the most serious charges and the most serious sentence that Britt could ever receive.” The girl has been hospitalized since the Feb. 4 crash in which Reid’s truck slammed into two cars on the side of the road. Police have said Reid told investigators he had “two or three drinks” along with prescribed Adderall before the crash. No charges have been filed.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The top-ranked Iowa wrestling team will enter the Big Ten tournament this weekend after having not wrestled since Feb. 7. The defending conference champion Hawkeyes had to pause team activities for 10 days because of positive COVID-19 tests. During that time all the Hawkeyes could do was run outdoors to maintain their conditioning. The pause coincided with the record cold spell in the Midwest. Alex Marinelli says he couldn’t imagine athletes in other sports going out for runs when the temperature was 15 degrees below zero. The Hawkeyes shared the Big Ten regular-season title with Penn State.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Former Iowa basketball player Dr. P. Sue Beckwith has given $7 million to endow the Hawkeyes’ head coaching position. Known as Sue Beckwith when she played for the Hawkeyes from 1976-80, she received her medical degree from Iowa in 1984 and practices in Des Moines. Lisa Bluder and all future head women’s basketball coaches will hold the title of P. Sue Beckwith, MD, Head Women’s Basketball Coach. Beckwith has now given nearly $9 million to Iowa women’s athletics.

Substate 1 @ CB Thomas Jefferson: CB Abraham Lincoln 58, Southeast Polk 43

Substate 2 @ East High:  Ames 57, Ankeny Centennial 37

Substate 3 @ Marshalltown: Johnston 65, Cedar Rapids Kennedy 63

Substate 4 @ Waterloo East: Cedar Falls 57, Cedar Rapids Washington 28

Substate 5 @ Clinton: Dubuque Senior 62, North Scott 40

Substate 6 @ Bettendorf: Pleasant Valley 57, Iowa City Liberty 46

Substate 7 @ Dallas Center-Grimes: Dowling Catholic 61, Valley 51

Substate 8 @ Indianola: Waukee 74, Ankeny 54

Class 3A Quarterfinals
#3 Unity Christian 70, #6 Roland-Story 42

Class 4A Quarterfinals
#1 Glenwood 79, #8 Wahlert Catholic 57
#4 Central DeWitt (16-2) vs. #5 North Scott (15-2) 1:00 p.m.
#2 Ballard 38, #7 Harlan 27
#3 Dallas Center-Grimes 43, #6 Bondurant-Farrar 32

Class 2A Quarterfinals
#1 Maquoketa Valley 51, #8 Rock Valley 35
#4 Nodaway Valley 53, #5 North Linn 47 (NV: Lindsey Davis 20pts, Maddax DeVault 17pts)

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Former Iowa basketball player Dr. P. Sue Beckwith has given $7 million to endow the Hawkeyes’ head coaching position. Known as Sue Beckwith when she played for the Hawkeyes from 1976-80, she received her medical degree from Iowa in 1984 and practices in Des Moines.

Lisa Bluder and all future head women’s basketball coaches will hold the title of P. Sue Beckwith, MD, Head Women’s Basketball Coach. Beckwith has now given nearly $9 million to Iowa women’s athletics.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The top-ranked Iowa wrestling team will enter the Big Ten tournament this weekend after having not wrestled since Feb. 7. The defending conference champion Hawkeyes had to pause team activities for 10 days because of positive COVID-19 tests. During that time all the Hawkeyes could do was run outdoors to maintain their conditioning. The pause coincided with the record cold spell in the Midwest.

FILE – Iowa’s Alex Marinelli, left, wrestles Ohio State’s Ethan Smith at 165 pounds during a NCAA Big Ten Conference wrestling dual in Iowa City, Iowa, in this Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, file photo. The interruption to the season led to the cancellations of two duals, meaning the top-ranked Hawkeyes will go into the Big Ten championships having not competed since Feb. 7. The meet is Saturday and Sunday in State College, Pennsylvania. The Hawks won last year’s conference title and Marinelli, 125-pounder Spencer Lee and 149-pounder Pat Lugo took individual championships.(Iowa City Press-Citizen via AP, File)

Alex Marinelli says he couldn’t imagine athletes in other sports going out for runs when the temperature was 15 degrees below zero. The Hawkeyes shared the Big Ten regular-season title with Penn State.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An attorney for the family of a 5-year-old girl critically injured in a crash involving former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid says the girl suffered a devastating brain injury that has left her unable to speak or walk. Attorney Tom Porto said Tuesday in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America” that the family of 5-year-old Ariel Young wants to see “the most serious charges and the most serious sentence that Britt could ever receive.”

The girl has been hospitalized since the Feb. 4 crash in which Reid’s truck slammed into two cars on the side of the road. Police have said Reid told investigators he had “two or three drinks” along with prescribed Adderall before the crash. No charges have been filed.