The CAM girls basketball team pulled away in the second half for a 51-38 win over ACGC on Monday night in Guthrie Center. The Cougars led 25-19 at halftime and doubled that lead by the end of the third. CAM Head Coach Joe Wollum said the offense executed better as the game moved along.

The Cougars had some great balanced scoring on the night. Eva Steffensen and Kiera Nichols had 10 points each and Meredith Rich and Mallory Behnken both had 9 points on the night. Coach Wollum said they stress getting balanced production.

CAM improved to 10-2 on the season. The Cougars host Paton-Churdan on Tuesday and Exira-EHK on Friday. We’ll have that Friday meeting with the Spartans on KJAN.

ACGC was led by 9 points from Alaina Bunde. The Chargers fall to 8-6 on the season and will be back at it on Tuesday with a road trip to Ogden.

The Drake Bulldogs squeaked out a 60-59 win over Southern Illinois on Monday night. The Bulldogs led 35-27 at half but needed a pair of free throws from Garrett Sturtz with 23 seconds left to get the win.

The Salukis opened the second half on a 14-0 run to grab the lead and the game became a see saw after that. Southern Illinois grabbed a 59-58 lead with 38 seconds left on a hoop in the lane by Marcus Domask. Sturtz then drew the foul to grab the lead back for good.

Sturtz finished with 16 points and 8 rebounds. Tucker DeVries added 14 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists. The Bulldogs improved to 13-5 on the season.

Drake has a quick turnaround with a Wednesday home game against Bradley at 7:00 p.m.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Harlan 64, Atlantic 34
Creston 79, Red Oak 38
Shenandoah 47, Tri-Center 30

Western Iowa Conference
IKM-Manning 65, Riverside 39
Logan-Magnolia 53, West Monona 52

Rolling Valley Conference
CAM 51, ACGC 38 – ON KJAN
Glidden-Ralston 42, Ogden 40

Corner Conference Tournament
Pool A
Fremont-Mills 36, Griswold 12
Pool B
Sidney 66, Essex 23

Other Scores
Earlham 50, Coon Rapids-Bayard 43
Mount Ayr 64, Murray 35
Wayne 61, Mormon Trail 41

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference
Harlan 77, Atlantic 50
Creston 57, Red Oak 52

Western Iowa Conference
AHSTW 64, Earlham 52
Riverside 50, IKM-Manning 39
Tri-Center 60, Shenandoah 38

Corner Conference Tournament
Pool A
Fremont-Mills 71, Essex 23
Pool B
Sidney 81, Griswold 43

Other Scores
ACGC 62, CAM 60- 2 OT- ON KJAN
East Union 85, Orient-Macksburg 30
Martensdale-St. Marys 73, Ankeny Christian 67
Mount Ayr 60, Murray 39
Ogden 65, Glidden-Ralston 42
West Bend-Mallard 76, Paton-Churdan 46
West Central Valley 57, Colfax-Mingo 51
West Monona 54, Logan-Magnolia 50

Class 1A
Ranking School
1 Don Bosco
2 Lisbon
3 West Sioux
4 Nashua-Plainfield
5 Logan-Magnolia
6 Missouri Valley
7 West Hancock
8 Wilton
9 South Central Calhoun
10 Emmetsburg
11 Alburnett
12 MFL-Mar-Mac
13 Central Springs
14 Sigourney-Keota
15 West Monona/Whiting
16 Beckman Catholic
17 Sumner-Fredericksburg
18 Lake Mills
19 Interstate 35
20 Earlham

Class 2A
Ranking School
1 West Delaware
2 Osage
3 Independence
4 Creston
5 Sergeant Bluff-Luton
6 Winterset
7 Crestwood
8 Assumption
9 Atlantic-CAM
10 Burlington Notre Dame
11 Algona
12 Hampton-Dumont-CAL
13 Humboldt
14 Glenwood
15 Williamsburg
16 Webster City
17 Clarion-Goldfield-Dows
18 Greene County
19 Red Oak
20 Mount Vernon

Class 3A
Ranking School
1 Waverly-Shell Rock
2 Southeast Polk
3 Ankeny
4 Waukee Northwest
5 Bettendorf
6 Linn-Mar
7 Indianola
8 Johnston
9 North Scott
10 Valley, WDM
11 Ankeny Centennial
12 Bondurant-Farrar
13 Dowling Catholic
14 Fort Dodge
15 Cedar Falls
16 Iowa City High
17 Pleasant Valley
18 Dubuque Hempstead
19 Iowa City West
20 Dallas Center-Grimes
21 Prairie
22 Carlisle
23 Ottumwa
24 Urbandale

Others receiving votes: Ohio St. 47, Virginia Tech 40, Oregon 23, Mississippi 21, Kansas St 18, South Florida 14, UCF 9, Missouri 8, DePaul 5, Kansas 4, South Dakota 3.

1. Gonzaga (25) 14-2 1486 2
2. Auburn (36)16-1 1482 4
3. Arizona 14-1 1320 6
4. Purdue 14-2 1255 7
5. Baylor 15-2 1238 1
6. Duke 14-2 1205 8
7. Kansas 14-2 1192 9
8. Wisconsin 14-2 1056 13
9. UCLA 11-2 1041 3
10. Houston 15-2 1036 11
11. Villanova 13-4 908 14
12. Kentucky 14-3 804 18
13. LSU 15-2 738 12
14. Michigan St. 14-3 681 10
15. Iowa St. 14-3 665 15
16. Southern Cal 14-2 618 5
17. Illinois 13-3 521 25
18. Texas Tech 13-4 509 19
19. Ohio St. 11-4 465 16
20. Xavier 13-3 427 17
21. Providence 14-2 350 23
22. Loyola Chicago13-2 193 –
23. Texas 13-4 185 21
24. Tennessee 11-5 98 22
25. UConn 11-4 73 –

Others receiving votes: Iowa 56, BYU 50, Davidson 34, Alabama 26, San Diego St. 25, Miami 21, Oregon 15, West Virginia 14, Colorado St. 13, Texas A&M 10, Oklahoma 7, TCU 4, North Carolina 2, Indiana 2.

IOWA CITY, Iowa — University of Iowa football student-athletes – offensive guard Connor Colby and defensive tackle Lukas Van Ness – were named to the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Freshman All-America Team on Monday.

Colby (6-foot-6, 298-pounds) is a native of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and attended Kennedy High School. He joined the Hawkeyes last spring and started 11 of 14 games at right guard in his first college season. He earlier earned Freshman All-America honors from the Maxwell Football Club.

Van Ness (6-5, 264) redshirted his first season before seeing action in 2021. The native of Barrington, Illinois (Barrington High School) collected 33 tackles, including 17 solo stops while playing in all 14 games. Van Ness tied for the team lead with seven sacks and had 8.5 tackles for loss, three pressures and one pass break-up.

Van Ness also earned freshman All-America honors from the Maxwell Football Club and earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition as well.

Iowa joins Ohio State and Texas A&M as the only programs with multiple players on the honor squad.

Iowa posted a 10-4 overall record in 2021 while winning the Big Ten West Division with a 7-2 mark. The Hawkeyes competed in the Vrbo Citrus Bowl to conclude the season. Iowa was ranked 23rd in the final national rankings, marking the fourth straight season the Hawkeyes have been in the final rankings.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State guard Gabe Kalscheur has been named Big 12 Newcomer of the Week after hitting six 3-pointers to lead the Cyclones to a 79-70 win over Texas on Saturday. It is Kalscheur’s third honor of the season.

Kalscheur averaged 18.0 points and was 10-for-21 behind the arc last week as the Cyclones split a pair of games against nationally-ranked opponents. Against Texas, Kalscheur drilled 6-of-12 3-pointers and finished with 22 points, while also chipping in three assists, two steals and two rebounds.

Earlier in the week, Kalscheur was 4-for-9 from 3-point range and finished with 14 points in a one-point loss at Kansas.

KU’s Ochai Agbaji was named Big 12 Player of the Week.

Kalscheur and the Cyclones return to action Tuesday at Texas Tech (8 p.m., ESPNU).

IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Iowa sophomore Caitlin Clark was named Big Ten Co-Player of the week, the conference announced Monday. Clark shares the honor with Ohio State’s Jacy Sheldon.

Clark has tallied 27-career Big Ten weekly honors – 13 freshman, nine player and five honor roll. This is her third-consecutive Big Ten Player of the Week honor and fourth this season.

The West Des Moines, Iowa, native averaged 27.5 points, 9.5 assists, nine rebounds and shot 92.9 percent from the free-throw line in the Hawkeyes’ wins over Purdue and Nebraska. She was 26-for-28 from the free-throw line and drew 22 fouls.

Against Nebraska, Clark registered her third season double-double and fourth career double-double, recording 31 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. She added four steals and two blocks and shot a perfect 12-for-12 from the free-throw line, while drawing 10 fouls of her 22 fouls for the week.

Clark and the Hawkeyes head to Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Thursday to take on the Minnesota Gophers inside Williams Arena. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. (CT) on B1G Network.

AMES, Iowa – Due to recent COVID-19 developments within the Utah Valley wrestling program, the dual scheduled for Jan. 23 between the Cyclones and Wolverines has been postponed.

Iowa State is still scheduled to face North Dakota State on Jan. 23, with that match starting at 2 p.m. at Hilton Coliseum.

Both Iowa State and Utah Valley will look for a date in the remaining schedule to have the postponed dual.