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Midwest Sports Headlines: 12/5/17

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December 5th, 2017 by Ric Hanson

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

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Juwan Morgan scored 15 points and De’Ron Davis added 13, spurring a decisive 18-0 second-half run to give Indiana a 77-64 victory over Iowa. The Hoosiers ended a two-game losing streak and gave new coach Archie Miller his first conference win.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Freshman Lindell Wigginton poured in a season-high 28 points and Iowa State rallied to beat Northern Illinois 94-80 for its fifth straight win. Senior Donovan Jackson added 24 points with six 3-pointers and Nick Weiler-Babb had 12 points and 11 assists for the Cyclones (5-2), who overcame depth issues to outscore the Huskies 58-42 in the second half.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have lost six of their past seven games, and how they’ve gone from a 5-0 start to tied atop the AFC West has been only part of the embarrassment. They are also one of the NFL’s most penalized teams, and cornerback Marcus Peters’ latest unsportsmanlike conduct penalty only underscored their discipline problems.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska coach Scott Frost will bring seven assistant coaches from Central Florida with him. Frost will have a salary pool of up to $5 million a year for assistants. Frost himself agreed to a seven-year deal totaling $35 million. He can earn bonuses totaling almost $1 million if he’s able to win conference and national championships in the same year. That’s according a memorandum of understanding with Nebraska that he signed on Nov. 27, six days before he was announced as the new coach.

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Frustration got the best of Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski in the Patriots’ victory over the Buffalo Bills. And Kansas City cornerback Marcus Peters finally had enough of all the yellow flags. So he picked up one and tossed it into the stands and mistakenly figured he’d been ejected. Frustration also is rampant in Denver. The Broncos are playing worse than anyone in the league and are committing so many blunders that their coach is losing track.