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

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Fred Hoiberg has been introduced as Nebraska’s new basketball coach at a news conference where 300 people attended and cheerleaders greeted him as he walked to the dais. The Chicago Bulls fired Hoiberg four months ago. He said he was drawn to Nebraska because of his family’s ties to the state and university. Hoiberg’s grandfather Jerry Bush coached the Huskers in the 1950s and ’60s. Hoiberg’s charge is to turn around a program that finished 10th or lower in the Big Ten six times in eight years.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Longtime coach Lute Olson and the late Rick Majerus headline the 2019 class of six former players and three influential coaches selected for the College Basketball Hall of Fame. Joining them during the induction ceremony this November in Kansas City, Missouri, are former Indiana star Calbert Cheaney, Duke’s Shane Battier, Purdue’s Terry Dischinger, Ernie DiGregorio of Providence, UNLV’s Larry Johnson, Stanford standout Todd Lichti and longtime Valparaiso coach Homer Drew.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Nelson Cruz got a second chance and delivered a go-ahead single with two outs in the 10th inning, giving the Minnesota Twins a 5-4 victory over the sloppy Kansas City Royals. Trevor Hildenberger got the final out of the ninth inning for Minnesota, and Blake Parker breezed through the bottom half of the 10th to earn the save.

NEW YORK (AP) — Garrison Mathews swished his ninth 3-pointer of the game in front of an exuberant Lipscomb bench for the lead with 1:10 left in the game to send the Bisons on their way to the NIT championship in a 71-64 win over Wichita State. Mathews finished with 34 points and has Lipscomb set to play for its first NIT championship.