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Midwest Sports Headlines: 1/6/21

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January 6th, 2021 by Ric Hanson

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

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Andrew Jones scored a career-high 23 points and No. 4 Texas held off Iowa State 78-72 to continue its torrid start to the season. Texas led by as much as 15 early in the second half and appeared to be cruising to an easy win over an Iowa State team that is still winless in the Big 12. But the Cyclones kept chipping away and made it tough for Texas to close out the game. Javan Johnson scored 21 points to lead Iowa State. Matt Coleman III added 13 points and Jericho Sims had 10 points and eight rebounds for the Longhorns.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa wrestler Spencer Lee is looking to take care of unfinished business this season. The cancellation of the NCAA Tournament last March cost Lee an opportunity to win a third straight national championship. He went 18-0 and led the Hawkeyes to the Big Ten title. He was winner of the Dan Hodge Trophy as the nation’s top college wrestler and a co-winner of the AAU James E. Sullivan Award as the nation’s top amateur athlete. Iowa is the unanimous No. 1 team in the preseason. Five of the top seven teams in the rankings are from the Big Ten.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — No. 6 Kansas has matched its own Big 12 record by winning 11 consecutive conference road games. The 9-2 Jayhawks won 93-64 at TCU, which had its five-game winning streak snapped. The win in Fort Worth on Tuesday night came three days after the Jayhawks’ 25-point loss at home to Texas that matched the most lopsided win by an opponent in the 65-year history of Allen Fieldhouse. David McCormack scored a season-high 20 points for the Jayhawks. Chuck O’Bannon Jr. had 18 points for 9-3 TCU.

NEW YORK (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have finished on top of the final AP Pro32 poll of the 2020 regular season. The Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills, New Orleans Saints and Seattle Seahawks all kept their spots from last week to round out the top five.