IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sophomore Elijah Sindelar threw for 229 yards and a career-high three touchdown passes and Purdue beat Iowa 24-15 to move within a game of bowl eligibility.

The Boilermakers (5-6, 3-5 Big Ten) won their first Big Ten road game of the year and snapped Iowa’s four-game win streak in the series.

UP NEXT: Iowa plays Nebraska on Friday.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Grant Kraemer passed for 268 yards and four touchdowns, two each to Steven Doran and Connor Ostrander, and Drake beat Jacksonville 52-7 on Saturday to close out its season.

Brock Reichardt scored on a 39-yard run on Drake’s opening drive before Kraemer hit Doran on TD passes of 49 and 55 yards on the next two possessions for a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter. They were Doran’s only receptions and he finished with 104 yards.

Kraemer threw TD passes of 13 and 28 yards to Ostrander, who had six catches for 102 yards. Alex Bonds scored on a 6-yard run, Tyler Updegraff had a 2-yard scoring run and Danny Donley kicked a career-best 48-yard field goal.

Sean Lynch had 11 solo tackles for the Bulldogs (7-4, 6-2 Pioneer), who held the Dolphins, which average 275 rushing yards per game, to 298 total yards.

Jacksonville’s Rylan Wells scored on a 1-yard keeper in the second quarter after the Dolphins (7-4, 5-3) recovered Drew Lauer’s fumble. Wells threw for 90 yards with an interception.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Registered nurse Nina Roth led her team to victory in the U.S. curling trials on Saturday to earn the American women’s spot in the Olympics. Fellow first-time Olympians Tabitha Peterson, Aileen Geving and Becca Hamilton are set to join her at the Winter Games in Pyeongchang. Roth’s rink beat the one led by Jamie Sinclair 7-6 to win the best-of-three playoff in Omaha.

Roth’s team missed back-to-back takeouts in the second-to-last end, then nearly gave the match away when Roth was called for a foul for failing to release her stone before it crossed the hogline.

But Roth’s team scored two in the 10th end, or inning, to earn the victory. Roth, Peterson and Hamilton also have qualified for next month’s mixed doubles trials.

WACO, Texas (AP) — Allen Lazard became Iowa State’s career receiving leader with a touchdown catch and the Cyclones clinched a winning conference record for the first time since 2000 with their 23-13 victory at Baylor on Saturday.

Hakeem Butler had a one-handed catch over his shoulder and then broke a tackle for a 67-yard touchdown just before halftime that snapped a 10-10 tie and put Iowa State (7-4, 5-3 Big 12) ahead to stay.

The Cyclones snapped a two-game losing streak that had followed a perfect 4-0 October in which they became the only team this season with two wins over top-five opponents. They will play in their first bowl game since 2012.

Lazard entered the game 26 yards short of Todd Bylthe’s school record 3,096 yards receiving, and surpassed that on his 25th career TD, a 36-yarder in the first quarter. David Montgomery ran for 144 yards on 27 carries, going over 1,000 yards for the season, but the Iowa State sophomore had to be helped off the field after a run in the fourth quarter when he got bent in a weird direction.

UP NEXT: Iowa St: The bowl-bound Cyclones go to Kansas State next Saturday.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Colton Howell threw two touchdown passes and Marcus Weymiller ran for two scores as Northern Iowa ran over Indiana State, 41-3 Saturday to secure a second-place finish in the Missouri Valley Conference.

The Panthers expect to earn the school’s 19th playoff berth, as an at-large team, when the FCS Playoff Committee announces the 24-team field on Sunday.

Howell, filling in for injured starter Eli Dunne, hit Daurice Fountain with two first-half touchdown passes, the second from 23-yards out, to stake Northern Iowa (7-4, 6-2) to a 27-3 halftime lead. Howell finished 17 of 26 for 216 yards passing. Weymiller had scoring runs covering 22 and 5 yards and finished with 105 yards rushing on 29 carries.

The Sycamores (0-11, 0-8) drove 48 yards in five plays with the game’s opening possession and Jerry Nunez kicked a 48-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead. Indiana State finished with just 247 yards of total offense.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Bennett Koch scored 21 points and Northern Iowa defeated Chicago State 82-44 on Saturday. Koch, who was perfect from the field in scoring a career-high 25 points in Northern Iowa’s previous game, a 72-43 victory over Wartburg, was 7-of-9 from the field and made all seven of his free throws against the Cougars (1-4).

Freshman Tywhon Pickford pulled down 14 rebounds, his third straight game of double digits on the boards for the Panthers (3-1). Juwan McCloud added 18 points and Klint Carlson 12 points with seven rebounds.

The Cougars were led by Travon Bell, who had 12 points on 4-of-9 3-point shooting off the bench. The Panthers opened the game on a 13-0 run with five points from McCloud, and scored 17 straight points, with eight points from McCloud, toward the end of the half for a 46-21 lead. Their second-half lead never dipped below 22 points.

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GIRLS BASKETBALL Friday, November 17, 2017

Central Decatur, Leon 64, Lamoni 17
Des Moines Christian 52, Creston 34
East Sac County 62, Storm Lake 60
Gilbert 54, Ballard 48, OT
Perry 55, Des Moines, North 24
Winterset 75, Interstate 35,Truro 38

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Nick Weiler-Babb had 20 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists Friday to help Iowa State hold off Tulsa 80-78 and reach the championship game of the relocated Puerto Rico Tip-Off.

The Cyclones (2-2) blew most of a 16-point lead in the final 10 minutes but did just enough down the stretch to hang on for a second win in as many days.

Tulsa (2-2) got as close as 72-71 on Sterling Taplin’s layup with 1:12 left, but Jakolby Long answered with a banked-in straightaway basket with 48.6 seconds left to keep Iowa State in front.

Donovan Jackson closed the game out by hitting four straight free throws in the final 18 seconds. He finished with 24 points, while Long scored a career-high 17 with four first-half 3-pointers.

Junior Etou had 25 points while DaQuan Jeffries added 23 for Tulsa, which shot 65 percent after halftime.

UP NEXT

Iowa State: The Cyclones will play Boise State in Sunday’s championship game.

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — Reed Timmer scored 29 points and hit six of Drake’s 15 3-pointers as the Bulldogs rallied to beat Wake Forest 77-74 on Friday night in the Paradise Jam.

It was moved from St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands to the Vines Center in Lynchburg due to damage from Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

Graham Woodward added 20 points for Drake (2-0), which used an 11-0 run to erase a 10-point deficit late in the second half.

The Demon Deacons (0-3) had a chance to tie in the closing seconds, but Bryant Crawford’s 3-pointer was off the mark.

Wake Forest used a 10-0 run to open a 60-49 lead midway through the second half. After an exchange of baskets, the Bulldogs scored the next 11 points with Woodward capping the rally with a four-point play. The lead changed hands several times until Timmer hit a pair of free throws with 3:55 remaining.

Doral Moore led the Demon Deacons with 17 points and 17 rebounds. Chaundee Brown added 12 points.