DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Aaron Cook scored 18 points, including five in a game-ending 11-0 run, and Southern Illinois rallied for a 78-67 victory over Drake on Tuesday night. Reed Timmer’s layup with 4:19 left to play pulled Drake into a 67-all tie, but Armon Fletcher hit a pair of free throws with 3:09 left and Cook had back-to-back layups to carry the Salukis (15-9, 7-4 Missouri Valley Conference) to their fourth straight win.

Tyler Smithpeters finished with 12 points and eight rebounds for Southern Illinois, which outrebounded the Bulldogs 37-25. Kavion Pippen added 14 points and Fletcher scored 11 as the Salukis shot 51 percent from the floor in a game that saw 16 lead changes.

Timmer topped Drake (12-12, 6-5) with 22 points, while Nick McGlynn scored 12 with 10 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the season. Drake lost for just the second time at home this season. The teams split the season series after Drake posted a 70-67 win on New Year’s Eve.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Jordan Moore scored 25 points and grabbed six rebounds and No. 22 TCU beat Iowa State 75-52 on Tuesday night for its seventh straight victory. The Horned Frogs went into the locker room on a 7-0 run for a 43-29 lead as Iowa State didn’t score for the final 3:40. TCU scored the first nine points of the second half and the Cyclones were just 3-of-12 shooting for 11 points in the third quarter.

Amber Ramirez added 12 points for TCU (16-5, 7-3 Big 12), which outrebounded Iowa State 41-24. Moore made all nine of her free throws and TCU went 15 of 17 at the line. Emily Durr scored 10 of her 21 points in the first quarter for Iowa State (9-13, 3-8). Bridget Carleton had 12 points, five rebounds and four assists. Iowa State opened the fourth quarter on a 10-0 run, but Toree Thompson made two free throws to end the Frogs’ three-plus minute scoreless stretch.

The Atlantic girls basketball team started the game well on Tuesday night against Harlan but a second quarter drought would put the game out of reach. Harlan took the victory 63-39. It was 14-11 in favor of the Cyclones at the end of the first quarter. The Cyclones would then outscore Atlantic 18-2 in the second quarter to blow the game open.

Atlantic Head Coach Kelly Juhl said the second quarter has  been a problem for the Trojans ever since the holiday break. He thought they responded well at the end of the first quarter to a run so their lack of response in the second was perplexing. He said he was proud of the way the girls fought at the end of the game so he’s hoping they carry that into the next couple of games.

Harlan was led by a big night from Nicole Lange who dropped in 19 of her 25 total points in the first half. Macie Leinen chipped in 13 for the Cyclones. They improve to 8-9 and will host Glenwood on Friday night.

Atlantic got 11 points from Baylee Newell and 9 from Alyssa Ginther. The Trojans fall to 2-15 and they will next host Abraham Lincoln on Friday.

(From cyclones.com) IRVING, Texas – Junior guard Bridget Carleton nabbed her third Big 12 Player of the Week honor of the season, the league announced Monday. Today’s honor marks the 10th Big 12 weekly honor for the Chatham, Ontario, Canada native, which ranks first in school history and tied for eighth in Big 12 history with Baylor’s Sophia Young, and K-State’s Nicole Ohlde and Kendra Wecker. She has also earned more Big 12 Player of the Week honors than any Big 12 player this season.

Carleton had a banner week, netting more points than any Big 12 player scoring 58. The junior started off the week dropping a career-high 39 points off 16-of-22 shooting in a win at No. 19 Oklahoma State. Carleton also added nine boards becoming only the sixth player since 1999-2000 in the Big 12 to score 39+ points and grab 9+ rebounds in a conference game and only the fifth player to do so in regulation, joining Evan Unrau, Odyssey Sims, Danielle Crockrom, Brittney Griner and Courtney Paris. Her 39 points were also the third-highest scoring output in school history and the fifth by a power-5 player in the NCAA this season.

Against the Longhorns, Carleton netted 19 points and went 7-of-16 from the floor while grabbing five boards and two assists. On the week, Carleton averaged 29.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1.0 blocks while shooting 60.5 percent (23-38) from the floor and 58.3 percent (7-12) from long range.

Iowa State is back in action on Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 6:30 p.m. when it takes on No. 22 TCU in Hilton Coliseum.

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Drake coach Niko Medved says there is no panic as the Bulldogs prepare for tonight’s (Tuesday night’s) game at home against Southern Illinois. Back-to-back losses to Loyola and Evansville knocked the Bulldogs out of the top spot in the Missouri Valley and they are now 6-4 in the league race. Drake won at Southern in their first meeting but the Salukis come into this game riding a three game win streak.
Medved says the Saluki guards have played well during their winning streak.

Iowa State guard Nick Weiler-Babb will miss Wednesday’s game against West Virginia. Cyclone coach Steve Prohm says Weiler-Babb tweaked a knee injury that has bothered him all season in Saturday’s loss to Tennessee. Prohm says Lindell Wigginton and Donovan Jackson will share the point guard duties.

The Cyclones are 11-9 overall.

(Learfield Sports)

(Iowa City, IA) — The University of Minnesota men’s basketball team visits Iowa tonight (Tuesday night) in Big Ten play. The Golden Gophers have lost six of their last seven games and sit at 14-9 overall and 3-7 in the Big Ten. The Hawkeyes are 11-12 overall and 2-8 in the league. Tip tonight is 8 P-M. Pre-game is at 7, here on KJAN.

Ar-We-Va, Westside 60, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 47
CAM 69, Clarinda Academy 43
Diagonal 96, Orient-Macksburg 41
Mount Ayr 46, Clarinda 37
West Harrison, Mondamin 69, East Mills 57

Bluegrass Conference Tournament

Lamoni 56, Diagonal 47
Mormon Trail 73, Moravia 61
Murray 65, Melcher-Dallas 37
Seymour 71, Orient-Macksburg 37
Twin Cedars 48, Iowa Christian Academy 23

Diagonal 61, Orient-Macksburg 24
East Mills 61, West Harrison, Mondamin 41
Mount Ayr 57, Clarinda 41
Red Oak 62, Fremont-Mills 21

Kingsley-Pierson 74, West Monona, Onawa 46
Westwood, Sloan 61, Woodbury Central, Moville 45

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals acquired right-handers Jesse Hahn and Heath Fillmyer from the Oakland A’s for left-hander Ryan Buchter, designated hitter Brandon Moss and cash considerations. The Royals freed up about $5 million in salary that they could use to sign some of their free agents, including first baseman Eric Hosmer.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals have signed Alcides Escobar to a $2.5 million contract for next season, keeping their longtime shortstop on the roster after reaching free agency this offseason. The sides agreed to the framework of a deal last week, but it wasn’t announced until Monday.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — James Palmer Jr. scored 28 points and keyed a second-half comeback, as Nebraska rallied for a 74-63 victory over Wisconsin. The Cornhuskers trailed by double digits midway through the second half but held the Badgers to just eight points over the final nine minutes to extend their winning streak to three games.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have announced the retirement of assistant head coach Brad Childress and promoted Mike Kafka to quarterbacks coach as part of a series of changes to coach Andy Reid’s staff. The 61-year-old Childress was head coach of the Minnesota Vikings from 2006-10. Longtime assistant Tommy Brasher, who had spent the past year working on special projects, also announced his retirement in a statement. Brasher spent more than 50 years in coaching.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Missouri State is investigating after two men’s basketball players were injured following a low-temperature cryotherapy treatment. The Springfield News-Leader reports that Reggie Scurry and Abdul Fofana developed foot blisters after last week’s treatment. Coach Paul Lusk says the two would probably be out for a couple of weeks. The athletic director says the school won’t be trying it again.