IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Jarrod Uthoff scored 14 points and Adam Woodbury had a career-high 15 rebounds to help No. 5 Iowa roll past Penn State 73-49 on Wednesday night. Peter Jok scored 12 points and Anthony Clemmons had 12 points, six rebounds and four assists for the Hawkeyes (18-4, 9-1 Big Ten), who won their 15th straight home game. Iowa shot 46 percent from the field and held Penn State to 30 percent shooting.

Brandon Taylor had 15 points and 11 rebounds for Penn State (11-12, 2-8). Taylor shot 6 of 18 from the field. The Nittany Lions made only one 3-pointer in 20 attempts. The Hawkeyes have won by double figures in eight of their nine conference wins.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Wes Washpun scored 14 points and made the go-ahead layup with 27 seconds left, and Northern Iowa held on to beat Evansville 57-54 on Wednesday night. The Panthers built an 11-point lead and never trailed in the first half. The Purple Aces opened the second half on a 20-8 run and led 44-40 with 11 minutes left. Blake Simmons scored five points, and Egidijus Mockevicius and D.J. Balentine chipped in four apiece during the stretch.

There were four lead changes before Washpun gave the Panthers the lead for good. Jeremy Morgan blocked Jaylon Brown’s potential game-tying jump shot with three seconds left. Morgan grabbed the rebound and then made two free throws to seal it.

Matt Bohannon added 13 points for Northern Iowa (13-11, 5-6 Missouri Valley Conference). Morgan finished with 12 points and two of the Panthers’ five blocks. Mockevicius led Evansville (18-6, 7-4) with 14 points.

A state senator says Iowa shouldn’t stand for what Stanford’s band did at halftime during the Rose Bowl last month. The Stanford band put on what it called a “Farmers Only…corn show” — complete with cow tipping — to mock its Rose Bowl opponents: the University of Iowa. Senator Mark Chelgren, a Republican from Ottumwa, married into a family of Hawkeye fans and he was not amused.

“This was very disrespectful not only to the fans of the University of Iowa, but also to Iowans in general,” Chelgren says. “I was disappointed and I would like to see Stanford have the courage to stand up and say: ‘This was wrong,’ and to make a public apology.” Chelgren’s sponsoring legislation that calls on the University of Iowa and the other two universities that get state tax-dollar support to cut ties with any Stanford researchers until that apology is made.

“There are areas of the country that apparently don’t share our Iowa values and I think we need to stand up for those virtues and values,” Chelgren says, “and this is one way to do that.” Chelgren’s daughter — who went to the University of Iowa — was at the game. “We’ve always taught our family to cheer as loud as you can for your team, but not really boo the other team, because they’re someone’s kids,” Chelgren says. “This just showed such a lack of respect for any kind of sportsmanship that I thought a statement had to be made.”

State Senator Bob Dvorsky, a Democrat from Coralville, represents the University of Iowa. He was watching the Rose Bowl and saw the halftime show on T-V — until E-S-P-N cut away from the performance before it concluded. “I think what they did was offensive, but I don’t think you can blame the institution of Stanford for that,” Dvorsky says. That’s because the Stanford band is not a university-sanctioned group.

“It’s not like the Hawkeye Marching Band,” Dvorsky says. “…It’s just some loosely-organized student organization.” Stanford officials had prohibited the band from traveling to The Cardinal’s road games this past season because of bad behavior, but the band was at the Rose Bowl for Stanford’s 45-to-16 victory over the Hawkeyes. Chelgren’s bill isn’t likely to pass the state senate, but Dvorsky isn’t suggesting Chelgren withdraw it.

“It sends a message,” Dvorsky says. “We didn’t like that.” Chelgren, who grew up in California, is running for congress this year — hoping to defeat Dave Loebsack, the lone Democrat in Iowa’s congressional delegation who also happens to live in Iowa City.

(Radio Iowa)

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — The mother of Rutgers women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer has died. Rutgers announced the death of Thelma Stoner on Wednesday. The school gave no other details. Stringer missed a game on Jan. 16 against Nebraska to be with her mother in Atlanta during her illness.

The 67-year-old Stringer thanked her “friends, fans and members of the Rutgers Athletics community who have reached out with sympathy and support during these past difficult weeks.” Assistant coach Timothy Eatman will take over head coaching duties when the Scarlet Knights travel to Minnesota and Penn State this week.

Stringer has entered her 21st season at Rutgers. She’s the first basketball coach — male or female — to take three different schools to the NCAA Final Four (Cheyney, Iowa, Rutgers).

The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the postseason pairings for Class 1A and 2A boys basketball on Wednesday.  Each class is broken down into 16 districts with winners of the districts then meeting up in a substate final to determine state qualifiers.  First Round games will be played on Monday, February 15th with Second Round Games played Thursday, February 18th.

Class 1A

District 13

First Round
Orient Macksburg @ East Union 8:00pm
Diagnol vs. Lamoni @ East Union 6:30pm

Second Round
O-M/East Union Winner @ Lenox 8:00pm
Central Decatur vs. Mormon Trail at Lenox 6:30pm
Diagnol/Lamoni Winner @ Nodaway Valley8:00pm
Murray vs. Mt. Ayr @ Nodaway Valley 6:30pm

District 14

First Round
CAM vs. Riverside @ Guthrie Center 6:30pm
Adair-Casey @ Guthrie Center 8:00pm

Second Round
CAM/Riverside Winner @ IKM-Manning 8:00pm
Glidden-Ralston @ Audubon 8:00pm
Paton-Churdan vs. Guthrie Center/Adair-Casey Winner @ IKM-Manning 6:30pm
Exira-EHK vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard @ Audubon 6:30pm

District 15

First Round
Clarinda Academy @ Griswold 8:00pm
Essex vs. Heartland Christian @ Griswold 6:30pm

Second Round
Clarinda Academy/Griswold Winner vs. Stanton @ Bedford 6:30pm
Sidney vs. Nishnabotna @ Fremont-Mills 6:30pm
Essex/Heartland Christian Winner @ Fremont-Mills 8:00pm
East Mills @ Bedford 8:00pm

District 16

First Round
West Monona vs. Charter Oak-Ute @ Logan-Magnolia 6:30pm
West Harrison @ Logan-Magnolia 8:00pm

Second Round
Ar-We-Va vs. West Monona/Charter Oak-Ute Winner @ Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 6:30pm
Tri-Center @ St. Albert 8:00pm
Logan-Magnolia/West Harrison Winner @ Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 8:00pm
Boyer Valley vs. Woodbine @ St. Albert 6:30pm

Class 2A

District 14

First Round
Van Meter vs. Southwest Valley @ Panorama 6:30pm
West Central Valley @ Panorama 8:00pm

Second Round
Earlham vs. Van Meter/SW Valley Winner @ I-35 6:30pm
Panorama/WCV Winner @ I-35 8:00pm

District 15

First Round
Red Oak @ Underwood 8:00pm
Missouri Valley vs. Clarinda @ Underwood 6:30pm

Second Round
Underwood/Red Oak Winner @ Treynor 8:00pm
Missouri Valley/Clarinda Winner vs. Shenandoah @ Treynor 6:30pm

District 16

First Round
AHSTW vs. East Sac County @ South Central Cahoun 6:30pm
OA-BCIG @ South Central Calhoun 8:00pm

Second Round
Ridge View vs. AHSTW/East Sac County Winner @ Kuemper Catholic 6:30pm
South Central Calhoun/OA-BCIG Winner @ Kuemper Catholic 8:00pm

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AMES, Iowa (AP) — Jaysean Paige scored 23 points, including a crucial 3 with 1:05 left, and No. 14 West Virginia beat No. 13 Iowa State 81-76 on Monday night for its league-leading fourth Big 12 road win. Devin Williams added 17 points and 18 rebounds for the Mountaineers (18-4, 7-2), who rallied from 15 points down for its third win in four games.

Paige shot 10 of 17 from the field, none bigger than the 3 that gave West Virginia a 75-74 lead. The Mountaineers outrebounded the Cyclones 43-26, and Tarik Phillips grabbed his own missed free throw to seal it with 19 seconds left. Georges Niang scored 20 points and Abdel Nader had 19 for Iowa State (16-6, 5-4), which lost consecutive games for the second time this season.

BOYS BASKETBALL
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Adair-Casey vs. Ar-We-Va, Westside, ppd.
Atlantic vs. Harlan, ppd. to Feb 4.
Bedford vs. East Union, Afton, ccd.
CAM, Anita vs. Boyer Valley, Dunlap, ppd. to Feb 4.
Carroll vs. Ballard, ppd.
Charter Oak-Ute vs. Woodbine, ppd.
Creston vs. Glenwood, ppd. to Feb 8.
Guthrie Center vs. Earlham, ppd.
IKM-Manning vs. Riverside, Oakland, ppd.
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll vs. Lewis Central, ppd.
Logan-Magnolia vs. Audubon, ppd.
Mormon Trail, Garden Grove vs. Orient-Macksburg, ppd.
Nishnabotna vs. East Mills, ppd. to Feb 8.
Nodaway Valley vs. Mount Ayr, ppd.
Panorama, Panora vs. Woodward-Granger, ppd.
Red Oak vs. Shenandoah, ppd. to Feb 4.
Sidney vs. Essex, ppd. to Feb 4.
Tri-Center, Neola vs. Treynor, ppd.
West Central Valley, Stuart vs. Woodward Academy, ppd.
West Harrison, Mondamin vs. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton, ppd. to Feb 9.

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Boone 50, Winterset 31
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Adair-Casey vs. Ar-We-Va, Westside, ppd.
Bedford vs. East Union, Afton, ccd.
CAM, Anita vs. Boyer Valley, Dunlap, ppd. to Feb 4.
Carroll vs. Ballard, ppd.
Charter Oak-Ute vs. Woodbine, ppd.
Glenwood vs. Creston, ppd. to Feb 13.
Griswold vs. A-H-S-T-W, Avoca, ccd.
Guthrie Center vs. Earlham, ppd.
Harlan vs. Atlantic, ppd.
IKM-Manning vs. Riverside, Oakland, ppd.
Lewis Central vs. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll, ppd.
Logan-Magnolia vs. Audubon, ppd.
Mormon Trail, Garden Grove vs. Orient-Macksburg, ppd. to Feb 4.
Nishnabotna vs. East Mills, ppd. to Feb 8.
Nodaway Valley vs. Mount Ayr, ppd.
Panorama, Panora vs. Woodward-Granger, ppd.
Red Oak vs. Shenandoah, ppd. to Feb 4.
Sergeant Bluff-Luton vs. Denison-Schleswig, ppd.
Sidney vs. Essex, ppd. to Feb 4.
South Page, College Springs vs. Fremont Mills, Tabor, ppd.
St. Albert, Council Bluffs vs. Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson, ppd.
Tri-Center, Neola vs. Treynor, ppd.
West Harrison, Mondamin vs. Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton, ppd. to Feb 9.

Our scheduled broadcast game on Tuesday, February 2nd of the Atlantic boys at Harlan has been postponed to Thursday night February 4th at 7:30pm.  We will still have coverage of that game on Thursday on AM 1220 FM 101.1 and online at kjan.com with audio and video on our TV page.

Also as a programming note with the game postponed we will now bring you Hawk Talk with Fran McCaffery at 7:00pm on Tuesday, February 2nd.

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the regional postseason pairings for classes 4A and 5A on Monday.  In Class 4A top-ranked Harlan will play in Region 1 with their first game on Saturday, February 20th at home against the winner of Bishop Heelan vs. Denison-Schleswig.  The rest of the teams in the region are Spencer, LeMars, and Storm Lake. Class 4A Region 8 will see Glenwood at Creston and Winterset at ADM on Wednesday, February 17th.  Lewis Central awaits the Glenwood/Creston winner and Dallas Center-Grimes will host the ADM/Winterset winner.

In Class 5A Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln will host Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson in a first round game on Wednesday, February 17th in Region 7.  The winner will move on to play at Indianola.

Check out all the regional pairings for all classes:

Class 1A Regional Pairings

Class 2A Regional Brackets

Class 3A Regional Pairings

Class 4A Regional Pairings

Class 5A Regional Pairings