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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Wes Washpun scored 22 points and grabbed eight rebounds as Northern Iowa beat Division Three Dubuque 83-63 Wednesday night. Jeremy Morgan posted a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Panthers (3-1). Aarias Austin had 12 points and five rebounds and Bennett Koch added 11 points and five rebounds. The team averaged 55.6 percent shooting from the field, 70.6 percent from the line and had a 42-28 rebounding edge over the Spartans.

Northern Iowa went up 35-25 on an Austin 3-pointer with 3:03 left in the first half and the Panthers led 38-31 at the break. Washpun sank a 3-pointer to make it 60-51 with 8:24 to play and Wyatt Lohaus hit two more in the final three minutes to seal the win.

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Reed Timmer had 21 points with five assists, and Drake pulled away in the second half to beat Pepperdine 69-53 in the third-place game of the Gulf Coast Showcase Wednesday night.

Timmer was 8 of 14 from the floor. Graham Woodward scored 13 points with three 3-pointers and six assists for Drake (3-3). Kale Abrahamson, who scored a career-high 41 points in the Bulldogs’ win against Western Kentucky to open the tournament, added 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting.

Stacy Davis scored 13 points and Jett Raines chipped in 10 to lead Pepperdine (2-4). The Bulldogs led 36-33 at halftime, and used an 11-4 surge to stretch their lead to 47-37 with 15 minutes left. Ore Arogundade made a pair of free throws, Jacob Enevold Jensen scored and Timmer added five points, and the Bulldogs led 61-45 with seven minutes left and cruised from there.

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The Atlantic Girls Basketball team opened up their home schedule with a win over Denison-Schleswig on Tuesday night 66-55. The win moved the Trojans to 2-0 on the young season after a road win against Carroll on Monday night. Coach Kelly Juhl was pleased that a number of different players stepped up to contribute after the Trojans got in some early foul trouble.

The Trojans jumped out to a 16-7 lead after the first quarter and maintained a nine point lead at halftime at 26-17.  The Lady Monarchs didn’t go away though and fought back to tie the game on a 3-pointer from Freshman Guard Alex Mohr at the end of the third quarter.  That knotted the game up at 42 heading to the final quarter.  The Trojans responded well going on a late run led by Senior Erin Olsen who hit a three out of a timeout and followed that up with a layup after a steal and pushed the lead back to a comfortable margin.

Olsen finished with 25 points to lead the Trojans while McKenna DenBeste added 14 points off the bench and Tiffany Williams finished with 12 points.

Coach Juhl said he’s happy with where the team is at at this point in the season and said they are still feeling each other out due to some injuries to players during summer work.  He hopes the 10 day period before their next game against St. Albert will help them continue to gel as a team.

ADM, Adel 61, Van Meter 52
Atlantic 66, Denison-Schleswig 55
Bedford 65, Stanton 39
Cherokee, Washington 85, Sergeant Bluff-Luton 60
Clarinda 73, Lenox 43
Glenwood 53, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 45
Lewis Central 62, Sioux City, North 28
Logan-Magnolia 66, Woodbine 28
Panorama, Panora 57, Bondurant Farrar 34
Red Oak 65, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 29
Shenandoah 62, East Mills 19
Sioux Center 63, West Lyon, Inwood 30
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 70, Tri-Center, Neola 32

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Jeremy Senglin scored a career-high 34 points, including a career-best eight 3-pointers, and Weber State beat Drake 74-58 Tuesday night in the second round of the Gulf Coast Showcase. McKay Cannon scored 14 points, making 4 of 6 3s, Joel Bolomboy added 12 points, and the Wildcats shot 14 of 30 from long distance.

Senglin made three straight 3-pointers, Cannon sank another 3, and Weber State (3-2) surged early in the second half to a 47-34 lead. Drake led 10-5, then the Wildcats started hitting 3s. Richaud Gittens and Cannon each sank two 3s amid an 18-2 run for a 23-12 lead. Drake’s Graham Woodward replied with two 3-pointers and Reed Timmer hit a layup to pull the Bulldogs within 23-22, but Weber State outscored them 8-4 late to lead 33-28 at halftime.

Woodward led Drake (2-3) with 18 points.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It’s been 30 years since a fiery plane crash killed much of Iowa State’s women’s cross country team, just hours after a surprising second place finish at a championship meet.

On Wednesday, surviving runners will join with running enthusiasts and others at the site where the twin-engine plane went down in a quiet Des Moines neighborhood. The crash that icy evening of Nov. 25, 1985, killed three runners, two coaches, an athletic trainer and the pilot.

Jill Slettedahl-Winter, of Danville, Kentucky, was an 18-year-old freshman that day. She recalls how one of the best days of her life suddenly became the worst.

Residents plan to establish a permanent memorial near the crash site.

ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — The Big Ten’s top performer on kickoffs, punt returns or both will receive the Rodgers-Dwight Return Specialist of the Year trophy beginning this season.

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