The seniors on the Iowa football team are now considering what they’ll do next with their careers after the bowl game loss to Tennessee on January 2nd. Tackle, Brandon Scherff, won the Outland trophy as the nation’s best college lineman and was a consensus All-American, who will be moving to the next level. But Scherff wasn’t thinking about the N-F-L right after his final game.

“I’m gonna actually go deep sea fishing tomorrow, so I’m going to relax than I will worry about that after that,” Scherff says. He was asked if he has line up an agent to prepare for the N-F-L draft. “There’s a couple in mind yeah, but I am going to worry about catching fish tomorrow, and then I am going to start training on Thursday,” Scherff says. Runnnig back Mark Weisman went form walk-on to starter and is not the sure N-F-L prospect that Scherff is, but wants to give it a shot.

“I’m just going to see where my life goes, gonna try to play in the N-F-L, see if that works out, if not, then I’ll do something else.,” Weisman says. “I’m going to go 100 percent towards that and see where it takes me.” Weisman and ended up finishing second in the number of career touchdowns, one short of the record.

(Learfield Sports)

The Iowa Hawkeyes return to Big Ten action at home this (Monday) evening against Nebraska. The Hawkeyes opened the Big Ten race with a win at Ohio State and this will be the first of two home games this week for coach Fran McCaffery’s team. The Hawkeyes take on a Nebraska team known for its defense.

McCaffery says the key will be ball movement and quality shots. The Huskers have a potent one-two combination in juniors Terran Petteway and Shavon Shields. The combine for nearly 37 points per game.
Nebraska opened Big Ten play with a loss at home to Indiana. The Huskers are 8-5 overall. You can hear the game on KJAN beginning tonight at 7.

(Learfield Sports)

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) – Jeremy Morgan scored a career-high 18 points and No. 23 Northern Iowa beat Loyola of Illinois 67-58 on Sunday for its third win in four games. Deon Mitchell added 13 points and the Panthers (12-2, 1-1 Missouri Valley) bounced back from their first conference loss by holding off the upstart Ramblers (11-3, 1-1) late in the second half.

Northern Iowa pushed a four-point halftime lead to 59-41 on Seth Tuttle’s layup with 5:31 left. Loyola responded with 11 quick points before its late rally fell short. Milton Doyle had 13 points for Loyola. The Ramblers fell a victory short of their first eight-game winning streak in 30 years.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Melissa Dixon scored 21 points, hitting six 3-pointers to give her the school record, leading No. 20 Iowa to a 79-72 win over 16th-ranked Rutgers on Sunday. Samantha Logic added 17 for the Hawkeyes (11-2, 2-0 Big Ten) and Ally Disterhoft and Bethany Doolittle had 14 apiece.

Rutgers was within 54-52 with 12 minutes left but went cold and an 11-2 run put the Hawkeyes ahead by 11 with 6:45 left. Iowa shot 52 percent from the field but an 11 of 24 performance at the foul line gave Rutgers hope down the stretch, although the Scarlet Knights couldn’t convert. Kahleah Copper had 22 points and Tyler Scaife 20 for Rutgers (10-4, 1-2). Betnijah Laney had 13 rebounds.

Dixon now has 263 3-pointers, two more than Lindsey Meder. Dixon also surpassed Rutgers assistant Tia Jackson on the Iowa career scoring list (1,180 points). Logic had six assists to surpass 700 for her career.

Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the game played at St. Albert High School.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Marcus Marshall scored 19 points and Missouri State never trailed on its way to a 62-37 victory over Drake on Saturday. Marshall was 8 of 17 from the floor and 2 of 6 from 3-point range. Camyn Boone and Austin Ruder each added 12 points for the Bears (8-6, 2-0 Missouri Valley Conference).

Missouri State led 35-22 at the break, and held the Bulldogs to just 15 second-half points. C.J. Rivers made a free throw at the start of the second, and Drake didn’t score again until Jordan Daniels hit a jumper with 13:57 left to play. Missouri State grabbed 20 more boards than Drake in the contest.

Jacob Enevold Jensen led the Bulldogs (3-11, 0-2) with 13 points, the only Drake player to score in double figures as the team combined to shoot 28.6 percent.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Atlantic 60, St. Albert 58
Abraham Lincoln 55, Harlan 29
Shenandoah 76, Clarinda Academy 42

GIRLS BASKETBALL

St. Albert 59, Atlantic 52
Harlan 65, Abraham Lincoln 24
Red Oak 51, Treynor 36
Shenandoah 55, Panorama 39

NEW YORK (AP) — Duane Notice scored 15 points and South Carolina picked up its first win over a top-10 team in nearly five years by nearly holding Iowa State without a 3-pointer for the first time in over seven years in a 64-60 victory Saturday at Barclays Center.

Notice also had six rebounds and four assists as the Gamecocks (11-1) shot 46 percent and led most of the way. Sindarius Thornwell and Tyrone Johnson had 13 apiece points for South Carolina, which was able to turn back any Iowa State run and picked up its first win over a top-10 team since knocking off Kentucky on Jan. 26, 2010.

Jameel McKay, playing in his third game for Iowa State after becoming eligible, scored 15 points and Dustin Hogue also had 15. Niang, who came into the game averaging 16.1 points, was held to 10 points.

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BOYS BASKETBALL
Adair-Casey 70, Woodbine 43
Ar-We-Va, Westside 66, CAM, Anita 16
Atlantic 69, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 59
Glenwood 58, Red Oak 45
Griswold 32, East Mills 26
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 82, Boyer Valley, Dunlap 43
Shenandoah 68, Clarinda 54
Sioux City, North 94, Lewis Central 72
Tri-Center, Neola 70, Riverside, Oakland 44
Woodward Academy 85, West Central Valley, Stuart 60
GIRLS BASKETBALL
CAM, Anita 43, Ar-We-Va, Westside 39
Griswold 44, East Mills 32
Interstate 35,Truro 49, West Central Valley, Stuart 41
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 49, Atlantic 37
Red Oak 50, Glenwood 46
Shenandoah 58, Clarinda 47
Tri-Center, Neola 47, Riverside, Oakland 10
Woodward-Granger 45, Panorama, Panora 44