CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Tekele Cotton scored 18 points and fourth-ranked Wichita State beat Northern Iowa 82-73 on Saturday night, clearing perhaps its toughest remaining hurdle for an unbeaten regular season. Cleanthony Early had all 16 of his points in the first half for the Shockers (25-0, 12-0 Missouri Valley Conference). They became the first team to open 25-0 since Derrick Rose helped Memphis win its first 26 games in 2007-08.

Northern Iowa got as close as 44-43 before Wichita State went on a 12-1 run early in the second half. The Panthers pulled back within single digits before Fred VanVleet’s 3-pointer made it 69-57 with just more than 5 minutes left. Matt Bohannon had 17 points and Seth Tuttle scored 16 for the Panthers (11-13, 5-7), who were outrebounded 40-24.

BOYS BASKETBALL
Atlantic 56, Creston 41
Glidden-Ralston 66, Charter Oak-Ute 35
Heartland Christian 77, Clarinda Academy 71
Kuemper Catholic 56, Bishop Heelan Catholic 54
Sidney 48, Omaha Christian Academy, NE 45
Treynor 68, Clarinda 49
Tri-Center 59, Riverside 39

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Creston 60, Atlantic 43
Harlan 44, Panorama 42
Heartland Christian 71, Clarinda Academy 21
Omaha Duchesne Academy, NE 40, Abraham Lincoln 34

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Melvin Ejim hit 20 of 24 shots in scoring a Big 12-record 48 points and grabbed a career-high 18 rebounds to lead Number 16 Iowa State to an 84-69 victory over TCU on Saturday. Ejim had two 3-pointers and six dunks during his big game, one on a spectacular fast-break lob from DeAndre Kane that gave the Cyclones (18-4, 6-4 Big 12) a 67-52 lead and effectively put the game out of reach.

A 6-foot-6 senior, Ejim scored 20 straight Iowa State points during one stretch in the second half. It was his 30th career double-double. Georges Niang added 11 points and Kane finished with 10 assists for the Cyclones, who avoided a letdown after their thrilling three-overtime victory at Oklahoma State on Monday, their first win in Stillwater since 1988.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – Roy Devyn Marble scored 22 of his 26 points in the first half and No. 17 Iowa beat No. 10 Michigan 85-67 on Saturday. Aaron White added 11 points and eight rebounds for the Hawkeyes (18-6, 7-4 Big Ten), who avoided a third straight loss at home and split the season series with Michigan.

Caris LeVert scored 22 points for the Wolverines (17-6, 9-2), who have lost two of three after starting 8-0 in the Big Ten. Marble was 6 of 9 from 3-point range in the first half – hitting three in the opening minutes. Iowa led by double digits for much of the game.

Mike Gesell had 10 points and eight assists for the Hawkeyes, who rank next to last in the Big Ten in 3-point field goals, finished 10 of 17 from behind the arc. Nik Stauskas, Michigan’s top scorer, finished with 10 points.

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Hawkeye 10:

• Denison-Schleswig 35, Clarinda 31
• Harlan 75, Glenwood 38
• Kuemper Catholic 67, Shenandoah 66
• Lewis Central 57, St. Albert 44
• Red Oak 69, Creston 67 (OT)

Western Iowa:

• Missouri Valley 55, IKM-Manning 48
• Riverside 51, Griswold 39
• Treynor 74, Audubon 49
• Tri-Center 43, A-H-S-T 29
• Underwood 39, Logan-Magnolia 22

Rolling Valley:

• Exira/EHK 56, Glidden-Ralston 32
• Adair-Casey 65, Charter Oak-Ute 43
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 38, CAM 23

Others:

• Des Moines Christian 65, West Central Valley 49
• Essex 67, Clarinda Academy 15
• Murray 69, Orient-Macksburg 25
• Nodaway Valley 50, Southeast Warren 28
• Panorama 73, Ogden 48
• Sidney 38, South Page 32
• Sioux City East 63, Thomas Jefferson 14
• Van Meter 55, Guthrie Center 35

Hawkeye 10:

• Creston 63, Red Oak 29
• Denison-Schleswig 70, Clarinda 58
• Harlan 66, Glenwood 55
• Kuemper Catholic 76, Shenandoah 64
• Lewis Central 64, St. Albert 63

Western Iowa:

• A-H-S-T 46, Tri-Center 45
• Griswold 49, Riverside 25
• IKM-Manning 56, Missouri Valley 36
• Treynor 74, Audubon 49
• Underwood 47, Logan-Magnolia 32

Rolling Valley:

• Glidden-Ralston 53, Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 46
• Adair-Casey 66, Charter Oak-Ute 47
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 68, CAM 58
• Ar-We-Va 90, West Harrison 55
• Boyer Valley 60, Paton-Churdan 48

Others:

• Carroll 61, Carlisle 38
• Central Decatur 71, Southwest Valley 54
• Clarinda Academy 78, Essex 68
• Des Moines Christian 68, West Central Valley 32
• East Mills 75, Fremont Mills 48
• Martensdale-St. Marys 60, Lenox 56
• Murray 65, Orient-Macksburg 38
• Nodaway Valley 94, Southeast Warren 32
• Panorama 73, Ogden 57
• Sidney 83, South Page 36
• Sioux City East 57, Thomas Jefferson 24
• Van Meter 63, Guthrie Center 21

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State has hired former Louisiana Tech assistant Stan Eggen as its defensive ends coach. Eggen, who spent the past five seasons working with the Bulldogs defensive line, fills a vacancy left when Cyclones assistant Curtis Bray died last month. Eggen and Cyclones head coach Paul Rhoads have known each other for 25 years. Rhoads says Eggen is an “exceptional” teacher who should help Iowa State recruit in metro Dallas-Fort Worth.

Eggen was the defensive line coach at Texas A&M prior to his stint at Louisiana Tech. Eggen has also worked at Alabama, TCU and New Mexico among other schools in a career spanning over 30 years. Eggen grew up in Minnesota and graduated with a master’s degree from North Dakota in 1981.

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Over six hundred youth including students from Atlantic, will be competing in the archery competition of the 2014 Winter Iowa Games powered by the Iowa Food & Family Project. Partnering with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the event will take place Saturday, Feb. 8th, at Johnston High School. Archers will begin their first flight at 9:00 a.m. and continue shooting throughout the day. Students will compete both on the individual and team level. Teams from Atlantic, Central Decatur, Mount Ayr, Spencer and central Iowa will be participating.

The National Archery in the Schools Program in Iowa is coordinated through the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Currently there are nearly 200 Iowa schools participating in the program. The Iowa Games added the archery competition to the docket of sports in 2011 and the event continues to grow. In 2011, the event was held in Central City and had 67 participants. This year with a total of 617 archers from 21 schools, the event will break the previous record set in 2013 by more than 150 participants.

Among the schools competing at the event is the Atlantic High School/Middle School, Diagonal, Fremont Elementary, and Mount Ayr Community School.  The 2014 Games will look to set a new participation record with over 4,300 athletes to compete in the annual winter sports festival. The 2014 Games kicked off in late January and will continue through February. Over the course of four weekends, the Winter Iowa Games will hold competitions for 23 sports in 15 different communities.