IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Aaron White had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Melsahn Basabe added 16 points with 10 boards and No. 20 Iowa routed Northwestern 93-67 Thursday night. Devyn Marble scored 15 points for the Hawkeyes, who never trailed despite playing without coach Fran McCaffery. He was suspended one game by the Big Ten for an outburst directed at officials during last weekend’s loss at Wisconsin.

Iowa (13-3, 2-1 Big Ten) opened the game on a 10-0 run and never looked back. The Hawkeyes led by double digits the entire second half, improving to 10-0 at home. JerShon Cobb had 18 points to lead Northwestern. The Wildcats (7-9, 0-3) were outrebounded 41-28 and they let the Hawkeyes shoot 8 of 14 from 3-point range.

BOYS BASKETBALL

• Ar-We-Va 55, Ridge View 54
• Clarinda Academy 61, Nishnabotna 49
• East Mills 57, Sidney 32
• Fremont Mills 61, Stanton 40

GIRLS BASKETBALL

• Ar-We-Va 43, Ridge View 33
• Nishnabotna 68, Clarinda Academy 22
• Omaha Gross Catholic 60, CB Abraham Lincoln 30
• Stanton 55, Fremont Mills 52
• Sidney 51, East Mills 48

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Mark Mangino is finally ready for a new challenge in the Big 12 after four years away. Fixing Iowa State’s offense figures to be one of the toughest tasks in the league. Mangino was introduced Thursday as the new offensive coordinator for the Cyclones. It is Mangino’s first job at a major program since he left Kansas amid allegations of player mistreatment following the 2009 season.

Mangino was away from football for three years. He spent last season as an assistant at Youngstown State before being lured to Iowa State — his fourth job in the Big 8/Big 12 — by coach Paul Rhoads. Mangino says he believes things happen for a reason, adding that his time away from football was beneficial personally and professionally.

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The Iowa Hawkeye women picked up their first Big Ten victory with a 78-71 win over Minnesota in Iowa City, Wednesday night. Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said “It’s a little late coming, but we’re really glad to get this win. Obviously the ‘Border War’ with Minnesota is big. Minnesota is a very good team,” but Bluder said after an 0-2 start, the win was important for the Lady Hawks, as they prepare to take on the Wisconsin on the road, this weekend.

Iowa trailed 35-32 at the half but the Hawks did a better job against Minnesota’s perimeter shooters in the second half. Iowa is now 12-4 overall.

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Matt Bohannon scored 17 points with 5-of-9 shooting from 3-point range on Wednesday night as Northern Iowa earned its first road win of the season 80-53 over Evansville. UNI shot 14 of 30 from 3-point range and capitalized on Evansville’s 11 first-half turnovers. The Panthers opened on a 15-4 run, led by as much as 22 in the first half and held a 43-24 advantage at break.

Bohannon made all five of his 3-pointers in the second half. His fourth 3-pointer with 9:55 to play put UNI up 67-33. Seth Tuttle had 14 points and seven rebounds for the UNI (8-7, 2-1 Missouri Valley) and Wes Washpun scored 12.

Blake Simmons finished with 16 points, the only double-digit scorer for Evansville (7-9, 0-3). D.J. Balentine entered the game averaging 22.7 points per game for the Aces, but finished with only eight points — his first single-digit game of the year.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Hallie Christofferson scored 22 points and No. 11 Iowa State won its third straight Big 12 Conference game with a 74-48 victory over Texas Tech Wednesday night. Christofferson shot 7 of 10 from the floor and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line. Brynn Williamson added 11 points and Seanna Johnson scored 10 as Iowa State extended its school record for best start to a season and longest winning streak in program history. The Cyclones (14-0, 3-0) only missed one of their 17 free throws.

Texas Tech (6-8, 0-3) was held to just 16 first-half points. The Raiders scored twice as many points after the break (32), but could not overcome the 21-point first half deficit. Marina Lizarazu led Texas Tech with 10 points and was the only Lady Raider to score in double digits. Texas Tech combined for just six assists and shot 1 of 10 from 3-point range.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Manny Arop scored 16 points and Jake Odum added 15 as Indiana State defeated Drake 77-73 Wednesday night. The Sycamores (12-3, 3-0 Missouri Valley Conference) closed the first half on a 20-8 run sparked by 3-pointers from Dawon Cummings and Odum to lead 40-30 at halftime. Drake (10-5, 1-2) crawled back to take a 54-50 lead at the midway mark in the second half.

With the score tied at 59, Arop hit a 3-pointer to grab the lead and ignite a 9-3 run. Cummings added another from beyond the arc with 57 seconds remaining to make it 71-63. Indiana State made its last six free throws to seal the win. The Sycamores made nine 3-pointers and went 16 of 18 from the free-throw line. Cummings had 13 points and Khristian Smith contributed 12.

Richard Carter led the Bulldogs with 29 points and Jordan Daniels had 15.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Governor Terry Branstad is following up on a friendly wager with Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal over the outcome of the Outback Bowl. LSU beat Iowa 21-14 on January 1st in the Outback Bowl.

Branstad says he is donating 100 pounds of Iowa ham to a food bank in his home state and 100 pounds of Iowa ham to a similar place in Louisiana. Branstad’s donations will benefit the Food Bank of Iowa in Des Moines and the Grace Place Ministries soup kitchen in Monroe, Louisiana.