DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Richard Carter scored 23 points and Jordan Daniels added 22 as Drake’s second half comeback topped Missouri State 84-74 on Wednesday. Drake (12-9, 3-6 Missouri Valley) raced to a 13-4 lead, fueled by a pair of 3-pointers by Chris Caird. Missouri State (14-7, 4-5) came back to go up 30-29 with 3:13 in the first, but Drake countered to lead 38-35 at the break.

Missouri State went up five on Gavin Thurman’s jumper with 7:21 left in the game. Drake coach Ray Giacoletti immediately called time, and his Bulldogs scored 15 of the next 17 points to wrest control of the game. Drake shot 52 percent from the floor, including 14 of 24 from beyond the arc. Daniels had five 3-pointers, and Caird added 18 points, hitting 6 of 8 3-point attempts.

Austin Ruder led Missouri State with 20 points. Ron Mvouika added 13 points while Jarmar Gulley had 12.

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Deon Mitchell scored 20 points with six assists and grabbed six rebounds as Northern Iowa posted a 95-81 victory over Evansville Wednesday night. Seth Tuttle also had 20 points for the Panthers (11-10, 5-4 Missouri Valley Conference). Matt Bohannon scored 19 and Wes Washpun had 11.

D.J. Balentine nearly doubled his season average with a career-high 43 points for the Aces (10-12, 3-6), outperforming the rest of the Evansville team combined. He was 10 of 19 from the field, 19 of 21 from the line, and sank four from beyond the arc during the contest.

But Balentine’s stellar performance could not compensate for a lackluster showing from the remainder of the Evansville team. The Panthers had a 54-43 lead at the break and never looked back, extending their advantage in the second period to 22 points, 90-68, on a Mitchell 3-pointer with 7:05 remaining.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – The University of Iowa has fired an athletics department accountant after auditors projected that $66,000 is missing from ticket sales for a popular train that takes fans to Kinnick Stadium.  Spokesman Tom Moore tells The Associated Press that 31-year employee Kathleen Willier was fired Nov. 6 for failing to follow cash handling procedures.

The firing came after auditors found that the university failed to make deposits for two 2011 football games for ticket sales to the Hawkeye Express, which transports fans from Coralville to the stadium.  An audit report said revenue for 2011 unexpectedly dropped by $66,000 even though ridership slightly increased, and that management can’t explain why.

Willier’s husband, Charlie, said Wednesday his wife disputes that any cash was missing and believes she is a scapegoat for longstanding problems.

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• Griswold 30, Exira/EHK 28
• Shenandoah 36, Griswold 27
• East Mills 54, Griswold 9
• Shenandoah 54, Exira/EHK 28
• East Mills 60, Exira/EHK 24
• East Mills 48, Shenandoah 22

• Clarinda 57, Glenwood 18
• Clarinda 50, Underwood 26
• Clarinda 69, Southwest Iowa 11
• Glenwood 58, Underwood 20
• Glenwood 60, Southwest Iowa 18

• Sergeant Bluff-Luton 75, Missouri Valley 3
• Sergeant Bluff-Luton 63, Maple Valley 7
• Maple Valley 39, Missouri Valley 38

• Mount Ayr 42, Clarinda Academy 23
• Mount Ayr 39, Clarke 36
• Clarke 35, Clarinda Academy 25

Hawkeye 10:

• Lewis Central 56, Atlantic 46
• Clarinda 61, Glenwood 46
• Harlan 67, Denison-Schleswig 38
• Red Oak 54, St. Albert 38
• Creston 41, Chariton 29
• Newell-Fonda 66, Kuemper Catholic 52

Western Iowa:

• IKM-Manning 72, Riverside 48
• Logan-Magnolia 43, Griswold 36
• Missouri Valley 51, A-H-S-T 10
• Treynor 76, Tri-Center 71
• Underwood 67, Audubon 57

Rolling Valley:

• Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 47, CAM 31
• Adair-Casey 65, Boyer Valley 45
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 50, Charter Oak-Ute 39
• Woodbine 76, Glidden-Ralston 55

Others:

• Bedford 51, Mount Ayr 35
• CB Abraham Lincoln 58, Sioux City North 27
• Fremont Mills 57, Heartland Christian 42
• Nodaway Valley 46, Southwest Valley 41
• Sidney 47, Nishnabotna 38
• Sioux City West 61, CB Thomas Jefferson 18
• South Page 62, Clarinda Academy 24
• Stanton 60, East Mills 32
• Van Meter 68, West Central Valley 34

Hawkeye 10:

• Lewis Central 62, Atlantic 50
• Creston 69, Kuemper Catholic 62
• Glenwood 65, Clarinda 47
• Harlan 69, Denison-Schleswig 33
• St. Albert 61, Red Oak 27

Western Iowa:

• IKM-Manning 68, Riverside 26
• Missouri Valley 41, A-H-S-T 39
• Treynor 53, Tri-Center 36
• Underwood 70, Audubon 40
• Griswold 51, Logan-Magnolia 38

Rolling Valley:

• Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 45, CAM 40
• Coon Rapids-Bayard 77, Charter Oak-Ute 41
• Glidden-Ralston 56, Woodbine 44

Others:

• Bedford 58, Mount Ayr 53
• Carroll 73, ADM 29
• Clarinda Academy 86, South Page 62
• CB Thomas Jefferson 49, Sioux City West 47
• East Mills 53, Stanton 45
• East Union 45, Lenox 27
• Fremont Mills 70, Heartland Christian 65
• Madrid 52, Panorama 48
• Nodaway Valley 64, Southwest Valley 27
• Sioux City North 71, CB Abraham Lincoln 49
• Van Meter 61, West Central Valley 36
• Sidney 70, Nishnabotna 50

The Iowa State Cyclones have a tough assignment as they visit sixth ranked Kansas in Big 12 play.ISU coach Fred Hoiberg who says Kansas is tough to beat anywhere but especially in Lawrence. The Jayhawks are 6-0 in the Big 12 and won the first matchup with the Cyclones in Ames.

UNI basketball coach Ben Jacobson says just a handful of plays have kept his team from challenging for the top of the standings in the Missouri Valley Conference, and he’s hoping the Panthers start making more of those plays as they open their second round through the league. Jacobson says he’s been emphasizing the importance of making what he calls “the hard plays.”

The Panthers host Evansville tonight. UNI got its only road win of the season when the Panthers beat the Purple Aces 80-53 three weeks ago. The Panthers and the Purple Aces will tip off at 7:00 tonight in the McLeod Center.

(Radio Iowa)

The Iowa Hawkeyes were dreadful on the offensive end in the second half and it allowed seventh ranked Michigan State to escape Iowa City with a victory, Tuesday. The Hawks were held without a field goal for a better than 14 minute stretch of the second half and overtime in a 71-69 loss as their 20 game home court winning streak came to an end. To make matters worse the Hawkeyes missed 13 free throws in the game.

Iowa only turned the ball over ten times but the Hawks could only generate 18 field goals the entire game. Coach Fran McCaffery said it was a frustrating night at the offensive end. Roy Devyn Marble led the Hawkeyes with 21 points as they fall to 5-3 in the Big Ten and 16-5 overall.

(Radio Iowa)