CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) – Austin Phyfe tallied 13 points and 12 rebounds to lift Northern Iowa to a 68-60 win over Indiana State for the Panthers’ ninth consecutive home victory. Trae Berhow had 16 points and eight rebounds for Northern Iowa and AJ Green added 15 points.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Liam Robbins scored 20 points, many on key buckets, as Drake stretched its home win streak to nine games, defeating Loyola-Chicago 65-62. The Bulldogs took the lead for good on a 3-pointer by Robbins with 15:48 remaining. Drake led 43-41 at the time and a dunk by Robbins eight minutes later gave the Bulldogs a 58-48 lead. A jumper by Robbins gave the Bulldogs a 65-60 lead with 1:27 to go and the Bulldogs held on despite not scoring in the final minute. Tate Hall had 15 points for the Ramblers and Cameron Krutwig added 14 points and four assists.

LINCOLN, Nebraska (AP) – Thorir Thorbjarnarson scored 17 points and Nebraska turned back a second-half Iowa comeback to down the Hawkeyes 76-70. Nebraska led by seven at the half, but saw Iowa come back to take its only lead of the game on Joe Weiskamp’s 3-pointer that made the score 51-50 with 12:40 remaining.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Denison-Schleswig 58, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 34
Harlan 76, Lewis Central 67
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 70, Red Oak 28

Western Iowa Conference

IKM-Manning 54, Logan-Magnolia 49
Treynor 73, A-H-S-T-W 50
Tri-Center 56, Riverside 33
Underwood 47, Missouri Valley 29

Rolling Valley Conference

Boyer Valley 65, West Harrison 56
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 58, CAM 48
Coon Rapids-Bayard 49, Glidden-Ralston 35
Woodbine 59, Ar-We-Va 40

Corner Conference

East Mills 73, Essex 21
Fremont Mills 48, Griswold 24
Sidney 84, Clarinda Academy 48

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 71, Southwest Valley 43
Nodaway Valley 67, Mount Ayr 54

Other Scores

Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 66, South Sioux City, Neb. 42
Carroll 72, ADM, Adel 59
Madrid 72, Earlham 55
Panorama, Panora 68, Woodward Academy 61
South Central Calhoun 52, OA-BCIG 43
Van Meter 57, West Central Valley, Stuart 10
Winterset 70, Perry 31

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Denison-Schleswig 58, Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 26
Lewis Central 58, Harlan 34
St. Albert, Council Bluffs 57, Red Oak 44

Western Iowa Conference

A-H-S-T-W 48, Treynor 39
IKM-Manning 64, Logan-Magnolia 58
Tri-Center, Neola 46, Riverside, Oakland 31
Underwood 57, Missouri Valley 40

Rolling Valley Conference

Ar-We-Va 52, Woodbine 31
Boyer Valley 64, West Harrison 26
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 38, CAM 32
Glidden-Ralston 35, Coon Rapids-Bayard 25

Corner Conference

East Mills 58, Essex 22
Fremont Mills 49, Griswold 27

Pride of Iowa Conference

Central Decatur 60, Wayne 20
Martensdale-St. Marys 54, Southeast Warren 36
Mount Ayr 65, Nodaway Valley 42
Southwest Valley 51, Bedford 31

Other Scores

Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 66, South Sioux City, Neb. 42
Carroll 57, ADM, Adel 36
Earlham 31, Madrid 19
Heartland Christian 60, Omaha Christian Academy 33
Orient-Macksburg 48, Moravia 33
South Central Calhoun 52, OA-BCIG 45
Van Meter 47, West Central Valley, Stuart 28
West Monona 67, Trinity Christian High School 22
Westwood, Sloan 46, Akron-Westfield 44
Winterset 54, Perry 51
Woodbury Central, Moville 75, Siouxland Christian 38
Woodward-Granger 44, Pleasantville 16

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State hosts No. 3 Kansas on Wednesday night looking to recapture some of its home magic. The Cyclones lost four of their last five home games last season and have dropped two already this year. They have won 84 percent of their home games over the past nine years. Iowa State coach Steve Prohm says he plans to mix and match his four-guard sets and two-forward lineups. He is also worried about stopping Kansas big man Udoka Azubuike and Jayhawks guard Devon Dotson.

The annual Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship will be held on Wednesday, January 15th at 2:00pm. The contest is open to all boys and girls aged 9 thru 14 as of 1-1-2020. The 9-10-11 year-old participants will shoot at the Nishna Valley Family YMCA and the 12-13-14 year-old competitors will shoot at the Atlantic Middle School Gym.

Entry forms are available at the Nishna Valley YMCA and the Atlantic Middle School Principal’s office. Entry forms need to be turned in before January 13th.

All students are welcome, non-basketball shooters have won the contest in the past.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State guard Tyrese Haliburton has been named Big 12 Player of the Week after posting the sixth triple-double in school history. It is the second honor he has earned this season.

Haliburton missed the Cyclones’ midweek game before recording his triple-double in the Big 12 opener at TCU. The Oshkosh, Wisconsin native had 22 points to go along with a career-high 12 rebounds and 10 assists against the Horned Frogs. He also had three steals in the overtime loss to TCU.

It was the 17^th triple-double all-time in the Big 12 and the first since 2017.

The Cyclones host Kansas on Wednesday night.

Freshman of the Week

Joe Toussaint, Iowa

G – 6-0 – Bronx, New York – Cardinal Hayes – Major: Undecided

• In his third start of the season, scored a career-high 18 points along with team highs in assists (4) and steals (2) against No. 21 Penn State at The Palestra on Saturday
• Sparked Iowa’s offense late as he scored 16 of his 18 points in the second half
• Also tied his personal best shooting 50 percent from the three-point line against the Nittany Lions
• Earns his first Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor
• Last Iowa Freshman of the Week: Joe Wieskamp (Feb. 4, 2019)

Player of the Week

Kathleen Doyle, Iowa

G – Sr. – La Grange Park, Ill. – Benet Academy – Major: Journalism

• Averaged 24.0 points, 5.5 assists and 2.0 rebounds per game with a .708 field-goal percentage in leading Iowa to conference wins over Illinois and at Northwestern last week

• Scored a career-high 33 points (including 11-of-14 field goals and 9-of-9 free throws) in 25 minutes of Dec. 31 win over Illinois

• Added 15 points and seven assists in Sunday’s win at Northwestern, giving her 602 career assists and making her the 12th women’s basketball student in Big Ten history to reach to 600-assist milestone

• A two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten honoree (2017-18 and 2018-19)

• Earns her first Big Ten Player of the Week award

• Last Iowa Player of the Week: Megan Gustafson (March 4, 2019)

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State freshman Maggie Espenmiller-McGraw was named the Big 12 Freshman of the Week for the first time in her career after helping Iowa State go 2-0 on the week, the league announced Monday.

Espenmiller-McGraw tallied a career-high 17 points on a 7-of-9 shooting performance at Texas Tech. Espenmiller-McGraw was stellar as she connected on three shots from long range, helping Iowa State hand Texas Tech its first loss of the season.

Espenmiller-McGraw also helped the Cyclones close their nonconference slate with a win after playing 35 minutes and recording the best plus-minus on the team at +17.