No. 7 Oregon will face No. 11 Wisconsin in the 106th edition of the Rose Bowl. The Ducks are in the Granddaddy of Them All for the fourth time in 11 seasons. The Badgers are making the trip to Pasadena for the fourth time in 10 seasons. Oregon won the Pac-12 title by beating Utah in the championship game. Wisconsin edged out Penn State for the Rose Bowl trip thanks to its solid performance in its Big Ten title game loss to playoff-bound Ohio State.

The University of Iowa says its former athletic director Bump Elliott has died. He was 94. Elliott was a star halfback at Michigan who won the Big Ten’s MVP award in 1947. Elliott became Michigan’s coach in 1959 and led the Wolverines for 10 seasons, a tenure that included a Rose Bowl win in 1964. Elliott, who was the Hawkeyes’ athletic director from 1970-1991, was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989.

Minnesota takes on Iowa Monday night in men’s basketball, as both teams look for its first Big Ten win of the season. Minnesota won 78-60 at home against Clemson on Monday. Iowa lost 103-91 on the road against Michigan on Friday. Iowa is a perfect 5-0 when the team blocks at least three opposing shots. The Hawkeyes are 1-3 this season when they block fewer than three shots. Iowa has won its last three home games, scoring an average of 85 points while giving up 67.

Iowa has committed a turnover on just 16.1 percent of its possessions this season, which is the top rate among all Big Ten teams. The Hawkeyes have turned the ball over only 11.4 times per game this season. Minnesota’s Daniel Oturu, Payton Willis and Alihan Demir have collectively accounted for 51 percent of the team’s scoring this season and have scored 56 percent of all Golden Gophers points over the last five games. Marcus Carr has been directly responsible for 42 percent of all Minnesota field goals over the last five games. Carr has 27 field goals and 32 assists in those games.

Pre-game coverage on KJAN begins 6-p.m. Monday, with the tip-off from Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa; Monday, 7 p.m.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Roman Penn led a balanced attack with 16 points and Drake scored the last six points of the game to defeat Southeastern Missouri State 78-73 on Saturday night.
The Redhawks took a 73-72 lead on a Skyler Hogan 3-pointer with 2:10 remaining. Penn tied it with a free throw at 1:57 and the Bulldogs made 6 of 8 from the line while Southeast Missouri missed its last five shots plus two free throws and had a turnover.

It took until the 46-second mark before Liam Robbins broke the tie with two free throws, Penn added one at 14 seconds and Noah Thomas had in the last second. D.J. Walkins added 15 points for Drake (8-2), Anthony Murphy had 14 and Robbins and Thomas 11 apiece. Alex Caldwell had 18 points on 6-of-9 shooting from 3-point range and Sage Tolbert 17 for the Redhawks (3-6). Southeast Missouri led 43-37 at the half and had the big lead of the game at 11 early in the second half.

GIRLS SCORES
Atlantic 59, Griswold 18
Hills-Beaver Creek, Minn. 54, West Lyon, Inwood 50
Hinton 60, Westwood, Sloan 58
IKM-Manning 78, Panorama, Panora 57
Moulton-Udell 46, Orient-Macksburg 45
Sioux City, East 59, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 55, OT
Waukee 61, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 27

BOYS SCORES
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 51, Des Moines, Hoover 50, 2OT
Hinton 76, Westwood, Sloan 54
Panorama, Panora 48, IKM-Manning 45

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Matthew Cook kicked an 18-yard field goal with 2:10 remaining to give Northern Iowa a 13-10 victory over South Dakota State in the second round of the Football Championship Series playoffs. UNI will face second-seed James Madison in a quarterfinal.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Marcus Zegarowski scored 30 points to lead four Creighton players in double figures and the Bluejays made fast work of Nebraska in a 95-76 win. Zegarowski made four 3-pointers and finished 13 of 19 from the field at sold-out CHI Center. He also grabbed a career-high nine rebounds and matched his season high with six assists. Ty-Shon Alexander had a season-high 22 points with four 3s for Creighton. Haanif Cheatham led the Cornhuskers with 14 points. Cam Mack had 12. Creighton now leads the all-time series with Nebraska 27-26.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Markus Howard had 19 points, Jamal Cain scored 17, and Marquette beat Kansas State 73-65. Sacar Anim added 13 points for Marquette.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Javon Pickett scored 16 points and Missouri snapped a three-game losing streak, beating Temple 64-54. Dru Smith added 12 points and six rebounds for the visiting Tigers, who were coming off a stunning home loss to Charleston Southern. Missouri took the lead 53-52 on a Jeremiah Tillman transition dunk with four minutes to go as the Tigers pulled away.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Ochai Agbaji scored 20 points and Devon Dotson added 18 points to lead No. 2 Kansas to a 72-58 victory over No. 20 Colorado, snapping the Buffaloes’ season-opening seven-game winning streak. Evan Battey lead the way for the Buffaloes, scoring 14 points on a 5-for-8 shooting. Colorado forced 21 Kansas turnovers, but the Jayhawks shot 52.9% to outlast the Buffaloes.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals signed former All-Star reliever Trevor Rosenthal to a minor league contract that calls for a $2 million salary in the major leagues and an invitation to big league spring training. Rosenthal could earn up to $2.25 million in bonuses while on the major league roster. Rosenthal struggled with the Tigers and Nationals last season but will try to regain his form under new Royals manager Mike Matheny, who was his skipper during Rosenthal’s best years in St. Louis.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Chelsea Dungee scored 32 points, Alex Tolefree added 21, both season highs, and No. 23 Arkansas turned back Kansas State 81-72 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge. The Razorbacks led 37-33 at the half and used a 10-0 run in the third quarter and a last-minute 3-pointer by Tolefree, to take a 61-50 advantage into the fourth quarter. Petyon Williams had 19 points and 13 rebounds for K-State (4-4) and Ayoka Lee had 15 and 14. Angela Harris added 16 points.

Matthew Cook kicked an 18-yard field goal with 2:10 remaining to give Northern Iowa a 13-10 victory over South Dakota State in the second round of the Football Championship Series playoffs. UNI will face second-seed James Madison in a quarterfinal.

Cook’s game-winner capped a 12-play, 80-yard drive for the Panthers. On the ensuing possession, seventh-seeded South Dakota State (8-5) was aided by two penalties that kept the drive alive but didn’t get past its own 30-yard line when Keaton Heide threw an incomplete pass on fourth-and-15.

Trevor Allen had 90 yards rushing on 24 carries, including a 2-yard scoring run in the third quarter that tied the game 10-10. Cook kicked a 23-yard field goal in the second.

Heide threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Adam Anderson and Chase Vinatieri, nephew of NFL kicker Adam Vinatieri, booted a 22-yard field goal in the first quarter for the Jackrabbits.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A former Des Moines sports radio host accused of swindling at least eight people out of $1.5 million has pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud. The Des Moines Register reports that 60-year-old Marty Tirrell entered the plea Friday in federal court. He faces up to 20 years in prison when he’s sentenced on April 7.

Prosecutors say Tirrell told investors he could buy sports tickets with their money, resell them, and split the profit with them. But prosecutors say Tirrell soon began lying to the victims and sending them bad checks while spending their money on personal items or to pay back other investors.

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The Atlantic/CAM wrestling team took a third plasce team finish and had three champions on Friday at the Joe Fitch Tournament in Humboldt. The Trojans notched 209 points and finished being Humboldt (251.5) and Emmetsburg (244.5).

Atlantic/CAM’s three champs were Aybren Moore (113), Kadin Stutzman (152), and Cale Roller (285). Joe Weaver was runner-up at 126.

Team Scores
1 Humboldt, 251.5
2 Emmetsburg, 244.5
3 Atlantic, 209.0
4 Forest City, 190.0
5 Sheldon South O`Brien, 167.5
6 Kuemper-Catholic, 115.0
7 Pocahontas Area, 108.0
8 Aplington-ParkersburgGrundy Center, 46.0

Full results HERE.