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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tremell Murphy had a season-high 26 points as Drake got past Illinois State 78-62 in the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley Conference Tourney on Friday night. Anthony Murphy had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Drake (24-8). Noah Thomas added 13 points. Liam Robbins had three blocks for the hosts. Illinois State put up 17 points in the first half, a season low for the team. Phil Fayne had 18 points for the Redbirds (17-16). Milik Yarbrough added 11 points and seven rebounds.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Wyatt Lohaus had 21 points as Northern Iowa narrowly beat Southern Illinois 61-58 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tourney quarterfinals on Friday night. Southern Illinois coach Barry Hinson announced he would be stepping down after the loss. Hinson coached the Salukis since the 2012-13 season and spent nine years at Missouri State before that. Hinson never made an NCAA Tournament appearance in his 17 years as a Division I coach. He and the chancellor agreed last March that he would step down if the Salukis didn’t make the NIT or NCAA tourney this year.

Trae Berhow had 11 points for Northern Iowa (15-17). Luke McDonnell added seven rebounds. Kavion Pippen had 22 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks for the Salukis (17-15). Armon Fletcher added 14 points and six rebounds.

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

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Megan Gustafson scored 30 points and grabbed 17 rebounds to help No. 10 Iowa pull away late for a 70-61 victory over Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. The regular-season runner-up Hawkeyes have won nine of their last 10 and will make their first semifinal appearance since 2014 on Saturday. Tenth-seeded Indiana was led by Ali Patberg with 25 points.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State star Marial Shayok is a game-time decision for a matchup against No. 8 Texas Tech because of a sprained pinkie toe. Shayok, who is averaging a team-high 18.7 points per game, injured his foot at practice. Texas Tech has won eight in a row and five of its last six by at least 15 points. The Red Raiders can clinch at least a share of their first Big 12 title with a win.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton and TCU have placed assistant basketball coaches on administrative leave after they allegedly took $6,000 bribes from an aspiring sports agent to send clients his way. Creighton’s Preston Murphy and TCU’s Corey Baker are on leave pending internal reviews by their schools. Yahoo Sports reported Christopher Dawkins is accused of paying the bribes. Neither is expected to be charged.

JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals’ Yadier Molina went 1 for 2 as a designated hitter, the 36-year-old’s first game since left knee surgery in mid-December. Molina is likely to be behind the plate on Saturday, catching Adam Wainwright against Houston _ about a week ahead of the original projection for him to catch. Molina is a nine-time All-Star and nine-time Gold Glove.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Wyatt Lohaus had 21 points as Northern Iowa narrowly beat Southern Illinois 61-58 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tourney quarterfinals. Southern Illinois coach Barry Hinson announced he would be stepping down as coach of the Salukis after the loss.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Darrell Brown had 20 points as Bradley edged past Missouri State 61-58 in the Missouri Valley Conference Tourney quarterfinals. Brown, who converted all 10 of his foul shots, made two free throws with 8.3 seconds left for a four-point edge.

Class 1A State Championship

Grand View Christian 43, Alburnett 24

Class 2A State Championship

North Linn, Troy Mills 60, Boyden-Hull 41

Class 3A State Championship

Oskaloosa 48, Norwalk 44

Class 3A State Third Place

Winterset 67, Clear Lake 49

Class 4A State Championship

Cedar Falls 44, Dubuque, Senior 41

Class 4A State Third Place

Waukee 66, North Scott, Eldridge 57

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Megan Gustafson scored 30 points and grabbed 17 rebounds Friday to help No. 10 Iowa pull away late for a 70-61 victory over Indiana in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. The Hawkeyes (24-6), the Big Ten regular-season runners-up, have won nine of their last 10 and will make their first semifinal appearance since 2014 on Saturday.

Tenth-seeded Indiana (20-12) was led by Ali Patberg with 25 points. Grace Berger added 13 points of the bench for last year’s WNIT champions. The 6-foot-3 Gustafson was simply too much for the smaller Hoosiers. She produced the highest point total in the tournament’s first nine games by going 11 of 19 from the field and matched the fifth-highest single-game rebounding total in tourney history. Gustafson also contributed four steals and four blocks.

The Hawkeyes stayed in control most of the game but struggled to put away the scrappy Hoosiers until the closing minutes. It was not a good look for a team trying to make a case to move up at least one seed line. But they still have a chance to improve their standing as they pursue their first Big Ten Tournament crown since 2001.

Gustafson drew nine fouls. … Makenzie Meyer scored all 12 of her points on 3s. … Hannah Stewart finished with nine points and 13 rebounds. … The Hawkeyes were 7 of 16 on 3s and 11 of 13 from the free-throw line.
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Iowa: Faces third-seeded Rutgers in Saturday’s semifinals at 6:30-p.m.

Officials with the Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund say they are once again proud to bring Sean O’Brien back to Atlantic to put on a baseball pitching clinic for area 4th through 7th graders.  The clinics will be held each Sunday March 3rd through April 7th.  The Atlantic Trojan Baseball coaching staff will also help work with these kids that have an interest in pitching.  Baseball was Trevor’s favorite sport so we absolutely love to see kids enjoying the sport.

Sean O’Brien (left)

Fund spokesperson (Trevor’s mom) Melanie Petty says “Everything we are able to do for the community is because of people supporting us at our annual golf tournament.  The 11th Annual TFred Memorial Golf Tournament will be held at Nishna Hills Golf Club in Atlantic on Saturday, August 11th.  If you’re not a golfer there is a silent auction held all day in the clubhouse so come out and see us!  All monies raised are given back to things that Trevor had an interest in.  We are blessed that we have had such wonderful support since Trev passed away and we look forward to doing more amazing things this coming year in his memory!”

The Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund is a 501(c)3 Nonprofit Organization.

CLASS 3A CONSOLATION

10:20—#4 Clear Lake vs. #7 Winterset

CLASS 4A CONSOLATION

11:55—#1 Waukee vs. #2 North Scott, Eldridge

CLASS 1A CHAMPIONSHIP

2:10—#1 Grand View Christian vs. #7 Alburnett

CLASS 2A CHAMPIONSHIP

4:10—#1 North Linn, Troy Mills vs. #3 Boyden-Hull

CLASS 3A CHAMPIONSHIP

6:35—#1 Norwalk vs. #3 Oskaloosa

CLASS 4A CHAMPIONSHIP

8:35—#3 Cedar Falls vs. #5 Dubuque, Senior

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