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

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Marial Shayok scored 18 points, freshman Tyrese Haliburton had 16 and Iowa State cruised past Nebraska-Omaha 82-55 for its third straight win. Michael Jacobson scored 13 points with 10 rebounds for his first double-double with the Cyclones (6-1), who never trailed in disposing of the Mavericks.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Bulldogs, a non-scholarship FCS program based in Des Moines, Iowa, were offered the chance of a lifetime when 24th-ranked Iowa State asked them to be their opponent in a makeup game. The two schools will play at Jack Trice Stadium on Saturday. Drake, which played its home finale on Nov. 10 in front of 1,348 people, could see 60,000 in the stands in Ames.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs used their bye week to get healthy across the board, but the big question is whether Eric Berry is now healthy enough to get on the field. Their star safety has been out since early in training camp with a heel injury, and coach Andy Reid seemed to indicate that Berry is nearing a return.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals claimed Conner Greene off waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals and designated fellow right-hander Burch Smith for assignment. The 23-year-old Greene spent last season at Double-A Springfield and Triple-A Memphis, going 4-5 with a 4.09 ERA in 40 appearances. He also made nine relief appearances for Surprise in the Arizona Fall League, where the Royals got a close look at him.

UNDATED (AP) — Gonzaga has leapfrogged Kansas for No. 1 in the AP Top 25 after knocking off Duke in the Maui Invitational title game. The Zags are No. 1 for the third time after edging the undefeated Jayhawks by one first-place vote. Duke dropped to No. 3. Virginia is No. 4 and No. 5 Nevada has its highest ranking ever. Defending national champion Villanova returned to the poll at No. 23.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State will likely get back star forward Cameron Lard and key reserve Zoran Talley back from suspensions for their next game next Monday.

The Cyclones largely survived their absences. But the biggest question for the week ahead for coach Steve Prohm will be how to integrate Lard and Talley into a rotation that has mostly been clicking so far.

Marial Shayok scored 18 points with seven rebounds, freshman Tyrese Haliburton had a career-high 16 and Iowa State cruised past Nebraska-Omaha 82-55 on Monday night for its third straight win.

Michael Jacobson scored 13 points with 10 rebounds for his first double-double with the Cyclones (6-1), who never trailed in disposing of the Mavericks.

“Those guys are set to play next week, and we’re excited to get them back,” Prohm said of Lard and Talley. “The biggest thing is for our whole team is, can we be selfless? Can we play for Iowa State, and can we play the right way?”

Iowa State showed no signs of fatigue after spending last week at the Maui Invitational, scoring the game’s first 11 points and jumping ahead 41-28 by the break. Freshman Talen Horton-Tucker then buried back-to-back 3s to make it a 60-36 game with just over 14 minutes left.

Terrence Lewis scored 15 points and Horton-Tucker had 14 points, six rebounds and five steals for Iowa State.

The Cyclones outrebounded the Mavs 46-33 — with Jacobson, a Nebraska transfer, again leading the way.

JT Gibson scored 16 to lead Omaha (3-4).

UP NEXT
Omaha plays at Arizona State on Wednesday.
Iowa State hosts North Dakota State on Dec. 3.

Girls Basketball

Creston 64, Winterset 38
Gilbert 46, Kuemper Catholic 45
MVAOCOU 51, Missouri Valley 40
Shenandoah 54, Underwood 23
South Central Calhoun 74, Audubon 33
Southwest Valley 63, Griswold 31
Treynor 55, Harlan 27
Westwood, Sloan 67, Logan-Magnolia 25

Boys Basketball

AHSTW 72, Woodbine 70
Grand View Christian School 68, Earlham 45
Logan-Magnolia 56, Westwood, Sloan 40
South Central Calhoun 74, Audubon 65
Southwest Valley 54, Griswold 19
Underwood 52, Shenandoah 40

The Southwest Valley Timberwolves girls and boys basketball teams picked up season opening wins over the Griswold Tigers on Monday night in Corning. The Timberwolves girls squad won the first game of the night 63-31. The boys then followed with a 54-19 win over the Tigers.

The Timberwolves built 21-10 lead by the end of the first quarter in the girls game and built on that lead throughout. Jentry Schafer led the way with 22 points on the night and senior Morgan Shuey added 13 points. Griswold was led in the loss by 14 points from top returning scorer Brittney Beebe. The Timberwolves led 38-16 at halftime and ballooned the lead to 55-24 by the end of the third.

In the boys contest Southwest Valley ripped off an early 8-0 lead and held the Tigers to just 4 first half points. It was 10-0 at the end of the first quarter and 23-4 at halftime. The Tigers struggled to find good shots against a pressuring zone defense from the Timberwolves. Jayden Amend ripped off all 7 of his points early in the second half to give Griswold a small spark but the Timberwolves would control the game down the stretch. Christian McCuen led all-scorers with 18 points and Jacob Webb had 16 for the Timberwolves.

Griswold will next host Heartland Christian on Friday night. Southwest Valley is right back at it on Tuesday night at Shenandoah.

Iowa junior defensive end Anthony Nelson was named the Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week for his performance against Nebraska. He shares the honor this week with Michigan State sophomore cornerback Josiah Scott.

Co-Defensive Players of the Week

Anthony Nelson, Iowa

Jr., DE, Urbandale, Iowa/Waukee

• Posted a career-high eight tackles along with two sacks and two tackles for loss in Iowa’s 31-28 victory over Nebraska
• Also added a pass-breakup and a quarterback hurry in the win
• His 9.5 sacks on the season are the most by a Hawkeye since Adrian Clayborn had 11.5 in 2009
• Overall, the Hawkeyes have 34 sacks on the season, the team’s most since it also had 34 in 2003
• Claims his first career Defensive Player of the Week honor
• Last Iowa Defensive Player of the Week: A.J. Epenesa (Nov. 19, 2018)

AMES, Iowa – Fresh off a trip to Maui, the Iowa State men’s basketball team will participate in the 2019 Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis from Nov. 27-29 in Paradise Island, Bahamas.

The tournament takes place at Atlantis Resort and will feature a premiere field, which includes Iowa State, North Carolina, Oregon, Michigan, Gonzaga, Seton Hall, Alabama and Southern Mississippi.

The tournament bracket will be released at a later date.

The 2018-19 Cyclones are 5-1 following a 2-1 trip to the Maui Jim Maui Invitational. Iowa State is 13-3 in regular season tournament play dating back to the 2013-14 season, winning tournament titles three times.