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.

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(Learfield Sports) — Iowa State is up a spot to 24th in the latest Associated Press top 25. The Cyclones improved to 7-4 overall and set a record for conference wins in a season by rallying for three fourth quarter touchdowns in a 42-38 victory over Kansas State. ISU coach Matt Campbell says he was pleased to get a win for his 19 seniors.

Iowa State hosts Drake on Saturday.

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

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska went through growing pains while going 4-8 in Scott Frost’s first year as coach. The emergence of freshman quarterback Adrian Martinez and a strong run at the end of the season provides hope for 2019. The offense will return top players at the skilled positions and the core of the front seven on defense. Frost said depth will have to be built, and he wants his team to get bigger and stronger.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Freshman Erik Stevenson came off the bench to score a career-high 21 points and Wichita State rolled to a 90-61 victory over Rice. Stevenson sank 4 of 8 3-pointers and added five rebounds for the Shockers (3-3).

ESTERO, Fla. (AP) — Hannah Schuchts made every shot she took except a free throw in the final seconds, setting career highs with six 3-pointers and 25 points, to lead No. 21 Missouri to a 62-54 win over Duke for fifth place in the Gulf Coast Showcase. Schuchts, a junior forward whose previous career game highs were four 3-pointers and 12 points, was 8-of-8 shooting and 3 of 4 from the line, her only miss coming with 18 seconds left.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Sara Rhine scored 25 points and Drake overcame a slow start in overtime to beat No. 13 South Carolina 90-85 in the third-place game of the Vancouver Showcase on Saturday night.

Rhine had 13 points in the fourth quarter and overtime when the Bulldogs (6-1) needed to hold on after taking their largest lead at 46-36 early in the third quarter.

The Gamecocks (3-3) rallied to force overtime and scored the first four points of the extra period, but Rhine answered with a layup, Becca Hittner hit a 3-pointer to give Drake the lead for good and Becca Jonas scored on a fast break to cap a 7-0 run. South Carolina missed its final five shots from the field and Drake made all four free throws in the final 1:16.

Hittner finished with 19 points and Brenni Rose scored 17 for the Bulldogs. Te’a Cooper scored 31 and Tyasha Harris added 18 for the Gamecocks.