An overtime struggle between two struggling teams ended with a 71-68 road win for Iowa women’s basketball Thursday. According to HawkeyeSports.com, the Lady Hawks, who came into the game against Michigan State as the losers of four of their last five games, handed the Spartans their fourth loss in a row behind a monster night from junior Megan Gustafson (game-highs 36 points, 17 rebounds).

Kathleen Doyle, the only other Hawkeye with 10-plus points, was also impressive, notching an 11-point, 11-assist double-double. Chase Coley grabbed 10 rebounds and added five points, including two on a jumper with 6.4 seconds left in overtime that gave Iowa a lead it would not relinquish.

Michigan State (14-9, 4-6) was led in scoring and rebounding by Sidney Cooks, who had 16 points and eight boards. She was also the only Spartn starter to shoot better than 40 percent (7 of 13) as Michigan State struggled to a 37.5 percent success rate from the field. Iowa shot 44.8 percent from the floor.

Iowa next hosts Minnesota (17-5, 6-3) at 2 p.m. Sunday. The Gophers downed the Hawkeyes back on Jan. 21, 77-72, at Williams Arena.

BOYS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Ar-We-Va, Westside 69, Red Oak 35
Treynor 67, Shenandoah 43

Western Iowa Conference

East Mills 51, Griswold 34

Rolling Valley Conference

Greene County 72, Coon Rapids-Bayard 36
Woodward Academy 61, Glidden-Ralston 55

Pride of Iowa Conference

Nodaway Valley 76, Southeast Warren, Liberty Center 34

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Red Oak 85, Ar-We-Va 36

Western Iowa Conference

Griswold 43, East Mills 28

Rolling Valley Conference

Collins-Maxwell 34, Paton-Churdan 27

Pride of Iowa Confernece

Nodaway Valley 43, Southeast Warren 28
Mount Ayr 73, Wayne, Corydon 36

Other Scores

Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 49, Sioux City, West 46

Western Valley Conference Tourney
Consolation
OA-BCIG 36, MVAO-CO-U 33

Woodbury Central, Moville 42, Ridge View 40

The Iowa High School Athletic Association has released the postseason boys basketball playoff brackets and substate sites for Classes 1A and 2A on Thursday.

Class 1A first round pigtail games will be played on February 12th with tip times set for 7:00pm. Local teams playing in first round games include: Orient-Macksburg @ Essex in District 13 Substate 8. Heartland Christian @ Riverside in District 14 Substate 7. Paton-Churdan @ Glidden-Ralston in District 15 Substate 8.

Class 1A Quarterfinal games will be played on February 15th with most being doubleheaders at one site. Those matchups are listed below:

District 13 Substate 7

@ Nodaway Valley
Diagonal vs. Southwest Valley 6:30pm
Nodaway Valley vs. Clarinda Academy 8:00pm.

@ Bedford

Sidney vs. Lenox at 6:30pm
Bedford vs. Essex/Orient-Macksburg winner 8:00pm.

District 14 Substate 7

@ St. Albert
Fremont-Mills vs. Exira-EHK 6:30pm
St. Albert vs. Riverside/Heartland Christian winner 8:00pm

@ Stanton
East Mills vs. CAM 6:30pm
Griswold vs. Stanton 8:00pm

District 15 Substate 8

@ Tri-Center
Boyer Valley vs. Glidden-Ralston/Paton-Churdan winner 6:30pm
Tri-Center vs. Woodbine 8:00pm

@ IKM-Manning
Ar-We-Va vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard 6:30pm
IKM-Manning vs. Audubon 8:00pm

Class 2A District Quarterfinals will be played on Monday, February 12th.

District 1 Substate 1

@ OA-BCIG
MVAO-COU vs. East Sac County 6:30pm
OA-BCIG vs. Missouri Valley 8:00pm

District 15 Substate 8

@ Woodward-Granger
Panorama vs. Greene County 6:30pm
Woodward-Granger vs. AC/GC 8:00pm

District 16 Substate 8

@ AHSTW
Clarinda vs. Shenandoah 6:30pm
AHSTW vs. Red Oak 8:00pm

Class 2A District Semifinals will be played on Thursday, February 15th

District 1 Substate 1

@ Kuemper Catholic
Logan-Magnolia vs. MVAO-COU/East Sac County 6:30pm
Kuemper Catholic vs. OA-BCIG/Missouri Valley 8:00pm

District 15 Substate 8

@Des Moines Christian
Woodward Academy vs. Woodward-Granger/AC/GC 6:30pm
Des Moines Christian vs. Panorama/Greene County

District 16 Substate 8

@ Treynor
Underwood vs. AHSTW/Red Oak 6:30pm
Treynor vs. Clarinda/Shenandoah 8:00pm

Check out the full brackets and Substate sites below.

1A-2A-Substate-Basketball-Locations

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18-District-Basketball-Pairings-2A

2018 Iowa Girls High School Basketball Rankings
Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Class 1A

Dropped Out: West Monona (15)

Class 2A

Dropped Out: None

Class 3A

Dropped Out: Anamosa (15)

Class 4A

Dropped Out: Bishop Heelan (15)

Class 5A

Dropped Out: None

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released the Regional basketball pairing for Class 4A and Class 5A on Wednesday. All game times will be 7:00pm on their respective nights.

Locally in Class 4A Region 1 opening round games on Wednesday, February 14th will have Carroll at Storm Lake and Spencer at Sergeant Bluff-Luton. Winner of the first game will play at Denison-Schleswig on the 17th. Winner of the second game will play at LeMars.

Class 4A Region 8 first round games on the 14th will have ADM at Winterest and Glenwood at Harlan. Winner of the first game will play at Lewis Central and winner of the second game will play at Bishop Heelan on the 17th.

In Class 5A Thomas Jefferson will host Sioux City North in a pigtail game on the 14th in Region 4. The winner there will travel to Southeast Polk on the 17th. Abraham Lincoln is in Region 6 and will travel to Sioux City West for a pigtail game on the 14th. Winner there will play at Johnston on the 17th.

Full brackets can be seen here: 184ABBPairings 185ABBPairings

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Two teams needing a victory collide in East Lansing as the Iowa Hawkeye women visit Michigan State, tonight (Thursday). Both teams are 4-5 in the Big Ten. The Hawkeyes are looking to bounce back from a lopsided loss at home against Nebraska. Iowa coach Lisa Bluder. (Click on the left side of the audio bar to listen)

Bluder says the Hawkeyes face a similar challenge against the Spartans.

You can hear the game on KJAN beginning with the pre-game show at 4:45-p.m. Tip-off is at 5.

(Learfield Sports)

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Donovan Jackson scored 25 points, Lindell Wigginton added 22 and Iowa State upset 15th-ranked West Virginia 93-77 on Wednesday night, sending the short-handed Mountaineers to their fifth loss in six games. Cameron Lard scored 18 points with 13 rebounds for the Cyclones (12-9, 3-6 Big 12). They took advantage of the absence of West Virginia’s Daxter Miles Jr. (illness) by handing the Mountaineers (16-6, 5-4) their biggest defeat since a 23-point blowout at the hands of Texas A&M in the opener.

The Cyclones had West Virginia playing catch-up from the opening tip. The Mountaineers caught them just once — but were never able to overtake them. West Virginia fell behind 25-11 after allowing Iowa State to hit 10 of its first 13 shots. The Mountaineers rallied with an 18-4 run, but the Cyclones answered with a 24-11 spurt and went back ahead 53-40. Iowa State continued its torrid shooting in the second half. Jackson’s fifth 3 gave it a 74-60 lead, and Wigginton’s drive at the end of the shot clock made it 84-70 with 4:38 left. The Cyclones committed just eight turnovers against the league’s leader in turnover margin despite missing point guard Nick Weiler-Babb to knee tendinitis. Jevon Carter scored 18 points and Esa Ahmad and Sagaba Konate each had 17 for West Virginia.

Iowa State Coach Steve Prohm had to be encouraged by his team’s effort after a 68-45 home loss to Tennessee that left he and his players calling the Cyclones “soft” more than once. Iowa State showed resolve against a team that had won four of the previous five meetings in the series. Iowa State plays at Baylor on Saturday.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Ryan Taylor hit 3 of 5 from beyond the three-point arc to score 25 points and help power Evansville to a 57-49 win over Northern Iowa in a clash of Missouri Valley Conference squads Wednesday night. Taylor topped 20 points for the 12th time this season by hitting 10 of 17 from the field. Evansville earned its first three-game win streak of the season after knocking off Drake, 77-73 Saturday.

The teams were tied at intermission, 21-21, and the Panthers got within four points, 45-41 after Bennett Koch converted a pair of free throws with 7:08 left, but the Purple Aces responded with an 8-1 run for an 11-point lead. Blake Simmons scored 15 points and grabbed 15 rebounds for Evansville (15-9, 5-6). Koch finished with 19 points, converting 9 of 14 from the free-throw line to lead Northern Iowa (11-12, 3-8).

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

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Donovan Jackson scored 25 points and Lindell Wigginton added 22 as Iowa State upset 15th-ranked West Virginia 93-77. It was the short-handed Mountaineers’ fifth loss in six games. Cameron Lard scored 18 points with 13 rebounds for the Cyclones. They took advantage of the absence of West Virginia’s Daxter Miles Jr. by handing the Mountaineers their biggest defeat since a 23-point blowout at the hands of Texas A&M in the opener.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs planned to move on from Alex Smith the moment they traded up to draft Patrick Mahomes II last year. Now that Smith is headed to the Redskins in a deal that solved many of their issues, the Chiefs have a clearer picture of what their future looks like. Mahomes dazzled coach Andy Reid and his staff during training camp. He made his regular-season debut in Week 17 and led the winning drive against Denver.

UNDATED (AP) — The NFL protests during the national anthem begun by Colin Kaepernick in 2016 and continued by dozens of players this season were aimed at taking a stand against systemic racism that many of the league’s top players say they or someone they know have also experienced. The Associated Press asked 56 of the 59 black players at last weekend’s Pro Bowl if they had ever experienced racial profiling by law enforcement. All answered yes, with several detailing accounts of unfair treatment.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — As one of the top pitching prospects in baseball, Alex Reyes was expected to play a vital role in St. Louis last season. That was before Reyes suffered an elbow injury during spring training and missed the regular season after surgery. After a year of rehabilitation, the 23-year-old Reyes is back and ready for spring training.

FREMONT, Neb. (AP) — Tiny Midland University in Nebraska has created a pipeline to a Hawaiian high school for female wrestlers. Three women from the Aloha State are competing for Midland this season. Women’s wrestling has been an Olympic sport since 2004 and high school participation across the nation has nearly doubled in the last five years. The sport is on the cusp of expansion in both the NCAA and NAIA.