CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Wyatt Lohaus scored 14 points, Trae Berhow had nine points and nine rebounds and Northern Iowa defeated Drake 57-54 on Sunday despite not scoring a basket for the final six minutes.

Berhow hit a 3-pointer with 6:18 remaining to put the Panthers ahead 55-52. Nick McGlynn, who led the Bulldogs with 15 points, scored with 5:40 left to make it a one-point game. Neither team scored from that point until Spencer Halderman made two free throws with 5.2 seconds left.

All Drake could get at the end was a tightly contested 3-point shot attempt at the buzzer. Down the stretch, Northern Iowa (7-10, 2-2 Missouri Valley Conference) missed five shots, the front end of a pair of one-and-one free-throw attempts and committed two turnovers. Drake (12-5, 1-3) missed eight shots and had two turnovers.

Both teams shot below 40 percent for the game. Northern Iowa led 29-23 at the half and pushed the lead to 11 2½ minutes into the second half.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Jeff Allen thanked the man who helped pull his vehicle out of the snow with tickets to next week’s AFC Championship game. Allen said he got stuck on the way to Arrowhead Stadium in Saturday because of the snow, but he made it in time for the Chief’s victory over the Indianapolis Colts because of the Good Samaritan.

The man who helped Allen didn’t know he was a Chiefs player at the time. Allen turned to Twitter to track down the man who helped him because he lost his phone number, but within a few hours they connected on Sunday morning.

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head men’s basketball coach Steve Prohm announced today that junior forward Solomon Young will miss the remainder of the 2018-19 season as he continues to recover from a groin injury suffered in October.

A native of Sacramento, Calif., Young was determined to come back at full strength after the surgery. However, the timing of the injury made it difficult for Young to get back to competitive form at this point of the schedule.

He played in four games, making his debut Dec. 21 against Eastern Illinois. Young played 6.8 minutes per game and averaged 1.8 points before electing to seek a medical redshirt.

“Solomon and I have recently had talks about his recovery from the injury he suffered in preseason practice, and after consulting with our medical staff, he has decided that it is in his best interest to pursue a medical redshirt this season,” Prohm said. “Solomon and our medical staff worked extremely hard to get him back on the court this season, but in the end Solomon isn’t comfortable with where he is at physically and we support him.

“I’m confident that his teammates will come together and that Solomon will play a major role as a leader this season.”

Young, who has 38 starts in his career, most recently played 11 minutes off the bench for the Cyclones at Baylor, scoring two points.

“This isn’t a decision that can be made over night. I’ve come across some tough decisions in my life, but I can’t think of any tougher than this,” Young said. “I put my heart and soul out on the court. I’ve pushed myself to many limits that have helped and hurt me. I play for my teammates, I play for everyone who believes and supports me. I love Iowa State and wish I could be out there doing everything I can to win.

“I never thought I would have to deal with the obstacles I’ve had in my time here. But I’m grateful to have a supporting cast around me for those tough times and this one now. I believe I need to take this time to finally get 100 percent so I can help max out this program and max myself out. Thank you, Cyclone Nation.”

Kuemper Catholic Duals

Guaranteed Places
1st Place – Missouri Valley
2nd Place – Storm Lake
3rd Place – Kuemper Catholic
4th Place – AC/GC
5th Place – Johnston JV
6th Place – Audubon

Round 1
Johnston JV defeated Audubon 48-24.
Storm Lake defeated AC/GC 43-33.
Missouri Valley defeated Kuemper Catholic 51-25.
Round 2
Kuemper Catholic defeated Johnston JV 46-27.
Missouri Valley defeated Storm Lake 36-35.
AC/GC defeated Audubon 45-24.
Round 3
Missouri Valley defeated Johnston JV 65-10.
Storm Lake defeated Audubon 60-21.
Kuemper Catholic defeated AC/GC 36-35.
Round 4
AC/GC defeated Johnston JV 54-24.
Storm Lake defeated Kuemper Catholic 49-23.
Missouri Valley defeated Audubon 54-20.
Round 5
Storm Lake defeated Johnston JV 70-12.
Missouri Valley defeated AC/GC 48-31.
Kuemper Catholic defeated Audubon 45-24.

Bobcat Classic @ Basehor, KS

Glenwood finished 8th place with 109 points. Top finishers for Glenwood were Nick Gill 6th at 170, Noah Carter 6th at 195, Mitch Mayberry 7th at 160, and Hunter Haggstrom 8th at 285.

J-Hawk Invitational @ Cedar Rapids Jefferson

The Underwood Eagles had three champions: Stevie Barnes at 106, Nick Hamilton at 138, and Blake Thomsen at 145.

LeMars Invitational

AHSTW had 4 runners up: Gavyn Fischer (220), Jaeden Rasmussen (145), Joel Sampson (132), and Elliot Young (126).

Mount Ayr Duals

Harlan 8-0
Lathrop, MO 7-1
Riverside 6-2
Martensdale St. Marys 5-3
East Union 3-5
Mount Ayr 3-5
Duarnt 1-7
Shenandoah 0-8 (Didn’t travel Saturday)

Harlan’s Oscar Olmos, Nathan Hendry, Joseph Arkfeld, and Derec Weyer all were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Perry Invitational

Briar Reisz won the title at 126 for Logan-Magnolia.

BOYS PREP BASKETBALL=

Bellevue West, Neb. 55, Lewis Central 46

Carroll 65, East Sac County 59

Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 48, Bishop Neumann, Neb. 45

Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 75, Audubon 55

Grand View Christian 77, Sioux City, West 62

Ponca, Neb. 64, Westwood, Sloan 34

Sioux Falls Christian, S.D. 69, Sioux Center 55

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS=

Ar-We-Va, Westside vs. Madrid, ppd.

Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson vs. Louisville, Neb., ppd.

Harlan vs. Glenwood, ppd. to Jan 19th.

Nebraska City, Neb. vs. Fremont Mills, Tabor, ppd.

Ogden vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard, ppd. to Jan 31st.

Panorama, Panora vs. Nodaway Valley, ppd. to Jan 21st.

Van Meter vs. Winterset, ccd.

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL=

Bennington, Neb. 51, Sioux City, West 41

Bishop Neumann, Neb. 53, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 33

Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 73, Audubon 47

Ponca, Neb. 46, Westwood, Sloan 38

Sioux City, East 61, Woodbury Central, Moville 24

Sanford Pentagon Heritage Classic=

Red Cloud, S.D. 59, George-Little Rock 41

Sioux Center 40, Sioux Falls Christian, S.D. 34

POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS=

Ar-We-Va, Westside vs. Madrid, ppd.

Harlan vs. Glenwood, ppd.

Heartland Christian vs. Cedar Bluffs, Neb., ppd.

Ogden vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard, ppd.

Panorama, Panora vs. Nodaway Valley, ppd. to Jan 14th.

Sidney vs. Nebraska City Lourdes, Neb., ppd.

Van Meter vs. Winterset, ccd.

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

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Luka Garza scored 16 points, Tyler Cook had 15 points with eight rebounds and Iowa rolled past No. 16 Ohio State 72-62. This was the Buckeyes’ third straight loss. Ryan Kriener scored 11 points for the Hawkeyes, who have won three straight after a 0-3 start to league play.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Barry Brown hit a layup with four seconds left and Kansas State stunned No. 20 Iowa State 58-57, handing the Cyclones their second straight loss. Brown had 23 points to lead the Wildcats. Iowa State closed the game on a 10-2 run for its first road win of the year.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs romped to a 31-13 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday, and now turn their attention toward their first AFC title game in 25 years. They will face the winner of Sunday’s game between the Los Angeles Chargers and New England Patriots next weekend at Arrowhead Stadium. It will be the first AFC title game Kansas City has ever hosted.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes made good on the tremendous expectations placed on him, leading the Kansas City Chiefs past Indianapolis in the divisional round of the playoffs. The first-year starter was solid through the air, scored a touchdown on the ground and proved unflappable in a 31-13 victory that sent Kansas City to the AFC title game.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid was summoned to the corner of Arrowhead Stadium during the playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts to get fans to stop throwing snowballs on the field. Reid’s intervention didn’t do much good, either. Patrick Mahomes scampered in moments later to give the Colts a 24-7 lead, and snowballs fell like confetti from the upper deck.

WACO, Texas (AP) — Lagerald Vick scored 18 points with six 3-pointers on his 22nd birthday and No. 7 Kansas held on for a 73-68 win at Baylor. Vick hit two of his 3s in an 11-3 run in the final 1:44 of the first half for the Jayhawks to put them up by 10. Kansas then held a double-digit lead for most of the second half until the Bears had eight consecutive points in the final minute.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes picked apart the Colts in his postseason debut, the Chiefs defense answered their chorus of critics with a stout performance, and Kansas City rolled to a 31-13 victory over Indianapolis in the divisional round Saturday to end 25 years of playoff frustration.
Mahomes threw for 278 yards while running for a touchdown, and Damien Williams ran for 129 yards and another score, as the Chiefs beat Indianapolis for the first time in five playoff meetings to earn their first AFC title game appearance since January 1994.

The AFC West champions will play the winner of Sunday’s game between the division-rival Los Angeles Chargers and the New England Patriots next weekend for a spot in the Super Bowl in Atlanta. Andrew Luck was held to 203 yards passing for the Colts, while Marlon Mack was a non-factor on the ground. He had 46 yards rushing before leaving late in the fourth quarter with a hip injury.

Chiefs coach Andy Reid was summoned to the corner of Arrowhead Stadium during Saturday’s game, to get fans to stop throwing snowballs on the field. Reid wasn’t happy about it, either. The officials called him over from the Kansas City sideline during the two-minute warning in the first half, and Reid shouted and gestured at the fans in the lower deck — though the snowballs were mostly raining down from the upper deck, far above the field.

Earlier in the half, one almost hit Colts punter Rigoberto Sanchez during a kick. Reid’s intervention didn’t do much good, either. Patrick Mahomes scampered in moments later to give the Colts a 24-7 lead, and snowballs fell like confetti from the upper deck.

(Hawkeye Sports.com) — Luka Garza scored 16 points and 4 rebounds and 25th-ranked Iowa came away with a 72-62 victory at home over # 16 Ohio State, Saturday afternoon.  The Hawkeyes have won three straight Big Ten games to even their record at 3-3.  Iowa is 14-3 overall.

Junior Jordan Bohannon became the 48th player to score 1,000 career points with a free throw with 1:19 remaining in the game.  The guard finished with six points, but he had a game-high eight assists, matching a season-high.

Iowa returns to action Wednesday at Penn State. Tipoff is set for 6 p.m. (CT) at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Sug Sutton had 24 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists and Joyner Holmes had a big block as No. 11 Texas survived two missed shots in the closing seconds to edge No. 20 Iowa State 64-62 on Saturday. The Longhorns (14-2, 4-0 Big 12), who have won seven straight, used a 15-0 run in the third quarter to build a double-figure lead. The Cyclones rallied from 10 down in the fourth and had a chance to tie or win it at the end.

Iowa State made it a two-point game with 44 seconds left forced Texas into a shot-clock violation with 13.3 seconds to play. After a couple of timeouts, Holmes blocked a layup attempt by Alexa Middleton with five seconds to go. The Cyclones got the rebound but Bridget Carleton’s 15-footer was off the mark as time ran out.

Carleton led Iowa State (13-3, 3-1) with 20 points and Kristin Scott had 15, and both had nine rebounds. Texas shot 51 percent but had 17 turnovers. Iowa State shot just 34 percent with eight turnovers.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — No. 20 Iowa State appeared to have done just enough to survive on a snowy and sleepy Saturday in Ames. Barry Brown had other ideas. Brown hit a layup with four seconds left and Kansas State stunned Iowa State 58-57 on Saturday, handing the Cyclones their second straight loss.
Brown had 23 points to lead the Wildcats (12-4, 2-2 Big 12), who closed the game on a 10-2 run for their first road win of the year. Iowa State (12-4, 2-2) didn’t score over the final 2:42.

Iowa State, which hasn’t won since blowing out Kansas last week, was up seven with five minutes left. Brown hit two free throws with 16 seconds left to make it 57-56 Iowa State, and Lindell Wigginton missed the front end of a subsequent one-and-one for the Cyclones. Brown, who finished 9 of 20 from the floor, then drove through the paint for the winner — which came on the heels of a 21-point comeback against West Virginia in K-State’s last game.

Nick Weiler-Babb had 11 points and five assists to lead the Cyclones. Iowa State responded to its 77-60 win over the Jayhawks with a 73-70 loss at Baylor and a sloppy finish against the Wildcats. While K-State got Wade back, the Cyclones played with big man Cam Lard — who missed Saturday’s game with a sprained ankle. Iowa State also said after the game that fellow big man Solomon Young will miss the remainder of 2018-19 with a groin injury, and the Cyclones will seek a medical redshirt.

Iowa State is one of the 25 most talented teams in the country. But the Cyclones likely won’t be ranked as such on Monday. The Cyclones play No. 8 Texas Tech in a huge early league showdown on Wednesday.