Northern Iowa coach Ben Jacobson is focused on the future as the Panthers get ready for tonight’s (Wednesday’s) game at Bradley. The Panthers are 0-4 in the Missouri Valley race after an 80-66 loss to Wichita State and their current six-game losing skid is the longest for the program since 2001.

Despite a 5-10 overall record Jacobson says the players have remained positive. Improvement begins with eliminating breakdowns on defense and the mistakes on offense that plagued them in Sunday’s loss to the Shockers.

Bradley is 7-10 overall and 2-2 in the Valley. Tip time from Carver Arena in Peoria, IL, is 8-p.m.

(Learfield Sports)

A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 75, Griswold 27
Atlantic 68, Glenwood 62
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 68, Woodbine 53
Carlisle 73, ADM, Adel 69
Clarinda 66, Red Oak 44
Des Moines Christian 76, Panorama, Panora 41
East Union, Afton 51, Southwest Valley 45
Fremont Mills, Tabor 60, East Mills 35
Gretna, Neb. 57, Lewis Central 37
Lenox 51, Mount Ayr 42
Nodaway Valley 74, Bedford 61
Sioux City, East 65, Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 60
Sioux City, North 76, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 59
Treynor 77, Riverside, Oakland 28
Underwood 74, Logan-Magnolia 63
Van Meter 41, Earlham 40
Winterset 67, Bondurant Farrar 61

Audubon vs. Tri-Center, Neola, ppd.
Ballard vs. Carroll, ppd. to Jan 19.
Charter Oak-Ute vs. Ar-We-Va, Westside, ppd. to Jan 12.
Glidden-Ralston vs. Coon Rapids-Bayard, ppd.
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll vs. Harlan, ppd. to Jan 21.
Missouri Valley vs. IKM-Manning, ppd.
West Monona, Onawa vs. Westwood, Sloan, ppd. to Jan 13.
Woodward-Granger vs. West Central Valley, Stuart, ppd.

A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 46, Griswold 23
Carlisle 56, ADM, Adel 39
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 65, Sioux City, East 53
Des Moines Christian 50, Panorama, Panora 39
Fremont Mills, Tabor 27, East Mills 20
Glenwood 51, Atlantic 37
Lewis Central 60, Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 49
Logan-Magnolia 59, Underwood 50
Mount Ayr 73, Lenox 30
Nodaway Valley 63, Bedford 22
Red Oak 56, Clarinda 38
Sioux City, North 55, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 40
Southwest Valley 56, East Union, Afton 36
Treynor 55, Riverside, Oakland 22
Van Meter 61, Earlham 36
Winterset 37, Bondurant Farrar 13

Audubon vs. Tri-Center, Neola, ppd.
Ballard vs. Carroll, ppd. to Jan 16.
Charter Oak-Ute vs. Ar-We-Va, Westside, ppd. to Jan 12.
Denison-Schleswig vs. St. Albert, Council Bluffs, ppd.
Harlan vs. Kuemper Catholic, Carroll, ppd. to Jan 23.
Missouri Valley vs. IKM-Manning, ppd.
West Monona, Onawa vs. Westwood, Sloan, ppd. to Jan 13.

The Atlantic Girls basketball team struggled to put together any momentum in a road loss at Glenwood 51-37 on Tuesday night.  The Trojans struggled to find consistent scoring and take care of the basketball but still found themselves in a two point game at halftime. But the second half would see Glenwood grab just enough of a run to pull out of reach for Atlantic.  The Rams outscored the Trojans 13-4 in the third quarter and that was enough to push them to the win as Atlantic didn’t catch many breaks all night.

Nicole Shuppan led Glenwood with 20 points in the victory and the Rams picked up their second win of the season overall, both against the Trojans.

Atlantic was led by Baylee Newell with 12 points and Catherine Leonard with 11 as they are still searching for their first win of the year.  The Trojans travel to face a tough Lewis Central team on Friday.

The Atlantic Trojans came up with a huge third quarter and picked up a big Hawkeye Ten road win on Tuesday night at Glenwood in Boys basketball 68-62. The Trojans got off to a bit of a slow start against the Rams as Nate Mohr hit a couple of threes early but Atlantic never rattled. The Trojans trailed by two at the end of the first quarter and four at half.  Then Atlantic lit up the scoreboard for 28 points in the third quarter to take a 59-45 lead into the final period where they did enough to hang on.  Atlantic Head Coach Alan Jenkins was proud of the way his team handled themselves throughout the game.

Senior leader Garrett Franken only had four points in the first half but found a number of ways to impact the game before erupting for 12 points in the big third quarter run. Coach Jenkins was proud of the way Franken eased himself into scoring and not forcing anything.  He also said the difference was Franken and Scott Leonard’s rebounding effort throughout.

Franken said he knew it was going to be an intense atmosphere and all the rebounding work in practice paid off.

Franken finished with 21 points on the night. Scott Leonard had another huge game on the block for Atlantic and dropped in 22 points to lead the team.  Atlantic is now 5-1 in the conference and 8-3 overall. The Trojans will now prepare for a big home game on Friday against league leading Lewis Central.

Nate Mohr led all scorers on the night with 32 points for the Rams. Glenwood falls to 2-3 in the conference and 5-4 overall. The Rams next travel to St. Albert on Friday.

The Atlantic Trojans Girls and Boys Basketball teams will be in Glenwood tonight for a Hawkeye Ten doubleheader and we’ll have coverage of both varsity games on KJAN. The Girls game is scheduled for a 6:00pm tip-off and the boys will follow at about 7:30pm.

The Girls game will feature two teams that have struggled to find their way this season. The Rams are 1-8 with their lone win coming against Atlantic back on December 13th.  The Trojans are searching for their first win at 0-11. Glenwood is led by Nikki Schuppan averaging 11 points per game and the Trojans top scorer is Catherine Leonard averaging 10 points per contest.

The Boys game is another important battle in a very tough Hawkeye Ten Conference. The Trojans are 7-3 overall and 4-1 in league play, while the Rams are 5-3 overall and 2-2 in the conference.  Atlantic won the first meeting of the year back on December 13th 72-67 in a great back and forth game. Atlantic is led by Garrett Franken averaging 24 points per game, he had 27 in the first meeting. Nate Mohr leads Glenwood with 22 points per outing, he had 21 last meeting.

Chris Parks and Mike Smith will have the call of the games on AM1220, FM101.1, online at kjan.com, on the KJAN mobile app, and live video on KJANTV. Pregame coverage will start about 5:50pm tonight before the Girls game.

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Audubon 83, Orient-Macksburg 57

IKM-Manning 85, Riverside, Oakland 42

Ogden 68, West Central Valley, Stuart 47

Stanton 69, Heartland Christian 26

West Monona, Onawa 70, Whiting 21

Essex 63, College Spring South Page 46

IKM-Manning 76, Riverside, Oakland 40

West Central Valley, Stuart 53, Ogden 29

The Audubon Boys Basketball team rolled to a win on Monday night on their home floor over Orient-Macksburg 83-57.  The Wheelers led opened up a 27-16 lead by the end of the first quarter and pushed their advantage to 25 points by halftime.

The Wheelers got 20 points apiece from Tyler Reibhoff and Tate Killeen in the win. Josh Lange added 14 for Audubon as they improve to 6-3 on the season.  Next up for the Wheelers is a Tuesday night trip to Tri-Center.

Orient-Macksburg was led by Dylan Nichols with 24 points. Nichols scored all 16 first quarter points for the Bulldogs. O-M falls to 4-7 on the season with the loss and next have a match-up with Twin Cedars on the schedule.

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Iowa high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

Others receiving votes: Dowling Catholic, West Des Moines 10. North Scott, Eldridge 7. Des Moines, Hoover 3. Ames 2. Prairie, Cedar Rapids 2. Cedar Rapids, Jefferson 2. Fort Dodge 2. Mason City 2. Johnston 1.

Others receiving votes: Forest City 10. Solon 10. Sergeant Bluff-Luton 10. Oskaloosa 6. Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 3. Le Mars 2. Atlantic 1. Knoxville 1.

Others receiving votes: Des Moines Christian 19. Garner-Hayfield/Ventura 10. Northeast, Goose Lake 8. West Lyon, Inwood 8. Southeast Valley-Gowrie 4. Rock Valley 4. Jesup 2. A-H-S-T, Avoca 2. Sioux Center 1.

Others receiving votes: Don Bosco, Gilbertville 17. West Fork, Sheffield 8. St. Albert, Council Bluffs 7. Prince of Peace Prep, Clinton 6. St. Mary’s, Storm Lake 5. George-Little Rock 2. AGWSR, Ackley 1. Siouxland Community Christian 1.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Matt Woodley has been fired as head coach of the NBA Development League’s Iowa Energy. The Energy announced Monday that Woodley had been relieved of his duties. Glynn Cyprien has been named interim head coach. Woodley had been Iowa’s coach since last May. Iowa is the D-League affiliate of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies.

Cyprien joined the Grizzlies organization in 2014-15 as a basketball operations assistant/scout. He also had worked as a University of Memphis assistant coach from 2009-11 on Josh Pastner’s staff. He was an associate head coach at Texas A&M from 2009-11.