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Boys Basketball

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Creston 67, Clarinda 52
Glenwood 73, Denison-Schleswig 42
Kuemper Catholic, Carroll 81, Nodaway Valley 54
Lewis Central 64, Harlan 51
Shenandoah 70, Clarinda Academy 30

Western Iowa Conference

Logan-Magnolia 60, Woodbine 47

Rolling Valley Conference

CAM, Anita 51, Adair-Casey 50
Exira/Elk Horn-Kimballton 51, Charter Oak-Ute 43
Guthrie Center 31, Coon Rapids-Bayard 30

Pride of Iowa Conference

Bedford 80, Stanton 54
Interstate 35,Truro 64, Earlham 54

Other Scores

Panorama, Panora 76, Woodward-Granger 45
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 72, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 30
Winterset 58, Carroll 51

Girls Basketball

Hawkeye Ten Conference

Glenwood 67, Denison-Schleswig 50
Lewis Central 43, Harlan 42

Other Scores

Panorama, Panora 64, Woodward-Granger 15
Winterset 69, Carroll 32

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The University of Iowa is facing a broad federal civil rights investigation into allegations that its athletics department does not provide equal opportunities for female athletes. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show the Office for Civil Rights is looking into gender bias allegations in 13 areas, including how the department counts participation levels, awards scholarships, and schedules practices and games. Investigators will visit Iowa in April.

The review comes as Iowa’s highly ranked men’s basketball and football teams have been showered with attention. If discrimination is found, the case could result in a settlement requiring the university to change policies or spend more on female programs. A school lawyer says she believes the review will show Iowa “strives to provide male and female students an equal opportunity to participate.”

The Northern Iowa Panthers take a five-game winning streak on the road in Missouri Valley Conference play to tangle with 25th ranked Wichita State. Just a couple of weeks after sitting at 2-6 in the Valley the Panthers are now 7-6 and just two games behind second place Illinois State.

The Panthers were clobbered by the Shockers 74-55 back on January 20 in the McLeod Center. Wichita State is running away with the Valley regular season crown and takes a 12-1 record into Saturday’s game.

UNI is 15-11 overall. Tip off in Koch Arena is 11:00 a.m. and the game will be carried by ESPN2.

(Learfield Sports)

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BOYS BASKETBALL
Council Bluffs, Abraham Lincoln 72, St. Albert, Council Bluffs 43
Creston 62, A-H-S-T-W, Avoca 59
IKM-Manning 55, Logan-Magnolia 47
Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto 63, Underwood 45
Omaha Christian Academy, Neb. 64, Whiting 53
Spencer 76, OA-BCIG 33
Treynor 75, Tri-Center, Neola 44

GIRLS BASKETBALL
Bishop Heelan Catholic, Sioux City 72, Council Bluffs, Thomas Jefferson 26
Creston 47, Clarinda 27
Harlan 46, Sioux City, East 30
IKM-Manning 57, Logan-Magnolia 48
Treynor 61, Atlantic 44
Class 1A Region 6
Regional First Round
CAM, Anita 54, Guthrie Center 38
Diagonal 64, Orient-Macksburg 30
Mount Ayr 72, East Union, Afton 23
Class 1A Region 7
Regional First Round
Bedford 49, South Page, College Springs 24
Essex 47, Stanton 30
Fremont Mills, Tabor 51, Heartland Christian 19
Griswold 40, East Mills 37
Nishnabotna 55, Lenox 19
Sidney 44, Riverside, Oakland 28
Class 1A Region 8
Regional First Round
Audubon 65, Woodbine 20
Boyer Valley, Dunlap 73, Whiting 42
Charter Oak-Ute 50, West Harrison, Mondamin 28
Paton-Churdan 51, Coon Rapids-Bayard 27
River Valley, Correctionville 56, Ar-We-Va, Westside 52

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell scored 14 points and Troy Williams added 13 and Indiana rallied to upset No. 4 Iowa 85-78 on Thursday night after blowing a big lead. Indiana (20-5, 10-2 Big Ten) pulled into a three-way for the conference lead and gave coach Tom Crean his fourth 20-win season at the school.

Jarrod Uthoff led the Hawkeyes (19-5, 10-2) with 24 points, and Mike Gesell had 17. Iowa lost for the first time in four games. It could have been much easier. Indiana was cruising in the first half, building a 16-point lead before giving it away. The Hawkeyes closed to 45-38 at the half and scored the first nine points of the second half to take their first lead since the opening minutes.

Trailing 60-56 with 9:35 left, Indiana regained the lead with 14-2 run and never trailed again.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell and Shayla Cooper each scored 20 points and seventh-ranked Ohio State blasted Iowa 98-81 on Thursday night for its eighth straight victory.

Ameryst Alton had 18 with six assists for the Buckeyes (20-4, 12-1 Big Ten), who also won in Iowa City for the first time in eight years. Ohio State had little trouble with the reeling Hawkeyes (15-10, 5-8), pushing a 14-point halftime lead to as much as 23 late in the third quarter.

Ally Disterhoft had 20 points, seven rebounds and five assists for Iowa, losers of three straight and six of eight.

State lawmakers concerned about concussions among high school athletes moved a bill forward in the Iowa Senate Wednesday to make it harder for coaches to put an injured player back in the game without proper rest or evaluation. There’s growing concern about the impact of untreated or repeat concussions on athletes from the amateur to the professional level. Senator Tod Bowman, a Democrat from Maquoketa, says his son was removed from a wrestling match his junior year for a concussion.

“My son wanted to return to action. That’s the constant battle coaches face where athletic trainers or other medical personnel have a little different perspective in life moving forward,” Bowman says. Bowman says the trainer was present when his son was knocked out during the match and settled the issue about whether he would continue.

“And she immediately evaluated him and said ‘you’re done son,’” according to Bowman. The Senate bill would require a professional trainer to evaluate injured players at varsity competitions for the so-called collision sports of football, soccer and wrestling. The trainer would also notify the school’s athletic director if an athlete from a visiting team suffered a concussion.

Trainers who attended the statehouse hearing told of coaches putting star players back in the game. Skeptics wonder if there would be enough athletic trainers in the state to staff every varsity event — for example, on a Friday night when hundreds of teams are playing across the state.

(Radio Iowa)

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